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[L45P1 & L45P2]

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Lesson [L45P1]

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Lesson [L45P2]

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 Translation[L45P2]

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English USA
Lesson 45, Part 2

1.
　

Part 1に引き続き、物の機能や形状を説明する表現を学びます。マーティンはロボットを製作している工場を訪れています。

　 This is English USA, on the Voice of America. Now, Lesson 45 Part 2.
　 　

　

MARTIN:

These robots are very interesting, Bernice. Do any robots talk?

　

BERNICE:

This one is voice activated and it talks.

　

MARTIN:

What does voice activated mean?

　

BERNICE:

You can talk to it.

　

MARTIN:

What can I talk about?

　

BERNICE:

You can tell it the work to do. Look.  Charlie. Clean forward.

　

BERNICE:

Charlie. Clean backward.

　

BERNICE:

Tell it to stop.

　

MARTIN:

Stop.

　

BERNICE:

Speak firmly.

　

MARTIN:

Charlie! Stop!

　

MARTIN:

That's amazing. Wonderful.

　

BERNICE:

I love Charlie.

　

MARTIN:

Why do you call the robot Charlie?

　

BERNICE:

Charlie is my husband's name.

　

MARTIN:

I see.

　

BERNICE:

Charlie speaks three sentences. Listen.

　

CHARLIE:

Turn me off. Turn me off. Turn me off.

　

MARTIN:

What else does he say?

　

BERNICE:

Listen.

　

CHARLIE:

I am empty. I am empty. I am empty. I am --

　

BERNICE:

That's enough, Charlie. Don't you love Charlie?

　

MARTIN:

He's fascinating. Are there more robots?

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BERNICE:

Yes. We make six robots. Come see the other robots.

　

　

　

　

BERNICE:

Martin, this is Sandy Costner. He works on this robot.

　

MARTIN:

Hi. What does this robot do?

　

SANDY:

She folds boxes.

　

MARTIN:

She? Why she?

　

SANDY:

She's a good worker. She's smart. She's not very big.

　

MARTIN:

What is her name?

　

SANDY:

Name? She doesn't have a name.

　

MARTIN:

I met Charlie a few minutes ago.

　

SANDY:

I see.

　

BERNICE:

She's not very intelligent. She's simple. She moves this way. Then she moves that way. That's it. But look at this robot.

　

SANDY:

This robot is new.

　

MARTIN:

What does it do?

　

SANDY:

It paints.

　

BERNICE:

It has six arms.

　

MARTIN:

And it has fingers.

　

SANDY:

It paints the outside. Then it paints the inside. Then it puts a label outside.

　

MARTIN:

What does it paint?

　

SANDY:

Anything. It can paint square things, or round things. It can paint small things, or big things.

　

MARTIN:

That's amazing.

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Come see the other robots.

Come and seeまたはCome to seeのくだけた言い方

　

2.
　

名詞を修飾する形容詞は名詞の前につけます。マーティンが名詞を言い、次にその名詞に形容詞をつけて言いますので聴いてください。

　 MARTIN:

Workers.    Better workers.    Hands.    Small hands.

Holes.    Tiny holes.    Robot.    Next robot.

Worker.    Good worker.    Things.    Square things.

　

3.

　

形容詞は"be"動詞の後にもきます。この場合、形容詞は主語である名詞/代名詞を描写しています。次の代名詞+"be"動詞＋形容詞の例を聴いてください。

　 MARTIN:

It's hot.    It's heavy.    It's intelligent.    It's not tall.

You're taller.    They're long.    That's amazing.

He's fascinating.

　

4.

マーティンがこれから言う名詞に形容詞をつけて言ってください。

　

MARTIN:

Worker.

　

YOU:

[example] Good workers.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

Hands.

　

YOU:

[example] Big hands.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

Children.

　

YOU:

[example] Noisy children.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

City.

　

YOU:

[example] Beautiful city.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

People.

　

YOU:

[example] Kind people.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

Robot.

　

YOU:

[example] Intelligent robot.

Lesson 45, Part 2はこれで終わりです。

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English USA L45P2
Courtesy of Voice of America
　

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