英会話 - English USA [Lesson L85P1]

English USA
Lesson 85, Part 1

1.	過去の行動と現在の行動を対比することを学びます。マーティンは旅行代理店へ行き、休暇に家族とヨーロッパへ行く計画について相談します。旅行代理店担当者との会話の中で、マーティンは過去にヨーロッパへ旅行した時のことについて話します。

	This is English USA, on the Voice of America. Now, Lesson 85, Part 1.

	AGENT:	How may I help you?
	MARTIN:	I'd like to go on a trip to Europe.
	AGENT:	Is this trip for business or vacation?
	MARTIN:	It's a holiday with my family.
	AGENT:	How many members of your family?
	MARTIN:	A wife and two children.
	AGENT:	How old are the children?
	MARTIN:	They're teenagers.
	AGENT:	Are they students?
	MARTIN:	Yes.
	AGENT:	It makes a difference you know. How long will you be staying in Europe?
	MARTIN:	All together three weeks, I think.
	AGENT:	That's good. That makes it cheaper.
	MARTIN:	But not all in one place.
	AGENT:	How will you be traveling in Europe? By air?
	MARTIN:	No, not by air. I think we'll travel by train and bus.
	AGENT:	That's fine. I can help you with that too. Have you traveled in Europe before?
	MARTIN:	A long time ago. When I was a university student.
	AGENT:	Did you study in Europe?
	MARTIN:	No. I just traveled in the summer with friends. I'm sure it's very different now.
	AGENT:	In what way?
	MARTIN:	Travel must be much faster now.
	AGENT:	There are some very fast trains now. I think that bus travel may be slower than it was twenty years ago.
	MARTIN:	Why?
	AGENT:	The roads are so crowded. There are many more cars. The buses must be more careful. Of course the modern buses are more comfortable.
	MARTIN:	How?
	AGENT:	They have television. They have toilets. They serve food. Not like the old buses.
	MARTIN:	I like to travel by train. Can we travel most places by train?
	AGENT:	It depends on the country. There are a lot of trains, but not as many in the smaller towns.
	MARTIN:	It was much easier to travel by train in Europe than it was in the United States.
	AGENT:	Oh, yes. It still is, but there aren't as many trains as there used to be.
	MARTIN:	Can we go by train to the major cities?
	AGENT:	Of course, and to smaller cities too. Just tell me where you want to go.
	MARTIN:	I think we'll go from north to south.
	AGENT:	Would you like to start in England?
	MARTIN:	That's where I started twenty years ago.
	AGENT:	That sounds good then. You'll want to see how things have changed.
	MARTIN:	Things won't have changed that much.
	AGENT:	There will be lots of changes.
	MARTIN:	I remember I didn't always like the food.
	AGENT:	That will have changed. You can get all kinds of food everywhere. Even fast foods.
	MARTIN:	My children will be happy then.
	AGENT:	Everyone speaks English now. You can find someone who speaks English in all the countries.
	MARTIN:	But I want to practice my foreign languages. On my last trip I didn't know anything but English.
	AGENT:	That's fine. But everyone will want to try their English with you. You'll be very comfortable.

2.
　

何かを比較してその相異を指摘することはよくあります。そのひとつは過去と現在の違いを対比することです。その例を聴いてください。

　

AGENT:

Bus travel may be slower than it was twenty years ago.
Of course modern buses are more comfortable.

　

　

　

　

MARTIN:

It was much easier to travel by train in Europe than it was in the United States.

　

　

　

　

AGENT:

There aren't as many trains as there used to be.

　

3.

　

過去のこと及び現在のことについてマーティンがあなたに質問します。マーティンが過去のことを尋ねているのか現在のことを尋ねているのかしっかり聴きとってください。

　

MARTIN:

Is your town noisy?

　

YOU:

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MARTIN:

Was your town noisier ten years ago?

　

YOU:

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MARTIN:

Is your town busy now?

　

YOU:

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MARTIN:

Was your town busier ten years ago?

　

YOU:

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Lesson 85, Part 1はこれで終わりです。

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