Lesson 216 否定③「not ＋ 強い表現」のコンビネーション

Opening

Onishi
▶︎🎶 Combination🎵

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎♩Combination♪ I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① You are familiar with my work.【 familira with 〜 の意味 】
👉 familira with 〜「〜をよく知っている、〜に慣れた」というフレーズが出てきました。
もちろん、familiar は family が語源にありますから、「家族のようによく知っている、慣れた」
というわけです。

② Oliver Twist was memorable.【 memorable の意味 】
👉 memorable「印象深い」という単語が出てきましたね。
しっかりと覚えておきましょう。

③ The characters are wonderful.【 character の意味 】
👉 character という単語が出てきましたね。「登場人物」のこと。

Practice

David
▶︎ All right, everyone. It’s time for today’s practice. This techinique is very useful.
We use “not ＋ 強い表現” to balance the strength of these phrases.
It’s really fun, it’s really easy. OK?
Let’s practice these together. Here we go!
・Life is not always easy.
Let’s go one more time.
・Life is not always easy.

Roza
▶︎ Let’s keep going.
・That’s not necessarily true.
・That’s not necessarily true.

David
▶︎ Great work. Let’s keep going.
・He doesn’t talk very much.
・He’s not so talkative.

Roza
▶︎ And a couple more. Here notice the difference in the position of “don’t.”
・I don’t really like that.
・I really don’t like that.

David
▶︎ Unlock your potential.

Roza
▶︎ Repetition is the key.

Roza & David
▶︎ Great work.

Ending

Roza
▶︎ Thanks for joing us today. See you next time.

David
▶︎ I can’t wait our next lesson.

Words and Phrases

① assertive
👉自分の意見をはっきり言う

これで、Lesson 216 は終了。