中級 - 許可、義務、要求を表す表現

Simon Evans, Tokyo

許可、義務、要求を表す表現

「許可」、「義務」、「要求」を表す語として代表的なものは以下の3つです。

Can do <許可>
Have to do <義務>
Want you to do <要求>

また、Can do, have to do, want you to doに代わる表現は数多くあります。特にhave to doやwant you to doに代用される表現の場合、単語によってニュアンスの強さが変わってきます。

単語・表現

設問１
四角の中に並んでいる単語はそれぞれ、can do / have to do / want you to doのいずれかの意味に分類されます。解答方法は、単語を正解の位置までドラッグしてドロップします。正解であればそのままドロップした位置に配置されます。

設問2
次に、会話に出てくる単語の練習です。
左側に並ぶ単語の意味に合致するものを右からドラッグし、正解の上でドロップしてください。答えが正しければそのまま配置されます。

会話

以下はティムとベンの会話です。
上記で習った表現に注意しながら、まずはトランスクリプトを見ないで音声だけを聞いてみましょう。
次にディクテーションの練習として、音声を聞きながら会話文を書き取っていきましょう。

Tim:	So, how are you settling in to life at university? You look like you’re really enjoying it.
Ben:	Yes! Total freedom! I’m so glad to be away from home and finished with school. My parents and teachers were so strict. I hated it. It’s great to be allowed to wear what I want at last!
Tim:	At my school, our teachers let us wear anything we wanted. Anyway, what were your teachers like?
Ben:	My school was an all-boys boarding school in the countryside, which placed a very high value on discipline and hard work. They insisted that all boys conduct themselves like adults at all time.
Tim:	Sounds like a typical public school to me. Lots of homework?
Ben:	Yes, I had to do at least three hours a night – including weekends. And if any was late; and in my case it often was, I was made to write out pages out of the Bible.
Tim:	Were you permitted to leave the school grounds during term-time?
Ben:	Never! Although that didn’t stop a number of us slipping out to go to the local shop to buy cigarettes. I was caught on one occasion and forced to get up at 5am and run ten circuits around the rugby fields!
Tim:	Sounds like a prison!
Ben:	That’s a very accurate description. And at home wasn’t much better.
Tim:	Oh…How?
Ben:	My father was a senior figure in the police and he certainly brought his work attitude home with him.
Tim:	Was your mother less-strict? Mine certainly was.
Ben:	Generally, yes. She might request me to help her round the house, whereas my father would order me to do it. He often shouted at me for no reason.
Tim:	Now you are miles away from them, so enjoy it!
	Listen to dialogue

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