中級 - …ed と …ingの違い

Simon Evans, Tokyo

以下の文を見てみましょう:

The game was exciting.
I was excited when I watched the game.

この2文において、exciting は試合そのものを、excitedは「私」の感情を形容しています。

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単語・表現

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会話

コリンとハルキの会話です。コリンはハルキに、自分が買ったゲームソフトが気に入らないとぼやいています。
...edや...ingという表現に気を配りながら、まずは二人の会話文を見ないで、音声だけ聞いてみましょう。
次にディクテーション（口述筆記）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。

Colin:	Ahh! I give up! I can’t play these fighting games. They are so confusing! I never know which buttons to press.
Haruki:	Persevere. In time you’ll get used to it. It took me a while.
Colin:	I don’t know why I bought this thing. I’m tempted to chuck it out. I doubt I’ll buy any other games. The prices are truly shocking.
Haruki:	I’m surprised you can’t play them. They call for good hand coordination, which, as a person who can play the piano, you certainly ought to have.
Colin:	It’s interesting you should say that because that is precisely what Jun said when we tried this game last week.
Haruki:	Well, how about instead of you getting further irritated we go out somewhere?
Colin:	Yes, why not? You put your shoes on while I hunt for my keys. I’ve mislaid them somewhere in here......Ah, here they are! Under the newspaper.
Haruki:	Shall I press the button for the elevator?
Colin:	No! Let’s take the stairs. Before you came this morning there was a disgusting stench in it.
Haruki:	Do you not have a caretaker for your building?
Colin:	There is one, but he hardly does a thing. You know my busted letterbox? I’m bored of asking him to fix it.
Haruki:	Right, shall we walk or hail a taxi? There’s one now.
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