中級 - 過去の日課

Simon Evans, Tokyo

過去の日課/習慣/状態などについて話す時、used to の代わりになるのがwouldです。しかしながら、used to とwould の用法には大きな違いがあります。used to は疑問文に用いることができますが、would を疑問文に用いることはできません。would はステートメントとして、あるいは質問に対する答えとしてのみ使うことができます。

単語・表現

左側は全て文頭にくる表現です。右側は全て文尾にくる表現です。それぞれふさわしい組み合わせをつくり、文を完成させましょう。　

会話

テリーとアダムの会話です。アダムがテリ―に、自分の祖父の若かりし頃の話をしています。
used toとwould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。これを数回繰り返し、最後にトランスクリプトを見て、埋められなかった箇所をチェックします。

Terry:	So, how was your grandfather? Still in good health I hope.
Adam:	He’s starting to look a bit frail now, but he still likes to tell a story or two. He’s had a life more colourful than most, that’s for sure. He told me stories about what his friend and he would do on Friday nights when he was in his 20s…
Terry:	When was that, then? The 1950s?
Adam:	Yes, just after they had served their national military service. Anyway, every Friday they would go into central London and hit the nightclubs.
Terry:	Right.
Adam:	Trouble is, they would never have any money. So, to get in the clubs, they would get dressed up in their old army uniforms and hobble up to the door faking an injury they say they had sustained in combat.
Terry:	Why did they do that?
Adam:	You would get into many places free those days if you had a war-wound, you see.
Terry:	OK. Continue.
Adam:	This act continued in the club. They would find a couple of naïve, rich girls and start telling them fabricated stories of heroism and bravery, and how that due to their injuries they can’t work and are almost penniless.
Terry:	Did that used to work?
Adam:	Not in the way you’re thinking! They would say that only when they had plenty of liquor would the pain ease. The girls would fall for it and get them drinks all night. Also, my grandfather would…
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実力アップコーナー

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