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Lesson 650 中級

Holiday on the beach

Claire and her husband Dave are planning a weekend trip to the seaside. He's worried if she's really going to make it.

Lesson

Dialogダイアログ
Explanationsフレーズ解説
Translation日本語訳

Dialog

繰り返し聴いて英語の自然なリズムを身につけましょう。

Claire and her husband Dave are planning a weekend trip to the seaside. He's worried if she's really going to make it.

Dave: Darling, I’ve booked a room for Saturday night three weeks from now, but I just want to make sure—would that be really OK with you?

Claire: Perfect! Let me check my organizer if that makes you feel any easier…yeah, that weekend is absolutely fine. Thank you for the arrangement, honey.

Dave: My pleasure.

Claire: But just in case…what’s their cancellation policy?

Dave: They say if you cancel the reservation by 3 p.m. Friday preceding the weekend, there’ll be no cancellation fee.

Claire: OK. If anything should go wrong, I’ll let you know. Or would you want me to contact the hotel myself?

Dave: Either is fine. Here’s the reservation number…wait, I think it would be better for me to talk to the hotel if we ever have to change our schedule.

Claire: It would be safer…that’s what you’re trying to say, right?

Explanations

そのまま使える便利なフレーズを覚えましょう。

I've booked a room for Saturday night three weeks from now.

（3週間後の土曜の夜一泊、部屋を予約した。）
「…週間／月／年後の○○」と言う場合には、このように… weeks/months/years from nowと言います。1度覚えてしまうととても便利です。

Perfect!

（もちろん！）
英語は日本語ほど相づちを打たない言語ですが、相手に積極的に賛意を伝える、という点では日本語よりも積極的に相づちを打っているかもしれません。今回の場合は代わりにAbsolutely/Brilliant/Fantastic/Wonderful!と言ってもかなり「乗り気」であることを表現できますし、もう少し控えめにしたいのであればSure/Of course!と言うのがいいですね。

Let me check my organizer.