＊＊＊ 第１１日目： 形容詞・副詞 １ ＊＊＊
ポイント１: 人の感情を表すには [ excited ] [ bored ] [ moved ] [ tired ] [ interested ] [ worried ] [ frightened ] などの過去分詞（動詞＋ed ）を使います。 I'm excited because I'm going to meet my girlfriend this evening. I always feel bored and sleepy in Mr.Webb's lessons. I was very moved at the end of the movie. いろいろな感情を起させる物や人を表現するには、[ exciting ] [ boring ] [ moving ] [ tiring ] など現在分詞（動詞＋ing）を使います。 It was a very tiring day. The match was very exciting. He is a boring teacher. The film was very moving. ポイント２: 恐怖感を表すには [ frightened ] [ scared ] [ terrified ] [ afraid ] の 形容詞を使います。中でも [ terrified ] が一番強い表現です。 I was very frightened in the earthquake. I was terrified in the earthquake. 恐怖感を与える物や人を表現するには [ frightning ] [ scary ] [ terrifying ] の形容詞を使います。この中では [ terrifying ] が一番強い表現です。 My father is very frightening when he gets angry. The earthquake was terrifying. 現代英語では [ terrible ] はふつう「とても悪い」という意味です。 The food was terrible. The weather was terrible. I'm terrible at singing. 現代の日常英語では [ fearful ] はあまり使いません。 ポイント３: 人前で話したり、歌ったり、失敗をした時、恥ずかしいと思うのは [ ashamed ] では無く、[ embarrassed ] です。 I always feel embarrassed when I have to give a speech. This morning I said "Hello" to a man in the street who looked like my friend, but in fact he was a stranger, so I felt very embarrassed. よくない行い（嘘をついたり盗みをしたり）をしたり、何かが不十分で恥ずかしいと思ったりする時は、 [ ashamed ] です。 I was ashamed that I had lied. He is very ashamed of his bad handwriting. ポイント４: 給料や賃金が安いと言う時は [ cheap ] ではなく [ low ] を使います。 [ cheap ] は値段が安いと言う時に使う言葉です。 My salary is low. I like the job but the pay is very low. ポイント５: [ wide ] [ narrow ] は、「幅が広い、狭い」という意味で、 [ a wide road ] [ a wide river ] [ a narrow street ] のように使います。 「大きさ」や「面積」を言う時は [ big ] [ large ] [ small ] などで表現する。 スペースが足りないという意味の「狭い」は [ cramped ] 。 Tokyo is big. There are seven people living in my house, so it is very cramped.Go back to the index