【Duolingo英語術】Section5-14 Talk about relationships

セクション5では「幅広い話題について文章を作る」（I can participate in daily life in English.）ことがテーマになっております

本ユニットで登場した表現

このユニットでは、Whereやhowの使い分け問題に注意です

職業に関する表現

消防士

My new neighbor is a firefighter!

Firefighters fight fires!

Do you know when she met that firefighter? And when did she get married to him?

歯科医

My girlfriend’s dream is to become a dentist.

No, she met a dentist instead.

弁護士

My wife is a lawyer. She helps people who have business problems.
私の妻は弁護士です。彼女はビジネス上の問題を抱えた人々を助けています。

Lisa and Bob are a great couple. Lisa works as a lawyer.
リサとボブは素晴らしいカップルです。リサは弁護士として働いています。

作家

Mary wants to be a famous author. She’s already very good at writing.
メアリーさんは有名な作家になりたがっています。彼女はもう文章を書くのがとても上手です。

Lisa is an author. I read anything that she writes. I listen to whatever she says.
リサさんは作家です。彼女が書くものは何でも読みます。彼女の言うことは何でも聞きます。

My partner is a very popular author, so people will buy whatever she writes.

床屋・髪型に関する表現

My best friend’s husband is a barber. He uses special scissors to cut hair.
親友の夫は理容師です。彼は髪を切るのに特別なハサミを使います。

Ben and Tom got a haircut together. Their hair is shorter now.

Mike got a new haircut. He looks like a completely different person!

リタイア（retire）

My neighbor is retiring early next year. He’s only 50 years old!

My neighbor wants to move to Mexico when she retires.

Do you know when he retired? And when did his wife retire?

My neighbor is retiring early. He said he will play golf every day.

Yeah, he retired ten years ago.

甥っ子・姪っ子

甥っ子

My nephew is 7 years old. He’s my sister’s son.

My nephew, Tom, is my sister’s son.

姪っ子

Oh, that’s nice. What’s your niece’s name?

He gave his niece anything that she needed. He gave her whatever she wanted.
彼は姪に必要なものは何でも与えました。彼女が欲しいものは何でも与えました。

I give my niece whatever she wants. I give her anything that she needs.
姪が欲しがるものは何でも与えます。彼女が必要なものは何でも与えます。

I usually cook anything that I want because my niece will eat whatever I make.
姪っ子は私が作ったものなら何でも食べてくれるので、私は大抵作りたいものを何でも作ります。

My niece, my sister’s daughter, just graduated from school.
私の姪、姉の娘は学校を卒業したばかりです。

〜を知っていますか？

Why does he fight with his spouse a lot? Do you know what he fights with him about?

Do you know when they started dating?
彼らがいつ付き合い始めたか知っていますか？

Where did he meet his spouse? Do you know how he met him?

Do you know how they met? And how did they start a relationship?

Do you know where she met her husband?
彼女が夫とどこで出会ったか知っていますか？

Do you know when he moved to London? When did he meet his British boyfriend?

Do you know when he learned British English? When did he live in the UK?

知らない・わからない

Where did she live before? We don’t know where she lived. She isn’t very honest!

My son and his wife still don’t know where they want to buy a house.

Where does he live? He says he is honest, but we don’t know where he lives.

Ben is dating my brother, but we don’t know when he moved here. When did he move here?

We never see his annoying boyfriend. We don’t know when he visits. When does he visit?

trust

We trust each other. I give her anything that she wants. I give her whatever she needs.
私たちはお互いを信頼しています。彼女が望むものは何でも与えます。彼女が必要とするものは何でも与えます。

You’re too trusting. Please be more careful!
あなたはお人好しすぎます。もっと気を付けてください！

結婚生活に関する表現

「空欄に当てはまるものを選択してください」でmarriageとmarriedの穴埋め問題が出題されます

They have been married for twenty years. They have a happy marriage.

My grandparents have a great marriage! They’ve been married for thirty years.
私の祖父母は素晴らしい結婚生活を送っています！彼らは結婚して30年になります。

My niece’s dream is to have a happy marriage like her parents.

Their marriage is wonderful! How long have they been married?
彼らの結婚生活は素晴らしいです！彼らは結婚してどれくらいになりますか？

After 20 years of marriage, Bob and Lisa still hold hands at the movies.
結婚して20年経った今でも、ボブとリサは映画館で手をつないでいます。

They talk about their marriage a lot. Have they been married for a long time?
彼らは結婚生活についてとても話します。 彼らは結婚生活は長いですか？

They got married five years ago. They have a great marriage.
彼らは5年前に結婚しました。素晴らしい結婚生活を送っています。

離婚した

Lisa’s parents are divorced. They live in different cities now.

Is it true that Kevin is divorced?

尊敬・尊重する（respect）

My mom never respects my decisions. She doesn’t agree with me.

I was a shy boy and was always quiet in the classroom.

Anna and Mia are a successful couple. They love and trust each other.

You don’t listen because you don’t respect me.

After being married for 60 years, Tom still loves and respects his spouse, Marie.

素晴らしい人・正直な人

Yes, your husband’s a great guy.

Maria’s spouse is a wonderful wife. She’s really great.

Ben is the most honest person I’ve ever met.

イギリス人

My boyfriend is British. He grew up in London.

My sister is a lesbian. Her girlfriend is British.
私の妹はレズビアンです。彼女のガールフレンドはイギリス人です。

Is Ben’s boyfriend British or French?

上記以外の「夢」に関する表現

Lily’s dream is to play the guitar with her favorite band.

It’s my wife’s dream to go to Mexico! She’s always wanted to travel the world.

上記以外の人間関係（relationship）に関する表現

That’s true in all relationships.

I have a great relationship with my neighbors. They are very friendly.

その他の表現

My girlfriend lives in a huge house!
私の彼女は大きな家に住んでいます！

The roses that my partner gave me were huge!
私のパートナーからもらったバラは大きかったです！

My neighbor is blind now, but he could see when he was younger.

We’re going to a gay bar tonight.

I’m sorry your baby sister cries all the time. That is annoying!

Kevin’s not dating anyone right now. He’s single!

Mike and Amy opened a successful new restaurant last year.
マイクとエイミーは昨年、新しいレストランをオープンして成功を収めました。

Anna and Lisa are lesbians. They are really good partners.
アンナとリサはレズビアンです。彼女らは本当に良いパートナーです。

Clara and Amy are lesbians. They are engaged to each other!
クララとエイミーはレズビアンです。二人は婚約しています！

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Mia’s girlfriend, Clara, is trying to become an author. Mia likes to help Clara, so she reads whatever Clara writes, and gives her advice.　　How does Mia help Clara?

She checks her stories.

That’s my girlfriend, Clara. We can always see where she is in a crowd of people because she always puts a huge pink flower in her hair!　　It’s easy to…

find Clara

Our neighbors’ marriages are quite different. Mr. and Mrs. Lee do everything together, but Mr. and Mrs. Pink each have their own hobbies.　　This is about…

husbands and wives

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