中高生の基礎英語 24/4/2(火)T1-D2 Tell us about your name.あなたの名前について教えてください。
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中高生の基礎英語 24/4/2(火)T1-D2 Tell us about your name.あなたの名前について教えてください。
Tell us about your name.
あなたの名前について教えてください。 Day 2
-Q&A
Q1. What does Vicky’s name mean?
Q2. Who was Victoria named after?
-What would you say?
今週のトピックについて、 英語で話すために役立つフレーズとさまざまな言い換え例をご紹介します。
Topic Tell us about your name.
→「名前について話すときのフレーズ」をご紹介します。
It’s short for…
「ある名前の短いバージョンです」と言いたいときに使えます。
例) “Tom” is short for “Thomas.”
“PC” is short for “personal computer.”
I was named after…
「誰かの名前にちなんで名づけられました」と言いたいときに使えます。
-Open-ended Question
What does your family call you at home?
–
find out
to get some information about something or someone by asking, reading, etc.
correct
having no mistakes
go ahead
= you start to do something
similar
like someone or something but not exactly the same; alike
the 1950s
the years from 1950 to 1959
afterwards
after that, later, then
most of
the biggest number or part; almost all
got it
= I understood
-Q&A
Now, let’s find out more about what Vicky says about her name. To understand her thoughts better, we’ll ask you some questions.
Okay. Here’s the first question: Q1). What does Vicky’s name mean? Everyone, let’s think together. Moeno?
Her name means “victory.”
Oh.
Very nice. All right. Let’s listen to that part of the dialogue.
-from the Dialogue
The question was: What does Vicky’s name mean? And the answer is: Her name means “victory.” Great job, Moeno.
Yay!
Yay!
Everyone, let’s try saying the answer together. Her name means “victory.” Very good, everyone.
If you said, “Vicky’s name means ‘victory,” that’s correct, too. All right. Let’s move on to the next question.
First, listen to this.
-from the Dialogue
Okay. So, here’s the question: Q2). Who was Victoria named after? Moeno?
She was named after her father.
Very nice. The question was: Who was Victoria named after? And the answer is: Her father. Great answer, Moeno.
Thank you.
If you said, “Victoria was named after her father,” that’s correct, too.
And if you said, “She was named after her father, Victor,” you did an excellent job.
Very nice.
Everyone, let’s practice the answer like this: She was named after her father. Very good.
All right. Moeno, everyone, try to put the two answers together to make a short summary of what Vicky says. You can start like this: Vicky’s name means…. Go ahead.
Vicky’s name means “victory.” She was named after her father.
Oh, very nice. Nice job. You can also say it like this:
Vicky’s name means “victory.” She was named after her father, Victor. You can add “Victor” if you want.
Okay.
Nice job.
-What would you say?
In this section, we will introduce phrases that you can use to talk about this week’s topic, which is:
Tell us about your name.
Today, we’ll look at some ways to talk about your name.
When Edison hears the name “Vicky,” it seems that maybe he has not heard this name before.
Right. He asks, “Vicky?”
