Lesson 42 Inversion Grammar 倒置

1

PHRASE OF THE DAY

今日のフレーズ

Not only were we shocked, but we were also very proud of the positive feedback.

私たちはびっくりしただけでなく、肯定的な評価を非常に誇りに思いました。

2

SITUATION

状況

Nancy is talking with her friend Eddie.

ナンシーは友達のエディーと話しています。

3

DIALOGUE

ダイアログ

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then practice each role.
課題：先生の後に続いてくり返した後、それぞれの役を練習してみましょう。

Nancy

I need a break now.

Eddie

Yeah. You seem pretty exhausted. Oh, how did it go with the competition you were in?

Nancy

Can you believe it we got first place! Not only were we shocked, but we were also very proud of the positive feedback!

Eddie

Good job. I am very happy for you, Nancy.

ナンシー：ふぅ、休憩しようかな。
エディー：そうだね。君はとっても疲れているみたいだよ。そうだ、君が関わっていたコンペはどうなった？
ナンシー：そうそう、一等賞を取ったのよ、信じられる？私たちはびっくりしただけでなく、肯定的な評価をいただけてとっても誇りに思ったわ。
エディー：頑張ったね。ナンシー、本当によかった。

4

VOCABULARY

語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.
課題：先生の後に続いてくり返した後、今度はひとりで発音してみましょう。

need

～が必要である

competition

競争、コンペ

break

休憩

proud of ~

～を誇りに思う

pretty

とても、かなり

5

LANGUAGE FOCUS

今日のポイント

Not only were we shocked, but we were also very proud of the positive feedback.

私たちはびっくりしただけでなく、肯定的な評価を非常に誇りに思いました。

Talk About Your ExperienceUsing no sooner had we / only then did we / little did we

no sooner had we / only then did we / little did we を使って自分の経験を説明する

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud again by yourself.
課題：先生の後に続いてくり返した後、今度はひとりで発音してみましょう。

Not only were we disappointed, but we were also pretty nervous about the whole situation.

No sooner had we entered the hall than the ceremony began.

Little did we know that they were waiting.

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another project.

Little did we imagine finding ourselves having a conference in Paris.

Not only were we upset, but we were also very angry about the result.

私達はがっかりしただけでなく、全体の状況に非常にびくびくしていた。
我々がホールに入るなり式典が始まった。
彼らが待っていたなんて全く知らなかった。
その難しい問題をやり終えるやいなや、社長は私たちをさらに別のプロジェクトに送り込んだ。
パリで会議を開くなんて想像もしなかった。
その結果について、我々は困惑しただけでなくとても腹を立てた。

6

ACTIVITY

練習

Activity1: Create sentences using “not only were we/no sooner had we/only then did we/little did we”
練習1： “not only were we/no sooner had we/only then did we/little did we”を使って、文を作ってみましょう。

1. Foreign staff, meeting, grateful (use “not only were we~)
2. expect, sell, 5000, cars (use “little did we)

Activity2: Use the language focus to talk about your work or news that you have read about recently.
練習2： Language Focusで習ったことを使って、仕事や最近のニュースについて話してみましょう。

Hints
Expressing your opinion:

grateful

感謝して、ありがたく思って

foreign

外国の

attend

出席する

join

加わる

1 PHRASE OF THE DAY 今日のフレーズ

2 SITUATION 状況

3 DIALOGUE ダイアログ

4 VOCABULARY 語い