iPOD touchで英語学習：「フレンズ」第1シーズン第5話

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第1シーズン第5話
「The One With the East German Laundry Detergent」

英語学習のためのシットコム


フレンズ I ― ファースト・シーズン DVD セット vol.1

「フレンズ」を使った英語学習ですが、1ヶ月以上継続出来ています。
毎日興味津津で視聴しています。
こういうワクワク感が今までの英語学習にはなかった気がします。

また、本当の日常会話に非常に近い話し言葉だと思うので、
「こういうの本当にネイティブは言うのかな」という心配がありません。

単語・熟語・表現もエピソード記憶を用いるので覚えがよい気がします。

ドラマを使った英語学習は、今のところ大成功です。

今回は題名は「東ドイツの洗剤」ですが、この話の頃はすでに東ドイツは消滅していたはず。
"Extra tough"を強調するために敢えて東ドイツにしたのでしょう。

単語

maneuver
a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

bam
used to imitate the sound of a hard blow or to convey something happening abruptly

mean
下品な

awkward
causing difficulty
hard to do or deal with

gang up
join together in order to intimidate or oppose someone

scrunchy
making a loud crunching noise when crushed or compressed

eager
strongly wanting to do or have something

glamour
an attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing

freaky
very odd, strange, or eccentric

fluff
soft fibres fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps

ish
somewhat

belch
emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

tons of
a large number or amount

fuzzy
having a frizzy texture or appearance

puppy
a young dog

proof
a trial impression of a page, taken from type or film and used for making corrections before final printing

photo shoot = photo session
a prearranged session in which a photographer takes photographs of someone for publication

squirrel
an agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds

brutal
savagely violent

suds
froth made from soap and water

spaz (aslo spazz)
short for SPASTIC
an incompetent or uncoodinated person

nibble
take small bites out of

weasel
a small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat
a deceitful or treacherous person

expose
make something visible by uncovered it

peep
a quick or furtive look
a momentary or partial view of something

inflate
fill with air or gas so that it becomes distended

flop
fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way

rambunctious
ncontollably exuberant
boisterous

put their heads together
consult and work together

missy
used as an affectionate or disparaging form of address to a young girl

brand new
completely new

neat
arranged in a tidy way
in good order

熟語

as far as I concerned,
（他の人はともかく）私に関する限りは

blow a person's mind
人を極度に興奮させる
人を恍惚とさせる

be a man
男らしくする

burn up
怒らせる、いらいらさせる

agree with
一致する、帳尻が合う

think through
とくと考える、考え抜く

blow off
悩み・精力などを発散させる

You caught me.
ばれたか！

rip O apart
ばらばらに裂く

表現

Monica: You've never met Bob, have you?

Chandler: Can I get you another latte?

Janice: I'm still working on mine.

Rachel: Does it still hurt?