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【４５日目】相づちがあればほぼ大丈夫

最近一気に秋めいてきましたね(^^)

 

食欲の秋！読書の秋！運動の秋です！！

 

今年は恒例とは違った年ですが、

これらは存分に楽しめそうですね(^^)

 

みなさんのおすすめを

教えてください！！

 

ちなみに私は最近

読書にどっぷり浸かっております。

Youtuberのみきおさんとカルマさん

ご存じですか？

 

私は配信を毎度楽しみに

してるくらいファンなんですが

最近彼らが本を出したようで、

即買いました。(笑)

 

内容はすごくよかったです！！

生きる糧を貰えたというか

素敵な考え方を吸収できました！！

 

気になる方はぜひ(^^)

 

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目次

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➤相づちがあればほぼほぼいける

➤インプットの時間

➤本日のワーク

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

 

①相づちがあればほぼほぼいける

expression に対する画像結果

前回の記事でもお伝えした様に、

英語のコミュニケーションは、

聞ける力と相づちがあれば

ほぼほぼ成り立ちます。

 

"uh-huh" "ah-hah" 

これは会話で1200000％使いますね。

 

もちろん英語表現も

できてほしいですが、

このリアルも知っておいて欲しい

ものです。

 

②インプットの時間

disney study に対する画像結果

では今回も英語の記事を通して

いくつかインプットして欲しいです！！

 

8 Ways to Express Surprise in English

 

Knowing how to express excitement is extremely important whatever the language you’re learning. In this post, I’ll share with you 8 different ways the native often use to express surprise in English when hearing surprising news.

 

How to express surprise in English: Disbelief

 

Really?

We can use Really as a short response when we show interest or surprise:

Example

  • I don’t like chocolate. – Really?
  • Jack proposed me. – Oh really? When?

 

Are you serious? and Are you for real?

A fashionable way of expressing surprise and disbelief in English is to say “Are you serious?” or “Are you for real?”.

  • Serious means to act or speak sincerely and in earnest, rather than in a joking manner.
  • For real is used to show that something is real, genuine, or serious.

Although both of these expressions carry question marks, they don’t require answers.

Example

  • I got an A+ on my Math exam!  – Dude, are you for real?

 

You gotta be kidding me!

A similar phrase that’s increasingly used in spoken English for expressing disbelief is “You gotta be kidding me!”

The expression is commonly used to indicate you’re seriously doubting what the person is saying, or just to express your surprise or astonishment.

  • “Gotta” is a contraction of  ‘have got to”, meaning “have to” or “must”. “You gotta be kidding me!” = “You must be kidding me!”
  • “have got to” is mostly used in American Spoken English.

Example

  • I’m going to travel around America this summer. – You gotta be kidding me! It’s awesome!

 

No way!

A common phrase used when hearing big news is “No Way !”. As you can tell, you’re basically refusing to believe what you hear because it’s so incredible.

Note

In addition to expressing surprise, “No way” is also used to tell someone that something is impossible (There is no way that could be possible). You can also say “no way” as an emphatic way of saying no.

Example

  • Can I borrow your car? – No way!
  • I’m sorry but there is no way we can help you.

Don’t forget to take notice of the speaker’s attitude and conversation context. Otherwise, you can easily get confused by this phrase.

Now, let’s look at 2 videos below. As you see, in the first video, the speaker uses “No way!” to express their astonishment. Meanwhile, the phrase “no way” in the other video is used as an answer to the question, meaning “never”, “certainly not”.

 

 

How to express surprise in English: Excitement

Echo Question

An echo question is a type of direct question that repeats part or all of something which someone else has just said. It is also called a parrot question or a “repeat, please” question.

We use echo questions to express interest, concern, surprise, anger, or other reactions, depending on the intonation.

Example

  • He ran out of money. – Did he?
  • I haven’t booked my flight yet. – Haven’t you?

Note:

Intonation: Echo questions are usually spoken with a rising intonation

  • James really likes my dog. – Does he?
  • You should go to the dentist. – Should I?
  • I can’t ride a motorbike. – Can’t you?
  • They wouldn’t be able to come. – They wouldn’t?

 

 

What a surprise!

Slightly more formal and versatile is the expression “What a surprise!!”. This phrase belongs to standard English and is used in formal and written English as well. We can use “What”, “How” in exclamatory sentences.

“What”
WHAT + a/ an + adj + countable noun:

  • What a wonderful day!
  • What a nice song you wrote!

WHAT + adj + plural countable noun:

  • What colorful flowers!

WHAT + adj + uncountable noun:

  • What beautiful weather!

“How”
HOW + adjective/ adverb + Subject + Verb! :

  • How amazing you are!
  • How well she dances!

 

You don’t say!

Another common phrase used to show excitement in English is “You don’t say!”.

“You don’t say” = “Really?”

Example

  • Anna is getting married! – You don’t say!

Note:

“You don’t say” is an exclamation, not an imperative sentence. If someone says  “you don’t say”, they don’t intend to stop you from talking. What they actually mean is “You’re kidding!” or “Really? I find that interesting, keep talking”.

 

 

Well, what do you know! (?)

Another expression quite in vogue these days is “Well, what do you know!”

Remember not to use this kind of expression during a work meeting or a job interview however, it’s not appropriate for such formal situations.

Example

  • Lily and James are getting married! – Well, what do you know!
  • Well, what do you know, Ann dropped out of Harvard!

 

③本日のワーク

 

youtubeでもinstaでも何の媒体でもいいので、

あなたの好きなトピックに関する英語に

触れてください！

 

例：スポーツ、メイク、歌手などの英語の動画

　　海外のインスタライブ

　　スポーツ、メイク、歌手などのニュース記事やブログ

 

そして

・何を見たのか

・インプットしたフレーズ５個

・感想を教えてください

 

 

それでは！！