LESSON ・ 会話 + 検死 + 解説
★★★本題 — 8日前に回線ごと切れた1文を、最初の1文で言い切った夜。第113夜(9/16)、講師の母が心拍数の異常で入院したと聞いた日、本人の最後の1文は your mom is very... I... I... で切れていた。今夜、東京の車道を公園へ歩きながら、本人は挨拶のすぐあとに your mom is okay? と聞いた。講師の答えは she left the hospital yesterday — 入院8日、甲状腺の働きすぎが心拍を上げていた。本人は Congratulations と言いかけて、自分で止まり、これで合っているかと講師に聞いた。講師は I understand the sentiment と受けてから、that's good news / It must be a relief を渡した。本人は such a relief で返した。そして本人は、8日前にこの講師が言った doctors talk in circles を、I remember と言って自分の口から出した。 DMM (録音に講師の名前は無い。講師の母の入院の続き — 第113夜に講師自身が話した心拍数の異常と甲状腺の検査 — を、本人と講師の両方が話しているので、第113夜の講師と読む。根拠は録音の話の連続だけ。英国の寄宿学校で育ち、南アフリカの学校事情を知っている) — 25分 ★本人は屋外、モバイル回線、音声のみ。騒音の中を公園まで歩いて入った。 ★★話は病院のベッドから、逃げ場のない場所へ降りていった — 入院8日は退屈、keep her company / 病院食 / 日本の給食(配膳の当番、残りを取り合うじゃんけん、飲み物は全員牛乳)/ 講師の寄宿学校(13歳から、家が近くても寮、you can't run home to mommy and daddy)/ ホームスクーリングが英国で戻ってきている / ひきこもり / 30〜40人を1部屋に入れる教室。 ★★★最後に本人は、自分は教室でいじめる側だったかもしれない、と言った。講師の結論は、子どもの強みと弱みを分かったうえで、育つ場所を探す。それはいつも簡単な選択ではない。 ★文法は脇 — 前夜の宿題①(I appreciate の3語)は NO_CHANCE、感謝の文そのものが出なかった(ただし同じ系統の I'm fully understand が、講師が母の見舞いの話をした直後に出た)。②(評価の名詞に a/an)は FAILED — ☓he was ▲ genius。ただし an indoor kid(母音の前の an)/ a good portion / a battle / a competition / a curse は正しく出た。③(read / look / try + it)は NO_CHANCE。
2026-09-2425 分
検死レポート(ノイズ=直すべき癖)
第120夜。本題 — 8日前に回線ごと切れた1文を、最初の1文で言い切った夜。第113夜(9/16)、講師の母が心拍数の異常で入院したと聞いた日、本人の最後の1文は your mom is very... I... I... で切れていた。今夜、本人は東京の車道を公園へ歩きながらモバイル回線・音声のみで入り、挨拶のすぐあとに your mom is okay? と聞いた。講師の母は昨日退院していた。入院8日、甲状腺の働きすぎが心拍を上げていた。本人は Congratulations と言いかけて自分で止まり、正しい言い方を聞いた。講師は I understand the sentiment と受けてから that's good news / It must be a relief を渡し、本人は such a relief で返した。そして本人は、8日前に講師が言った doctors talk in circles を I remember と言ってから自分の口で出した。話はそこから、逃げ場の無い場所へ降りていった — 入院は退屈(keep her company)、病院食、日本の給食(当番、おかわりのじゃんけん、飲み物は全員牛乳)、講師の寄宿学校(13歳から、家が近くても寮)。本人が there's no escape と言い、講師が you can't run home to mommy and daddy と返した。ホームスクーリングが英国でまた増えている、ひきこもり、30〜40人を1部屋に入れる教室は普通じゃない。最後に本人は、自分はいじめる側だったかもしれないと言った。講師の結論は、子どもの強みと弱みを分かったうえで育つ場所を探す、That's not always an easy choice。録音に講師の名前は無い。母の入院の続きを本人と講師の両方が話しているので、第113夜の講師と読む。根拠は録音の話の連続だけ。文法 — 前夜の宿題①(I appreciate の3語)は感謝の文が来ず NO_CHANCE。ただし同じ骨(一般動詞の前の be)が I'm fully understand / that's kind of brings back で出た。②(評価の名詞に a/an)は FAILED(he was ▲ genius)。ただし正しい a/an が5回、取り違え0。かわりに数えない名詞と数字の前に a が4回(a very bad news / a milk / like a eight days / like a seven)。③(read / look / try + it)は場面が来ず NO_CHANCE。
ネイティブらしくない癖
前の授業で相手が置いた語を、相手の話の続きで返す(8日前の talk in circles)。これは維持する → 同じ講師に入る前に、前回その人が置いた語を1つ拾っておく
日本語の感覚で出た語(Congratulations)を、言った直後に自分で止めて聞いた。これは維持する → 場面と語がずれた気がしたら、その場で Is that the right word? と聞く
相手の話で感情が動いた直後の1文で、動詞の前に be が立つ(I'm appreciate / I'm fully understand) → 主語のすぐ後ろが動詞なら、I の1語で止めて動詞を言う
like のあとに a を置いてから名詞を探すので、数えない物と数字にも a が付く → like のあとは中身を言うまで a を出さない
「どう思う」の「どう」が how に直結する → 意見を聞くときは What do you think? の4語で固定する
重い話ほど1ターンが長くなる(ひきこもりの段は約2分で1ターン)。中身は1本の線でつながっているが、文の骨が後ろに回る → 重い話は1文目を短く置いてから中身へ入る
乖離(短いSVOで言い切る練習)
講師の母の容体を聞く(8日前に切れた1文の続き): How's your day going? / Is your mom okay? / I've been wondering.
退院の知らせへの返し: Oh, that's great news. / It must be a relief. / I'm so glad she's home.
診断を聞く(8日前の講師の語を回収): I remember you said the doctors were talking in circles. / So what was the diagnosis in the end? / Did they ever get to the bottom of it?
最悪じゃなくてよかった: I'm glad your mom's okay. / It could've been a lot worse. / I was a bit worried.
講師の休みに気づいていた: Have you been teaching the last couple of days? / I didn't see you on DMM. / I figured you were busy.
病院食から給食へ: I've never stayed in a Japanese hospital. / Compared to eating out, it's pretty bland. / It's kind of like school lunch.
給食の配膳とおかわり: We took turns serving lunch. / We competed for seconds. / Ties were settled with rock, paper, scissors.
飲み物は全員牛乳: The drink was always milk. / Everyone got milk. / Even kids who were lactose intolerant.
幼い寄宿には反対、13歳なら自立の機会: Being separated from your parents at seven is a bit strange. / The teachers end up playing the role of parents. / At 13, it can help kids become independent.
ひきこもりとホームスクーリング: We have a word for it: hikikomori. / Then homeschooling is the only option. / Japanese parents aren't used to it.
自分はいじめる側だったかもしれない(今夜の底): Looking back, I might have been one of the bullies. / I wasn't aware of it at the time. / I feel bad about it now.
講師の意見を聞く: What do you think? / What's your take on it? / I'd love to hear your view.
生徒Hello
解説
★屋外から、歩きながらの第一声。
先生Yeah, me.
解説
★書き起こしが崩れている行。接続の確認のやりとりで、どちらの発言か音声からは決めきれない。意味は補わない。
先生Yes, I can hear you fine.
解説
★聞こえるかの確認への答え。fine を後ろに置くと「問題なく聞こえる」。
盗む
I can hear you fine.
回線確認の返事の定型。fine は副詞の位置で「問題なく」。clearly より軽い。
生徒Yeah, I'm just walking to the place where I can settle in. So... Yeah.
ネイティブなら
I'm just heading somewhere I can sit down.
NEWheading somewhere
解説
★settle in が正しく出た。落ち着ける場所へ向かっている、は the place where I can settle in で合っている。直すところは無い。
先生Yeah, maybe, yeah.
解説
★カメラを切るかどうかの相談。質問の部分は録音に入っていない。
生徒Yeah, please, I'm on mobile data.
解説
★I'm on mobile data は完璧。回線は on で乗るもの。第113夜の冒頭は I used like a mobile data で a が付いていた。8日で a が取れた。
先生Okay, no problem, no problem. How are you? Did you have a good Silver Week?
解説
★講師の口から Silver Week が出た。日本人の生徒が何人も「連休だった」と言っていたのだろう。生徒の国の祝日の名前まで拾っている。
豆知識
2026年のシルバーウィークは5連休。9/21(月)敬老の日と9/23(水)秋分の日に挟まれた9/22(火)が国民の休日になり、土日からつながった。この並びは2015年以来で、次は2032年。
生徒Uh... It's called Silver Week? Like, uh, three days... uh, of, three days... uh, holidays in a row kind of thing, yeah. No, I didn't, you know, I just... uh, spent... like a normal day as usual.
ネイティブなら
Yeah, it's three days off in a row. No, I just spent it like a normal day.
解説
☓three days holidays in a row → three days off in a row。連休は days off。holidays を後ろに足すと名詞が2つ並ぶ。☓spent like a normal day → spent it like a normal day。spend は何を過ごしたかを言う動詞なので it が要る。
★in a row が出た。前夜の検死の直し(three days off in a row)が1夜で口に入った。ただし off の席に holidays が座った。半分だけ回収。
先生Oh, wow. You didn't go anywhere?
解説
★否定の疑問で驚きを出す。Didn't you go anywhere? より軽い、平叙文の語順のまま語尾を上げる形。
生徒No, I didn't go anywhere. But it's, you know, I'm not the guy who wants to travel or to visit like a tourist, yeah, so... I'm kind of an indoor kid, so I don't care about whether it's holidays or weekdays or weekend, yeah.
ネイティブなら
I'm a homebody. Holidays don't really change anything for me.
NEWhomebody
金具だけNo, I didn't go anywhere. I'm not really the traveling type. I'm kind of an indoor kid, so it doesn't matter to me whether it's a holiday or not.
解説
☓I don't care about whether it's holidays or weekdays → it doesn't matter to me whether it's a holiday or not。care about whether は重い。休みかどうかは自分には関係ない、は it doesn't matter で足りる。
★★an indoor kid は完璧。母音の前で an、しかも「インドア派」を kid で言って、大人が自分に使うと軽い自虐になる。前夜の宿題②の形(評価・紹介の名詞は a/an ごと1塊)が、ここで正しく出ている。 ★I'm not the guy who ~ も正しい。homebody は同じ意味の1語。
生徒So how's your day? Oh, I'm so, I'm, you know, uh, your, your mom is okay? I'm not sure, yeah, because...
ネイティブなら
How's your mom doing?
NEWHow's ~ doing?
金具だけHow's your day going? Oh, and is your mom okay?
解説
☓your mom is okay? → Is your mom okay?平叙文の語順で語尾を上げても通じるが、心配して聞くなら Is を前に出す。
★★★今夜の最初の本題はこの1文である。8日前の第113夜、講師の母が入院したと聞いた日、本人の最後の1文は your mom is very... I... I... で回線ごと切れていた。今夜は、挨拶を返したすぐあとに、同じ your mom から入った。切れた文の続きを、8日後の最初の1分で言い切っている。語順は平叙文のままだが、聞きたいことは全部入っている。
先生Oh, yeah, she, uh, I, I, she left the hospital yesterday. So, yeah, that's good news.
解説
★退院は left the hospital。was discharged from hospital が正式で、日常は left / got out of hospital。講師は自分で that's good news と締めた。このあと本人が正しい言い方を聞くので、答えは先に置かれていたことになる。
盗む
She left the hospital yesterday.
退院の日常の言い方。discharge は病院側の手続きの語。家族の話としては left / got out of hospital。
生徒Oh. Good. Wow. Congratulations. Uh... Is that “congratulation”? Isn't it maybe not the proper way to say, how do you, how do you say?
ネイティブなら
Oh, what a relief. I'm so glad she's home.
NEWwhat a relief
金具だけOh, that's great. Congratulations -- wait, is that the right word here? What would you say?
解説
言いかけた Congratulations を自分で止めた判断は正しい。退院は祝福というより「ほっとした」の場面。
★★Congratulations と言った直後に、自分で止まって講師に聞いた。日本語の「おめでとう」は退院にも使うが、英語の congratulations は本人が何かを成し遂げたときの語で、病気が治った場面にはずれる。違和感に気づいて、その場で聞いた。これが今夜いちばん価値のある一手のひとつ。
先生Probably not “congratulations”, uh, yeah... I understand the sentiment. Uh, yeah.
解説
★★講師は先に気持ちを受け取ってから、語を直した。I understand the sentiment — 言いたかったことは届いている。直す前に受け取る、という順番。
盗む
I understand the sentiment.
言葉はずれていても、気持ちは伝わっている、と返す1文。sentiment = 込められた気持ち。相手の言い間違いを責めずに受ける定型。
生徒Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you, how do you say in English? The proper way to say it?
ネイティブなら
So how would you say it in English? What's the right way to put it?
解説
☓How do you say in English → How do you say IT in English.say は何を言うかが要る。この1文の後半では the proper way to say it と it が出ている。
★1文の中で it が消えて、戻った。前半の How do you say ▲ in English は落ち、後半の to say it は入っている。言い直すと入る。
先生Uh, you'd probably say “that's good news” or you could say “I'm just good news, glad your mom, well, mom, your, yeah, your mom, uh...” You might just say like “a relief”. It might, it must be a relief or something, or something like that.
解説
★★答えを3つ並べた — that's good news / I'm just glad your mom's okay / It must be a relief。真ん中は本人の立場に立って言い直そうとして崩れた。自分の母のことを、生徒の側の台詞で言うのは言いにくい。
盗む
It must be a relief.
相手の気持ちを推し量る must。「ほっとしたでしょう」。It must be hard(大変でしょう)と同じ型で、相手の状況に使い回せる。
生徒Yeah, such a relief. And uh, yeah. Because it's, oh, but uh... yesterday? You said yesterday your mom uh, left, left the hospital?
解説
★★渡された relief を、such a relief で即座に返した。such a + 名詞で強める形も正しい。そしてすぐ日付を確かめた — 入院した日から数えるためである。
先生Yes, yeah.
解説
★確認への返事。
生徒Oh, so it's been kind of like a... eight days in hospital.
ネイティブなら
Oh, so she was in hospital for eight days.
解説
☓like a... eight days → eight days。a は1つを指す札で、複数の前には立たない。like の後ろに a を付ける口癖がここにも出た。
★★in hospital に the が無い。英国の言い方で、講師の言い方に合わせている。米国は in the hospital。★9/15 から9/23 まで。本人は8日を自分で数えた。
豆知識
in hospital(英)/ in the hospital(米)。英国では hospital・school・prison など「その目的で居る場所」は the を付けない。go to school と同じ理屈。
先生Eight days. Okay.
解説
★数の確認。
生徒Yeah. So I was like... Wow, it's a, yeah, and the diagnosis, you know, you like, I remember, you know, doctors are like, kind of like, uh, talking in circles and uh, trying to, what, what is the, you know, results? What was the cause of her illness?
ネイティブなら
So did they ever get to the bottom of it?
NEWget to the bottom of it
金具だけI remember you said the doctors were talking in circles. So what was the diagnosis in the end? What caused it?
解説
☓what is the results → what were the results。results は複数で過去の話。★途中で What was the cause of her illness? と言い直して、正しい形に着地した。
★★★今夜のもう1つの本題。talking in circles は、8日前の第113夜にこの講師が言った語である — doctors seem to talk in circles half the time(医者はいつも話を濁す)。本人は I remember と言ってから、その語を自分の口で出した。同じ講師の、同じ母親の話で、8日後に返した。相手が置いた語を、相手の話の続きで返す。これ以上の聞き方は無い。
先生I think, I think they didn't say, they weren't sure exactly, oh, they, they sent her thyroid... Eventually, initially it was a mystery, okay.
解説
★initially と eventually を言い直した。最初は原因不明だった、は initially it was a mystery。
盗む
Initially it was a mystery.
最初は原因が分からなかった。mystery は日常で「理由が分からないこと」に軽く使える。It's a mystery to me(自分には謎だ)も同じ。
先生Yeah. So they said her thyroid was overact, or her thyroid became like excited or overactive, so that was causing the elevated heart rate. Uh... So now she's got...
解説
★overactive thyroid。講師は overact と言いかけて overactive に直した。第113夜の時点で「甲状腺の検査をしている」と言っていた。答えはそのとおりだった。
盗む
That was causing the elevated heart rate.
原因と症状をつなぐ was causing。過去進行形で「その間ずっと引き起こしていた」。
豆知識
overactive thyroid = 甲状腺機能亢進症(hyperthyroidism)。甲状腺ホルモンが出すぎると、体のアクセルが踏まれたままになり、心拍が上がる。日本で代表的なのはバセドウ病。
生徒Chronic, chronic kind of thing? Not like uh, something...
ネイティブなら
Is it something she'll have to manage long-term?
NEWmanage long-term
金具だけIs it a chronic thing?
解説
★chronic が出た。慢性か一時的か、は家族が次に知りたいことで、聞く順番が正しい。
先生No, I, I, I don't know, I think she's had some issue, it doesn't seem to be a chronic issue, but she's had some issues with her thyroid before, so... I don't know if they got down to the root cause of what caused the thyroid, so she's just on medication too...
解説
★get down to the root cause = 根本の原因まで掘る。原因は分かったが、その原因の原因はまだ分からない。今は薬で抑えている。
盗む
She's on medication.
薬を飲み続けている状態は on medication。take medicine は1回飲む動作。on は「その状態に乗っている」。
生徒Yeah. Root cause.
解説
★講師の語を拾って繰り返した。聞いた語をその場で口に通すのは、覚える側のいちばん安い手間。
生徒Yeah. I'm still, yeah, medication, yeah. I'm still walking towards, and uh, very, very noisy. Uh... It's crazy in, in Tokyo. Cars passing by and uh, but uh, still maybe, uh, in a minute, I will... yeah, uh, settle in, in a park.
ネイティブなら
Sorry about the noise. I'll be in the park in a sec.
NEWSorry about the noise
金具だけSorry, I'm still walking, so it's really noisy. Cars keep passing. I'll be in the park in a minute.
解説
☓I'm still walking towards → I'm still walking.towards は「どこへ」を言わないと宙に浮く。言うなら towards the park。
★騒音の断りを自分から入れた。It's crazy in Tokyo は口語として正しい。
先生Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒Yeah, so... Uh, yeah, I'm, I'm glad your mom is okay. Because it could turn out a very bad news, you know, you know. So, I very, I was a little bit worried, but uh, yeah, still, it's... I was, yeah, I'm so happy that uh, it was not the worst case kind of thing.
ネイティブなら
It could've been a lot worse.
NEWcould've been a lot worse
金具だけI'm glad your mom's okay. It could have turned out to be really bad news. I was a bit worried, so I'm really happy it wasn't the worst case.
解説
☓it could turn out a very bad news → it could have turned out to be really bad news。news は数えないので a は付かない。もう起きなかった過去の可能性は could have + 過去分詞。 could turn out だと、これから悪くなるかもしれない、になる。
★★I'm glad your mom is okay は完璧。講師が真ん中で言いかけて崩した I'm just glad your mom... を、本人が1分後に正しく言い切っている。☓a very bad news は、数えない名詞に札を貼った。news は1つ2つと数えない。
先生Mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
先生Yeah, you fear the worst, I think often, uh, your, your mind can take you to dark places when these things happen. So... it's like it's uh, it's hard to uh, kind of, it's hard to maintain a sense of uh... a sense of optimism, should we say.
解説
★★講師の側の8日間。最悪を考える、頭が暗い方へ連れていかれる、楽観を保つのが難しい。本人の worst case を受けて、家族として過ごした時間を話した。
盗む
Your mind can take you to dark places.
不安で悪い想像が止まらない状態。主語を mind にして、自分の意思ではなく頭が勝手に連れていく、と言う。
生徒Yes, so, just sense of optimism, and uh, yeah, because, and you, there's a lot of procedures going on, you know? Uh, worst case scenario. And... But yeah, so, but I hope, yeah... Did you, have you, uh, did you, did you like uh... Have a class? A couple of these days? Because I, I didn't see your face, but you, you were there on DMM?
ネイティブなら
Yeah, a sense of optimism. There are so many procedures, and you start thinking about the worst-case scenario. Have you been teaching the last couple of days? I didn't see you on DMM.
解説
☓just sense of optimism → a sense of optimism。sense は a を付けて1塊。☓did you have a class a couple of these days → have you been teaching the last couple of days。最近の数日のことは現在完了進行形で聞く。本人は did you → have you と自分で動かしかけている。
★worst case scenario が出た。そして講師の出勤表を見ていたことを明かした。講師の予約枠が空いていないのを、本人は外から見ていた。
先生A little bit. I was, uh, it was a bit trun, it was a bit truncated because I was visiting my mom in hospital, so...
解説
★truncated = 短く切り詰めた。授業の枠を減らして、病院に通っていた。
盗む
It was a bit truncated.
予定や時間が削られた、の言い方。cut short と同じ意味で、少し硬い。my day was cut short でも言える。
生徒Yeah, yeah, yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生I was...
解説
★言いかけ。
生徒I'm fully understand.
ネイティブなら
Of course. Family comes first.
NEWFamily comes first
金具だけI totally understand.
解説
☓I'm fully understand → I totally understand。understand は動詞で、主語がそのまま理解する。be は要らない。#3 I'm appreciate と同じ骨の事故である。
★★前夜の宿題①(I appreciate の3語、I'm を付けない)と同じ骨が、別の動詞で出た。講師が「母の見舞いで授業を減らした」と言った直後の1文である。PRECURSORS「相手を褒めた直後の1文」の広い形 — 感情が動いた直後に、動詞の前に I'm が立つ。
先生I didn't, I wasn't working full days.
解説
★full days の複数。毎日フルでは働いていなかった。
盗む
I wasn't working full days.
フルタイムで入っていなかった、の言い方。work full days / half days。
生徒Uh-huh, a half day working and visiting your mom, and... Yeah, take care of her or like uh, just, just spend time with her, you know,
ネイティブなら
Right, working half days and visiting your mom. Taking care of her, or just spending time with her.
解説
☓a half day working → working half days。毎日の話なので複数、動詞を前に。
★a half day は形として正しい。並べ方だけが日本語の語順(半日・仕事)になった。
先生keep her company, because uh, it can be very boring sitting in bed in hospital the whole day.
解説
★★本人の spend time with her を、講師が keep her company で引き取った。入院で一番きついのは、病気より退屈だという話。
盗む
Keep her company.
そばにいて相手をする。company は「会社」ではなく「一緒にいること」。I'll keep you company(付き合うよ)で使い回せる。
生徒Yeah, the company, yeah.
ネイティブなら
Yeah, keep her company.
解説
★keep her company の company に the は付かない。
★拾ったが、the が付いて「その会社」になった。病室が一瞬、法人になった。
生徒And uh, how's the food? Like, hospitals? Diet is...
ネイティブなら
And how was the hospital food?
解説
★退院した話なので was。hospital food は1語の名詞として決まっている。
★話題を病院食へずらした。重い話から、少し軽い話へ移す一手。
先生Uh, it was okay. It was okay. Not, not too...
解説
★言葉を探している。
生徒Bland? Not op, just okay. Oh.
解説
★★講師が語を探した0.5秒に、bland を差し出した。GRAMMAR_WEATHER の「空席に置いた1語」の形。今回は講師は拾わず、not too bad で続けた。
先生Not too bad. Oh, okay, yeah. Hospital standards, it was pretty good, I think.
解説
★by hospital standards = 病院にしては。比べる基準を先に置く言い方。
盗む
By hospital standards, it was pretty good.
「〜にしては」の英語。by Japanese standards / by my standards と入れ替えて使える。
生徒I, I never like spent, you know, Japanese hospital, like... Uh... So I, yeah, in Jap, but... obviously, compared to like outsi, uh, outward food, you know, hospital foods like uh... Very bland and... Very calculated in health-wise, that's, that's great. It's like a school host, school like... How to say... Schools... Can you hear me?
ネイティブなら
It's healthy, but it's not exactly exciting.
NEWnot exactly exciting
金具だけI've never stayed in a Japanese hospital, but compared to eating out, hospital food is really bland. It's carefully balanced for your health, though. It's kind of like school lunch.
解説
☓I never spent Japanese hospital → I've never stayed in a Japanese hospital。経験は現在完了、入院は stay in。☓outward food → eating out(外食)。☓Very calculated in health-wise → carefully balanced for your health。in と -wise は両方とも「〜の面で」なので、並べると二重になる。
★bland を自分の口で使った。講師に差し出した語を、自分の文に入れて回収した。★そして病院食から学校給食へ橋を架けた。今夜の話は、ここから教室へ降りていく。
先生Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can hear you.
解説
★回線の確認。
生徒Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kind of... Uh, but uh, in Japan, uh, in Japan, uh... Uh... Until like a high school, uh... The, the food was provided by schools. I don't know in, in South Africa. All, all, you know... Schools provide you...
ネイティブなら
In Japan, schools provide lunch up until junior high. I don't know about South Africa. Do schools provide lunch there?
解説
☓Until like a high school → up until junior high。このあと本人が自分で「高校は売店か弁当」と言っているので、給食は中学まで。☓I don't know in South Africa → I don't know about South Africa。
★相手の国の話へ振った。南アフリカではどうか、と聞いて、講師の人生を話に入れた。
先生I, I think it depends on the school. Like in U, in the UK you get, you get a school lunch. Like, I was at...
解説
★it depends on the school — 一般論にしない答え。
盗む
It depends on the school.
一概には言えない、の英語。it depends on ~ で、何によるかを1語置く。
生徒Oh, school lunch, yeah, school lunch.
解説
★給食 = school lunch を拾った。
先生I was at boarding school, so I, I ate everything at school. Uh...
解説
★★講師の人生が話に入った。寄宿学校にいたので、食事は全部学校だった。この1文が、後半の寄宿学校の話の入口になる。
盗む
I was at boarding school.
学校に在籍していた、は be at school。in school は米国寄り。英国は at。
生徒At boarding school, okay. Uh-huh, yeah.
解説
★at まで拾って繰り返した。
先生In... In government schools in South Africa, I'm not sure if you get a lunch or not.
解説
★分からないことは分からないと言う。government school = 公立学校。
生徒Yeah. But, yeah, my image is like... Uh, no school lunch, you have to bring, you know, your mom prepared... You know...
ネイティブなら
I always pictured kids bringing a packed lunch from home.
NEWpacked lunch
金具だけMy image is that there's no school lunch, so you bring something your mom made.
解説
☓you have to bring your mom prepared → you bring something your mom made。何を持ってくるかの名詞(something / a lunch)が無い。
★my image is 〜 は通じる。英語では I always pictured 〜 / I had the impression that 〜 のほうが自然。
先生Uh, you would often, you would often like, I mean, you would often have like a tuck shop, like a, like you would often have like a bento, like a bento box type of... Uh, you'd have like your... You would often have like a sandwich and maybe a sweet or something, yeah, you'd have...
解説
★講師は bento box を使って説明した。本人の世界の語で説明する、という配慮。
生徒A convenience store, like shops in the school? Or your mom...
ネイティブなら
Like a little shop inside the school?
解説
★知らない語を、自分の知っている物で言い換えて確かめた。
先生Uh... When I was at school, there would always be a tuck shop, which would be... But yeah, that would sell very basic food. Yeah, you'd call it like a tuck shop.
解説
★there would always be = いつもあったものだ。過去の習慣の would。
盗む
There would always be a tuck shop.
昔の習慣を語る would。used to と同じ意味で、思い出話に向く。
豆知識
tuck shop = 学校の売店(英国・南アフリカ・オーストラリア)。tuck は英国の古い俗語で「お菓子、食べ物」。米国では school store / snack bar。
生徒Tuck? I don't, tuck?
解説
★知らない語で止めた。流さずに聞き返した。
先生Tuck shop.
解説
★繰り返し。
生徒Oh. I didn't, yeah, I... That's okay.
ネイティブなら
Oh, I didn't know that word.
解説
★初めて聞いた語だと認めた。
先生So that would be like they would sell like chocolates and maybe like a hamburger, or toasted cheese sandwich or something.
解説
★中身の例まで出した。toasted cheese sandwich は英国の軽食の定番。
生徒In, in school. There is a convenience store in school. Yes. Is that, it's called a tuck shop? Okay.
解説
★自分の理解を口に出して確認した。聞いた語を、自分の言葉で定義し直すのは一番定着する。
先生Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒Yeah, so, uh... Because in Japan, uh... Yeah, in, in high school, uh... You can... Like, either choose buy, kind of tuck, yeah, tuck, tuck shops? Yeah, we have tuck shops, maybe most high schools. Or you can just bring your uh, bento box. And... But uh, until you, like you, high school, junior high or elementary school, it's a manda, mandatory kind of like a school lunch provided, and it's like a government's, like a must kind of thing, and you have to pay like uh, I don't know, maybe very cheap, 30 dollars a month kind of like uh... Your parents have to pay to the schools, it's government run.
ネイティブなら
In high school, you can either buy something from the tuck shop or bring a bento. But in elementary and junior high, school lunch is mandatory and government-run. Parents pay about 30 dollars a month.
解説
☓either choose buy → either buy ~ or bring ~。either の後ろは動詞を2つ並べる。☓it's a mandatory kind of like a school lunch provided → school lunch is mandatory。☓pay to the schools → pay the school。pay は払う相手を直接取る。
★★tuck shop を3分後に自分の文で使った。聞いた語を、日本の高校の購買に当てはめて回収した。★月30ドルは実態に近い。
豆知識
給食費の月額は、公立小学校で約4,700円、中学校で約5,400円(文部科学省の2023年度調査の平均)。本人の30ドルはおおむね合っている。
先生Oh, like a financially keeping for the food.
解説
★書き起こしが崩れている行。給食費を親が払う仕組みの確認。意味は補わない。
生徒Yes. And I remember, yeah... So, yeah, it's very different. Yeah, so... Uh, junior high and elementary school... There is like a... very... um... Like the, the school lunch time is... There, there, people have a role to play. You know... In, in some kids, have to like uh, prepare the food, bring the food from the, some place, cooking like area, and uh, yeah, and it's very... how do we say... Yeah, like a military kind of like a... How to say... What do you say, a vocation? Uh...
ネイティブなら
We took turns serving lunch.
NEWtake turns
金具だけAt lunchtime, everyone has a role. Some kids are on lunch duty -- they bring the food from the kitchen and serve it. It's almost military.
解説
☓vocation → duty / rotation。vocation は「天職」。探していたのは当番の語で、be on lunch duty / take turns。☓In some kids, have to → some kids have to。
★給食当番を英語で説明しようとした。people have a role to play は正しい。☓探していた語が vocation(天職)に着地した。配膳が一生の仕事になった。
先生Allocation for, for what?
解説
★vocation を allocation(割り当て)と聞き取って確認した。意味としてはそちらの方が近い。
生徒No, no, no. Uh... It's, you have to get in the line to get your food, kind of thing. It's... Like a, yeah... I, I guess like uh, people in a, homeless person, people, you know, getting in line, get a food kind of situation, I imagine. And uh... And also in that age, we want to eat like more, alright? Because, and uh, there, there's a... It's... Uh... How to say, how to say, uh... The, always decided menu, you know... Foods are already decided, and uh, it's rotation. You know what I mean, Monday to Friday. And some kids, ah, they are definitely like uh, kids' favorite and uh, least favorite kind of thing. And uh, some particular day, the, it's the famous, like a... Very popular food provided, we have to like... Compete each other to get like a... Who's get next, sec, yeah, a good portion, and a second, the, you know what I mean, second portion. So we try to eat fast and uh, and try to, you know what I mean, it's a battle, it's a competition going on. And uh, you have to like uh... uh... Rock, paper, scissors? Oh, you, rock, paper, scissors. Okay.
ネイティブなら
It was a race for seconds.
NEWseconds
金具だけYou line up to get your food, like a soup kitchen. The menu's fixed on a rotation, Monday to Friday. On days with a really popular dish, we'd compete for seconds -- we'd eat fast, and if there was a tie, we'd play rock, paper, scissors.
解説
☓compete each other → compete with each other。☓who's get next → who gets seconds。おかわりは seconds。☓always decided menu → a fixed menu / the menu is set in advance。
★★給食の残りを取り合う話を、最後まで運んだ。a good portion / a battle / a competition と a が3回正しく立った。おかわりの語(seconds)が無いまま、second portion で届かせた。
先生Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
解説
★相槌。
生徒To decide, get, get the... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
解説
★じゃんけんで決める、の続き。
生徒Get more. And... Yeah, rock and paper, scissors kind of like a, you know, yeah, competition going on. And uh, also, it's... It was weird, maybe in only Japan, like... The drink... Uh... Is all, it's, it's a milk. It milk is like provided for all of us, and uh, some people are like a, you know, lactose in, not lactose intol, like a, you know what I mean, like allergic to...
ネイティブなら
And the drink was always milk -- maybe that's only in Japan. Everyone got milk, even kids who were lactose intolerant.
解説
☓it's a milk → it's milk。milk は数えない。★lactose intolerant まで言いかけて、allergic に逃げた。
★☓a milk — 数えない名詞に札が貼られた。同じ夜の a very bad news と同じ形。★lactose intolerant(乳糖不耐症)を2回言いかけて、2回とも途中で下ろした。
先生Sound like it, yeah, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。書き起こしが崩れている。
生徒Just allergic, you know, it's not like, don't like, you know, so, so it's weird, you know, I don't know it's still uh, continues as a tradition, like uh... But so you have to drink milk. No wa, no water, like a just milk. Is...
ネイティブなら
It's not that they just don't like it -- they're actually allergic. I don't know if it's still a tradition, but you had to drink milk. No water, just milk.
解説
★嫌いなのではなく体に合わない、を分けて言った。ここは中身として大事な区別。
豆知識
給食に牛乳が付くのは戦後の栄養改善から。1947年に脱脂粉乳の給食が始まり、1958年ごろから瓶の牛乳に切り替わった。今も学校給食の標準の献立に入っている。
生徒Yeah, all we, all of the students have to drink milk.
ネイティブなら
All of us had to drink milk.
解説
★昔の話なので had to。
★all of the students まで言い直した。
先生Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒And... Yeah, that's kind of brings back a lot of memory.
ネイティブなら
That brings back a lot of memories.
解説
☓that's kind of brings back → that brings back。動詞の前に 's が立った。☓a lot of memory → a lot of memories。思い出は複数。
★that's + 動詞。今夜の I'm fully understand と同じ骨。動詞の前に be を1枚貼る癖は、appreciate だけの持病ではない。
先生Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒But you, ah, so, you said uh, you are in boarding school?
ネイティブなら
So you went to boarding school?
解説
☓you are in boarding school → you went to / were at boarding school。過去の話。
★講師が5分前に置いた1文(I was at boarding school)に戻った。相手の人生の方へ話を向け直した。
先生Yeah.
解説
★返事。
生徒Boarding school. Meaning like uh... Uh, I guess... Harry Potter kind of stuff, you know, but that's only my imagination. Because that's why maybe JK, yeah, JK Rowling, uh, wrote the story because in England, maybe UK, it's uh, still, it's uh, some kind of like a... popular or like a, percentage-wise, some people spend the... Is that, is that true? Boarding school is one of the way...
ネイティブなら
Is boarding school still a common thing in the UK?
NEWa common thing
金具だけLike Harry Potter? That's just my image. I guess J.K. Rowling wrote it because boarding school is still fairly common in the UK. Is that true?
解説
☓one of the way → one of the ways。one of の後ろは複数。
★Harry Potter で自分の像を先に出してから、実際はどうかを聞いた。思い込みを明かしてから聞くと、相手は訂正しやすい。
豆知識
ハリーがホグワーツに入るのは11歳。英国の中等教育が始まる年齢と同じ。本人のこのあとの「ハリーは何歳だったか」の答えはこれ。
先生Uh, what, what do you mean one of the ways? Huh?
解説
★分からない所を聞き返した。
生徒Ah... I don't know, like uh, what percentage-wise, like uh, some people go to public school, and some people private school, and some people boarding school kind of way?
ネイティブなら
I mean, what percentage go to state school, private school, or boarding school?
解説
★質問を数字の形に言い直した。聞き返されたら、具体的な形に変える。
豆知識
英国の public school は「私立の名門校」。公立は state school。日本語の「パブリックスクール」もこの意味。米国の public school は公立。
先生So most boy, so most... In England, most boarding schools would tend to be private schools. Uh... So, yeah, the percent, phew, the percentage would probably be like maybe five percent.
解説
★would tend to be = 大体そうなりがち。断定を2段階やわらげている。
盗む
Most boarding schools tend to be private schools.
傾向を言う tend to be。全部ではないが大体、を1語で言える。
生徒Five percent. Oh, very rare. Okay.
ネイティブなら
Five percent? That's pretty rare.
解説
★数字を受けて、自分の判断を1語で返した。
先生So not, so, yeah, I don't know, yeah, there, there are a few boarding schools that are like grammar schools, but generally most of the boarding schools would tend to be private schools. And most of the private schools are uh, you, compulsory boarding schools. Like you, you're not allowed, even if you live really close to the school, you still have to be a boarder.
解説
★家が近くても寮に入る。compulsory boarding = 全寮制。
盗む
You still have to be a boarder.
boarder = 寄宿生。通いの生徒は day pupil。
豆知識
grammar school = 英国の選抜制の公立中等学校。入学試験(11-plus)がある。
生徒Ah, okay. Wow. Compulsory, the Harry Potter stuff. Yeah, the compulsory. Even...
解説
★compulsory を拾った。
先生Even... Like some of the students, even if your, even if your parent was a teacher or something, you had to live in your boarding, you had to stay in the boarding house. You were not allowed to...
解説
★親が同じ学校の先生でも寮。例外が無い。
生徒I see, yeah. And... Like a, how old, like... What, what age it's started in boarding school? Like a seven, eight, or I don't know...
ネイティブなら
At what age do kids start boarding school? Seven or eight?
解説
☓what age it's started → at what age do kids start。疑問の形が平叙文のまま。☓like a seven, eight → like seven or eight。数の前に a は立たない。
★like a が数字の前にまた付いた。今夜は like a eight days に続いて2回目。a が「1つ」の札ではなく、言葉を探す間の口癖になっている。
先生Again, like I, I started in high school, so from the age of 13. Um... But... I know, like my brother-in-law was in boarding school from the age of eight. So some people start, righ, some people start boarding school really early.
解説
★講師は13歳から。義理の兄弟は8歳から。
盗む
from the age of 13
「〜歳から」の定型。from the age of + 数字。at 13 と言うと「13歳の時に」の1点になる。
生徒Yeah. It's interesting. But uh... Harry, Harry Potter kind of like a... Uh, I don't know he, what, what was his age, you know... But uh...
ネイティブなら
How old was Harry Potter when he started?
解説
★答えは11歳。本人はここで答えを持っていなかった。
先生Yeah, so I don't, I mean it depends. Like, most, most of the boarding schools are more... are more um... uh, high schools. But I mean like in the English system, you've just got elementary school, primary school, and high school. You, you don't have three, you've got five years and five years. Uh...
解説
★英国には中学校が無い、という説明。小学校と中等学校の2段。
豆知識
イングランドの学校は、小学校(primary)が5〜11歳、中等学校(secondary)が11〜16歳。そのあと sixth form で2年。日本の6・3・3とは区切りが違う。
生徒Yes.
解説
★相槌。
先生So, but yeah, there are, there are like a lot of the private elementary schools are boarding schools, so it depends.
解説
★私立の小学校も寮のところが多い。
生徒Wow.
解説
★驚き。
先生But it's more common, most of them are mostly high school. It's more high school.
解説
★結論は、主に中等学校。
生徒Yeah, yeah, that's kind of logical, yeah.
解説
★that's kind of logical は正しい。ここは that's の後ろに形容詞で、be が正しい席に座っている。
生徒Because when you are eight or seven, and uh, you already like separate from family, parents, it's very a little bit weird, right?
ネイティブなら
Because if you're separated from your parents at seven or eight, that's a bit strange, right?
解説
☓you already like separate from family → you're separated from your parents。離される側なので受け身。☓very a little bit weird → a bit strange。very と a little bit は逆向きなので並べられない。
★very と a little bit を同時に言った。とても少しだけ変。強めながら弱めている。
先生Yeah.
解説
★相槌。
生徒So it's uh, yeah... You don't think your parents as a... as a kind of... uh, you know, parent, you know, because it's, because your school teachers play the role as... parents. And so I guess I don't support like uh, when you're too young... in boarding, boarding school, is not maybe ideal, for, for my, just my uh, opinion, in my opinion. But uh, you, you already like uh, 13 years, you know, you said 13... Or 15, yeah, that's the best way to uh, cultivate the self-dependency, you know, separate from your parents and...
ネイティブなら
At 13, it might actually help kids stand on their own two feet.
NEWstand on their own two feet
金具だけYou might not think of your parents as parents, because the teachers play the role of parents. In my opinion, boarding school isn't ideal when you're too young. But at 13 or 15, it's a good way to become independent.
解説
☓think your parents as → think OF your parents as。☓play the role as parents → play the role OF parents。☓cultivate the self-dependency → become independent / become self-reliant。self-dependency という語はほぼ使われない。
★自分の意見を in my opinion で言い切った。幼すぎる寄宿には反対、13歳からなら自立の機会。★self-dependency は捏造語の手前。independence で足りる。
先生Oh, okay. I, I think it depends on the character. Like, boarding school... Boarding school can be lots of fun, but it's also very, it's challenging, so. I knew, I knew a few people who had a terrible time at boarding school, so I think you have to be a little bit careful with uh, the character of the child.
解説
★★年齢ではなく性格で決まる、と講師は返した。寄宿学校の中にいた人間の答えである。楽しい人もいれば、ひどい目に遭った人もいる。
盗む
It depends on the character of the child.
年齢や制度ではなく、子どもの性格で決まる。have a terrible time at ~(〜でひどい目に遭う)も同じ場面で使える。
生徒Ah, I understood, because there's no escape, yeah. Because...
ネイティブなら
Ah, I see -- because there's no escape.
解説
☓I understood → I see / I understand。今わかった、は現在形。I understood は「(あの時)わかった」になる。
★★there's no escape — 今夜の線はここで1本になった。病院のベッド、給食の列、寄宿舎。全部、逃げ場の無い場所の話である。本人がその語を置いた。
先生Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's no, you can't run home to mommy and daddy.
解説
★★講師は本人の no escape を、生活の絵にして返した。ママとパパのところへ走って帰れない。
盗む
You can't run home to mommy and daddy.
逃げ込む先が無い、の口語。大人に使うと「甘えられない」の皮肉になる。
生徒Yeah, you, yeah, either you live in a heaven or hell, you know what I mean, there's no escape. Some, for some people, you like say, some people for heaven, but some people for hell, because... At least, like uh, it's school already like a... uh... not even like a boarding school, just spend your eight, nine hours with same old kids, that's I don't think it's normal. Uh, it started like a 200 years a, like 100 years ago. Until then, it's like a... private, how to say, how do I say, uh... private like uh, your, your, your parents... Mm-hmm... Also did the teachings to this, so school, what, what do you say in English? Uh, home schooling? Home teaching?
ネイティブなら
For some kids it's heaven, for others it's hell.
NEWfor some ~, for others ~
金具だけIt's either heaven or hell, and there's no escape. Even without boarding, spending eight or nine hours a day with the same kids isn't normal, if you think about it. Schools like that only started about 100 years ago. Before that, parents taught their kids at home. What do you call that -- homeschooling?
解説
☓either you live in a heaven or hell → it's either heaven or hell。heaven と hell に a は付かない。☓with same old kids → with the same kids。☓that's I don't think it's normal → I don't think that's normal。
★寄宿学校から、普通の学校そのものへ話を広げた。毎日同じ子どもと8〜9時間、それは普通ではない。★homeschooling を自分から聞いて確かめた。
先生Exactly, home schooling, yeah.
解説
★確認。
生徒That's, that's very normal.
ネイティブなら
That used to be the norm.
解説
★昔はそれが普通だった、なので過去。used to be the norm。
★時制が現在のまま。「昔は」の話をしている。
先生You mean if you, if you don't go to school, if your parents just teach you. Yeah, so in...
解説
★意味の確認。
生徒But in this day and, it's, it's very, it's like, some religious parents only take that route... School, because...
ネイティブなら
But these days, it's mostly religious families who take that route.
解説
★in this day and age は途中で止まった。第118夜の着地語。
★take that route(その道を選ぶ)は正しい。in this day and... は最後の age まで届かなかった。
先生Um... I think it's becoming more common now.
解説
★本人の像を、講師が現在の事実で更新した。
生徒Ah... I see.
解説
★受けた。
先生I think just because certain studen, I think certain parents are realizing that their kids... don't uh... don't do well in the like normal structure of school. So I think... I know like one of my friends, he's homeschooling his, his youngest daughter. Um... She's like a gymnast, but also she, like yeah, she just didn't do very well in the school structure and school kind of...
解説
★友人の娘の実例。体操選手で、学校の枠に合わなかった。
盗む
Some kids don't do well in the normal structure of school.
学校の型に合わない、の言い方。do well in ~(〜でうまくやる)。
生徒Yeah, definitely some people don't fit school structure.
ネイティブなら
Yeah, some kids definitely don't fit the school system.
解説
★講師の structure を拾って言い直した。
先生Yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生So I think, I think, I think for some parents it's becoming, it's becoming more common again. Before, like when I was at school, home schooling was very, was not common at all, but I think it's becoming, it's becoming more common again now.
解説
★more common again — 一度廃れて、戻ってきている。本人の「100年前までは家で教えていた」と、講師の「また増えている」が噛み合った。
盗む
It's becoming more common again.
一度減ったものが戻ってきている、の again。
生徒Yeah, I, I overhear in Japan also. Uh, maybe still mandatory, but uh, because uh, in Japan, uh, like uh, not over, all over the world, like bullying is an issue, always. Some kids...
ネイティブなら
I've heard it's happening in Japan too. School is still mandatory, but bullying is always an issue, like everywhere.
解説
☓I overhear → I've heard。overhear は「立ち聞きする、たまたま耳に入る」。聞いた話としては I've heard。
★overhear は1音多い。噂を聞いた、が盗み聞きになった。
生徒You know, got bullied by, for some, many reasons, and... They don't want to go to school. And uh, parents very worried about that, and uh, we uh, we have a word like “hikikomori” is like a Japanese word, like a “karoshi”, kind of like a, maybe, I don't, do you know, do you know “hikikomori”?
ネイティブなら
Some kids get bullied for all kinds of reasons and don't want to go to school, and their parents are really worried. We have a word for it -- hikikomori. Like karoshi. Do you know it?
解説
☓parents very worried → parents ARE very worried。be が落ちた。☓we have a word like hikikomori is like a Japanese word → we have a word for it, hikikomori。
★karoshi を先に置いて、同じ種類の日本語だと伝えた。相手が知っていそうな語から入る。
先生No, I'm sure they're like dead from overwork, isn't it?
解説
★karoshi は知っていた。hikikomori は知らなかった。
生徒Yeah, you cannot like uh, it's... Like a traumatized by schools and uh, cannot go to school, like a...
ネイティブなら
Hikikomori is when kids are traumatized by school and can't go anymore. They just stay home.
解説
☓Like a traumatized → they're traumatized。形容詞の前に a は立たない。
★karoshi(過労死)の説明に続けて、hikikomori を traumatized で説明した。
先生Oh, okay. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒In, in home, all the... you know, so... So in that case, there's no way but to homeschooling. But many young children, and uh, maybe I think Japanese parents don't used to, don't, you know, accustomed to that kind of homeschooling thing, so we just end up, uh, yeah, my best friend, uh, he, yeah, through like a 13, yeah, in junior high, through 13 to 15 or 16, uh, he was, he's been, he had been at home, and uh, you know, and there's no like formal education, and uh... but he was genius, and he was, you know, doing some IT stuff, instead of like a, you know, uh, playing games all the time or, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't waste his time in that era, so in that like a time. So that, that, that was fortunate. But most of the, maybe kids... Now maybe I think million, you know, not the exaggeration, millions of kids, uh, are “hikikomori”, so staying home, don't go outside. But uh, still, you know, we now, maybe it's a curse, like there's internet. Instead of spending their time reading books, uh, you know, uh, spending like a, honing their skills, just maybe, I don't, I'm not sure, but wasting their times. And uh, and you know, bad adults maybe trying to do some harm to the kids, because millions of people, millions of kids. So, that's why I think it's, yeah, like you said, the homeschooling should be a, uh, way, should be a better, you know, consideration. I don't know Japanese educational system right now. But, but I think it's not still, it's not formally admitted, formally accepted. They go, you know, those kids should encounter, should like mingle with other kids, you know what I mean. I don't think so, because it's weird, like 30 or 40 kids in a same room, very, you know, tiny, stifle, you know, like a... and you know, some, some kids, it's a bit, maybe you are like alpha kind of kids, very popular kids, it's, it's a dream for themselves. But uh, yeah, most of the, you know, us, like it's, you know... It's... Yeah, some people don't fit. I think I, I used to, I was okay. Uh, to be honest, I didn't think, I didn't doubt anything about the Japanese education or kids, 30, 40 kids in one school, one, one room, and uh, you know, maybe I'm a, uh, I was, I regret, you know, maybe I was a bully side, bullying side.
ネイティブなら
Looking back, I might have been part of the problem.
NEWpart of the problem
金具だけThen homeschooling is the only option, but Japanese parents aren't used to it. My best friend stayed home from 13 to 16, with no formal education. But he was a genius -- he taught himself IT instead of just gaming. Most kids aren't that lucky. And the internet can be a curse: instead of reading or honing their skills, they waste their time, and some adults try to take advantage of them. So I think homeschooling should be taken more seriously. It's still not officially accepted. People say kids need to mingle with others, but 30 or 40 kids in one cramped room is weird. For the popular kids, it's a dream. For the rest of us, not so much. I was fine, to be honest. I never questioned it. Looking back, I might have been one of the bullies.
解説
☓there's no way but to homeschooling → the only option is homeschooling。☓don't used to → aren't used to。☓he was genius → he was A genius(#14)。☓wasting their times → wasting their time。☓in a same room → in THE same room。☓very tiny, stifle → cramped, stifling。stifle は動詞。形容詞は stifling。☓I was a bully side → I was on the bullying side / I was one of the bullies。
★★★今夜の底。ひきこもりの話から、学校という部屋の話になり、最後に本人は自分がその部屋でどちら側にいたかを言った。講師の寄宿学校の話(no escape)を受けて、自分の教室の側を差し出した。文は長いが、中身は1本の線でつながっている。 ★mingle / honing their skills / formally accepted は正しく出た。stifle は前夜の講師の語(It will stifle their improvement)で、1夜で回収 — ただし動詞のまま形容詞の席に座った。 ☓he was ▲ genius は前夜の宿題②の場面で、FAILED の証拠。
豆知識
不登校の小中学生は約35万人(文部科学省、2024年度、過去最多)。ひきこもり状態の人は、15〜64歳で推計約146万人(内閣府、2022年調査)。本人の millions of kids は子どもに限ると多すぎるが、大人を含めた百万単位の規模は外れていない。
生徒So, but uh, you know, at that, you know, I was unconscious. And uh, I was so, yeah, uh, sorry for... like, yeah, but uh... Yeah, so... Uh, looking back, yeah, it's, that, that kind of like a room is not normal. It started 100 years ago, and uh, we maybe hit the stage where we should reconsider, like uh, what's education, what, how to educate kids, kind of thing.
ネイティブなら
I didn't realize it back then.
NEWback then
金具だけI wasn't aware of it at the time, and I feel sorry about it. Looking back, that kind of classroom isn't normal. It only started about 100 years ago, and maybe we've reached the point where we should rethink what education is.
解説
☓I was unconscious → I wasn't aware of it。unconscious は「意識を失っていた」。☓we maybe hit the stage → we may have reached the point。
★★いじめていたかもしれない、と言ったあとの1文が、I was unconscious になった。無自覚だった、と言いたかった。英語では、当時の自分が気を失っていたことになる。告白の直後に、アリバイが1つ付いた。 ★looking back は正しく出た。
先生Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
解説
★講師は口を挟まなかった。
生徒Yeah.
解説
★区切り。
生徒How do you think, what's your opinion?
ネイティブなら
What do you think?
解説
☓How do you think → What do you think。think の中身を聞くので what。How do you think は「どうやって考えるのか」になる。
★How do you think は日本人の定番の事故。「どう思う」の「どう」が how になる。本人は自分で what's your opinion に言い直した。
先生Uh, no, it's tricky. I think the problem is, is you've got to, I think in many ways you've got to understand your child and the strengths and weaknesses of your child, and uh, yeah, just try to find a solution that will allow them to grow and develop in the, in the best way. But uh, that's not always an easy choice.
解説
★★★講師の結論。制度の良し悪しではなく、子どもの強みと弱みを分かったうえで、育つ場所を探す。そしてそれはいつも簡単な選択ではない。寄宿学校の中にいた人間の、断定しない答え。
盗む
That's not always an easy choice.
正解を言わずに難しさを認める締め。it's tricky と対で使える。
生徒Yeah, parent's responsibility is huge. Yeah, because, at the age of six, seven, you know, you cannot choose.
ネイティブなら
Yeah, parents have a huge responsibility, because at six or seven, kids can't choose for themselves.
解説
☓parent's responsibility is huge → parents have a huge responsibility。
★at the age of が正しく出た。講師の from the age of 13 を、同じ形で使っている。
先生No, exactly.
解説
★No, exactly — 否定ではなく「まったくその通り」。英国・南アフリカでよく聞く同意の形。
生徒I do want to do this, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's not like a, you know, they are not cognitively capable of like a decide their own, so, it's all about parent's decision, parent's parenting. Yeah.
ネイティブなら
It's not like they can say, 'I want to do this.' They're not cognitively capable of deciding for themselves, so it all comes down to the parents.
解説
☓capable of like a decide → capable of deciding。of の後ろは -ing。☓it's all about parent's decision → it all comes down to the parents。
★cognitively capable は正しく出た。of の後ろの形だけが崩れた。
先生No, exactly.
解説
★同意。
生徒That's...
解説
★言いかけ。
先生Yeah. Unfortunately, we've run out of time.
解説
★終わりの定型。
盗む
Unfortunately, we've run out of time.
時間切れの定型。run out of ~ = 使い切る。
生徒Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you so much. Yeah. Maybe, you know, next time, yeah, I will prepare my test, exam on my camera and in my office. Okay? Thank you so much. Bye bye.
ネイティブなら
Thank you so much. Next time I'll be in my office with my camera on, and I'll have my exam material ready.
解説
☓prepare my test, exam on my camera → have my exam material ready, with my camera on。
★★第113夜の最後も「次回は準備する」だった(next time I have to prepare my...)。同じ講師に、同じ約束を2回した。英検(10/4)まで10日。
先生Okay, thank you. Cheers, bye.
解説
★Cheers は英国の「ありがとう / じゃあね」。
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