LESSON ・ 会話 + 検死 + 解説
★★★本題 — 13年前、本人が『ショーシャンクの空に』で辞書を引いた1語 obtuse を、講師も同じ場面で辞書を引いていた夜。雨の月曜、屋外から、音声のみ。英検(10/4)まで6日。オフィスに人がいて画面共有ができず、本人は試験対策をやめて雑談に切り替えた(switch gears / shooting the breeze)。話題はショーシャンク。講師は DMM のプロフィールに好きな映画としてショーシャンクを挙げていた。本人は JRE のクリップ(ティム・ロビンスの回)を説明した — 公開時は振るわず、アカデミー賞7部門にノミネートされて1つも取れなかった、ケーブルテレビで何度も流れて広まった、ハリウッドは大人の観客を信じなくなった、そして I'm the turtle。講師は1回だけ押し返した — I think it was famous at the time。そして言い直した — it grew in popularity over time。 ★★★そこから本人は、13年前の大学生のとき、この映画を英語の教材にしていたと言い、覚えている1語を出した — obtuse。アンディが所長に How can you be so obtuse? と言って独房に入れられる場面である。講師は、自分もその場面で辞書を引いた、数学の鈍角の意味しか知らなかった、と言った。日本人の大学生と英語が母語の13歳が、同じ映画の同じ1語で、同じように止まっていた。本人の結論 — learning English from movies really works。 ★★遅いものが勝つ話が、25分で3回出た。冒頭、講師の Monday lazy start に本人が slow and steady wins the race。中盤、ショーシャンクは遅れて広まった映画。そしてロビンスの I'm the turtle, the turtle will win in the long run。 DMM (録音に講師の名前は無い。冒頭に Amy と聞こえる1語があるが、誰が誰を呼んだのかは録音から判定できない。講師は maths と言う。1994年に13〜14歳。本人は講師の Monday lazy start を like four times 聞いている) — 25分 ★文法は脇 — 前夜の宿題①(is the をひと息で読む)は NO_CHANCE(原稿を読まなかった)。②(same には the)は EXECUTED — on the same。③(every は単数、動詞に s)は FAILED — everybody knows は正しく出たが、everybody know kind of stuff で s が落ちた。
2026-09-2825 分
検死レポート(ノイズ=直すべき癖)
第123夜。本題 — 13年前、本人が『ショーシャンクの空に』で辞書を引いた1語 obtuse を、講師も同じ場面で辞書を引いていた夜。英検(10/4)まで6日。雨の月曜、屋外から、音声のみ。オフィスに人がいて画面共有ができず(my English lesson doesn't outrank the actual work)、試験対策をやめて雑談に切り替えた。講師は DMM のプロフィールに好きな映画としてショーシャンクを挙げていた。本人は JRE のティム・ロビンスの回を要約した — 公開時は振るわず、アカデミー賞7部門ノミネートで受賞0、ケーブルで繰り返し流れて広まった、ハリウッドは大人の観客を信じなくなった、I'm the turtle。講師は I think it was famous at the time と1回押し返し、it grew in popularity over time と言い直した。本人は大学生のときにこの映画を教材にしていたと言い、obtuse を出した。講師は、自分もその場面で辞書を引いた、数学の鈍角しか知らなかった、と言い、比喩と反対語 acute を説明した。本人の結論 — learning English from movies really works。遅いものが勝つ話が3回(slow and steady wins the race / grew in popularity over time / the turtle will win in the long run)。録音に講師の名前は無い(冒頭の Amy は誰が誰を呼んだか判定できない)。文法 — 前夜の宿題①(is the をひと息で読む)は NO_CHANCE、②(same には the)は EXECUTED(on the same)、③(every は単数、動詞に s)は FAILED(everybody know。同じ夜に everybody knows は正しい)。
ネイティブらしくない癖
昔覚えた語を、相手の好きな物の話の中で出し、相手を止めて意味を聞く。これは維持する → 話の中で昔の1語が浮かんだら、その場で出して、意味を聞く
講師の口癖を数えている(Monday lazy start を4回)。これは維持する → 同じ講師の口癖を1つ覚えて、次に会ったときに返す
映画や動画を要約すると、時の金具が現在形に倒れる → 要約の最初の1文を過去形で決める
ago と現在完了を同じ文に置く → ago と言うなら動詞は過去形
人名と作品名に the を置く → 人名と作品名は裸で言う
1ターンが2分近くなり、主語が揺れる(講師が Wait, Tim Robbins said, or...? と確かめた) → 主語が揺れるほど長くなったら、そこで切って講師に返す
乖離(短いSVOで言い切る練習)
オフィスで受けられなかった理由: I don't mean to make excuses, but... / my English lesson doesn't outrank actual work.
試験への気持ち: Fingers crossed. / You've already helped me a lot.
講師の口癖に返す: I've heard that from you like four times. / Slow and steady wins the race.
準備なしで話す: I'm talking off the top of my head. / I'm just winging it today.
今日の話題を自分に宣言する: I'm saying that to myself, / because my mind tends to wander.
13年前にこの映画を教材にした: I watched it twelve or thirteen years ago. / Morgan Freeman was in it.
公開時は当たらなかった: It wasn't very successful in theaters at first. / It grew in popularity over time.
ケーブルで繰り返し流れて広まった: He aired it on his cable network again and again. / That's why everybody knows it today.
13年前に覚えた1語: One word that comes to mind is "obtuse." / The warden eventually killed himself, remember?
映画で英語を学ぶのは効く: Learning English from movies really works. / That's my takeaway.
老人の最期: He couldn't adjust to life on the outside. / He hanged himself.
次回の約束: That's a good stopping point. / I want to hear your side of the story.
生徒Hello
解説
★屋外から。
生徒Amy
解説
★書き起こしの1語。誰が誰に言ったのか、名前かどうかも、録音からは判定できない。意味は補わない。
先生Hello
解説
★定型。
生徒Yeah, can you hear me?
解説
★正しい。
先生Yes, I can hear you fine.
解説
★回線確認の定型。fine を後ろに置いて「問題なく聞こえる」。
生徒Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. I was like okay. And is it raining? I'm uh yeah it's started raining. It's bad, but uh... did you turn... yeah I'm on my... drop it in... turn the camera... yeah...
ネイティブなら
It just started pouring here.
NEWpouring
金具だけIt's started raining here. It's pretty bad.
解説
☓it's started raining は正しい(it has started)。崩れているのは書き起こしの後半で、意味は補わない。
★雨の中、屋外から。話者の区切りは推定。pour は「土砂降りになる」。
生徒Yeah. It's uh I don't have to like excuse this but uh I was supposed to again in my office take this but um so my English uh lesson doesn't outrank the actual work somebody's in the office. So yeah that's uh and uh yeah it's okay I would and only like merit for me to use my laptop and good connection is about sharing my screen. So and uh it's very beneficial, it's useful uh to when it comes to like exam preps because uh this Sunday I will take the Eiken exam. This Sunday. So only five days left. Uh... I don't know. Fingers crossed to me. And but you helped a lot. Already you helped a lot. And uh if I pass that, yeah I will thank you a lot. If I fail, still thank you. And yeah so I wanted to prepare my exam prep. But uh outside is a bit noisy and I cannot share my screen. It's uh I want to change subjects, switch gears, about normal like random shooting the breeze stuff. So thank you for listening and how are you? How's your days? How's it going?
ネイティブなら
Wish me luck.
NEWWish me luck.
金具だけI don't mean to make excuses, but I was supposed to take this in my office again. Somebody's there working, though, and my English lesson doesn't outrank actual work. The only real advantage of the office is being able to share my screen, which helps with exam prep — I've got the Eiken this Sunday, so only six days left. Fingers crossed. You've already helped me a lot — if I pass, thank you, and if I fail, still thank you. But it's noisy out here and I can't share my screen, so I'd like to switch gears and just shoot the breeze. How's your day going?
解説
☓I don't have to like excuse this → I don't mean to make excuses。excuse は動詞で「許す」。言い訳は make excuses。☓Fingers crossed to me → Fingers crossed。to me は付けない。「祈ってて」なら Wish me luck。☓only five days left → six days left。月曜(9/28)から日曜(10/4)は6日。☓How's your days → How's your day。
★★my English lesson doesn't outrank the actual work — outrank(〜より上の立場にある)は完璧。英語の授業は、そこで働いている人の仕事より格下だ、と1語で言った。★switch gears / shooting the breeze も持っている塊。shooting the breeze は第119夜の着地語。★講師に礼を先払いした — 受かっても落ちても、ありがとう。
先生Yeah not too bad. Feeling a bit... a bit lazy today but yeah it's Monday so it's a Monday lazy start.
解説
★a Monday lazy start — 講師の口癖。本人はこのあと「4回くらい聞いた」と言う。
盗む
It's a lazy Monday start.
月曜の出だしが鈍い、を1塊で。a slow start / a lazy start。自分の調子を軽く言うときに使える。
生徒Ah Monday lazy. I've heard of that like four times from you. Slow start. That's fine.
ネイティブなら
Ah, the Monday lazy start. I've heard that from you like four times.
解説
☓I've heard of that → I've heard that。hear of は「〜の存在を聞いたことがある」。言葉そのものを聞いたなら hear that。
★★講師の口癖を数えていた — like four times from you。同じ講師を何度も取っている証拠で、講師を覚えているのは本人の側でもある。★I've heard of は第122夜の講師の pick(I've heard of them)から2日。
生徒Yeah you're like a warming up to yeah this week.
ネイティブなら
You're warming up to the week.
解説
☓like a warming up → warming up。like のあとに a が出て、名詞が来なかった(第121夜の宿題②の型)。
☓like a のあとに -ing。札が先に出て、中身は動詞だった。話者の区切りは推定。
先生Exactly, exactly, yeah.
解説
★受けた。
生徒You don't have to be a quick starter, you know, engine full throttle right off the bat. Monday, you know, you know, I'm also, I need time to prepare for everything. Exams, life, or yeah. So I totally understand what you want. And I like this phrase that uh slow and steady, uh slow and steady wins the race? Slow and steady wins the race. Is that okay?
ネイティブなら
You don't have to go full throttle right off the bat. I need time to get going too — for exams, for life. So I totally get it. I like the phrase "slow and steady wins the race." Is that right?
解説
☓I totally understand what you want → I totally get it / I know what you mean。講師は何も要求していない。気持ちが分かる、は what you mean。
★★full throttle / right off the bat / slow and steady wins the race — 3つとも正しい。★★I totally understand — 第120夜の I'm fully understand が、今夜は be なしで出た。前々夜の宿題①の形である。★slow and steady wins the race は、この夜の最後にロビンスの I'm the turtle で戻ってくる。
豆知識
Slow and steady wins the race はイソップの「ウサギとカメ(The Tortoise and the Hare)」の教訓。英語ではカメは tortoise、ウサギは hare が話の定番で、日常語の turtle / rabbit でも通じる。
先生Yeah yeah yeah.
解説
★合っている。
生徒Yeah, yeah, yeah. And uh... so I... with randomly talking, randomly talking to my head. I didn't prepare anything. So the other day, it's almost, I always watch Joe Rogan's clip. That's my English material. Study material.
ネイティブなら
I'm just winging it today.
NEWwinging it
金具だけI'm just talking off the top of my head — I didn't prepare anything. I always watch Joe Rogan clips. That's my study material.
解説
☓randomly talking to my head → talking off the top of my head。準備なしで思いつくまま話す、の定型。
★準備なしを先に宣言した。off the top of my head / wing it はどちらも「ぶっつけで」。
先生Okay.
解説
★相槌。
生徒Hello?
解説
★回線が落ちた。
先生Hello?
解説
★講師も確かめた。
生徒Can you hear me?
解説
★正しい。
先生Oh yeah sorry you cut out for about 10 seconds but you're back now.
解説
★cut out = 音声が途切れる。
盗む
You cut out for about 10 seconds, but you're back now.
オンライン通話の定型。cut out(途切れる)/ you're back(戻った)。自分の側なら I cut out for a bit。
生徒Yeah very choppy, raining, yeah. But I don't care, yeah. And so obviously you have seen the Shawshank Redemption, the movie. Maybe the most famous one. Oh I don't know, do you happen to list the favorite movie on DMM kind of stuff? Shawshank Redemption?
ネイティブなら
The connection's really choppy because of the rain. Anyway, you've obviously seen The Shawshank Redemption. Did you happen to list it as your favorite movie on DMM?
解説
☓list the favorite movie → list it as your favorite movie。
★★choppy(途切れ途切れの)は正しい。★★do you happen to ~? — 「ひょっとして〜?」を正しく使った。講師のプロフィールを覚えていて、話題を講師の好きな物から入った。
先生I think Shawshank is, I think Shawshank is my there, is on the...
解説
★講師は自分のプロフィールに載せていると認めた。
生徒Really? On DMM? Oh my god. Yeah that's what a coincidence. Maybe in my mind, like somewhere else I remembered that. But it's nothing to do with like... if you, you know, it's so famous so everybody knows. And so that's why you maybe put on...
ネイティブなら
Really? What a coincidence. Maybe I saw it there and it stuck in my mind. It's so famous that everybody knows it.
解説
☓that's what a coincidence → what a coincidence。what a ~ は文の頭に立つ。
★★everybody knows — 前夜の宿題③の形が正しく出た。every の系統のあとに s。
先生Hello?
解説
★回線がまた落ちた。
先生Yeah, sorry, you cut out a bit.
解説
★今夜2回目の cut out。
生徒Okay, okay. So you... but... so... so obviously it's a good conversation starter you know if you put a very famous movie on your DMM profile. It's easy for students to access. Oh I watched Shawshank Redemption and you like it. So that's really good. And but at the same time I guess you actually like that movie. Right?
解説
★★conversation starter — 第121夜に本人が講師に渡した語を、今夜は別の講師のプロフィールに使った。★at the same time の the は正しい。
先生No, no I really enjoyed that movie. It is a really good movie.
解説
★客寄せではなく本当に好きだ、と答えた。
生徒Yes, and I've watched maybe once and it's not my favorite, or as a whole I'm not a movie guy. So I watched it once and only I remember at that time, maybe 10 years ago, more than a decade ago when I was a college student, but I already used Shawshank Redemption as an English study material. At that time. Yeah maybe 12 or 13 years ago. And I remember the Morgan Freeman was on that movie. Right? Very played a very important character. And the lead actor, like a very tall guy. Hollywood... yeah. So what I mention, because he was on Joe Rogan's show. Joe Rogan show. Like a couple years ago. Yeah, and talked about Shawshank Redemption and it's very... yeah yeah yeah. And getting old of course, that movie was like I don't know three decades ago...
ネイティブなら
I've only watched it once — I'm not really a movie guy. But more than a decade ago, when I was in college, I used The Shawshank Redemption as English study material. I remember Morgan Freeman was in it, playing a really important character, and the lead actor was a really tall guy. He was on Joe Rogan's show a couple of years ago and talked about the movie.
解説
☓the Morgan Freeman → Morgan Freeman。人名に the は付かない。☓was on that movie → was IN that movie。映画に出るは in。番組に出るは on(on Joe Rogan's show は正しい)。☓as an English study material → as English study material。material は「教材」の意味で数えない。
★★13年前の自分を持ち出した — 大学生のとき、この映画を英語の教材にしていた。今夜の本題の入口。☓人名の前に the — the Morgan Freeman。冠詞の隊員が固有名詞に配る型(第93・94夜)の再発。★like a very tall guy は正しい。ティム・ロビンスは身長195cm前後。
先生Yeah I think 1994.
解説
★講師が年を置いた。
豆知識
『ショーシャンクの空に(The Shawshank Redemption)』は1994年公開。原作はスティーヴン・キングの中編『刑務所のリタ・ヘイワース』。監督フランク・ダラボン、主演ティム・ロビンスとモーガン・フリーマン。
生徒94? Wow. I was born in 1992. 92. So yeah it's very sad, yeah wow yeah three decades. Yeah. And so uh today's topic is about Shawshank Redemption okay? We will only talk about that movie from because I'm saying to me because I kind of scatter my mind so try to divert you know different I want to talk about Shawshank Redemption. That's I'm talking to me. And so generally speaking, what's your like initial like what do you you know because you like that movie so what's your thought on that movie as a whole? How do you view, how would you rate?
ネイティブなら
I'm telling myself that, because I tend to go off on tangents.
NEWgo off on tangents
金具だけSo today's topic is The Shawshank Redemption. I'm saying that to myself, because my mind tends to wander. So, since you like it — what are your thoughts on the movie as a whole? How would you rate it?
解説
☓I'm saying to me / I'm talking to me → I'm saying that to myself / I'm talking to myself。自分に向けるときは myself。☓I kind of scatter my mind → my mind tends to wander。☓How would you rate → How would you rate IT。
★★「今日はこの映画の話だけ」と、自分に向けて宣言した。話が散る自覚がある。☓to me が2回 — 英語では自分に言う、は to myself。「私が私に話している」になった。★what's your thought on that movie as a whole / How would you rate — 意見の聞き方が2本、what と how で両方正しく立った。
先生Uh well I think it's just a nice, it's got the kind of redemption arc that people always enjoy. So I think that's probably the main, the main thing. It's kind of...
解説
★★redemption arc — 物語の中で人が救われていく流れ。題名の Redemption を、物語の型の語で説明した。
盗む
It's got the kind of redemption arc that people always enjoy.
redemption arc = 救いに向かう物語の筋。arc は「物語の弧」で、character arc(人物の変化の流れ)も同じ系統。映画やドラマの感想で使える。
生徒Redemption arc, yeah. Escape from the prison kind of scene and... yeah I know I know that yeah.
解説
★すぐ復唱した。
先生It's like he's a good guy so it's kind of innocent right? Like a prison break but someone who deserved to have that break.
解説
★★脱獄の映画だが、脱獄するのは無実の人だ — someone who deserved to have that break。break を「脱獄」と「幸運」の両方に掛けている。
盗む
someone who deserved to have that break
deserve a break = 報われて当然。break は「休み・幸運・脱獄」を持つ語で、講師はここで掛けた。
生徒Prison break yeah yeah yeah, it's prison break but it's kinda yeah yeah yeah. So I can I have so much uh I only watched like a short clip, you can maybe find on Google, uh YouTube maybe 10 minutes and that's so packed, dense packed scene on Joe Rogan. And uh talked about initially it was not that successful movie. On the theater. And uh I want to just explain on that short clip because much dense, so much dense story. So on that Rogan show, Joe and him talked about initially the movie was you know great and nominated like seven Academy Awards and but didn't win any of them. And at that golden era of movie at that year, Jurassic Park and the Pulp Fiction, oh yeah many famous movies are on the same you know compete with each other. And yeah it's so much title. And but Shawshank yeah and it's I'm not sure about the movie industry but so good movie but still not that like you know famous at that time but uh some guy had...
ネイティブなら
I only watched a short clip on YouTube, about ten minutes, but it's densely packed. They said the movie wasn't very successful in theaters at first. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards but didn't win any. That year had a lot of big movies — Pulp Fiction, for example — competing with each other.
解説
☓On the theater → in theaters。劇場公開は in theaters(英国なら at the cinema)。☓much dense, so much dense story → such a dense story / so dense。much は形容詞の前に置かない。☓the Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction。作品名に the は付かない。★Jurassic Park は1993年で、1994年のアカデミー賞の競合ではない。同じ年に競ったのは Forrest Gump と Pulp Fiction。
★★★dense packed / so much dense — 第122夜の検死が直した dense(tense → dense)が、2日で自分の口から出た。ただし much のあとに座った。★on the same の the は正しい — 前夜の宿題②の形。同じ年に、の文が途中で切れたが、same には the が付いた。★seven Academy Awards / didn't win any of them は正しい。
豆知識
1995年3月のアカデミー賞(1994年の映画が対象)で、ショーシャンクは作品賞・主演男優賞(フリーマン)など7部門にノミネートされ、受賞は0。作品賞は『フォレスト・ガンプ』。『パルプ・フィクション』も同じ年の候補だった。『ジュラシック・パーク』は1993年の映画で、前年の技術部門で受賞している。
先生I think it was famous at the time.
解説
★★講師は1回だけ押し返した — 当時も有名だったと思う。
生徒Okay okay.
解説
★受け取った。
先生And like I think but it probably grew, it kind of it was more of a like... yeah it was more of something that grew in popularity over time.
解説
★★そして言い直した — 時間をかけて人気が育った映画だ。押し返しと同意を、1ターンで両方言っている。
盗む
It grew in popularity over time.
grow in popularity = だんだん人気が出る。over time(時間をかけて)と組む。遅れて評価された物の定番の言い方。
生徒Grew in pop... yeah so so that's he explained that part. And yeah and also he mentioned like the name of the movie itself is you know not ordinary Americans don't, I'm explaining that that clip. Shawshank they can't pronounce the name correctly at that time. Like Shawshank they don't know redemption. They don't remember the title of the movie to begin with. So the title is not great maybe. And but after that movie on theater, and some kind of guy I don't know he bought that movie copyright something very cheap price and there is a negotiation with like Warner Brothers or what kind they said. And his genius or greed he said that lead actor said in the Joe. And maybe it's genius that so since he bought that movie very cheap price, so so he...
ネイティブなら
He also said ordinary Americans couldn't even pronounce the title back then — they didn't remember it to begin with. After it left theaters, some guy bought the rights for a very cheap price, and whether it was genius or greed, he...
解説
☓they can't pronounce → they couldn't pronounce。当時の話なので過去形。☓after that movie on theater → after it left theaters。☓for very cheap price → for a very cheap price / cheaply。
★to begin with(そもそも)は正しい。★genius or greed — 天才か強欲か、を対の2語で言った。クリップの中の言い方を持ち帰っている。
先生Wait Tim Robbins said or the...?
解説
★★講師は誰の発言かを確かめた。he が誰を指すのか、話の中で揺れていた。
盗む
Wait — Tim Robbins said that, or...?
相手の話の主語を確かめる割り込み。Wait, who said that? より柔らかい。
生徒Tim Robbins said, yeah. Robbins said. Not Tim Robbins but some producer bought, some producer bought that right you know to broadcast very cheap price and he I'm not sure about the details. He put that movie, Shawshank Redemption on his cable or network again and again, again, again. And that ignited, that lit up, that brought about today's you know because gradually people realize oh how great that movie was. And but since it's ubiquitous he said in that clip, ubiquitous, so very approachable because every year or maybe you know because it's very cheap to broadcast so he put on Shawshank Redemption time again and again on his broadcasting system. And so that was maybe the main reason. And also movie itself is masterpiece obviously. So that's the reason he said, Tim Robbins, Tim Robbins said. Yeah maybe that was the main reason why today Shawshank Redemption was everybody know kind of stuff. And okay... what do you think?
ネイティブなら
Tim Robbins said it. Some producer bought the broadcast rights cheaply and aired it on his cable network again and again, and that's what gradually made people realize how great it was. Because it was on TV all the time, it became ubiquitous. And of course the movie itself is a masterpiece. That's why everybody knows it today. What do you think?
解説
☓people realize → people realized。☓movie itself is masterpiece → the movie itself is A masterpiece。☓everybody know → everybody knowS(前夜の宿題③。FAILED)。同じ夜の前半では everybody knows と正しく出ている。
★★ignited / lit up / brought about — 「火をつけた」を3語で言い換えながら探した。3つとも使える。★ubiquitous(どこにでもある)を、クリップの語として名指しした。 ☓everybody know — 前夜の宿題③。前半の everybody knows は正しく、ここで落ちた。★what do you think? で講師に渡した。
豆知識
ショーシャンクは劇場公開では製作費を回収できず、その後ビデオレンタルと、ターナー・ブロードキャスティングのケーブル局 TNT での繰り返しの放送で広まったとされる。ターナーは映画をまとめ売りの中で安く手に入れていた、と語られることが多い。細部は語り手で異なる。
先生I don't know, like I'm trying to remember how how I saw it...
解説
★講師は自分がいつ観たかを思い出そうとした。
生徒Oh yeah yeah but you were like a living in like a real time I'm not sure you're not that old but so what do you think? I'm not sure. I'm just explaining the clip.
ネイティブなら
You were around back then, right?
NEWbe around
金具だけOh, but you were around at the time — though you're not that old. What do you think? I'm just explaining the clip.
解説
☓you were like a living in like a real time → you were around at the time。like のあとに a が2回出て、-ing と形容詞が来た。「その時代にいた」は be around。
☓like a が2回、名詞の来ない席に出た(第121夜の宿題②の型)。★you're not that old を添えて、年の話を柔らかくした。
先生Yeah I'm not actually sure I mean I was what 13, 14 so not sure if I watched it at the movies or I watched it afterwards, probably afterwards maybe I guess. Yeah I don't know. Maybe yeah I think it probably spread a lot of word of mouth maybe people just... there's a lot, there's a lot of themes that people can identify with. It's a very human movie in many ways so.
解説
★★講師は当時13〜14歳。映画館で観たか後で観たかは覚えていない。広まった理由を自分の言葉で出した — 口コミ、誰でも重ねられるテーマ、とても人間的な映画。
盗む
It's a very human movie in many ways.
「いろんな意味で、とても人間くさい映画だ」。in many ways を後ろに付けると、断定を柔らかくできる。
生徒Yes, yeah yeah yeah. That yeah you should watch like short clip only six minutes, it explained everything, you know you don't have to hear from my bad English, you can maybe watch that short clip. And uh but it said at so Tim Robbins said, you know today's movie is kind of shallow because of he said after pandemic or before even pandemic Hollywood famous you know Hollywood producers lost faith in adult audience that he said. And so they kind of like creating like more of entertainment focused like Spider-man or kind of movies for teenagers, for not for adults. And...
ネイティブなら
You should watch the clip — it's only six minutes and it explains everything better than my English. Tim Robbins said movies today are kind of shallow, because even before the pandemic, Hollywood producers lost faith in adult audiences, so they started making entertainment for teenagers, like Spider-Man.
解説
☓watch like short clip → watch the short clip。☓because of he said → because, he said,。because of のあとは名詞。文を続けるなら because だけ。☓lost faith in adult audience → in adult audiences。
★lost faith in ~(〜を信じなくなった)は正しい。★you don't have to hear from my bad English — 刃を自分に向けた。
先生Oh ok.
解説
★相槌。
生徒Yeah yeah. So that before pandemic it already that kind of shift happened, he said. And so what uh he also said he was itself proclaimed as a turtle. Not rabbits. And because he said in that script... I'm the turtle and I know that turtle will win. Turtle you know in the end will win. So that's maybe it stuck to my mind so oh great quote and you know because it's just a famous quote it's not about him inventing but yeah oh he he said he he's turtle I'm the turtle. And the turtle will win in the long run. And that part really uh yeah stuck to me right now. And he also and yeah he lost so he said like many critical analysis of Hollywood industry right now and yeah. So that's why um but I so but like I said I've watched that movie 12 years ago, 13 years ago and still at that era already I was studying the movie. And I remember one vivid like because at the time I was still today I'm a word nerd you know I was trying to get word and one word I comes up to my mind right now is "obtuse". Obtuse. You know obtuse. Like but I remember that word because at that time I didn't know the word and it was said by warden, not police you know what do you say... prison guard, head of the prison guard. He eventually kill himself you remember right?
ネイティブなら
I'm a word nerd, and one word that's stuck with me all these years is "obtuse."
NEWword nerd
金具だけHe also called himself the turtle, not the rabbit — "I'm the turtle, and the turtle wins in the long run." That stuck with me. ... Like I said, I watched the movie twelve or thirteen years ago, and even back then I was studying English with it. I'm still a word nerd, and one word that comes to mind is "obtuse." I didn't know it back then. It's said to the warden — the head of the prison — who eventually killed himself, remember?
解説
☓he was itself proclaimed as a turtle → he called himself a turtle / proclaimed himself a turtle。☓I've watched that movie 12 years ago → I watched it 12 years ago。ago は過去形と組む。現在完了とは同席しない。☓one word I comes up → one word that comes up。☓He eventually kill himself → killed himself。★obtuse を言ったのはアンディで、言われたのが所長(warden)。
★★★今夜の本題の1語が出た — obtuse。13年前、大学生のとき、この映画で知らなかった語。★★I'm the turtle, the turtle will win in the long run — 冒頭の slow and steady wins the race が、ロビンスの口から戻ってきた。本人はそれを it stuck to me と言った。★word nerd(言葉オタク)は自分を正確に言った1語。 ☓I've watched ... 12 years ago — ago と現在完了の同席。
先生Yeah yeah mm-hmm.
解説
★所長の最期は講師も覚えていた。
生徒He, he said to, because uh lead actor, bank, ex-banker I remember, ex-banker?
解説
★主人公の職業を確かめた。ex-banker は正しい。
豆知識
主人公アンディ・デュフレーンは元銀行の副頭取。刑務所では所長の不正な金の管理までさせられる。
先生Yeah something like that.
解説
★受けた。
生徒Yeah yeah yeah. And uh he's clever. And uh he and uh chief of the prison officer uh kinda like uh talked about I don't know the exact sure but uh but but I only remember so the effing chief prison officer was irritated by his clever way of saying and uh... oh and... so the lead actor said you know, obtuse to the, to the...
ネイティブなら
He's clever, and he and the warden were talking — I don't remember exactly — but the warden got irritated by how clever he was, and then he called the warden obtuse.
解説
☓his clever way of saying → the clever way he said it。
★the effing chief prison officer — 所長への感情が1語に出た。13年たっても、この男はまだ所長に腹を立てている。
先生No I remember the scene. I remember the scene.
解説
★講師もその場面を覚えていた。
生徒Okay? And...
解説
★続けようとした。
先生But I also, I also had to look up the, I also had to look up the word because I only knew it from maths.
解説
★★★今夜の本題の1ターン。講師も、当時その語を辞書で引いた。数学(maths)の意味しか知らなかったから。日本人の大学生と、英語が母語の13〜14歳が、同じ映画の同じ場面の同じ1語で止まっていた。
盗む
I had to look up the word.
look up = 辞書やネットで調べる。had to を付けると「調べないと分からなかった」。maths は英国式(米国は math)。
生徒Yeah yeah so obtuse you know other day yeah still I'm not you know obtuse is not alien maybe I'm not familiar with the English word. But it's obtuse, what does that mean? Obtuse.
ネイティブなら
I'm still not really familiar with the word. What does "obtuse" mean exactly?
解説
★★講師を止めて、語の意味を聞いた — what does that mean?13年前に覚えた語を、今夜はじめてネイティブに説明させている。★I'm not familiar with ~ は第121夜の講師の pick、2夜連続で本人の口から出た。
先生Well in the context that they were saying it means like unperceptive or like slow...
解説
★講師の定義 — 察しが悪い、鈍い。
盗む
In that context, it means slow or unperceptive.
in that context = その文脈では。語の意味を場面に限って説明する前置き。
生徒Ah dumb. Okay. Dumb.
解説
★自分の知っている1語に置き換えた。
先生Yeah. Like basically obtuse is an angle in geometry so it's an exten- it's a metaphor... it's kind of like acute...
解説
★★講師は語の成り立ちまで説明した — 幾何の鈍角(obtuse angle)の比喩で、反対は acute(鋭角、鋭い)。
豆知識
obtuse はラテン語 obtusus(「打たれて鈍くなった」)から。幾何では90度より大きい角(鈍角)。人に使うと「鈍い、察しが悪い」。反対の acute は鋭角で、人なら「鋭い」。日本語の「鈍い」「鋭い」と、同じ向きの比喩である。
生徒Ah I see... okay so he got insulted by the... okay he got insulted.
解説
★13年ぶりに場面の意味が立った — 所長は侮辱されたのだ。
先生I knew the meaning from, I knew the mathematical meaning but I didn't know at that point, at that point I didn't know it was used for non-mathematical descriptions.
解説
★講師はもう1度言った — 数学以外で使うとは、その時点では知らなかった。
生徒Oh yeah yeah yeah. So yeah. And he got angry and end up like a six I don't know a few weeks solitary confinement they say, you say solitary confinement. Yeah I remember vividly recall that scene yeah. And so yeah just I wanted to say you know I'm just saying obtuse. And that stuck to me yeah devastated. I still remember. So what I'm trying to say is just I don't have to summarize this but from learning English from movies really work. You know. That's my conclusion.
ネイティブなら
He got angry, and Andy ended up in solitary confinement for a few weeks. I vividly remember that scene. What I'm trying to say is that learning English from movies really works. That's my conclusion.
解説
☓end up → ended up。☓I remember vividly recall → I vividly remember / I vividly recall。remember と recall を1つに。☓from learning English from movies really work → learning English from movies really works。主語の頭の from を取り、動詞に s。
★★★本人の結論 — learning English from movies really works。13年前の1語が、今夜、講師の辞書の思い出と重なった。★solitary confinement(独房)を講師に確かめながら言えた。
先生Mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒Yeah especially from great movie you can also learn a lot from you know what's going on on the uh other countries, culture you know it's very... and yeah I remember like Italian guy was killed, shot... in I'm not you know Italian guy who is not good at English, like me. And uh he was like I don't know I vaguely remember the scene like he was shot by the you know effing like uh chief officer kinda... chief like prison officer. Not the top, like his henchman kinda guy.
ネイティブなら
Especially from great movies, you learn about other countries and cultures too. I vaguely remember a guy getting shot — he wasn't good at English, like me. He was shot by the warden's henchman.
解説
☓from great movie → from great movies。☓Italian guy was killed → an Italian guy was killed。
★henchman(手下)は正しい。★vaguely remember は vividly remember の反対側で、使い分けた。★撃たれたのは若い受刑者トミーで、所長の命令で看守長ハドリーが撃つ。「イタリア系で英語が苦手」は本人の記憶のまま記録する。
先生Mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒And uh also uh some kinda like old guys uh eventually uh finally got free, pardoned, what do you say, pardoned? Eventually got free from prison but he didn't get well in normal society and end up killing himself kind of scene. Hung up. Hung himself up.
ネイティブなら
He couldn't adjust to life on the outside.
NEWlife on the outside
金具だけAnd an old guy was finally released, but he couldn't adjust to normal life and ended up hanging himself.
解説
☓pardoned → released / paroled。pardon は恩赦。刑期の途中で出るのは parole(このあと講師が置く)。☓didn't get well in normal society → couldn't adjust to normal life。☓Hung himself up → hanged himself。hang up は「電話を切る」。
★★hung himself up — 「首を吊った」が「自分の電話を切った」になった。講師はすぐ hanged himself と直した。★life on the outside は刑務所の外の暮らし、の定型。
豆知識
図書係の老人ブルックスは50年の服役のあと仮釈放され、外の世界になじめずに自ら命を絶つ。hang は「吊るす」では hung、「首を吊って死ぬ」では hanged と過去形が分かれる。
先生I just hang, hanged himself.
解説
★講師は1語だけ直した — hanged。
盗む
He hanged himself.
人が首を吊る、の過去形は hanged。物を吊るすのは hung(I hung my coat)。
生徒Hanged himself. Yeah. And that sad story. And also uh lastly about the cost like uh you know the last scene is about different countries, already escaped, you know.
ネイティブなら
Hanged himself. That's a sad story. And the last scene is in another country, after he's escaped.
解説
☓And that sad story → That's a sad story。
★直された hanged をすぐ復唱した。
先生Escaped.
解説
★受けた。
生徒Lead actor escaped. And also Morgan Freeman was there kinda like finally meet again and hug kind of scene.
ネイティブなら
The lead escaped, and Morgan Freeman's character is there too — they finally meet again and hug.
解説
☓finally meet again → they finally meet again。
★最後の場面を覚えていた。
豆知識
最後の場面はメキシコの太平洋岸の町シワタネホ。アンディが刑務所で語っていた場所で、仮釈放されたレッドが会いに行く。
先生Mm-hmm.
解説
★相槌。
生徒That's catharsis. Like oh why finally you know. It's kind of like a very good catharsis scene. And Morgan Freeman, I remember Morgan Freeman was on the kinda like uh prisoners have a chance to in a court or in a room to like say...
ネイティブなら
That's catharsis. It's a really cathartic scene. And I remember Morgan Freeman in the hearing where prisoners get a chance to...
解説
☓a very good catharsis scene → a really cathartic scene。形容詞は cathartic。
★★catharsis は正しい。語を探す手前で、講師が次の語を渡す。
先生Parole.
解説
★★講師が1語で渡した — parole(仮釈放)。
盗む
a parole hearing
parole = 仮釈放。be paroled / be denied parole / a parole hearing(仮釈放の審査)。
生徒Parole! Okay thank you so much, yeah parole that's right yeah yeah. So parole. And you know Morgan Freeman also I because I learned from that English, "I'm a changed man" kind of like a he said because changed man is for us Japanese it sounds odd. Changed man, I'm a changed man. Okay so I vividly remember the phrase and he but you know many times he was rejected right? Parole rejected.
ネイティブなら
He kept getting denied parole.
NEWdenied parole
金具だけParole! That's it. I learned "I'm a changed man" from that scene — to Japanese ears it sounds odd. And he was denied parole many times, right?
解説
☓Parole rejected → he was denied parole。仮釈放は deny と組む。
★★I'm a changed man — 13年前に覚えたもう1つの形。日本語にすると「変えられた男」で、受け身に聞こえて変だ、と本人が言った。英語の changed は形容詞で「生まれ変わった」。★vividly remember が今夜2回目。
先生Yes.
解説
★受けた。
生徒It's like a usual event. And but finally he got maybe paroled and also the lead actor escaped, prison break and yeah finally meet each other was kind of a very good moment.
ネイティブなら
It kept happening. But finally he got paroled, and since the lead had escaped, they finally met again. That was a really good moment.
解説
☓finally meet each other was → their finally meeting again was / when they finally met again, it was。
★★got paroled — 講師が渡した parole を、数十秒で動詞として使った。
先生Yeah yeah I think it was yeah.
解説
★同意した。
生徒Yeah time's up, yeah time's up. Yeah another of time but yeah wow I but it's like maybe what can I say, we hit a good ending point. That's my English today. That ending point. But we will pick up next time because because that's your favorite movie and I want to hear your side of the story. So next time can I talk about Shawshank Redemption? And also Eiken exam. You know. If possible. Thank you. Bye bye.
ネイティブなら
Time's up. I think we hit a good stopping point. Let's pick it up next time — it's your favorite movie, and I want to hear your side of the story. Can we talk about Shawshank again next time, and the Eiken? Thank you. Bye.
解説
☓another of time → we're out of time。☓a good ending point → a good stopping point。会話を区切るなら stopping point がよく使われる。ending point でも通じる。
★★I want to hear your side of the story — 次回は講師の話を聞く、と約束した。今夜は本人がほとんど話し、講師が聞いた。次は逆にする、と自分で決めた。★pick up(続きをやる)も正しい。
先生Take care, take care, bye.
解説
★終わり。
生徒Next time.
解説
★終わり。
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