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Phrasal verbs: What is the world coming to?

  

以下の会話文の太字の部分がPhrasal verbsです。タイトルのcoming toは、状況が少しずつ変わって悪くなり、今の状態になったという意味で。What is the world coming to?という言い方はよく聞きます。「悪い(ひどい)状態になっちゃったね」という感じのニュアンスです。

 

会話文内のPhrasal verbsは、意味は知っていても、自分でサラッと使えるかを考えてみて下さい。サラッと使えないもので、使えると便利だと思うものは、音読を繰り返したり、一日に何度かその文章を発音するなどして練習してください。

 

意味が分からない物は、前後関係から意味を想像してから辞書で調べることをおすすめします。この時、辞書は和英ではなく英英を使ってください。辞書で調べても、意味が分かりにくい場合はレッスン中にご質問ください。

 

Wha is the world coming to?

Chloe:  Cheers!

Anna: Cheers, Chloe! So how’s life treating you?

Chloe: Well, things are very difficult now this virus is going round. I haven’t had much work since March.

Anna: Can you claim the grant for the self-employed?

Chloe: Yes, I can. But the amount you get is based on the last two years’ income and I had almost eight-months’ off when I had Megan last year, so my income was a lot lower than usual. I was just starting to pick up the pieces and then the lockdown started.

Anna: Oh, no. Not very good timing, is it?

Chloe: No, not at all. At least, Simon’s still holding on to his job so we’re okay for the time being, but we don’t know what’ll happen in the future.

Anna: Tom got laid off from his job last week.

Chloe: Did he? Oh, I’m sorry. You’re still working though, are you?

Anna: Not at the moment. I took up a new job at a bank in February, but they closed the branch I was working at right after the lockdown started.

Chloe: It’s terrible what people are going through.

Anna: The government’s been pretty slow. They’ve really let us down, haven’t they?

Chloe: I used to like Boris Johnson, but I’ve been put off by some of the things he’s done.

Anna: I don’t like Boris Johnson, full stop. He hasn’t done much to help out the care workers. But we can only hope for the best, don’t you think?

Chloe: Yep. That’s always a good plan.

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