From Twitter:
News
Choose the best answers:
Jan: What's new?
Joe: Not much; and with you?
Jan: I have __ news.
Joe: Really?; __ to hear that.
Jan: Snoobie __.
Joe: Really? Damn. __ too __.
a. good
b. sad
c. that
d. That's
e. bad
f. glad
g. sorry
h. apologize
j. puppy
k. it is
l. It's
m. died
______
日本語訳
Twitterより。ジャン「最近どう？」ジョー「特に変わりないよ。君は？」ジャン「悲しい知らせがあるの」。ジョー「それはつらいね」。ジャン「スヌービーが亡くなったの」。ジョー「本当に？ それは残念だ」。空欄に合う語を選んでください。
Answers:
Jan: What's new?
Joe: Not much; and with you?
Jan: I have _b_ news.
Joe: Really?; _'sorry_ to hear that.
Jan: Snoobie _died_.
Joe: Really? Damn. _That's_ too _bad_.
Explanation:
We say "what's new" when meeting old friends.
We answer with the news of our lives or we say "not much", meaning "not much is new." In Jan's case, she has "sad news" or "bad news".
Joe answers about Jan's sad news saying: 'sorry to hear that. It is a reduction of "I'm sorry to hear that"meaning he is sorry to learn such news.
Joe precedes his statement of regret with "damn", a word that was at one time considered to be an expletive (a "curse" word), and which is not the most polite response, but which is accepted now as being very heartfelt. He uses this word probably because he and Jan are close friends.
Jan: What's new?
Joe: Not much; and with you?
Jan: I have _b_ news.
Joe: Really?; _'sorry_ to hear that.
Jan: Snoobie _died_.
Joe: Really? Damn. _That's_ too _bad_.
Explanation:
We say "what's new" when meeting old friends.
We answer with the news of our lives or we say "not much", meaning "not much is new." In Jan's case, she has "sad news" or "bad news".
Joe answers about Jan's sad news saying: 'sorry to hear that. It is a reduction of "I'm sorry to hear that"meaning he is sorry to learn such news.
Joe precedes his statement of regret with "damn", a word that was at one time considered to be an expletive (a "curse" word), and which is not the most polite response, but which is accepted now as being very heartfelt. He uses this word probably because he and Jan are close friends.
解答・解説の日本語訳
原文の解答は sad、sorry、died、That's、bad。「What's new?」は久しぶりに会った友人などに近況を尋ねる言葉で、「Not much」は「特に新しいことはない」という意味です。「Sorry to hear that」は「それを聞いて残念です」の省略形です。damn は以前は強い悪態と見なされた語ですが、ここでは親しい相手のつらい知らせへの強い気持ちを表します。