実践英会話教室11
The Day After Tomorrow
時刻を表す言葉は(tomorrow,yesterday etc.)私たち英語を学ぶ生徒の憶えなければならない必須の言葉ですが、日本人の共通の間違いの一つとして、after とbefore の使い方があげられます。
Starting Now
過去や未来をあらわす語は、現在を表す語: this minute, this hour, today, this week, this month, this year,などをもとにして表現されます。簡単な例をあげます:
現在から1日後
正: I'm going to leave tomorrow. （明日出発します。）
上の表現は明らかなので、だれも間違わないでしょうが、次はどうでしょう:
現在から3週間後
正: I'm going to leave in 3 weeks.（３週間後に出発します。）
間違い: I'm going to leave after 3 weeks.
間違い: I'm going to leave 3 weeks after.
また、過去をあらわす表現ではt:
今から２年前
正: He went 2 years ago.（彼は２年前に行きました。）
間違い: He went before 2 years.
間違い: He went 2 years before.
Special Phrases
過去や未来をあらわす特別な単語がありますから、注意してください:
現在から１日前
正: He went yesterday.
正: He went 1 day ago.
間違い: He left 1 day before.現在から２週間後
正: I'm going to leave the week after next.
正: I'm going to leave in 2 weeks.
間違い: I'm going to leave 2 weeks after.
A Big Chart
現在、過去、未来をあらわす語をまとめてみました。a day ago と1 day agoは同じと考えてよいです.
| 現在-3 | 現在-2 | 現在-1 | 現在 | 現在+1 | 現在+2 | 現在+3 | |
| 分 | 3 minutes ago | 2 minutes ago | a minutes ago | this minute (hour) |
in a minute | in 2 minutes | in 3 minutes |
| 日 | 3 days ago | the day before yesterday | yesterday 1 day ago |
today | tomorrow in 1 day |
the day after tomorrow in 2 days |
in 3 days |
| 週 | 3 weeks ago | the week before last 2 weeks ago |
last week a week ago |
this week (month) (year) |
next week in a week |
the week after next in 2 weeks |
in 3 weeks |
The Day After Tomorrow
There's a group of phrases used for talking about time that every student needs to learn. In fact, a very common mistake in conversation is to use before and after when the phrases below should be used.
Starting Now
Throughout this lesson, it's important to remember that we are talking about past and future times now. Our point of view is the present: this minute, this hour, today, this week, this month, this year, etc. Here's a simple example:
Now + 1 day
Right: I'm going to leave tomorrow.
This is an obvious example, and no one would make a mistake here. But look at this:
Now + 3 weeks
Right: I'm going to leave in 3 weeks.
Wrong: I'm going to leave after 3 weeks.
Wrong: I'm going to leave 3 weeks after.
Here's an example referring to a past event:
Now - 2 years
Right: He went 2 years ago.
Wrong: He went before 2 years.
Wrong: He went 2 years before.
Special Phrases
In some cases there are special words or phrases you can use to express the past or future time:
Now - 1 day
Right: He went yesterday.
Right: He went 1 day ago.
Wrong: He left 1 day before.Now + 2 weeks
Right: I'm going to leave the week after next.
Right: I'm going to leave in 2 weeks.
Wrong: I'm going to leave 2 weeks after.
A Big Chart
Here's a table showing many possible combinations. In general, you can use a or 1 interchangeably, so a day ago means the same as 1 day ago, for example.
| Now-3 | Now-2 | Now-1 | Now | Now+1 | Now+2 | Now+3 |
| 3 minutes ago | 2 minutes ago | a minutes ago | this minute (hour) |
in a minute | in 2 minutes | in 3 minutes |
| 3 days ago | the day before yesterday | yesterday 1 day ago |
today | tomorrow in 1 day |
the day after tomorrow in 2 days |
in 3 days |
| 3 weeks ago | the week before last 2 weeks ago |
last week a week ago |
this week (month) (year) |
next week in a week |
the week after next in 2 weeks |
in 3 weeks |