英語を理解し話すことは、オーストラリアでの生活を向上させるのにとても役立ちます。ポッドキャストでは日々のさまざまなシチュエーションで使えるとっさの英語や表現を、あらゆる例を取り入れて簡単に説明します。
学習ノート
自分に合ったチームスポーツについて話すときに使える様々なフレーズ：
- I'm keen to do something a bit more social as well. Maybe join a team sport?
- What d’ya reckon?
- Let me help get the ball rolling for you.
- I'm worried they’re a bit hard core and take the game too seriously.
- I should probably join a team that's a bit more 'cas'.
- It’s more about making friends than winning.
ポイント：
英語の話し言葉は短縮した言葉をよく使いますが、中にはスラングとして主に砕けた場面で使われる物もあります。
例えば：
‘Cas’ ＝ casual の略語。
‘I should probably join a team that's a bit more 'cas'.’
もう少しカジュアルなチームの方が自分向きかな。
‘Aggro’ ＝ agressive の略語。
‘People who are a bit hard core about their sport can sometimes take it to an extreme and become 'aggro'.’
勝負を真剣に捉える人は、故に時にアグレッシブになることがある。
他にも、日常的によく使う動詞や代名詞を短縮して言いやすくすることもあります。
こちらは畏まった場面でも使えます。
Gloria: I’d never played futsal or football before IN MY LIFE. (I + had = I’d)
Allan: I'm keen (I + am = I’m)
Claire: It’s more about making friends (It + is = It’s)
この様な短縮形は話し言葉では場面、相手に関わらず使えますが、書く際には短縮せずに使用することが多いです。
口語的な言い回し：
To be like a fish out of water
直訳すると「水から出た魚のよう」。馴染みのない場所におかれ居心地が悪い状況、場違いであることを示します。
To get the ball rolling
直訳すると「ボールを転がす」。何かを始めることを示します。球技ではボールを転がしたり投げる事で試合が始まるものが多いですよね。
What d’ya reckon
d'ya = Do you。相手の意見を聞くカジュアルな言い方です。
To be hard core
激しい、手強いといった意味。日本語でいう「筋金入り」のように使われることもあります。
Cas
Casual の略。堅苦しくない、カジュアル。
Aggro
Aggressive の略。アグレッシブ、激しい、挑戦的の意味。
To bring my 'A' game
良い結果を残す、ベストを尽くす、といった意味。成績表で一番良い成績は「A」なことが多いですよね。
ボキャブラリー：
To be keen
とても興味がある、とても～したい、の意。
Camaraderie
職場やチームなど、仲間として様々な経験を共にする事で芽生える友情、友愛。
スクリプト：
(注：これは一字一句書き起こしたものではありません）
SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia.
Hi everyone, I am Gloria. Nice to meet you all again!
'RUN! DEFENCE! PRESSURE, PRESSURE! LEFT!' These are the words my teammates screamed, as I was running around the field playing my first game of futsal.
Have you heard of this game? It’s a type of soccer where you only have 5 players on each team, and you play on a much smaller pitch. All I remember about my first time playing, was being out of breath and trying to touch the ball with my foot. I must have been OK because we won! Then we went to the pub afterwards for a celebratory drink. Now we are unbeatable!
To be honest, I’d never played futsal or football before IN MY LIFE. I am more of a dancing person really. But back then I was like a fish out of water – I'd just started working at SBS, and everything was a bit new and scary, so when the opportunity to play team sports with my new colleagues came along, I thought to myself, why not?
If you’re like a 'fish out of water', that means that you feel that you feel awkward and that you don’t belong. For everyone new to Australia, maybe at some time you have experienced this feeling.
So playing a team sport was a good chance to make some friends and get to know everyone. And for me it worked! Although I’m not sure I’m exactly a futsal star yet! Anyway, today, let’s practise talking about choosing a team sport that’s right for you!
Allan and Claire met at an IT company when they first came to Australia. Now they work in different companies but still occasionally catch up. Allan wants to do something more social.
Listen to how he describes the different sports teams. Can you guess which team he will join?
Claire
Hey Allan! How’s the new job going for ya?
Allan
The work is fine but I'm keen to do something a bit more social as well. Maybe join a team sport? What d’ya reckon?
Claire
I think it's a great idea. Hmmm....let me help get the ball rolling for you... ok, what type of sport are you interested in?
Allan
Well... there's a work soccer team... but I'm worried they’re a bit hard core and take the game seriously.
Claire
Yeah, sounds a little intense. What level of commitment are you looking for?
Allan
Well, of course I’d want to bring my 'A' game, but I've got to be realistic about what I can actually do, so I should probably join a team that's a bit more 'cas'.
Claire
I get it. It’s more about making friends than winning, right?
Allan
Yeah! That’s right!
YAY! It’s all about the sense of camaraderie Allan, you can get from playing together! I get it too! That’s exactly the warm and friendly feeling I had when I started playing with the SBS futsal team.
You can 'get a feeling' but you can also say you ‘get something’ if you understand what someone is saying.
'Camaraderie' is the closeness, trust and friendship that develops among a group of people who have gone through some kind of experience together. It is common in sports teams and can also happen at work if everyone plays well together and works as a team.
Okay but let’s get back to Claire from the beginning,
Claire started by greeting Allan with a ‘hey’. Sometimes this is used instead of ‘hi’.
Then Allan said,
The work is fine but I'm keen to do something a bit more social as well. Maybe join a team sport? What d’ya reckon?
If you are ‘keen’, then you are very interested in something and want to do it.
‘What d’ya reckon’ is an informal way of asking if someone agrees with you.
Claire said,
Hmmm... let me help get the ball rolling for you... ok, what type of sport are you interested in?
To 'get the ball rolling' means to start doing something because if you roll a ball downhill, it just keeps rolling, and even gets faster. So Claire means let’s start the process of trying to figure out what sports Allan should join.
Allan then replied,
Well... there's a work soccer team... but I'm worried they’re a bit hard core and take the game too seriously.
‘To be hard core’ means to take something seriously. Allan said,
Well, of course I’d want to bring my 'A' game, but I've got to be realistic about what I can actually do, so I should probably join a team that's a bit more 'cas'.
To ‘Bring your ‘A’ game’ means to bring your best to whatever you are doing.
I believe there’s a balance in everything. We can bring our A game without necessarily being too ‘hard core’ about it, that is without taking it too seriously. As Allan says, you can still do your very best in a team that is a bit more 'cas'.
‘Cas’ is short for the word casual, which means informal. In this case it means relaxed and not too serious. You can also use ‘cas’ to describe a lot of different things… your attitude to life, to work or even to love!
People who are a bit hard core about their sport can sometimes take it to an extreme and become ‘aggro’.
‘Aggro’ is short for the word aggressive, which means very angry and possibly violent. And Allan isn’t interested in joining that kind of team because, as Claire says:
I get it! It’s more about making friends than winning, right?
ABSOLUTELY, RIGHT!
Claire gets it. She understands what he means, and so do I. I think life is too short to take things too seriously. But what about you? What type of team suits you?
Now that we've had a look at some words and phrases we can use to talk about which team sport is the best for you to join, let's listen to the dialogue again.
A big thank you to our educational consultant, Professor Lynda Yates, and our guest David.
Paul Nicholson and Lily O'Sullivan voiced the characters of Allan and Claire. Micky Grossman did the sound design.
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