Today's presentation is a talk from ラジオ英会話.
The verbs of perception, auditory verb and so on. "hear, listen, feel"
First, hear
story is two person are talking about the common acquaintant; Taro Tanaka.
a I'm sorry to bother you guys in the middle of your practice.
b No problem. We are taking a break.
a I think I know someone in your band. I saw your poster.
b Who's that?
a Taro Tanaka.
b Taro Tanaka? Oh, in our band? I've never heard of anyone by that name.
a I think he is your lead singer.
b You mean MCT? MC Taro. I didn't know his real name was Taro. He'll be back soon.
Key sentence
I’ve never heard of anyone by that name.
そんな名前の人は聞いたことがありません。
hear means to perceive a sound with the ear.
(耳にはいる）
I heard Ken play the piano.
ケンがピアノを弾くのが聞こえた。 するのを聞いた
I heard that Ken plays the piano.
ケンが（習慣的に）ピアノを弾くということを聞いた」。hearは「聞いて知っている」
So, this sentence is quite different from “I heard Key play the piano.”, right.
Oh, yes, totally different. “I heard Ken play the piano.” means “Ken was playing the piano”, and I heard that sound.
Whereas, “I heard that Ken plays the piano.” refers to the fact that he can play, his ability to play the piano.
next listen
story is
two person are talking about a way to promote the new book.
a Have you thougt of something to promote buy the new book?
b Yes, we should make a doll of the author in a Hawaiian shirt.
a A dool of the author?
b Yes, we can give it as a present to people who buy the book.
a The cost of making the dolls would be too high.
b I disagree.
a Listen to me. This is a bad idea.
b Well. If you say so. You are the boss.
Key sentence
Listen to me. This is a bad idea.
よく聞くんだ。それはいいアイデアじゃないよ。
listen means to give one's attention to a sound.
Listen 自発的、積極的な行為 耳を傾ける
they look like look, see,
My son never listens to me.
僕の息子は決して僕の言うことを聞かない。
You were listening in on our conversation, weren’t you? – No way!
君は僕たちの会話を盗み聞きしていたんだね？ーまさか！
So, what is the nuance of “on” here?
I’ll let you handle that, Chris?
The first of all, all listen in. You have to enter the area where the conversation is taking place. And then you want to stay, don’t you so? It’s like a platform, and you sit on the platform, and the platform is the conversation.
I was listening for my name to be called.
（病院の待合室で）私は自分の名前が呼ばれるのを待っていた。
My parents caught my brother listening in on their conversation.
At last feel
story is two perso are talking about a car accident in their neighborhood.
a what's the matter? You look upset.
b There was another car accident in our neighborhood last night.
a Again? That's the third one this week.
bThe driver was arrested for drunk driving.
a Another drunk driver? What is going on these days.
b I feel we need to do something about this problem.
a I couldn't agree more.
b By the way, was anybody hurt?
a No. Luckily, no one was injured.
Key sentence
I feel we need to do something about this problem.
この問題について何かをする必要があると思うよ。
Such verb as feel are smell, tast.
This is a non-smoking restaurant, but I can smell smoke.
ここは禁煙のレストランなのに、タバコのにおいがするなぁ。
So, is this possible to say, I’m smelling smoke.
No!
Can you taste anything strange in this stew?
このシチュー何か変な味がしない？
Feel this cashmere sweater. It’s so soft.
このカシミアセーター触ってごらん。すごくやわらかいよ。
Smell the milk first to see if it’s still OK to drink.
そのミルクまだ飲めるかどうか、まずにおいをかいで確かめてね。
Taste the sauce for salt.
塩加減がいいかどうか、ソースを味見してみて。
I’ve never tasted anything like this before. It’s delicious.
これまでこのようなものは何も味わったことがないよ。すごくおいしい。
