Today's presentation is a talk from ラジオ英会話.
Topic is verb, realize and understand.
At first 'realize'
Story is;
Two persons are talking about how one started working at the company.
a How did you start working at this company?
b It's a long story, but, it's basically, it's all thanks to my friend, Alice.
a What happened?
b She runs a coffee shop. The president of this company enjoys going there. He told her he was looking for a web designer. Then Alice called me and told me about the job.
a Oh, she really helped you out.
b Yes, if she hadn't called me, I wouldn't be here.
I realized how important friendship is.
Key sentence is
I realized how important friendship is.
私は友情というものがどんなに大切なものなのか気づきました。
We can use it in 2 meaning ways.
1. It means to achieve, fulfill
I was finally able to realize my vision.
私はとうとう構想を実現することができた。
2 It means to become aware of as a fact (悟る）
realize real(現実の)+ ize(〜にする)
I don’t think he realized how tough the job was going to be.
彼はどんなにこの仕事が厳しいものになるのか気づいていなかったと思うな。
Such verb as realize are recognize, notice
recognize
「re – (再び) + cognize(知る)
認める・認知する
Van Gogh was not recognized as a genius during his lifetime.
ヴァン・ゴッホは彼が生きている間は天才として認められなかった。
I recognize the song, but I can’t remember the singer.
歌に聞き覚えはあるけど、歌手を思い出せないな。
Notice
it means to sence
My girlfriend got upset because I didn’t notice her new hairstyle.
僕のガールフレンドは僕が彼女の新しいヘアスタイルに気がつかなかったからむくれてしまった。
Next verb understand
Story is;
Professor Peacock and his lecture's audience are talking about the universe.
a I enjoyed your lecture on Cosmologies of Ancient Peoples.
b It's surprising how much they got to know about the universe without telescopes.
a Yes, even today, it's hard to understand how big the universe is.
b You can say that again.
a I wonder if we will ever travel to another planet in our solar system.
b That' s many people's dream.
a It might come true, someday.
Key sentence is
It’s hard to understand how big the universe is.
understand
宇宙がどんなに大きいか理解するのは難しいです。
I see.
わかりました
I got it.
わかりました
Such verb as understand are grasp, comprehend, follow.
grasp means to seize and hold firmly.
vs grab(何かをものをガッとスピーディーにつかむ動作)
It’s important to grasp the native speaker’s way of thinking.
ネイティブスピーカーの考え方をつかむのが大切です。
comprehend 理解する
It means understand perfectly
com（完全に）+ prehend（つかむ） かたいニュアンス
Sociologists still don’t fully comprehend the causes of delinquency.
社会学者は依然として非行の原因を十分理解しているとは言い難い。
follow
It means to go behind, understand
follow 「ついていく」から「理解」
The lecturer used vary difficult vocabulary, so I couldn't follow what he was saying.
講師は大変難しい語彙を使ったので、私は彼が言っていることがわからなかった。
