The enthronement ceremony was held at the Seiden State hall yesterday.
I saw the Emperor wearing a formal court dress, called korozen-no-goho.
The atmosphere was so dignified that I was impressed with it.
Any way, today's presentation is a talk from ラジオ英会話.
Topic is verb suppose
Story is
Two colleagues are supposed to meet their office staff in Amsterdam.
a Amsterdam is such a beautiful city.
b Yes, it's one of the most popular tourlist destinations in Europe.
a I can understand why. I've seen videos of those colorful buildings. They're famous.
b Conference hall is not too far from here.
a When are we meeting the Amsterdam staff?
b We are supposed to meet them in 20 minutes.
a Great. I'm looking forward to talking with them today.
b Me too.
key sentence is
We are supposed to meet them in twenty minutes.
私たちは20分後に彼らに会うことになっています。
Suppose means to think or assume that something is true or probable but without proof.(theory, arguement)
He’ll be coming later, I suppose.
彼はあとから来ると思うよ。
Suppose she left you, what would you do?
彼女が君を捨てたとしたらどうする？
So, in this sentence, subjunctive mood 仮定法
Well, the subjunctive indicates that there’s a very low possibility, you know, suppose she left you, but I’m not saying she will, I’m saying probably she won’t in fact. But just, just suppose.
Such verb as suppose is assume.
it meens to accept without proof and
it means to take.
本当だと思う・仮定する、受け入れる、あることが本当だと受け入れるまたは take.
We can safely assume that Sheila will be elected CEO.
シーラがCEOに選ばれると考えて差し支えないでしょう。
Let’s assume that we can raise enough money for our startup.
私たちが起業に十分な資金を調達できると仮定してみましょう。
It is reasonable to assume that the divorce rate will continue to rise.
離婚率は上がり続けると考えるのが妥当ですね。
I assume responsibility for any decision I make.
自分が決めたことの責任は取りますよ。
<That's all>
There were good tips today's class.
1.Quiz
If Theresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, who am I to Theresa?
(1) my self
(2) mother
(3) doughter
2.Tips
shout 掛け声をかける
