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2006.10.31

Happy Halloween!

Here's a special Creature Feature to celebrate the day!

Today's Lesson
MONSTER   怪物

Explanation

  • A monster is a frightening imaginary creature that is large, ugly, or strange.

    Three popular monster costumes worn on Halloween are:

    vampire     吸血鬼
    mummy     ミイラ
    werewolf    狼男
  • monster とは、想像上の恐ろしい生き物、つまり、怪物のことです。巨大なものや、醜いもの、奇妙なものなどがあります。

    ハロウィーンに着る衣装として人気のある３つの怪物は、次のように言います。

    vampire     吸血鬼
    mummy     ミイラ
    werewolf    狼男

examples

  1. a: Are you going trick or treating tonight?
    b: Of course. I'm going as Frankenstein's monster. I've got a really scary mask.
  2. Do you believe in the Loch Ness monster?
  3. (calling a toy store)
    Do you sell vampire costumes? My son is going to be Dracula in the school play.
  4. (a researcher in Egypt)
    We've discovered a 3000-year-old mummy buried under twenty feet of sand.
  5. (lines in a movie)
    a: What if there are werewolves here?
    b: Don't worry. Werewolves only come out during the full moon.

英会話レッスンDon't eat all your Halloween candy at once!