(Sight -- Part 3) 見る ―― パート3
LOOK [AT] vs. WATCH*
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We've come to the end of another week and the end of our latest mini-series. Read today's WordMaster; then take another look at the WordMasters from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and try to keep the differences in mind when you use these words in the future.
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To look at something is to direct your sight at something in order to see it.
To watch something is to give attention to something for a period of time in order to see what it is doing or what will happen.
(Be careful: Although we can look at a person or object that is NOT moving, we usually watch someone or something that IS moving. For example, we look at a painting, but we do NOT "watch" it.)
* Read the 16 and 17 May 2001 WordMasters for more details on look at and watch.
look at は、見るために視線を向けるという意味です。
watch は、しばらくの間注意を向けて、何が行われているか、何が起こりそうかを見るという意味です。
注意: look at は、動いていない人や物を見るときに使えますが、watch は普通、動いている人や物を見るときに使います。例えば、look at a painting とは言いますが、"watch" a paintingとは言いません。
* 2001/5/16 と2001/5/17のWordMaster参照
1. | I don't like to look at myself in the mirror; I hate my hair. | | | 2. | It's fun to watch kittens play. | | | 3. | a: | What are you looking at? | | b: | Some pictures of my parents when they were in high school. | | | 4. | (at a three-ring circus) | | a: | Look at that. The clown's juggling five balls at one time. | | b: | I can't right now. I'm watching the lion act. | | | 5. | (still at the circus) | | Watch this. The man's going to put his head into the lion's mouth. |
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