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2010.03.01(Review of 2001.11.19 edition)

Greetings, and welcome to March at Berlitz WordMaster!

The WordMaster loves a leisurely walk around town, and that's doubly true during this season of budding trees and fragrant spring blossoms. So we've selected a few timely editions from our archives to help you describe the cityscape as you walk down the boulevard.

So stay with us. It's a week that's sure to increase your street smarts!

Today's LessonCATEGORY: 間違いやすいボキャブラリー
SIDEWALK   歩道

Explanation

  • A sidewalk is a path with a hard surface for people to walk on that is along, and slightly higher than, a road.

    Be Careful! If a path is NOT higher than the road, but only separated from the road by a painted line, we usually do NOT call it a sidewalk.
  • sidewalk とは、人が歩くために舗装された道で、車道に沿っていて、車道より少し高くなっているところ、つまり、歩道のことです。

    注意：歩く部分が車道よりも高くなっておらず、地面に描かれた線だけで車道と分けてある場合は、通常 sidewalk とは呼びません。

SIDEWALK

examples

  1. (father to 7-year-old son)
    Stay on the sidewalk, Peter. You don't want to get hit by a car, do you?
  2. There aren't any sidewalks in our neighborhood, but fortunately traffic is light.
  3. The sidewalks were crowded with street performers and spectators.
  4. We spent the afternoon at a sidewalk cafe, watching the people walk by.

英会話レッスンUntil tomorrow, we wish you well!