GENIE Enjoy English

Hi everybody!

December is almost here! ‘Tis the season to be jolly and I hope you all have some holly-jolly plans for the holidays. Here is how native speakers talk about their plans:

A: Do you have any plans for the holidays?
B: Yes, I’m going to Phuket. (←動詞が “go” だったらネイティブはよく現在進行形を使います。｀現在´進行形なのに未来の意味なんですよ。)
A: Oh, sounds nice! How long are you gonna stay? (←これは｀How long are you going to stay?´の省略です。もちろん How long are you going to stay? って聞いても全然大丈夫ですけどネイティブスピーカーはこの言い回しをよく使うので慣れた方がいいと思います。)
B: I’m gonna be there for 10 days.

A: Sounds great!

Here are some more expressions to practice…

What are you gonna do in Phuket? (プーケットで何するの？)

I`m gonna relax on the beach. (“Relax” は動詞です。)

I`m gonna go shopping.

I`m gonna eat a lot of hot and tasty Thai food.

後、いつも主語を取り替えて色々な主語 + be動詞の省略も練習した方が良いです・・・

Is your wife going, too? (←また未来の意味の現在進行形です。)

Yeah, she`s gonna go. (現在進行形の “Yeah, she`s going” も普通です。ネイティブは両方とも使います。)

What`s she gonna do there?

She`s gonna get a massage.

She`s gonna eat a lot of tropical fruit.

Are you gonna play any sports?

Yeah, we`re gonna play golf.

Well, that`s all for today.  Do you have any plans for winter vacation?  If you are going abroad then before you go why not come to ☆GENIE☆ in December and take the special one-month Easy Travel English Course on Saturday afternoons? もし今年の冬海外に行く予定があれば☆GENIE☆の特別な一ヶ月間のかんたんトラベル英語コースを受けてみませんか？コース内容などを詳しく知りたいならメール下さい！ I hope to get a message from you and I hope to Enjoy English with you soon!  Catch you later （＾。＾）/

Bob