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A1-19 / CEFR A1 / EPISODE 19

I Want a Pencil

Buying stationery

SceneAt the stationery shop.

Frank holds a pencil and notebook while Tina points to pink stationery.
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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Narrator

Frank is buying school supplies. Tina waits outside.

フランクは学用品を買っている。ティナは外で待っている。

Frank01

I would like a pencil, please.

鉛筆を1本ください。

Clerk02

Here you are. Anything else?

はい、どうぞ。他には？

Frank03

One small notebook, too. Lined, please.

小さなノートも1冊。罫線入りでお願いします。

Clerk04

That's two dollars.

2ドルになります。

Frank05

Here you are. Thank you.

はい、どうぞ。ありがとう。

Tina06

Frank! You're back! What did you get?

フランク！戻ってきたのね！何を買ったの？

Frank07

A pencil. And a small notebook.

鉛筆。それと小さなノート。

Tina08

That's it? No pink? No stickers? No glitter?

それだけ？ピンクなし？シールなし？ラメもなし？

Frank09

It is a pencil, Tina. It writes. That is enough.

鉛筆だよ、ティナ。書ければいい。それで十分だ。

Tina10

So gray. So you.

地味ねえ。いかにもあなた。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“Here you are.”

Here you are. accompanies handing something to another person. It serves the same purpose as Here you go! in A1-17.

“That's it?”

With a rising tone, That's it? expresses surprise that there is so little. With a falling tone, That's it. can mean “That's everything” or “We're finished.”

“So gray. So you.”

So you. informally means “Very typical of you,” with so emphasizing you. Here gray suggests something dull or plain. Tina, who loves pink and sparkle, teases Frank for buying only pencils and a notebook: plain, but very much his style.

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