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B2-47 / CEFR B2 / EPISODE 47

Tina Explains

Sharing personal background and inviting another story

SceneAfter running club, Tina and her friend Maya from the club sit on a park bench. The other runners have left.

Tina talking to a club member on a park bench.
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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Narrator

After running club, Tina and her friend Maya from the club sit on a park bench. The other runners have left.

ランニングクラブの練習のあと、ティナとクラブ仲間のマヤは公園のベンチに座っている。ほかのメンバーは帰ったところだ。

Maya01

Can I ask where you grew up? You don't have to tell me if you'd rather not.

どこで育ったのか、聞いてもいい？話したくなければ、無理に答えなくていいけど。

Tina02

I don't usually tell people this. I grew up on another planet.

普段はあまり人に話さないんだけど、別の惑星で育ったの。

Maya03

Another planet? You're serious?

別の惑星？本当の話？

Tina04

Yes. My family still lives there. Does that make sense so far?

うん。家族は今もそこに住んでる。今の話、伝わってる？

Maya05

So when you say "home," you mean another planet?

つまり、「故郷」って言うときは、別の惑星のことを指してるの？

Tina06

Exactly. Let me put it another way: I can't visit them by plane. Not even with three connections.

そう。言い方を変えると、飛行機では家族のところへ帰れないの。3回乗り継いでも無理。

Maya07

So you can't just fly home for the holidays.

じゃあ、休みにちょっと帰省、ってわけにはいかないんだ。

Tina08

Right. I miss my family. Hearing everyone's holiday plans sometimes makes it worse.

そうなの。家族に会いたいの。みんなの休暇の予定を聞いていると、余計に恋しくなることもある。

Maya09

That's a lot to take in. But I understand why holidays are hard for you.

すぐには飲み込めない話だけど、帰省が簡単にできなくてつらいのは分かるよ。

Tina10

Thanks for listening. Your turn — where did you grow up?

聞いてくれてありがとう。じゃあ、あなたの番。どこで育ったの？

Maya11

On my grandmother's farm. Chapter one: the day the chickens escaped—

おばあちゃんの農場。第1章、ニワトリが逃げ出した日——

Tina12

Maya. "Where are you from?" doesn't need a table of contents.

マヤ。「どこ出身？」に目次はいらないでしょ。

Maya13

You started in outer space. Let me have one chicken story.

あなたの話は宇宙から始まったでしょ。ニワトリの話を一つくらいさせてよ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“Not even with three connections.”

For flights, a connection is a transfer to another flight. Not even emphasizes impossibility even under the stated condition. Tina explains in familiar travel terms that even three transfers would not let her visit home by an ordinary airline journey.

“That's a lot to take in.”

Take something in means to understand and emotionally absorb it. That's a lot to take in. acknowledges information too substantial to process immediately. Maya responds to Tina's disclosure that she grew up on another planet without denying it or prying.

“doesn't need a table of contents.”

A table of contents lists a book's sections. Tina now gives Maya the phrase her own friend used in B2-12: a reply to How are you? does not need a table of contents.

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