【語学留学】#16 as as同等比較 Comparisons with as..as｜Kazuma's Travel Diary カズマズトラベルダイアリー

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元不登校中学校卒業時英語の成績2だった英語の先生Kazumaです。

Contents

1 Vocabulary
- 1.1 Vocabulary Practice
2 as as同等比較
3 Practice
4 まとめ

今日は、【留学先生日記】#16 as as同等比較 Comparisons with as..asを説明します。中学2年生で習うas as同等比較を説明します。比較級の中でも最もかんたんな”〜と同じくらい”です。ポンコツ不登校が何となく説明していくので最後まで読んでいただけると嬉しいです。
私は、日本語が母国語で現在カナダのバンクーバーで語学留学をしています。大学生の頃、ブルガリアに2ヶ月間いたので、少しだけブルガリア語ができます。最近、身近な人の母国語がタガログ語、マンダリン、ポルトガル語だったりするのでブルガリア語のように緩く勉強はじめました。
そんな私が異なる言語を使う際に”今話している単語の品詞は名詞でその後に動詞を過去形にして”とか考えたことがありません。だから私は単語、表現、文法をイメージで覚えます。みなさん母国語ってそうやって習得しています。新しい言語を勉強して習得するにあたって、単語や文章のイメージができることがとても大切です。かんたんに説明をすると、”英語を英語で学び、英語で理解すること”です。

Vocabulary

experienced: having skills or knowledge because you have done something often
intimidating: making you feel worried or frightened
laid-back: relaxed and not seeming to worry about anything
supportive: giving help or encouragement
confident: sure that you can do something well
challenging: difficult in an interesting way

Vocabulary Practice

Choose the correct answers.
1. I don’t like to be bored at work. I like ( laid-back / challenging ) projects.
2. When I have a problem, I talk with my best friend.
He’s very ( supportive / experienced ).
3. My boss is always relaxed. She is the most ( laid-back / intimidating ) person
I know.
4. They have done this many times before.
They are very ( experienced / challenging ).
5. He makes me feel nervous when I’m around him.
He is ( confident / intimidating ).
6. I know that I’m going to do well because I’m
( supportive / confident ) in my experience.

A.1. challenging 2. supportive 3.laid-back 4. experienced 5. intimidating 6. confident

as as同等比較

Use as + adjective + as to show similarities or differences between two people or things.

Notes
• Use just to make the comparison stronger.
• If the verb in the first and second part of the comparison are the same,
you can leave it
out in the second part. Yuri is not as laid-back as May (is).
You can leave out the second part of the comparison when the meaning is clear because it’s already been mentioned.
A: Sue has a lot of meetings today.
B: Ask Sam. He isn’t as busy as Sue ( is ).
almost as = similar
not as = different
not nearly as = completely different
just = exactly
not nearly = not even close

as as同等比較 Comparisons with as..as

The work is as challenging as I thought.

(語順)A+as+形容詞/副詞+as+B

語順に関しては全く難しくありませんが、as asの間に形容詞か副詞がきます。それだけで”〜と同じぐらい”という意味になります。

語順さえ理解できれば、イメージはかんたんにできます。

Practice

Complete the email. Make comparisons with as…as and the words in parentheses.

From: Ying Lee
TO: Lan
Hi. Lan.
Greetings from Houston! Moving overseas and starting a new job has been a little scary. But it’s ① not nearly ( ) scary ( ) I thought it would be! Everyone has been so kind and helpful. My new coworkers are ② ( ) supportive ( ) my old co-workers. And the atmosphere at the office is ③ not ( ) intimidating ( ) I had imagined. The work is ④ not nearly ( ) challenging ( ) I had expected, bill easier. And I love the city. Houston is ⑤ just ( ) hot ( ) Shanghai. The traffic is also bad, but it’s ⑥ not nearly ( ) bad ( )the traffic back home. My new co-worker from the office is ⑦ just ( ) enthusiastic ( ) about live music. So we are going to see some bands this weekend.
I can’t wait! I hope everything is going well with you. Send an email or text me when you can.
Ying

Rewrite the sentences. Make comparisons with as.…as and the words in parentheses.

8. Dan is not very busy. Marc is very, very busy.
Dan is ( ) Marc. (not nearly / busy)
9. Kelly has two years of experience. Yuko has two and a half years of experience.
Kelly is ( ) Yuko. (almost / experienced)
10. I think learning English is challenging. But learning Chinese is a lot more challenging.
Learning English ( ) learning Chinese. (not nearly / challenging)
11. Marco was confident in the review. Lucas wasn’t so confident.
Lucas was ( ) Marco. (not / confident)
12. Alba is very talented. Diego is also very talented.
Alba is ( ) Diego. (just / talented)
13. This project is easy. The last project was really intense.
This project ( ) the last one. (not nearly / difficult)
14. My old manager was laid-back. My new manager is not laid-back at all.
My new manager is ( ) my old one. (not nearly / laid-back)

A.1. as, as 2. as, as 3. as, as 4. as, as 5. as, as 6. as, as 7. as, as
8. not nearly as busy as 9. almost as experienced as
10. Is not nearly as challenging as 11. not as confident as
12. just as talented as 13. Is not nearly as difficult as
14. not nearly as laid-back as