英会話タイムトライアル Wed 8th Nov. 2023

Across The Globe!  Family Fun in Mexico

Day3  SPR Trainning　何人家族ですか？

1.　How many people are there in your family?

2.　We’re a family of five.

3.　It’s my mom and dad, me and my two younger sisters.

4.　How many people are there in your party?

5.　We’re a party of ten.

6.　We’re celebrating my parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary!

7.　How many people in your family live abroad?

8.　Everyone in our family lives in Japan.

9.　How many people in your family speak Spanish?

10.　Everyone in our family can speak Spanish fluently.

人数を分かりやすく伝えるには？　

　5人家族です、はfive membersではなく→

① (人数) + people in my family

　　4人家族です　 There are four people in my family.

  　何人家族ですか？　　How many people are there in you family?

   ×four members

②　a family of +　(人数)

   　うちは3人家族です　　We’re a family of three.

  ×We’re three members. →まるでクラブやスポーツジムの会員を連想させる。

③　a party of +　(人数)

  　レストランで「4人です」　　We’re a party of four.

④　a group of +　(人数)

「家族全員」を英語で言うと？

① 　〇our whole family

  　◎ everyone in our family

  家族全員で温泉に行きました。　Everyone in our family went to the hot spring.

② the rest of our family

   　家族のほとんどは北海道に住んでいます。残りの家族は東京に住んでいます。

　　Most of our family live in Hokkaido. The rest of our family live in Tokyo.

③　What’s everyone in your family doing today?

   　 → My husband is working in a office.