仙台 えいごの教室

 A week ago, it was a cat day!  We have a cat, too. She mainly lives upstaires, so Will’s students seldom see her but my students who study in the room on the second floor often do.

 

 

  She likes to bother⁶ me when I’m working at the desk⁷ and often she stays near my computer. Sometimes she even sits on my dictionary or even on the keyboard (No! Not there!)

 

 

  I’m a night owl⁸. I work in my room until easily 1 o’clock or 2 o’clock, and this cutie⁹ always waits for me to go to bed so we can go to bed together. She never goes to bed by herself at night. So I put a blanket on the desk or on the chair. She often chooses the closest spot unless¹⁰ I really beg her to sleep on a blanket¹¹ which I prepare for her on the chair next to¹² me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  She is a really cute and funny kiddo. More than 10 years ago she was abandoned¹³ and she was wandering¹⁴ outside in the cold air for a week or so until she found Ichigo (who is in heaven now) and came running to¹⁵ her. Since then, we have been a family. I’m so glad we met!!

 

 

◆1 belated : 遅れた

◆2 behave herself : 行儀良くする
◆3 encounter : ～に遭遇する
◆4 vertically : 垂直に

◆5 horizontally : 水平方向に 
◆6 bother ~ : ～を邪魔する
◆7 at the desk : 机に向かって

注）
１０　意味で覚えておくと、実際の文を見た時に訳しづらい思いをします。（英語では表面的に not が出てこないので…）unless = if not として捉えておくと楽になりますよ！

１２　near との区別大丈夫ですか？ near ~ は「～の近くに」、next to ~ は「～の隣りに」、by ~ は near よりももっと近く「～の（すぐ）そばに」の感覚です。