In today's skit, one of the characters, Miki, talked about a grocery clerk who had been in the newspaper.
According to the newspaper, Miki said that this clerk had always helped a certain elderly man do shopping, having carried his groceries out to his car. Moreover, she had also paid a difference for him at her own expense because he had been always a few pennies short.
After listening to this story, one of other characters, Nancy, described her as a sweet person and Miki also described her as a considerable one.
But I don't think so. I think this clerk was just naive enough to pay. How do you think about it?
Anyway, I hope she'll be rewarded for her naivete (you can call it "sweetness", "considerate" and whatever!) in the skit of next week.
今日の一文
その老人はいつも必要な金額より何セントか足りなくて。
The elderly man always seemed to ( ) a few pennies ( ).
正解
Let's Read Out Loud! 音読するぞ~
食料品店の店員さんがいて。
There was a grocery clerk.
そして、謎めいたお年寄りの男の人のことを、彼女はいつも助けてたのね。
And she was always helpful to a mysterious, elderly man.
その老人はいつも必要な金額より何セントか足りなくて。
The elderly man always seemed to be a few pennies short.
それで、彼女は助けるためにお金を出してた。
So she cipped in to help out.
Let's Listen and write!
◆rarely=「めったに~ない」
He rarely lets his feeling show in front of people.
2.続編が第一作と同じくらいにいいことはめったにないよね。
I think the sequel is rarely as good as the original.
3.1年のこの時期にこのあたりで雪が降ることはめったにない。
It rarely snows around here at this time of the year.