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通勤に関する 英単語 & イデオム
■ the daily commute to and from work 毎日の通勤
ex) My daily commute to work is over an hour each way.
毎日の 通勤に、片道１時間かかります
ex) He commutes to work every day by train.
■ … eat up time … は時間を食う
ex) Commuting can eat up a lot of time.
通勤は時間の浪費だ
eat up: use resources or time in very large quantities
ex) The operating system eats up 200Mb of disk space.
■ train riders 電車の乗客 = passangers
ex) Riders on certain subways may soon notice an increased security presence.
乗客は、地下鉄の安全性の向上に気づくであろう
passenger: a person who is traveling from one place to another in a car, bus, train, ship, airplane, etc., and who is not driving or working on it
ex) There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver.
■ ridership 乗車率
ex) The commute rail ridership fell 8% in May, compared with a year ago.
５月の乗車率 は、前年の５月と比べで８％下がった
ridership: the number of passengers using a particular form of public transportation
ex) Average weekday ridership for 2023 was 158k, up 18% from 2022.
■ swipe （カードなどを）機械などに通す
ex) Swipe the commuter pass through the slot. Then the turnstile will let you pass.
定期券をスロットに通して、改札を通過してください
swipe: to pass (a credit card, ATM card, etc.) through a machine that reads information from it
ex) The cashier swiped the credit card and gave it back to me.
ex) Buy your commuter pass for 3 consecutive months.
３か月 連続の定期を購入して
■ zip through （ものすごい勢いで）通り抜ける
ex) I got off the train and zipped right through the turnstile.
電車を降りて、改札をさっと抜けた
zip: to move or act very quickly
Cars were zipping past us on the highway.
■ turnstile 改札
ex) The fare-beater skipped turnstiles.
その無賃乗車者は、改札をこっそり越えた
turnstile: a gate at an entrance that has arms which turn around and that allows only one person at a time to pass through
ex) A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic.
□ head to work 仕事に向かう
ex) Before I head to work, I take a little detour along the pond.
仕事に向かう前、池に沿って寄り道をする
□□ ＊ be heading と be headed
□□ Where are you heading? （何処へ向かっているの？） は 英・米で使われます。
□□ Where are you headed? は意味は同じですが、米で使われる表現です。
□□ I'm heading to Mexico. = I'm headed to Mexico.
□ head off to … … に向かう
ex) She is about to head off to Toronto, Canada.
トロントに向かおうとしている
□□ head off (informal) = leave
■ make a detour 寄り道をする
ex) You can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
寄り道の途中で、景色が楽しめる
detour : the act of going or traveling to a place along a way that is different from the usual or planned way
ex) After a number of unexpected detours, we finally arrived at our destination.
東京で電車に乗るに関する 英単語 & イデオム
□ fare chart 運賃表
ex) Look at the fare chart above the vending machine.
販売機の上の、運賃表を見て
□ be based on … … を基にする
ex) Fares are based on distance.
運賃は距離を基にしている
□ deduction （運賃の）割引き
ex) They offer a special deduction on the regular fare.
通常料金に対して、割引きを提供している
□ automated tunstiles 自動改札機
ex) Put your ticket into the automated turnstiles.
自動改札機に切符を入れる
□ spit out （機械がぽんと）出す
ex) The turnstile spits out your ticket at the end.
改札機から切符が出てくる
□ pay the difference 差額を支払う
ex) Pay the difference by using the fare adjustment machines.
精算機を使って、差額を支払う
□ train network 電車網
ex) Tokyo has an extensive subway network.
広域に渡る地下鉄網がある
□ runs in a loop 円を描くように
ex) The Yamanote line runs in a loop around central Tokyo.
東京の中心部を円状に走っている
□ private lines 私鉄
ex) Three private lines start at that station.
その駅は、３線の私鉄の始発駅だ
□ interoperate with … … 相互運用する
ex) Some of the private lines interoperate with the subways.
地下鉄と相互乗り入れをしている
□□ interoperate: The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to and
□□ accept services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so exchanged to
□□ enable them to operate effectively together
電車の運行□ 切符□ 駅□ ラッシュアワー□ 出社する□ 会社を出る□