♪What do you call it in English? – 英語で何と言う？

英語で何と言うのか分からないとき。このフレーズを覚えていれば大丈夫。
指差しながらこう言いましょう。

What do you call it in English?

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トランスクリプト

Hi everyone! Thank you for tuning in to Time for English.

What do you call an electrical machine that cleans floors, rugs or carpets by sucking up dirt or dust in English? It’s called a vacuum cleaner.

The other day I dropped a mug on the floor and broke it. I took out a vacuum cleaner and turned it on but it didn’t start running. It’s completely dead. I guess I need to buy a new one right away because we have the big cleaning time coming up before the year ends.

Now. Let’s go back to the question at the beginning. When you want to know how to say something in English, you can point to it and ask “What do you call that in English?” Or you can describe something. For example, what do you call a person who makes cakes and pastries? What do you call a special vehicle that transports sick people to the hospital? What do you call your sister’s daughter in English?

Now, why don’t you find answers to these three questions?

1. What do you call a person who makes cakes and pastries?
2. What do you call a special vehicle that transports sick people to the hospital?
3. What do you call your sister’s daughter?

答えはこちら1.patissier2.ambulance3.niece

日本語訳

こんにちは。毎度エイゴの時間をご愛顧いただきありがとうございます。

チリやホコリを吸い込んで床や敷物やカーペットをきれいにする電動の機械を英語で何と言う？答えは vacuum cleaner です。

先日、マグカップを床に落として壊してしまいました(T_T) 掃除機(vacuum cleaner)を出してきてスウィッチを入れたところが動かない。。。完全に死んでる(T_T) 早速新しいのを買わなきゃです。何と言っても年末の大掃除を控えてますからね。

さて冒頭の疑問文に戻りましょう。何かを「英語で何と言う？」と訊きたいときは、その何かを指さして What do you call that in English? と訊ねます。あるいは、何かを具体的に説明することもあります。例えば、What do you call a person who makes cakes and pastries?(ケーキとかペイストリーを作る人を何と言う？) What do you call a special vehicle that transports sick people to the hospital?(病気の人を病院に運ぶ特別な車両を何と言う？) What do you call your sister’s daughter in English?(あなたの妹の娘は英語で何と言う？)などなど。