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by nn_77
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Début as a tennis player

I awoke slowly, confirming the health condition of myself. The cold lingering for a week is almost going away. The headache is gone. But I’m still suffering from the snuffles, which is actually very troublesome because I cannot concentrate on things with my nose stuffed up. So I was reluctant to get out of the bed. There’s another reason that makes me feel reluctant; She’s gonna take me to the tennis club activity of the local community.
We applied to join in the tennis club the other day. The lesson is held every Saturday, which started since last Saturday, when my terrible cold also started. (>_<) So, my wife attended the first lesson on last Saturday though I skipped it.
And seven days passed since then. It’s gonna be the second lesson today. If I skipped the lesson twice in a row, I wouldn’t be able to make up for the delay because I’m quite a beginner. I’m the last person who would enjoy playing sports in the weekends…

We rode the bicycle to the nearby tennis courts, where I found the members are already gathering. Most of them were middle aged, maybe senior to me, and some were younger than I --- most of all were ladies… They all seemed very experienced. Only I was in the brand-new cheap sweat suits, which I just bought the other day.

The lesson started with a running around the court and the following gentle stretching exercise, which was enough to make me so much exhausted! I’ve never had such exercise since the hand ball club activity in the junior high school!

But the warm-up exercise was the hardest part of the day. Once the lesson started, two coaches give a lesson to about 20 members. So I can have a break till my turn comes (^_^)

Today I learned how to hold the racket and hit the ball in forehand stroke and in backhand stroke. In the lesson, I did well, except that I stepped on my own shoelace and toppled down. ( >_< )

The next lesson is on the next Saturday. I have to recover from the cold by then. And also, I have to resume my bookkeeping study as well…

**** ワンポイント *************************

受験英語で習った懐かしの(?) withの用法

with + 名詞 + 補語(名詞の状態を表す語句)
=「『名詞』が『補語』の状態で」

今日の本文、冒頭の風邪の話で出てきたのはコレです。
I cannot concentrate on things with my nose stuffed up.
(鼻づまりで、集中できません。)
直訳すると、「鼻が詰まった状態(stuffed up)で、」ですね。

上記で「補語」はstuffedという、stuffの-ed型(受身の過去分詞)でした。
この「補語」には他にもいろいろ来ます。他の例だと、
【形容詞】
Don’t speak with your mouth full. 口に物を入れて喋るな。
【副詞】
He was there with his hat on. 彼は帽子を被ったままそこに立っていた。
あと、-ing型(現在分詞)なども使えますね。

受験の世界や、書き言葉だけでなく、ニュースや映画を見てると、話し言葉でもよく使われる構文です。
by nn_77 | 2007-04-28 09:36 | Sports