lesson

授業、レッスン

誰かから何かを教わる時間。

やさしい英語で： A period of time when someone teaches you something.

• My lesson starts at nine.
• I took driving lessons last summer.
• Did you enjoy your piano lesson?

使い方： lesson in something (She gave me a lesson in cooking.)

類義語： class

よく使う表現： piano lesson, driving lesson, lesson in something

課、学習単元

講座や本の中で、特定の内容を学ぶ一つの区切り。

やさしい英語で： One part of a course or book that teaches a particular subject.

• Read lesson two before tomorrow.
• This course contains thirty short lessons.
• Have you finished the lesson on verbs?

使い方： lesson on something (The next lesson is on fractions.)

類義語： unit

よく使う表現： first lesson, next lesson, lesson on something

教訓

経験から学ぶこと。特に同じ失敗を避けるための知恵。

やさしい英語で： Something you learn from an experience, especially one that helps you avoid making the same mistake.

• I learned an important lesson today.
• Her mistakes taught her some painful lessons.
• What lesson can we learn from this failure?

使い方： lesson in something (The defeat was a lesson in patience.)

よく使う表現： learn a lesson, valuable lesson, lesson in something