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2008.08.21

Just because you spend time with someone doesn't always mean that it was time well spent!

Today's Lesson
QUALITY TIME   充実した時間

Explanation

  • Quality time is a period of time when you give your full attention to someone (especially your children) in order to make your relationship stronger.
  • quality time とは、(特に自分の子どもなど)誰かとの関係を強めるために、その人としっかり向き合う時間、つまり、充実した時間、という意味です。

QUALITY TIME

examples

  1. I try to keep my weekends free so that I can have some quality time with my family. This weekend we're going camping again.
  2. HUSBAND: What do you mean I don't spend enough time with the kids? I drive them to school in the morning, I watch TV with them ...
    WIFE: Well, that's not exactly quality time is it?
  3. A lot of my friends' kids are so busy with school and after-school activities. But I think it's important for teenagers to spend quality time at home with their parents, too.

英会話レッスンThanks for spending this quality time with us!