はじめに

英語で「自分がやってみたいこと」を表現する練習は、語彙・文法・表現力のすべてを鍛えられるとてもよいトレーニングです。

今回は、「クリケットをやってみたい」というテーマで書いた英作文を添削し、より自然で伝わる表現に改善していきます。

📝 元の英文

I want to play cricket once in the near future.
I was born and raised in Japan, where baseball is pretty popular.
So, I think cricket is something similar to baseball and popular in South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan etc.
But it seems different a little from baseball because you should throw a ball onto a ground before it reaches to a batter.
In addition it seems to have some different rules from baseball.
I want to join a cricket team and try to play it.

✍️ 添削済みの英文（改善版）

I want to play cricket at least once in the near future.
I was born and raised in Japan, where baseball is very popular.
So I think cricket is somewhat similar to baseball and is popular in South Asian countries such as India and Pakistan.
But it seems a bit different from baseball because the ball must bounce on the ground before reaching the batter.
Also, it seems to have several different rules compared to baseball.
I’d like to join a cricket team and give it a try.

🔍 詳細解説と表現のポイント

① "once in the near future" → "at least once in the near future"

• 「一度はやってみたい」というニュアンスを明確に表現。
• "at least once"（せめて一度）は強調にもなります。

② "pretty popular" → "very popular"

• "pretty" はややカジュアルすぎて曖昧。
• 文章では "very popular" の方が明確かつ適切です。

③ "something similar" → "somewhat similar"

• 「なんとなく似ている」は "somewhat" を使うのが自然。
• "something similar" だと「何か似たもの」という曖昧さがあります。

④ "reaches to a batter" → "reaching the batter"

• "reach" は他動詞。前置詞 "to" は不要です。
• また、"before reaching the batter" のような分詞構文を使うと流れがスムーズになります。

⑤ "throw a ball onto a ground" → "the ball must bounce on the ground"

• クリケットのルールを自然な英語で表現。
• "throw a ball onto a ground" は不自然で直訳的な印象があります。

⑥ "try to play it" → "give it a try"

• 英語では「やってみる」＝"give it a try" の方が口語的で自然です。

🪄 ワンポイントアドバイス

「やってみたいこと」や「憧れ」を話すとき、"I want to try..." や "I'd like to experience..." などの言い回しを覚えておくと便利です。

たとえば：

• I'd love to experience cricket one day.
• I've always wanted to try playing cricket.

🎓 まとめ

今回の英作文は、「なぜクリケットに興味があるのか」「どんな違いがあるのか」を自分の視点で表現できており、非常に良い題材でした。