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3月11日(金)①ラジオ英会話②英会話タイムトライアル

ラジオ英会話Fri.11th Mar. 2022 LESSON230

 

LLSTENING CHALLENGE! 

LESSON226 Q: What did the man do over the weekend?

                    B: He watched the musical.

LESSON227 Q: Which of the following is true?

                    B: Raj designed the software Yayoi using.

LESSON228 Q: How did the man rate Peacoch?

                    B: He thinks Peacock is not a good writer.

LESSON229 Q: What will Yuko do after this convarsation?

                   C: She’ll pickup Thomas.

 

SAY IT IN ENGLISH

1.

Friend: So how did you like the restaurant your boyfriend took you to?

You: That was the most exclusive French restaurant I’ve ever been to.

       それは、私がこれまで行ったことのある中で最も高級なフランス料理店でした。

   ・最上級the most exclusive French restaurant  その範囲I’ve ever been to

       How lucky I am to have a boyfriend like him!

    彼のようなボーイフレンドを持って私はなんて幸運なんでしょう!

    ・感嘆文 lucky形容詞はhowで強調し文頭へ, + I am 「主語・動詞」

    ・to不定詞「~するなんて」

2.

Coworker: What do you think?

You:  I recommend Emily. She is by far the best candidate.

         私はエミリーを推薦します。彼女は群を抜いて最高の候補者です。

         by far「群を抜いて・断然」最上級を強調する指定表現。

       by far the best「群を抜いて最高の」

  Why don’t we inform her as soon as possible that she has been selected?

  彼女に採用されたことをなるべく早く知らせませんか?

  ・why don’t we ~?「~してはどうでしょう。」軽い提案。

    ・文全体は、inform her の内容をthat以下で説明するリポート文。

       ・as soon as possible

 

 

英会話タイムトライアルFri.11th Mar. 2022 

Day10  Journey Across The U.S.! A Time Machine You Can Vizit

 

1. Whoops. I’m sorry I bumped into you.

 → That’s OK.

2. I was looking up there… Those teeth are from a “megalodon”… 

   MEGA-LODON means    “giant…thooth.” But did you know…  a megalodon is

   acutually NOT a dinosaur?

   → Really? Oh, you know a lot about dinosaurs.

3. Actually…There might STILL be HUGE creatures like this one…swimming deep

    in the ocean today… Pretty scary, isn’t it?

  → Yeah…It’s terrifying.

4. By the way, I’m Elizaveth. Nice to meet you.

  → Nice to meet you, too. I’m Sabro…My English name is Bob.

5. How do you like the museum so far?

 → It’s not bad. I have never seen so many dinosaur bones. This must be one of

     the biggest collection in the world.

6. What is your favorite dinosaur?

→ I don’k know much about dinosaurs, actually. But I guess my favorite dinosaur is

    a T-rex.

7. Actually, I’m not THAT into dinosaurs. I just love HISTORY! Visiting a museum is

   like going back in time! If you could go back in time, what time period would you

   go back to?

→ I would go back to the start of my journey across the U.S. And I would do it

    all again!  Or I would go back to ancient Egypt and see how they built those pyramids.

8. Cool! Well, have a nice rest of your day.

   → Thanks. You too.