ラジオ英会話 9/10 - 9/13

ラジオ英会話　　　Monday, September 10

I'm organizing a luncheon for 10, 10, 11, 12. Who would make a bid for 20 people?
Here's a sample party menu that cost 20 dollars person, 20 dollars going one, 20 dollars going twice.
That's perfect.
May I have your addreess and contact number, please.
235, 235, 235 River Street, and my number is 123-4567.
We require a 50 percent cash deposit. Let's go for 100 dollars, 150. Do I hear 150 right over here? 200 dollars.
Here's 200 dollars.
Thanks. We'll deliver and set up everything by 11 a.m.
11 a.m. going one.
11 a.m. going twice.
11 a.m. going three times.
No hands, no bid in?
OK. 11 a.m. sold.
Sold to the one right over there.

Wow! That's very exciting.
Now, that was really good, really... I don't know which side is making a deal and which side is accepting it but... anyway... great!

You require 100% attention.
Yes.
That's right.
Cash deposit are not necessarily.
No.

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ラジオ英会話　　　Tuesday, September 11

Can you quote me a price for a round-trip ticket to Tokyo?
As you may know, ma'am, you can fly on Soona Airlines for 1,600 dollars.
I see. How long is the flight?
As I probably mentioned earlier, approximately 13 hours depending on headwinds.
And what's the time difference?
Pahapps I have informed you this already, but Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of us.
I guess I'll have jet lag.
That's highly likely, which I have mentioned three times so far.

Four.
Parden me?
You've mentioned that four times so far.
(sigh)
Yeah, I know.

Did I ask about the jet lag?

Well, speaking jet lag... do you ever have or get jet lag?
Yes.
You do?
Both ways.
Both ways!
Going and coming.
To where?
To the States.
All right.
Back to the United States.
Yeah, I have it all the time.
Is it bad?
Umm... it usually lasts for about a week. Both ways.
Ouch.
Okay.
I don't know why. I'm just very susceptible to it.

So what happens when you get or have jet jag?
Well, obviously, your days and nights are turned around.
Right.
They are upside down. So I get really tired in the afternoon, and I'm wide awake at midnight.
Ohhh...
So at least you need a vacation longer than a week.
That's right. I usully take one or two weeks. Yes.
When you go back to the States. Oh, oh, okay, that's good.
I do.

How about you, Katie?
Let see. I get Jet lag going to America.
Uh-huh.
And it lasts for about two days, but then coming back to Japan, I don't get jet lag.
You don't.
No. When I go to America, I wake up, I'm up all day, then I go to America, and it's morning. So I have a wole another day to go through.
Uh-huh.
When I come back to Japan, it's almost night time, I can go right to sleep.
Ah... yes. I see.

How about you, Ken? You travel abroad sometimes.
Yes. Get jet lag almost all the time, whenever I go out and whenever I come back.
Oh, so the same as me.

Yeah, and I don't think I have beaten the last one yet.
Oh, my!
You still got it.
I am eight hours behid ... hawaii, I guess.
Oh!
I mean everything.
Everything.
Yeah.

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ラジオ英会話　　Wednesday, September 12

Can I help make the punch?
Certainly!
Let's see. The recipe calls for one quart each of fruit punch, pineapple juice, and ginger ale.
We neeed to double the recipe.
That means a half gallon of each of the ingredients.
I'm impressed wit your knowledge of liquid conversions, Emma!

Have you been drinking some of the punch, auntie?
Yes, actually. I've added some brandy, too. It's ...
So you are punch-drunk, auntie.
（punch-drunk = 頭がぼんやりした）
Grreat punch line, dear.

Oh, dear. I hope the auntie is okay.
Auntie is really busy, doing a commercial and getting tipsy and all that. I guess we need to double her salary.
Oh, there.... there you go.

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ラジオ英会話　　　Thursday, September 13

It's benn dreary outside for the last few days.
It's always gray here!
The average annual rainfall in London is only 650 millimeters.
What's that in inches?
It's around 25.5 inches per annum.
That's surprisingly dry! I always considered London to be very rainy.
Oh, no no no no no. It's much less rainy than New York.
That's really weird.

It is! And it's a serious issue too.
It's no laughing matter.

It's been a pleasure.
It's been fun.
It's been smashing.