Monday, October 8
Oh, this game used to be called wiff-waff.
That's sounds odd.
It originated in Great Britain in the 1800s.
Uh-huh.
The upper class played it as an after-dinner parlor game.
Oh.
They used cigar box lids for rackets and champagne corks for balls.
Stop talking! You’re distracting me.
Yes! I scored a point!
That's not fair.
All is fair in love and war. 恋愛と戦争は手段を選ばない
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes. It is fair.
No. It's not fair.
Thank you. I have a question.
Yes.
When are you two great singers going to the uh… Metropolitan Opera House?
Probably never.
Maybe the … or the next century.
Umm… Okay. You’ve been so modest about everything.
But Ken.
Yes?
You scored a point.
Yeah.
I scored a point?
The compliment.
You made us feel good.
I would do that anytime to please my partners.
ラジオ英会話 Tuesday, October 9
Oh! Do you think Pete will take first place?
You never know. Tom is bound and determined to win.
Take your mark!
Oh, look at them go!
He is taking the lead! Go! Pete, go!!
Tom is inching up! Come on! Tom, push it now.
Tom is giving Pete a run for his money! Yeah.
Tom, push, push, push, push.
Go, go, go!
I can't tell who won!
It’s a tie.
Wow!
They were saying … yeah! They were saying uh.. push it, push it or whatever.
That’s right.
Push it! Push it.
Push! Push!
Any other ways to root for your team or for your swimmer or…
Uh, yeah, we would say “Hung in there!”
Yeah
Anything else?
Give it all you've got.
Anything else, Jeff?
Well, you know, they used to say “Give it a 100%,” but lately, they would say “Give it a 110.” Or “Give it a 120%.” “Give it more than you've got.
These are all applicable to any races or games.
We also say “Fight!” like they do in Japan.
Fight! Fight!
No, no. Get in there and fight!
Well, it's been so fun but, you know, I'm bound and determined to close this program.
Oh, it’s time.
Otherwise it’ll go on and on and on.
ラジオ英会話 Wednesday, October 10
I should warn you: I am a great bowler.
I'll believe it when I see it.
You don't stand a chance.
Oh, you think so?
Watch me bowl a strike.
Okay, show me what you've got.
I got a gutter ball!
Ha ha ha… it serves your right.
I should’ve polished my ball.
Excuses, excuses.
That's why all the thunder sounds like that.
Yes.
Thunder gods are 強そう。I don't think I would stand a chance if I play with them … thunder gods.
Hmm… show us what you've got.
Yes.
Wow! You are still in character.
ラジオ英会話 Thursday, October 11
I stepped on your foot … sorry!
It's no big deal.
I'm not very coordinated.
You're not a bad dancer, Scott.
Gee, thanks, Zelda. Can you give me some tips?
Hmm… Maybe swing your arms a little more.
Oh, I'm feeling really self-conscious.
Oh, no. Don’t be. Try to go with the beat.
Like this?
That's the idea.
You are good. Very good, Scott Fitzgerald
Let’s call our generation, the beat generation.
Uh… that comes later, much later in the 50s.
Oh!
Speaking of dancing in the 50s…
Uh-huh.
There were sort of new ways uh … to dance.
Yes.
There were.
Because of rock'n'roll
Uh-huh.
There you go
The swim, the monkey.
The stroll
The Watusi?
The twist.
The twist.
Takes me back.
But no matter what dance step it is, you just have to go with the beat. Try to go with the beat.
Even if you are not very coordinated.
Even if you are not very coordinated.
Okay, go with the beat. That’s the good one.
Go with the beat.
