12/3 - 12/5

ラジオ英会話   Monday, December 3

The advent calender is nowhere to be found.
Mystery solved. Look behind the curtains.
Peek-a-boo! Who ate all the white chocolate?
Not me! It's Pookie.
Huh?
Look at his mouth... white.
Ohhh
Pookie, you've been caught red-handed.
Not me!
That's your first lie!
Don't encourage him to lie.
Okay. If you lie, Santa will put coal in your stocking.
Oh, John, shush!

I love coal.
Leo love coal...
Uh... grammar ... Leo loves coal.
Leo loves coal. So do Pookie.
Crammer ... So does Pookie.
So does Pookie.
Now your grammar is perfect, son.
Thanks ever so much.
Pookie, boy!
Wow!

You know, a talking dog is nowhere to be found except in this family.
That's true.
I think that's true.

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ラジオ英会話   Tuesday, December 4

Poor little Leo!
Yes.

Poor little Leo is a teenager now.
Go Leo, Go!
Yeah!

Where does Santa live?
Umm... If he exists, at the North Pole!
Right! Which reindeer has a red nose?
Perhaps everyone because it's cold up there, but the one with the reddest
nose should be Rudolph!
Give me five!
It’s Leo's turn to talk to Santa.
No, thanks.
You had better watch out. You had better not pout.
John, please! You’re embarrassing Leo.
Sorry.
He is too old to talk to him.
Okay, let's go home now.

You had better not pout.

He's grown.
Tipical teenager.
Growing up.

Although you are making matters worse, things may get better.
I hope so.
Yes.

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ラジオ英会話   Wednesday, December 5

Let's see! "Dear Santa, I was a good boy. I want a kitten."
Oh, look at the picture he drew.
Oh, that's so precious. It's a museum piece.
Yes, and his English is perfect.
You know, it sounds like the start of a best seller novel.
Oh, Leo has his heat set on getting a kitten.
Kitten? Oh, that's just a passing fancy.
Pookie might like a feline companion.
What do you say, Pookie?
You've got to be kidding me.
Pookie doesn't seem too found of that idea.
No kitten.

It's kitten all over his face.
(kitten = やきもきする、イライラする)
That's funny.

So you are playing...
There's a lot of "kitten" going on there.
That's a play on word.
Yes.
Play on words.
Kitten, kidding,
Kidding
Kitten, written
Yeah, you are doting parents, at the same time, you love play on words.
Yes.

They are really doting. They were saying something like "This drawing is a
museum piece or something"?
The museum piece, yes.

And the letter that he wote...
Uh-huh
... was the like the beginning of a novel or something.
That's right.
Oh... best seller novel?
Best seller novel.

It's nice to have such parents though.
I think so.
They must love their child.
Very much.

Well, so, I'd like to talk more about Christmas. It's one of my favorite
holidays.
Oh, yeah.
But uh... Ken doesn't seem to fond of that idea.
Well, time, you know.
Ahhh!
Oh, I see.
Time is a factor.

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ラジオ英会話   Thursday, December 6

Leo told me Santa is giving him a kitten.
Umm... he did?
Yes. He's already picked one out.
Oh, he has.
He wants the fluffy white kitty.
Uh... you've lost me there.
Misty had a litter of kittens.
Misty?
It's Mr. Jackson's cat, your neighbor to the east.
Oh, that explains it all.

Trissa! Why did you turn off the TV?
We were watching now.
Because you were not listening to what I was saying.
What were you saying?
Leo wants the fluffy white kitty.
Ah, sounds great.

Ugh... here too.
Oh, wow!
Ken, you seem to be a little nervous and fidgety?
I ... I have to finish this program.
Oh, that explains it all.
There you go.