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ラジオ英会話   Monday, January 7

What will the Year of the Snake bring, Jun?
Apparently, Paul, it’s going to be all about rebirth and renewal.
Oh, like a snake shedding its skin.
Exactly! Ya!!
(技あり!)
Well, I'll stop complaining so much!
(有効)
And I'll start exercising more!
I usally end up breaking my back... I mean my New Year's resolutions.
Let's put our goals in writing.
Dearl!

(一本!)(ニッポン頑張れ!)

What do you think? What kind of year do you think it's gonna (going to) be for you, Katie?
I'm hoping it will be a more relaxing year for me.
Jeff?
A lot of movement like a snake.
Oh, I see.
How about you, Ken?
More fun on the Radio Eikaiwa.
Well, we can always hope for that.


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ラジオ英会話   Tuesday, January 8

Someboday has to get that phone.
Yes.

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What year were you born in, Amanda?
Excuse me?
What's your birth year?
Never ask a lady her age, Kazu.
But you asked me to look up your chinese animal sign.
Oh, right. 1977. Don't tell anyone.
I won't. You're snake by the way.
So am I venoumous?
Of course. Not! Far from it. Snakes are witty and wise.

Is that what the book says?
Well, you don't trust me?

I'll take that as a "no."
Is that a "No"?
Yes.
Yes?
No.
So it's a "no"?
Yes.
Ugh......

Isn't that confusing?
What? What is?
Yes, no, no, yes. Yes.
Always.
I'm confused.
Yes, it's not. No, it is.

Okay, so Katie, what's your Chinese zodiac sign?
I'm an aardvark. (ツチブタ)
An aardvark.
Yeah.
Is there aardvark in the Chinese zodiac? I don't think so.
There is today.
Oh, okay.

How about you, Jeff?
I'm a moose. (ヘラジカ)
A moose?
Yeah.
There is no such a sign.
Well, if she can be an aardvark I can be a moose.
Okay.

How about you, Ken?
My Chinese zodiac sign?
Yes.
Uh-huh.
I'm a butterfly.
A butterfly.

Social butterfly. (人付き合いのいい人、社交家)

Never ask a narrator his age.
Oh, year.
Or zodiac sign.
Or zodiac sign.


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ラジオ英会話   Wednesday, January 9

Let's read our horscopes.
I don't believe in that stuff.
It's just for fun. You're a Capricorn, right?
Uh-huh. [Laughter] Sshhhh... What's so funny?
It says: "Don't let anyone get your goat today."
Let me see that!
Sshhhh.... olay.
What's your sign?
I'm a Pisces.
Your says: "Bware. Somethng fishy is going on."
[Laughter]

Please... sshhhhh....
Oops! Sorry.
Let's go! We've gotta (got to) other fish to fly.
Certainly.
Good-bye. (pike)

What was that? ... a good pike?
Good pike.
Lots of fishy jokes.

Oh, good-bye.
Yes.
Pike. (カワカマス

So, first you said something like....
Umm... We've gotta other fish to fly.
Yes.

And then you said, Katie?
I said "certainly," like sardine. Certainly.

And then at the end, somebody else said...
And then... Yes.
Good pike.

I think something fishy.
Lots of fishy jokes.

Well, it's just for fun.
Just for fun.


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ラジオ英会話   Thursday, January 10

Keiko, your star sign is Taurus, the bull.
What are the personality traits of a Taurus, Sean?
You're calm and collected.
Oh, that's me, Sean.
You're very loving.
Bull's-eye, Sean.
Business opportunities are coming your way.
Excellent! Do you have any advice in the romance department?
Follow your heart. Romance is in the stars.

Oh, Sean, what does your horoscope say?
It says to just concentrate on your job.
Oh... kekko kibishii... (圭子、厳しい)
そういう傾向です。
しょうがないね。ショーがない。

Bull's-eye.
Bull's-eye.
Interesting.