ラジオ英会話 Monday, May 20
What was that?
I said can I borrow a few dollars.
I can't hear you.
Ughhhhh....
Racecourses are noisy places.
It's no place to ask for money.
No.
Well, maybe if she is busy enough watching the race she won't pay attention, and she'll say, "Sure!"
Do you set up a budget?
That's a great question. I have a ballpark figure for the month.
（ballpark figure = 概算、おおよその数字、金額）
And then at the end of the month, whatever is left, I sweep into my savings account.
But one or two yen.
One or two million yen, right? Hmm...
I'm terrible with money.
You are?
Yeah, I never know what's coming in, what's going out.
Don't you save anyway?
Well, I save a little 500 yens in a little can.
Oh!
Call it ... big 500 yen.
Yeah, I think so too.
Big 500 yen in a can, and then I take those 500 yens ... after I get so many like 50 or 60, whatever... take them down to the back.
Right.
And they only let you cash in 25 at a time.
Okay.
You have to make several trips.
25 coins?
Yeah.
How about you, Ken?
The same as Jeff.
Oh, really?
Oh, you save the 500 yen?
Yeah, I really ... I do that all the time.
And what do you keep them in?
In a track.
Ah??
Just kidding.
And keep on living from program to program.
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ラジオ英会話 Tuesday, May 21
What are YOU doing at this time?
Oh, I've been working overtime.
How many hours do you work a week?
Too many.
That's a drag. You need some downtime.
That's next to impossible.
Speaking of downtime, what do you do with your downtime?
I have so many things that I do.
Wow!
Depending on the season, gardening, baking, playing the guitar. I have so many hobbies... painting.
What... when you bake, what's your favorite thing to bake?
Umm... cake.
Cake.
Cakes.
Katie, what do you do with your downtime?
Uh, my downtime, I'll go to the cinema because I like watching movies in the theater.
Uh-huh.
Okay, rather than DVDs.
Yes, yeah.
On the big screen?
That's great.
That's right.
How about you, Ken?
Downtime?
Yes.
Well, I kind of ...
Downtime, next to impossible?
You can say that. Yeah, I think of this program, Radio Eikaiwa.
Okay.
I dream about it.
Wow!
When I go to sleep, I dream about it again.
Good heavens.
Well, I guess I really need some downtime there.
Yes.
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ラジオ英会話 Wednesday, May 22
Is that right?
Yes.
You look so happy about it.
Well, oh, this is a terrible situation but very funny.
OK. Let's hear it.
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I can see that.
But first, do you have another bucket? This one is full.
No.
Oh, all right. I'll try and get with my mouth.
Oh, no! Another leak.
Eweee...
You are right. It's pretty crazy.
Yes.
I don't think that is going to work for very long.
Yeah, good contractor is always good person to have then.
Yes, it is. I agree with you.
Do you need any repairs done on your place?
I actually built... I didn't build it myself but I had contract with build a
house for me up in the mountains in America. And the stories I could tell you... mistakes that we made...
Did they give you the runaround?
No, they just ... some of them didn't do a very good job.
So that you're talking about some poor workmanships.
Some of them were excellent artists and then others just kind of did everything... kind of ...
Poorly.
Poorly, yeah.
It was an adventure.
"Wowie"?
I don't know if "Wowie Adventure" or not.
Yeah it was a log cabin.
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ラジオ英会話 Thursday, May 23
I heard that Dave landed a lucrative job.
Yes, with KMO, Inc.
He's making good money. That's what they say.
As a consultant. Yes.
I thought Dave dropped out of college.
He did. He did.
He has no credentials.
He doesn't. He doesn't.
How did he get the job?
His father-in-law pulled a few strings.
Oh, some people have all the luck.
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Well, I said we liked to sing, I didn't say we were any good at it.
Well, you don't need any describes. It was rather a violent ending.
It was, and angry ending.
They were jealous.
Oh, they were?
Yeah.
Here's a question. If you would like to be a consultant...
Yes?
What sort of consultant would you like to be?
Oh, I would love to be an animal consultant. I can...
Animal consultant?
Yeah.
Really?
An animal psychic consultant.
What would you do?
Well, when pet owners are having difficulty with their little one, their
little pets, I would go in and go into the animals' mind and find out what was going on. And then I would help the situation.
Some people have all the talent.
All the talent.
I have a gold fish that's going crazy. Maybe you ...
Oh, okay, my first customer.
But she has no credentials.
She has no credentials.
