12/2 - 12/5

ラジオ英会話   Monday, December 2

Katie, what's the new situation going to be like?
Well, Linda Ray is covering a huge car pileup with no major injuries.
Oh, that sounds bad and good.

                                • -


There was a huge accident on the express way. Linda Ray is at the scene.
Yes, it's a 50-car pileup.
Oh, my! What a way to start the day.
Yes, but miraculously no one sustained major injuries.
That's a huge relief.
Traffic is backed up for twenty miles, Eddy.
Oh, my goodness. Let's hope there are no more accidents.
Right. Roads are treacherous due to the blizzard. So drive safely.
Thanks for the heads-up, Linda.

You bet, Eddy. Now, back to the studio.


============================


ラジオ英会話   Tuesday, December 3

So, Jeff, what's the new situation going to be like?
Well, this time, Annika is still badly shaken up.

                                      • -


Can you tell us what happened, Annika?
Bera... I ... be ... I saw a ma... ma... man enter my garage, and I called
911.
Oh, did the police respond immediately?
Yes, I've... I mean... mean... I heard sirens three minutes later.
Was he apprehended?
Yes. Thank goodness. Yes, he was caught blue-handed, I mean pink-handed, I mean white-handed, I mean red... red-handed ... whew... with our toolbox and two fishing rods. Ohhhh...
Well, I'm glad they nabbed him.
I'll say.

Oh, I'm sorry. My knowledge of the idiom isn't perfect. I came to this country um... fi... five years ago.
Oh, well, you are doing well.

I think she is doing well.
I think so.
Yeah. Well, something happened yesterday....
What?
Yes?

You know, our neighbor's cat ... uh, stole my fish.
Your fish!
Yeah.
Was it apprehended?
Yes. It was caught red-handed.
Red-handed or red-pawed?
Oh, that's better.
Red-pawed.


=============================


ラジオ英会話   Wednesday, December 4

Katie, what's the new situation going to be like?
Well, Ken, they are overly excited.

                                        • -


Linda Ray has the latest on an escaped convict. Linda?
Yes, Ed. Becky Norton was doing time for auto theft. And last night she scaled this security wall.
Oh!
See, how tall it is.
Good heaves.
How did she do that?
According to inmates, she is very athletic. They found a pole vault pole by the wall.
You mean she pole vaulted that security wall?
Yes, Ed.
Wow!
Wow is the word, Ed. Police are combing the area for a petite,
platinum-blonde woman.
Oh!

Wow! A pole vault.
Unbelievable. This is my fist time to hear that.
Well, even the birds sounded excited.
Yes.
What is that in Japanese?
棒高跳び
Oh!
Yeah.
Pole vault.
Wow!

Well, Becky Norton will have to do more time, and we are running out of time here.


===============================-


ラジオ英会話   Thursday, December 5

So Jeff, what's the new situation going to be like?
Challenging ...
Oh!
They tend to pronounce "I" like "r."

                                        • -


Police raided a downtown arcade. Eddy Sato has more on that.
Police have seized nice illegal gambling machines at this establishment.
How did police uncover this operation.
Last week, undercover officers wagered more than $1,000 using the machines.
I see.
Three arrests have been made for managing an illegal gambling business.
Crime doesn't pay.
So true.

Do you like my new pronunciation?
Oh, I love it.

So they love it?
They love it.

The pronunciation of those two vowels is extremely important in English.
Yes.
You can say that again, Jeff.
We have to practice.
Oh...
Yes.
Practice makes perfect.