6/9 〜 6/12

ラジオ英会話　　　Monday June 9

So, Katie, what's the new situation going to be like?
Hmm... very mysterious. They are drawn to each other.
You call that mysterious?
Well, love is the mystery.
Oh, now I remember. Yeah.

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Are you from around here, Ruben?
No, Alice. I was born and bred in Texas.
How did you end up in California?
It's a long story.
Oh.
I followed my girlfriend here.
I see.
Then I started to put down roots.
So this is here place for you?
Well, thing is my girlfriend left me.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Then I met you.
Oh, yes?
Then I started to put down roots.
So this is the place for you.
Definitely.
Home is where the heart is.

I think better still home is where the two hearts are.
（better still = さらに良いのは）
Oh, Ruben.
Aice.

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Oh, my goodness.
Now I remember what the love is like. Yeah.
Yeah. The good reminder.
Wow. So, you said at the end, "Home is where the... "
Home is where the sweet heart is.
Or two hearts are.
Two hearts are.
My goodness. You are full of romance, Jeff.
Oh, romance.

How did you end up being a hopeless romantic?
That's a cruel question to ask. But this expression, "The Eureka State,"
this nickname.
Hmm.
Yes.
That's a nickname for the state
For California.
Yeah, where you are from, right, Katie?
That's right.
Oh, yeah. What about the state you are from, Jeff?
Uh... Utah is the Beehive State.
Beehive States.
Because they moved from somewhere else and created something, industrious.
Oh, you mean ... who moved?
Well, the people who settled Utah moved from somewhere else.
Somewhere else.
Yeah. Like ... and created ... created a home.
Oh, there.
Yeah, created a new community.
So like bees.
Yeah, like bees moving around, building a new place.
Ah, I see. That's a cute, wonderful name, wonderful nickname.
It is. Yeah.

Is that why people like sweet things in that State?
Yeah.
Good question. So Ken, how did you end up in Tokyo?
Yes.
Well, that's a good question. You know, Katie, it's a looooooooooooooong story.
Are you sure you are not from the Beehive State? Sounds like a bee.
Well, it's time. Well that's about it for today.


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ラジオ英会話　　　Tuesday, June 10

So, Jeff, what's a new situation going to be like this time?
Umm... Ouch! The daughter has a splitting headache and the father has a throbbing toothache.

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I'd like to do volunteer work at the animal shelter.
What would this work entail?
I'd be feeding and walking the dogs.
Umm.. Ouch! I have good reason to believe that you can't handle the responsibility.
I can! Trust me.
Why is it that I've never seen you feeding and walking Spot and Rover?
That's Mom's job!
Charity begins at home.

My tooth.
Oh, my head.
Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Poor them.
Poor family.
Yes.
Where is mom?
Well, maybe she is doing charity work.
Ah!


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ラジオ英会話　　　Wednesday, June 11

Katie, what's the new situation going to be like?
Oh, poor Bob. Bob is tired out.

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Welcome home, Bob!
Thanks, Ashley.
Where have you been?
I was in Budapest for a conference.
I envy your lifestyle.
Do you now?
Yes. You have a glamorous lifestyle.
Well, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
I suppose you're right. East or west, home is best.
I can't argue with that. Well, if you'll excuse me, I need some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Wow! He's standing and sleeping.
Yes, I'm in the Guinness book for that.
Wow!

The Guinness book, he is a champion.
He's a champion.
Can you do that, Katie?
No, I think I would fall down.

I can't. I've seen people on the train do it here in Japan but I can't do
it.
All right.
I have done it.
Oh, you have?
Yeah.
Wow!
Well I'm not in that particular book but uh... to be in the book, maybe you
have to be standing there and sleeping for ...
I guess for a long time.
Long time, right.

So, do you feel that way, from time to time, you know, east or west, home is best?
Oh, yes.
I feel east or west, Rajio Eikaiwa is best.
Oh!!!! That's right.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I did. I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Beautiful.
We are on the same page.

（on the same page = 同じ考えを持っている）


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ラジオ英会話　　　Thursday, June 12

So, Jeff, what's the new situation going to be like?
They are totally exhausted.

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How was your day, Hanna?
I'm bushed. How was yours, Alan?
Hectic. The phone was ringing off the hook.
We're out of milk! Should I swing by the grocery store?
Let's forget it.
I forgot to mail the electric bill!
It can wait. I just want to go home and kick back.
Here we are.
Ahhh! Home, sweet home!

Ahhhhhhh!

They are bushed.
That was a long sigh.
Yeah.
Are you sure it's the right house?
Oh!
I mean your house?
Oh-oh.
I hope so.
So dark out.

You know how to find the right house for yourself?
How?
You can smell it. Use your nose and if it's smell sweet, it's your home.
It's your home.
Home sweet home.
Home sweet home.
That's a lame way of remembering it.

（lame = 説得力のない）