5/18 〜 5/21

ラジオ英会話   Monday, May 18

Katie, what's another situation going to be like?
Ken, we are going to speed trough time, and it's fifty years later.

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Can I surprise Grandma?
Sure, run ahead and ring the doorbell.
Well, look who we have here. Who do we have here?
Hi, Grandma! It's Leo.
Hi, Leo. Hi, Mary. Hi, John. Watch your step. The third step is loose.
Whoa! You're right!
This is an accident waiting to happen.
Maybe you should fix it.
If I remember correctly, I fixed it 50 years ago.
Well, you could do it again.
I can do that.
Come on in. Rajio Eikaiwa is just starting.
What? Are they still on the air?
Oh yes. Listen.

Hello, everyone, I'm Ken Toyama, and here with me today are...
Katie Adler.
Thank you, and?
Jeff…
Manning!
That's right.

Here we go. Hey!

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That is fabulous.
Still going kind of strong.
Yes.
Well, good news I guess. Well, I hope we're not going to be an accident waiting to happen or anything like that.
No
No way.


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ラジオ英会話   Tuesday, May 19

Well, Pookie is still around there.
Ouch!
And this time, he is ... what? ... licking you on the face or something like that?
I don't know, I don't know.

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So, what's another situation going to be like, Jeff?
Well, this time, John likes to be the boss.

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Mom's hallway light is burned out.
I'll take care of it right now.
Shouldn't you use a stepladder?
Nah. This stool will do the trick.
That old stool is rickety.
Mary, will hold it steady for me. Mary? Ahhh! Mary!
John! Are you okay?
I'm fine.
You'd better use the stepladder. Better safe than sorry.
No. That's not necessary.
But how do you reach the light?
I'll fix the stool.

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Well, there's a twist.
There's a boss.
Yes.
Wow. So, you're going to fix the stool?
The stool first, and then the light bulb.

Why don't you just use the stepladder?
I don't know. Maybe... I think it's better to be safe than sorry but for some reason John doesn't.
Right. Okay. Now, I'll take care of the rest of it.
Oh.


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ラジオ英会話    Wednesday, May 20

So, Katie, what's another situation going to be like?
Well, this is a continuation from Tuesday's another situation.
Really?
Yes. John really loves to be in control.

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Anyone for more coffee?
Stay put. I'll get the coffee.
Thanks.
Don't even mention it. Here you go. Betty, you've got all of your appliances plugged into this extension cord.
Is that bad?
It's not safe. It's a fire hazard. Feel how hot it is.
Oh, my!
I can run to the store and pick up a power strip for you.
That would be swell!
But John. It's snowing hard outside.
Don't worry. I'll call a chopper!

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Well, you mean you’ll call the helicopter?
Oh my.
Uh-huh.
You stop at nothing, John.
He has connections.
Oh, wow. Putting helicopter aside, what are other fire hazards?

Well, I know I love candles and so I always have to be very careful that I stay in the room when the candle is lit and just enjoy it and be very careful. Because it can be a fire hazard.
Right.

And our first week with the Doe family, they left the kitchen.
Uh-huh.
... when she was cooking bacon. That was a fire hazard.
Oh!
Yes.
Right. Unattended cooking.
Oh.
Well, I've got a stack of old Rajio Eikaiwa textbooks. They are not ...
That's hot.
No hazard there.


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ラジオ英会話   Thursday, May 21

Well...
There's always something.
This is end of the story?
Hmm...
Seems like it... We'll go on.
Yes.
It might.

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Another situation. What it's going to be like, Jeff, this time?
Well, we know how much you like us signing.
I do.
Well, they sing their lines to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It."
Mission impossible.
No.

Good luck.
Thank you.
You are welcome.

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I hope Leo will be okay at Mom's house.
What do you mean?
When we left, he was jumping on Mom's sofa.
Don't worry. He's in good hands.
Why are you slowing down?
I have to pull over!
What's wrong?
Pookie is following us!
Oh, what a day!
Bow wow!

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You did it!
We did it.
Wow.

Pookie!
What a day!
What a day! What a story!
But we're in good hands. Ken is our fearless leader.
That's right. Good hands.
You can include my co-writer, too.
Yes.