9/7 〜 9/10

ラジオ英会話　　　Monday, September 7

So Katie...
Yes, Ken.
What's another situation going to be like this time?
Well, Akio needs to put more effort into learning idioms.

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How did it go, Akio?
Oh, Brenda. It was a big pain in the back.
Neck.
Oh, thank you, in the neck.
What did they say?
They said I wasn't a team runner.
That's not true, and that's “team player.”
Oh, thank you. You know, I had to bite my nose.
“Tongue,” rather you bite your “tongue.”
Oh, yeah, I see.
I'm up next. I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure.
Just keep your mind.
“Head,” keep your “head.”
Keep my head?
Keep my head, keep your head. Everybody's got to keep their head! OK, I can do this!
That's the latitude.
Ugh! Here goes. （Hear goes = さあ、ミーティングに入るわよ。私の番がきた）

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Latitude?
That's a first.
You just have to keep your mind, ah, your head.
But you know, Akio has a good attitude. He just keeps trying to say those idioms. He doesn't give up.
Yeah. That's the longitude.
What?
That's given him a lot of latitude, yeah.　　　
(a lot of latitude = a lot of space, a lot of room, 自由、許容範囲)
Well, I think I should bite my tongue for the rest of the program.
No.
Which I don't think I can.

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（語句解説）
latitude = 緯度　
the distance of a point on the Earth from the equator (=the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth)
longitude = 経度
the distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian (=an imaginary line from the top of the Earth to the bottom) in England, measured in degrees and minutes. Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator

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ラジオ英会話　　　　Tuesday, September 8

Well, Jeff...
Uh-huh.
What's another situation going to be like?
Uh... well, you are not going to believe this.
I’m not?
They are sardines.

Hi, Sardina. It's beautiful water!
Isn't it, Sardinton!
Should we skip school?
That's not a good idea. Mr. Poor Fish takes attendance.
We could say we were sick.
I don't want to stick my neck out of the sea.
Actually, I find oceanology class difficult. It's over my head.
（oceanology = 海洋学）
Do you want to look at my notes?
That'd help make things go swimmingly!

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Swimmingly.
I don't want to stick my neck out of the sea.
That's right.

Well, that was fun. Maybe next time you can try tuna or octopi.
（octopi = octopus の複数形）
I think that's over my head.
Mine too.
We'll see.

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ラジオ英会話　　　Wednesday, September 9　　

So what's another situation going to be like, Katie? I'm all ears.
Well, Ken, they are ostriches in a safari park.

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What's being done about our poor meals?
I've been fighting tooth and nail for improving the situation.
We can't bury our heads in the sand forever.
Exactly. So far, the safari park council has approved four of our proposals.
Great! I have some ideas I'd like to share.
I'm all ears.
For one, I'd like to see the speed limit raised in the park.
All right.
There's a lion!
Hey, you two. Get your heads out of the sand.
Okay.
Then run.
Run!

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Well, he gave them a warning.
Well, we can't bury our heads in the sand forever, either.
No.
We have to say good-bye.
Ohhh!!

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ラジオ英会話　　　Thursday, September 10

So Jeff, what's another situation going to be like today?
Well, I know how much you love us singing.
Not only... moi （フランス語 me、not only me　と言おうとしてフランス語を使った）
…　but uh… quite a few others.
Well, this time, they sing their lines to the tune of "My Bonnie."

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I lost face at work.
Oh, what happened?
I called my boss Judy instead of Trudy.
Who's Judy?
It's my kitty's name!
Does Trudy know that?
Oh, no. But my colleagues couldn't keep a straight face.
Oh, well. It was just a slip of the tongue.
What if it happens again?
Change your kitty's name to Trudy.
Yes! That's the perfect solution!

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Ole!
Ole! That is a catchy tune.
Yeah.
Yeah. By the way, has uh… anyone called you with a different name ever?
Oh, yes.
By mistake, I mean.
Yes.
When I was growing up, my mother had kind of a set pattern. She would look at one of us, there were three of us, and she would say, "Chris, Katie, Paul,　whoever you are." Because she couldn't, like, she was thinking of everybody, but she wanted the one person to do something.
Whoever you are.
Whoever you are.
When I was in grade school, I had a teacher who used to call me Paul all the time. Because a year before she had someone who looked just like me named Paul and so she just kept calling me Paul.
Wow.
That's funny.
By default. And I kept telling her “No, my name is Jeff, my name is Jeff.” and finally she got the idea and she says OK and from then on it was "Hey, you!"

My wife once called me Cham-Bee, that's our cat's name.
Oh, my goodness!
I couldn't keep a straight face.
No, doubt.
Oh, well.