7/30 - 8/01

遠山顕の英会話楽習 (旧バージョン)

遠山顕の英会話楽習　　　Monday, July 30

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U R the ★

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Oh, no.
What's wrong?
I'm a little low on battery.
Use my charger.
Thanks.

Oh, yeah, it's a real lifesaver.

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Say It!

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Carolyn, are you ready five times in one breath?
All righty.

How are you doing for money?

You are right on the money. （ピタリと合っている)

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Write It!

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★ カグヤストアがセール中でした
Well, in the dialog, it was in a present tense, but now we are going to change it to the past tense.
So, in English, we'd say, "Kaguya Store was having a sale."

(would = よく〜する、きまって〜する)

★ チーク材の小さなテーブル
Well, there is an order to English, and this particular order is size then material, so "small teak table."
That's the word order, yes.


Quantity　　(four, ten, a few, several)
Value/Opinion (delicious, charming, beautiful)
Size (tall, tiny, huge)
Temperature (hot, cold)
Age (old, young, new, 14-year-old)
Shape (square, round)
Color (red, purple, green)
Origin (Swedish, Victorian, Chinese)
Material (glass, silver, wooden)

＋ color; brown
small brown teak table

＋ quantity; a few
a few small brown teak table

＋ shape; round
a few small round brown teak table

＋ origin; Swedish
a few small round brown Swedish teak table

＋ age; 10-year-old
a few small 10-year-old round brown Swedish teak table

＋ value/opinion; beautiful
a few beautiful small 10-year-old round brown Swedish teak table

★ クレジットカードを使いました
Well, obviously, this is also in the past tense...
And I think the easiest way or the simplest way to say it is, "I used my credit card."

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Kaguya Store was having a sale today. I picked up a small teak table. I was a little low on cash, so I used my credit card.

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In Another Situation!

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So Carolyn, what's another situation going to be like?
Well, Ken, this time, it's 50 years from now.

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Okay, Sam. Here's the shopping list.
Okay, dad. The first stop is Andy's Hardware. Uh-huh.
Right. They're having a sale. Pick up our robot dog Elvis's new battery for us, viva E.

単四電池 = A size AAA battery （Triple A)
単三電池 = A size AA battery （Double A)
単二電池 = C size battery
単一電池 = D size battery

Right, OK.
And some hotdogs for us all.
Oh, yummy. Okay.
And the last stop is a nail color change at Dency-chan.

最後に立ち寄るのは、デンシーチャン（ネイル屋さん、お店の名前）でネイルカラーのチェンジね。

Sam, how are you doing for money?
Well, I'm a little low on cash but I have my credit card.
Here's a million yellar. Nahh… Stupid inflation.

(yellar = yen + dollar の造語)
(inflation = continuous increase in prices, an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable)

Have fun.
And thank you, son.

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All right. Well, we're a little low on time.
So we've got to go.


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遠山顕の英会話楽習　　　Tuesday, July 31

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U R the ★

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You are right on the mark. （ピタリと当たりました）

I'm taking these and that one, too.
That comes to ... 5,600 yen.
Do you take Honey Card?
Yes, we do.
Great. Here you go.
Thank you.

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Say It!

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Croly, are you ready?
Yeah. I was worried I would have to do it ten times.
Not really.
Or even five.
Yeah. Sure.
Try three times ... (to give me....)
Three times is good. I will try.

All of our designer frames are 50 percent off.

You did it. You could have done five, right?
Yeah.

Yay!
You gave it 100%.

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Write It!

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★ 持っていきました
Uh... (It) would be the past tense of "bring," so "brought. Now, he is thinking about himself being in the store. The point of view was "in the store." So you use "brought."

★ なったのですが
I think using "but" here really depends on your point of view. Here, we're talking about glasses that cost 50,000 yen. So if that doesn't seem expensive to you, you wouldn't use "but." But, if it does seem expensive to you, you would add "but."

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I needed reading glasses. I brought my prescription to the store. It came to 50,000 yen. I took them.
I needed reading glasses. I brought my prescription to the store. It came to 50,000 yen, but I took them.

(reading glasses = glasses that are worn by people, for example when they are reading, because they cannot see things close to them very well.)
遠近両用メガネ bifocal glasses バイフォーコォ　

(prescription = a piece of paper that a doctor gives you that says what type of medication you need)

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In Another Situation!

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So Jeff...
Uh-huh.
What's another situation going to be like?
Well, this time, it's at a jeans store's half-price sale.

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Hey there. Can I help you?
Yeah. I need some jeans.
Well, you're in luck! All of our designer jeans are 50 percent off.
Great!
Try these pastel purple jeans.
Oh ... they're nice.
They're quite flattering!

(flattering = making you look more attractive)

How much are they?
The ones with the holes in them or rip jeans are 450 and the non-rip jeans are 100.
These are my last two pairs.
Hmm... OK. I'll take the 100-dollar ones. Four hundred fifty dollars for rep jeans?
Oh, this is the top designer.
That's more like a rip-off.

(rip-off = ぼったくり overcharge, to cheat someone, especially by charging them too much money for something)

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Well, that comes to the end of our show.


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遠山顕の英会話楽習　　　Wednesday, August 1

What is this commercial about?
Jeff, did you happen to catch the right answer?
I did.
Okay, let's hear it.
The answer is "World's Best Driver," a company that offers Driver's Ed for high school students.

Question related to this question is uh ... Is this part of the school curriculum?
It doesn't sound like it. It sounds like a private company that gives driver's education.
It's not done at school.
No.
It's done at somewhere else.
Right.
I see. Now, how old must student be to enroll in this course?
I think 16 or older.
Uh-huh.

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What does the Driver's Ed course offer?
Carolyn, did you happen to catch the right answer? The answer seems to be long.
It's long, but I think I caught it.
Let's hear it.
Thirty hours of classroom instruction and ten hours of behind-the-wheel driving.

(behind-the-wheel = in the act of driving, driving a motor vehicle)

So you need 30 hours of classroom instruction in this World's Best Driver school.
Yes.
This particular company, yes, Driver's Ed.
Plus 10 hours of behind-the-wheel driving.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.

Is it easy to get a driver's license?
In America, it's very easy to get it.
Oh, it is?
Yeah, you just have to pass the course.
How about in Canada?
Well, I don't think it's necessarily hard but it takes a long time, because in my province, we have a grated license. So we can take up to two years to get your final driver's license.
Wow, two years.

necessarily = [副] 必ずしも〜でない [adverb] always, or in every situation
necessary = [名] 必要不可欠なもの　[noun]something that is essential　[形] 必要な [adjective] essential or needed in order to do something

province = one of many areas into which some countries are divided, like state in the US or prefecture in Japan

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OK. Let's get on to the last question.
Great. Question 3. After completing the course, will the students be eligible to take a driving test?

(eligible = allowed by rules or laws to do something or to receive something)

Jeff, what's the answer?
The answer is... No, they won't.
Oh.
Yeah, they'll need 30 more hours of behind-the-wheel driving with an adult before testing for the driver's license.

So to enroll, do they have to go to the school?
No, it looks like they can just do it online and fill out the required forms online as well.
That's right. But they do need to bring in their high school ID, the first day of class.