遠山顕の英会話楽習 Monday, March 4
Oh, wow!
Oh.
Rob, sort of robbed you.
(rob = to take money or property illegally from a place, organization, or person, often using violence)
Oh!
He did.
Yeah.
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Our baby cries every night.
How old is the baby?
Four months old.
That's par for the course.
Really?
Yeah, they'll grow out of it eventually.
(grow our of something = if someone grows out of something, they stop doing it as they get older)
(they'll grow out of it eventually = 赤ちゃんはいずれ泣かなくなるよ)
A couple of years.
Maybe more.
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Say It!
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Carolyn, twenty times in one breath.
Twenty times, thirty times, it's fine with me.
Wow! She's good at rolling with the punches.
Right. I am. I'll try to just roll with the punches.
Five times, it's good enough for you.
Whew!
You have to roll with the punches.
You did it.
Oh, yeah.
Nice.
All right.
That was a knockout performance.
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Write It!
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★ ほかの町
Well, in English, we would say "another town."
★ 引っ越す
That's "move."
OK.
★ 引っ越してしまいました
Well, we're going to use the present perfect here, because it's an event that happened recently, but we're not saying when it happened.
So, it's going to (gonna) be like, uh...
It'll be "has moved to another town."
★ 彼女のジムの友だち
Well, the simplest way of saying it is "her gym friend." You can also say "her friend at the gym." So either one is fine.
★ AでありBであると言います
Well, there's actually the two ways we can say this here. The first way is using the pattern "says that A and that B."
So the first part would be "says that's par for the course."
Uh-huh.
And the second part would be "and that she has to roll with the punches.”
Great.
And then the second way, we can say this is using a different pattern. And that pattern is "says A and tells her B."
Ah...
So here the first part is going to be the same, it would be "says that's par for the course."
Uh-huh.
And then the second part would be "and tells her to roll with the punches."
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Rob owes the woman money but he has moved to another town. Her gym friend says that that's par for the course and that she has to roll with the punches.
Rob owes the woman money but he has moved to another town. Her friend at the gym says that's par for the course and tells her to roll with the punches.
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In Another Situation!
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So Carolyn, what's another situation gonna (going to) be like?
Well, now, the roles are reversed. They are at a boxing gym sparring
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Have you seen Rob around?
He moved to Elktown.
He did? He owes me money! A lot of money.
That's par for the course.
I thought he was my friend.
That Rob is a real sweet talker. He owes a lot of people in town a lot of money. That Rob Roberson does.
How could he do this to me?
You have to roll with the punches.
That's exactly what I'm doing.
Hang in there, man!
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Hang in there.
Oh, no. We've recorded so long on this one.
Well, that's par for the course.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Tuesday, May 5
She's so annoyed, so upset, so angry here.
Yeah.
Wow!
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Would Mr. Imyme fit in as a member of our team?
Well, he doesn't play by the rules.
He doesn’t?
No. He plays by his own rules.
Hmm... too bad. I guess that rules him out.
(rule out = 規定などによって…を除外する)
(I guess that rules him out. = 彼を除外するかもね）
I guess so. Well said. Well played.
Sure she did.
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Say It!
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Jeff, are you ready five times in one breath?
Carolyn, could you talk to Ken for me?
Pardon?
Could you talk to Ken for me?
I'm sorry, Jeff, could you speak a bit louder?
Well, I...
Excuse me, is it anything wrong? and this ...
No, no, no, no, no...
No.
I don't think so
We'll talk about it later.
We're good.
Yeah.
Let's hear it.
OK.
Could you talk to Chef Rex for me?
Another big play.
(big play = ファインプレー)
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Write It!
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★ ……したことを知ります
Right. Well, we can use the word "discovers."
Okay.
Ellen discovers something, something. But that's a little dramatic.
Okay.
So a more conversational way of saying it is "Ellen finds out," "finds out."
Okay.
★ ……に不満を伝えます
Well, it would be "complains to somebody."
Okay.
So when we write it out, it would be "complains to the restaurant manager."
I see. I have no complaint about that.
Whew!
★ 彼は彼女に……するようにと助言します
The word is advises. Most of our listeners would recognize the word "advice."
You're right.
... use that in Japanese.
That's a noun.
Yeah, that's right. It's the noun, is advice. The verb is "advise." So we would say "advises somebody to do something."
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Ellen finds out that Victoria got promoted to sous chef. She complains to the restaurant manager but he doesn't call the shots in the kitchen. He advises her to play by the rules.
Ellen finds out Victoria got promoted to sous chef. She complains to the restaurant manager but he doesn’t call the shots in the kitchen. He advises her to play by the rules.
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In Another Situation
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So Jeff...
Uh-huh.
What's another situation gonna (going to) be like?
It's kind of fun. An actress complains to a movie producer.
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Victoria got a leading role.
Yeah. That's what I hear.
It's not fair. I feel like quitting!
Don't do that, Ellen, baby.
Could you talk to the director Houston for me?
Houston calls the shots in casting, sweetheart.
But I'm much younger than Victoria.
Just the same, you've got to play by the rules. You're under contract with us for another year.
Whatever!
We've got a great role for your next movie. The Wizard of Oz II.
What's my part?
Dorothy.
I'm too old for that.
Oh!
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It's a hard life.
For someone.
Well, it's time to go.
Well.
Yeah.
I guess we've got to play by the rules.
Exactly.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Wednesday, March 6
★ Question1
What is this announcement about?
Well, what was the question again?
Well, I'll try it with my Irish accent.
All righty.
I am looking forward to that. Yeah.
What is this announcement about? And keep in mind that's a very bad Irish accent.
Well, I love it.
Jeff, give us the answer.
OK. On March 17th Longford City is planning a big Saint Patrick's Day celebration.
Saint Patrick's Day. What is this day about?
Saint Patrick is patron saint of Ireland.
(patron saint = 守護聖人、守護神 special protector or guardian who is believed to give special help to a particular place, activity, person, or type of object )
That's correct.
Okay.
We always wear green on Saint Patrick's Day.
You have to wear green or you get pinched.
Oh, sorry. Ouch!
Okay.
So...
They have lots of green food.
Green food, green drinks
Oh!
Green clothes... They even color the rivers green in some places.
Oh, I see.
Yeah, just … lots of, lots of things, you know.
Lots of festivities.
Yeah.
(festivities = お祭騒ぎ activities or events celebrating a special occasion)
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★ Question 2
What time does the parade start?
Okay, back to the question.
Right. What time does the parade start?
Well, Carolyn, can you give us the answer?
Of course, I can. It starts at 11 a.m.
And it's a pretty big parade.
It is!
Sounds like it. There's lots of marching bands and maybe some floats, perhaps.
(floats = 山車)
Yeah.
Irish music?
Oh, yeah, of course.
Dancers, maybe.
And, uh...
They're passing out green beer, we talked about that before.
Green beer. Oh, my goodness.
Oh, yeah, that's right. I guess they're all passing out free green beer. Holy smokes!
(Holy smokes. = すげぇ！ なんてこった Oh, my goodness!)
Well, what happens after the parade?
Well, I guess they'll go to the pub, right? The lucky pub.
Right.
Twelve o'clock?
And they have more live Irish music, and free dance lessons by Eleanor O’Connor, from the Irish Dream Dance School.
Great!
Yeah!
Scarlett O’hara is also O’hara.
Scarlett O’hara
O’hara, yeah, definitely.
That’s an Irish name, too
Yes. That’s an Irish name.
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★ Question 3
Where will the Saint Patrick's costume contest be held?
Back to the question.
Right, of course. Where will the Saint Patrick's costume contest be held?
Anyone?
Well, where else at Dublin Park
(where else = where else could it be … it’s obvious)
That sounds very Irish sounding.
And looks like there's some good prizes if you win the contest.
Ten lucky winners will get a free Irish meal.
Yumm.
Wow, what kind of food?
Irish stew, maybe.
Potatoes.
Okay.
I don't know.
All right. Well, we've got to go there some time to find out.
And if you were dressing up in costume, what would you dress up as?
A Leprechaun?
A Leprechaun?
(Leprechaun = in old Irish stories, a magical creature in the shape of a little old man who likes to cause trouble)
You can paint your face all green. You could be a four-leaf clover.
That's true.
All the Incredible Hulk or...
(The Incredible Hulk = 超人ハルク American superhero, a giant green man)
That's a good one.
That sounds fun.
Yeah.
I wish I were there.
I wish. I hear that.
Me too.
All right.
