遠山顕の英会話楽習 Monday, June 10
How are you guys doing?
Great! Wonderful!
You've turned young.
We've drunk from fountain of youth.
You must be kidding me.
We are.
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Oh, that was a convincing statement.
Convincing argument, for sure.
Yeah.
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Where do you go for that water?
Well, they found it ...
It was in Florida.
Right? Somewhere in Florida?
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U R the ★
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All right, Carolyn. You are the star.
Great!
You love doing crosswords, don't you?
Yes, it's a big part of my life.
When did you start doing them?
When I was three.
Wow! That's young!
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Say It!
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Carolyn, are you ready, five times in one breath?
I'll try, but what if I fail?
I have never thought of that.
No, I don't think so.
OK. I'll give it my best shot.
You bet!
What if you fall? ×5
You're flying high!.
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Write It!
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★ マギーの生活の大切な部分
Yeah, in the dialog we heard Maggie said, "Ballet is a big part of my life."
Uh-huh.
But now we want to report what Maggie said in an indirect way.
So it would be "a big part of Maggie's life.”
★ クラスのあと
after the class, the はなくても大丈夫ですか？
Nope. We don't need "the." We say after class, after school, after work. No need for "the."
★ 脚が震えていますが
the legs are shaky, but...
Yeah, we could use "but" here, because we're contrasting two different ideas. But wouldn't that mean using two sentences?
Right.
So I think it would be easier to make one sentence.
Okay.
And also if we do use "but," it doesn't really prepare us that contrast is coming up.
So we could use "even though" or "although." And these two phrases show us that something is coming up, or that we can expect that something of the contrast is coming up.
★ やめる気持ちはありません
Very simplified "won't quit." "She won't quit."
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Ballet is a big part of Maggie's life. Even though her legs are shaky after class, she loves ballet and she won't quit.
Ballet is a big part of Maggie's life. Although her legs are shaky after class, she loves ballet and she won't quit.
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In Another Situation!
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So Carolyn, what's another situation going to be like?
Well, this time, the woman is learning something else.
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How was class?
Good! I need to sit down for a minute. My legs are shaky.
Ginger Dodgers! I think you should quit.
Why? Tap dance is a big part of my life!
What if you fall?
I won't! That's the whole point of taking tap dance. It strengthens your legs. It improves balance.
Maybe I should take up tap dance.
Never too old to learn. Fred, upstairs.
(Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers [famous tap dancers])
Shall we?
Hmm... let's.
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Well, to finish it up, I hope Eikaiwa Gakushu is a big part of your life, listeners.
Yes, of course.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Tuesday, June 11
It's a pretty straightforward conversation.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
But sounds painful.
Yes, it is. I've had it before.
Oh, wow!.
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Apply It!
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I hope to get back to work.
I hope to get back to school.
I hope to get back to jogging.
I hope to get back to the stage.
I hope to get back to a normal life
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U R the ★
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Jeff, you are the star.
All right.
How are you feeling?
Much better, thanks.
That's great!
I hope to get back to work as soon as possible.
Well, easy does it.
Thank you.
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Say It!
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Jeff-san, are you ready, five times in one breath?
What happened to my self-confidence?
Weren't you ... very confident?
You are full of self-confident. Are you kidding?
Yeah, come on, Jeff.
I am kidding. OK, all right. Let's try this.
What happened to your arm. ×5
Music to our ears.
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Write It!
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★ ……したいと思っています
Think of doing...
I think you're over thinking it.
Okay.
It's very simple. "Want to 何々." or "He wants to 何々." Very simple.
★ 彼の友だちのミオナ
Well, there are two ways we can say this.
OK.
The first way, we can follow the order in Japanese. So in that case, it will be "his friend, Miona."
Got it.
And the second way is if we start the sentence with Miona, and in that case, it'll be "Miona, his friend." Either is fine.
★ Commaはつけますか？
Yeah, so if it's "his friend Miona" it would be "his friend,(comma) Miona,(comma)."
OK.
And for the other variation, it would be "Miona,(comma) his friend,(comma)."
Got it.
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Rogers has tennis elbow. He wants to get back to tennis as soon as possible. His friend, Miona, says, "Easy does it."
Rogers has tennis elbow. He wants to get back to tennis as soon as possible. Miona, his friend, says, "Easy does it."
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In Another Situation!
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So Jeff...
Uh-huh.
What's another situation going to have?
Well, the man has "grandkid elbow."
Are there such things?
I don't know. Evidently so.
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What happened to your arms, Johnny McKenna?
I have grand-kid elbow, Chris Everest.
Oh! Is it painful?
Yeah. It hurts when I lift my grandkids.
My, my! How many do you have?
Ten.
That's really tough!
Oh, well. It comes with the territory. It's grandkids slam. (grand-slam とかけている) I hope to get back to tennis as soon as possible.
Well, as they say, "Easy does it."
Well, as others say, "Easier said than done."
Easy, you know.
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Ten grandchildren?
That's a lot.
Well, their names are familiar.
The two characters?
Yeah. They sound like, John McEnroe,
Uh-huh. John McEnroe and ...
Chris Evert.
Famous tennis players.
Very famous.
That was Chris Everest, though. Yeah.
Yes.
Jeff, what happened to your tennis elbow?
Well, it took a few days, but I got back to tennis as soon as possible.
You're lucky.
Very good.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Wednesday, June 12
★ Question 1
What is this commercial about?
Once again, the question, Jeff?
Right. What is this commercial about?
Carolyn, did you happen to catch the right answer for this?
Yeah, I think so.
Let's hear it. What is the commercial about?
It's about "The Ohana Music Store." It gives group ukulele lessons every Wednesday and Saturday.
Ohana...
Uh-huh. So, ohana is Hawaiian for family.
Yeah. Isn't that right, Carolyn?
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah, I agree. Sounds good to me.
We are all aloha people here.
Yes.
So, we can go on to the next question, right?
Yes.
Sounds good.
All right.
★ Question 2
What's the lesson fee?
Sounds like a fun school there.
Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh.
Sounds like a place I'd like to go.
So back to the question, Carolyn?
Right. What's the lesson fee?
Jeff, did you happen to catch the right answer for this?
Uh-huh
Let's hear it.
Very economical, $10 per lesson.
Now.
Yeah.
My big question here is what if you don't have the musical instrument, ukulele?
Well, if you don't have a ukulele, the store will let you borrow a used one.
Oh, good.
Yeah. Problem solved. Or you can buy a new one for as little as $35.
Oh, that's a good price.
Uh-huh
That's going for $35?
Yes. I'm sure there are more expensive ones, but you can buy them for $35. Yeah. And evidently they also sell songbooks.
Oh, yeah, that's right, because he got one on sale.
How much was it? It was...?
Twelves dollars, I think.
Yeah, another good price.
Yeah, so they probably sell sheet music and songbooks and chord books.
(sheet music = シートミュージック、とじられていない数枚の楽譜)
★ Question 3
Right. Question 3
What else does this store do?
So back to the 3rd question.
All right. What else does this store do?
Carolyn, what else do they do?
Ah! They sell new and used musical instruments.
Oh, I see.
That could be their main thing or...
Probably, isn't it? The lessons are...
Yeah, I would think so. Yeah, since the lessons are not very expensive. So... I'm sure...
Yeah. Kind of a bonus.
Yeah!
I see.
To get people to come in.
I wonder if I could get a Hawaiian made guitar there, maybe a used one.
Hawaiian made guitar?
Uh-huh.
Is it special? Is it…
I think they're a little smaller and many of them are made of Koa wood, because you can only get Koa wood.
Koa wood is so expensive there.
Oh, really?
Yeah, it would probably be more than $35.
I wonder when their school hours or business hours.
They are not open that early in the morning. They don't open until 11.
Okay.
No, but they don't close until 9 ... which is... you know.
Yeah.
And open every day.
Every day.
Sounds great.
Yeah.
So, Ken, Jeff, do you have a ukulele? Do you own one?
I don't have one now, but I started on the ukulele before I started the guitar.
Oh, interesting.
Oh, you're just like me.
Really?
That was my first instrument. Uh-huh.
Yeah, my sister used to play the ukulele.
Oh?
So I borrowed it and I had a good time.
Nice!
Sure!
My fourth-grade teacher was from Hawaii, and she taught us how to play the ukulele.
Was she? Oh, interesting.
How about you, Carolyn?
No.
OK.
But I love to listen to the music. It is beautiful.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I played one, but not well.
Oh, you did?
Yeah, when I was little, but don't think I had made any notes. Just, they're fun, 'cause they're just so small and, you know.
Yeah.
Maybe you should take it up again.
I know a good school.
That's right.
Well, that's about it for today. So before we say, aloha, here are three things we'd like you to do. The first one is ...
Keep listening.
And then?
Keep practicing.
And keep on smiling.
Aloha!
