遠山顕の英会話楽習 Monday, November 4
Hmm... small world.
Indeed.
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U R the ★
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All right, Carolyn, you are the star.
Awesome.
Hello.
Good morning.
I'm here to see Mr. Kind.
May I have your name, please?
Of course. It's Carolyn.
All right. And ... the last name?
Oh... Miller.
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Say It!
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Carolyn, are you ready, five times in one breath?
Well, I'll try as hard as I can.
Wow! There you go.
Right.
Let's hear it.
It's as good as new. ×5
Beautified.
(beautified = 美しくされた)
That's as good as it gets.
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Write It!
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★ 時計店へ来たところです
Well, there are two ways I suggest doing this. And both are totally fine, but they don't mean exactly the same thing. So for the first way, we could write "has come to a watch shop."
OK.
And that basically means to arrive at a place where you currently are.
Okay.
And the second way is we can write "is at a watch shop."
And it's a little different meaning here. In this way, just refers to where someone currently is.
★ 時計職人は彼女のおじいさんが……だと彼女に伝えます
Yes. We're going to use the word "tells." So in this sentence, it would be "the watch maker tells her her grandfather 何々."
Uh-huh.
We can also use the word "that." You don't have to, but you can. It would be, "The watchmaker tells her that her grandfather 何々."
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Cara Higa has come to a watch shop to pick up her watch. The watchmaker tells her that her grandfather got him interested in watchmaking.
Cara Higa is at a watch shop to pick up her watch. The watchmaker tells her her grandfather got him interested in watchmaking.
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In Another Situation!
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So Carolyn, what's another situation going to be like?
Well, Ken…, it's 60 years from now.
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Hi. I'm here to pick up my watch.
I've got it right here. It's as good as new.
Thanks.
You know, you could have used a teleport service.
Too expensive. I drove my fly-car. How much do I owe you?
Three million dollar-yen.
That's very reasonable. Here you go.
Here's your change. Say, Ms. Higa, are you any relation to Roger Higa?
Yes, he was my grandfather.
No kidding! He was the one who got me interested in watchmaking.
Oh, here, you should watch his hologram.
(hologram = a three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser)
Oh, I'd love to see him again!
Hello.
Oh, Master Higa!
Come to the bright side.
Yes, Master, only you could force me to do that.
Okay then.
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So, that hologram was saying, "Come to the bright side."
Yes.
Bright side, not the dark one.
No.
Better than the dark side.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And I was saying, "Only you could force me to do that."
There's a force. You know, all of a sudden, uh… it turns into some sci-fi movie.
Kind of a well-known sci-fi.
Yeah, it's really famous.
(sci-fi = Science fiction)
今回は、スターウォーズのダースベーターの真似をしている
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Tuesday, November 5
So, this is what happened.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's why her grandfather became his hero.
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U R the ★
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Jeff...
Uh-huh.
Now, you are the star.
All right.
Who's your favorite painter?
I went to the Picadali exhibit last year.
Uh-huh.
And I found my hero.
Oh, you'll have to take me to one of his shows.
Oh, he is the best.
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Say It!
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Carolyn, are you ready, five times in one breath?
Well, I don't know if I can do better than that, Jeff. That was good.
You're so humble.
(humble = 謙虚 not proud or arrogant)
I'm sure you can, Carolyn. Let's hear it.
All righty.
He did better than that. ×5
Wow!
Yeah.
You did much better than us.
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Write It!
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★ ……したときに、（彼は）自分のヒーローを見つけた
Well, in the dialogue, we heard the line "I found my hero."
Right.
And because now, we're reporting what happened, we're going to change the pronouns from "I" and "my" to "he" and "his." So, it'll be, "He found his hero."
And because we want to add extra information, let's use the word "when." So the whole phrase will be, "He found his hero when 何々."
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The watchmaker tells Cara that he found his hero when her grandfather took the grandfather clock apart and explained how to fix it.
The watchmaker tells Cara he found his hero when her grandfather took the grandfather clock apart and explained how to fix it.
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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, the man is a ramen chef.
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Your grandfather ran a ramen shop in town.
I remember hearing about it.
I was interested in starting my own shop, but didn't know how to make a good ramen.
And he showed you how?
He did better than that. He took me in and let me work in the kitchen. He also taught me how to run a shop.
That sounds just like him!
I found my hero and called my shop "The Hero Ramen."
Well, I'm glad I came hero (here). Can I have miso ramen this time?
Coming right up. Hey! Me so happy!
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I'm not saying anything.
So Carolyn, you found your ramen there.
I sure did.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Wednesday, November 6
◆ Question 1
Back to the question?
All right. What is this announcement about?
Well, Jeff... Did you find the right answer?
Um... yeah, I've got a long answer and a short answer.
OK. So let's hear it.
Oh, okay.
The long answer.
All right.
The Chamber of Commerce has installed a bicycle sharing system in downtown Safecity.
Great.
That's a long answer.
Uh-huh.
How could you shorten this long answer?
I was just going to say, "It's about a bicycle sharing system." I don’t know.
Oh, okay, that sounds good too.
A bicycle sharing system... Wow!
Yeah. They installed that, I guess, to relieve congestion of a city.
Sounds like it would be handy, right? Instead of getting in your car and driving.
Yeah.
You can just get on a bike.
Yeah, if the streets are crowded, I think the bikes would be a better way to go.
Do they have a few, there are a few places you could get the bikes, right?
Uh-huh. There are eight self-service bike share kiosks.
Wow!
Throughout the town area. That's great.
Yeah.
Are you bike lovers, you guys?
I ride mine quite a bit.
You ride yours more than I ride.
I do.
I don't ride as much as Jeff does.
Okay.
Are you a bike lover?
Yes, I love biking.
Oh, that's fabulous.
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◆ Question 2
Well, back to the second question.
Uh-huh. What are the bikes equipped with?
Carolyn, what's the answer for this?
There are a few things; a bell, a luggage rack and a GPS tracking system.
Wow.
Well, the bell is definitely necessary...
Yes.
You want to get people out of the way.
All right.
And the luggage rack is really handy.
Right.
You know...
For when you go shopping.
Yeah, or carry your bag to work.
That's right.
Great.
But the GPS tracking system... That's kind of interesting.
Does your bike have that?
No.
Does your bike, Ken?
No. How about yours?
No, no.
I guess that's... so they can find them if they get lost or....
Oh...
Oh yeah, or get stolen sometimes.
Or get stolen....
Oh, that's interesting.
I was going to say that but...
Well, I shouldn’t look at the dark side.
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◆ Question 3
So back to the question, Carolyn?
All righty, question 3: How old must you be to rent a bike?
All right, Jeff, what's the answer for that?
Oh, you must be 18 years or older.
That sounds reasonable.
I was kind of surprised by that.
Why?
Well, I think high school students would want to use it as well. No?
Oh, I guess so.
But maybe there is... I don't know, maybe there is a safety reason for that. I'm not sure.
Well, they wouldn't be able to spend six dollars a day.
Well, that's true.
Oh, that's true.
You know, five days a week. Or…
Yeah, that ... that could add up.
Maybe …
Unless they have really rich parents.
Uh-huh.
Oh, but, also, but isn't the rental charge free if they get the bike back within thirty minutes, right? You don't pay anything.
That's right. That's right.
OK.
So, but maybe it's still difficult for high school students.
So we kind of need more information on that. So we'll have to go to the safecitybikeshae.com webpage.
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Oh, here is a question for you.
Oh, sure.
Have you guys ever tried bike sharing?
I never have. I've rented a bike before in Karuizawa.
Oh.
But it wasn't bike sharing thing like they've got now. They have them in Kamakura, different places.
Yeah, I've seen them. I've seen them all over Tokyo. They've got those bikes. But I've never tried one. And I think everything is done on your smartphone, right? Am I wrong?
It's an app.
I see people with their phones. Have you, Ken?
No, I'm not smart enough. Yeah, I would like to, but I use a bicycle, my bicycle all the time. So...
Okay, but I guess it's good for tourists.
Yeah. You're right.
Probably.
Well, thank you for sharing your stories.
Ohhh...
