遠山顕の英会話楽習 Monday, August 30
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U R the ★
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J: All right.
C: Great!
CJ: Excellent!
C: Jeff...
J: Uh-huh.
C: You are the star.
J: All right.
C: I finished that report in the morning.
J: Nice work.
C: Thanks. Now I have to do this one by five.
J: I'm sure you can get the job done.
C: Well, if I had an extra pair of hands.
J: Oh! Look at the time. I've got so much to do.
(an extra pair of hands = someone who helps you do something when you are busy)
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Say It!
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K: Don't work too hard の言い方、イントネーションは？
J: There's a couple of ways to say it.
K: OK. Let's hear them.
J: Don't work too hard. （Don't と hard の上にストレス）
J: Don't work too hard. （work の上にストレス）
C: Sure.
K: Carolyn-san, are you ready?
C: Yes. What’s my message? Do you have something to tell me?
K: Don't work too hard.
C: I don't know. Should I say "too late" for that? I haven't started it yet.
K: No, you haven't. Good luck!
C: Thank you.
K: All right.
C: Don't work too hard! -- Too late for that! ×4
C: I can't take a breath. Too late for that!
K: You finely did it. Okay.
(finely すばらしく、見事に、りっぱに)
J: Yeah.
C: Nice.
KCJ: Excellent job!
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Write It!
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★ ……と不平を言います
C: Yeah, that's right. This wasn't in the dialog.
K: Right.
C: And the verb I’d recommend using here is "complain."
K: Okay.
C: You can write "complain 何々" or "complain that 何々."
K: Uh-huh.
C: So, the whole sentence is going to be "She complaints that the job is going to take forever" or "She complaints the job is going to take forever.
K: Got it.
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C: A woman is hard at work. She complains that the job is going to take forever, but her colleague says that he's sure she can get the job done.
J: A woman is hard at work. She complains the job is going to take forever, but her colleague says he's sure she can get the job done.
C: Oh, yeah.
J: I know they did.
C: Great work.
J: They always do.
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In Another Situation!
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K: So, Carolyn...
C: Uh-huh.
K: What's another situation going to be like?
C: Well, this time, the woman is way behind schedule.
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W: Ugh. No, no, no.
C: That's a fine stack of papers.
(fine この場合は、ひどい、大変な という意味)
W: Ha ha ha. I have to translate this 3,000(thirty-hundred)-page document into Polish.
C: Wow!
W: You can say that again.
C: Wow.
W: That's not funny. Oh, it's going to take forever.
C: I'm sure you can get the job done.
W: Ugh. No, no, no.
C: I'll leave you to it. Don't work too hard!
W: Way, way, way too late for that. Ugh, no, no, no. Um…
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K: I hope you'll be saying "Yes, yes, yes." Tomorrow.
C: Hopefully.
J: I'm sure you can get the job done.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Tuesday, August 31
J: He sounds pretty upbeat about it, pretty positive.
C: Yeah.
K: Yeah.
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Words & Expressions
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★ have a bad fall
K: "Have a great fall" という方がいましたよね？
J: That's kind of an old expression for the old rhyme. "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."
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U R the ★
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J: All right.
C: Nice.
J: Good work!
J: All right, Carolyn...
C: Uh-huh.
J: You are the star.
C: Sounds good.
J: My doctor says I can talk all right soon.
C: That's good news.
J: I can hardly wait.
C: I'm glad you're making a speedy recovery.
J: It sounds better already, I think.
C: Oh, you're almost there.
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Say It!
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K: Carolyn, are you ready for this five times in one breath?
C: Well, I'm going to have to take a pretty big breath.
K: All right. I think you need one like that.
C: Here I go.
C: It wasn't a serious fall, though. ×5
J: All right.
C: Wow.
KCJ: We're glad you're doing so well.
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Write It!
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★ （彼は）腕にギブスをしています
J: That’s right.
J: Well, you need context for that. Someone might think his whole body is in a cast.
K: Exactly.
J: So, we're going to say "his arm is in a cast."
K: 他に言い方ありますか？
J: There is, actually one more way of saying it. You can say "He has his arm in a cast."
★ じきに取れることになっている
K: It's coming off next week. とありました。
C: Yes, we heard that in the dialog. But this time, we're going to switch out "next week" with the word "soon."
K: OK.
C: So, it'll be "is coming off soon."
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J: A man fell off his bike and his arm is in a cast. But the cast is coming off soon and his sister is glad that he's making a speedy recovery.
C: A man fell off his bike and he has his arm is in a cast. But the cast is coming off soon and his sister is glad he's making a speedy recovery.
C: Oh, yeah.
J: I'm sure they did.
K: All right.
C: Fantastic work, as always.
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In Another Situation!
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K: So, Jeff...
J: Uh-huh.
K: What's another situation going to be like?
J: Well, this time, he has his thumb in a cast.
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T: Surprise!
S: Tom, what happened to your thumb?
T: I fell on it.
S: Oh, no. When?
T: A couple of days ago. It wasn't a serious fall, though.
S: But, are you typing, OK?
T: No. I decided not to work for a while.
S: Oh, that's too bad.
T: Well, it's coming off next week -- the doctor's forecast!
S: Ha ha ha. So, you're casting your cast soon.
(casting 竿やリールを使って、ポイントに重りや毛針をより正確に投げたり、より遠くに飛ばすことを目的にしたスポーツ競技)
ここは、言葉遊びをしているだけなので深い意味はありません。casting と cast を掛けている
T: That's right.
S: I'm glad you're making a speedy recovery.
T: Thanks.
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K: So, he can't type anymore.
C: No.
J: No, not for a while, not till the cast comes off.
K: So, he decided not to work then.
J: No.
C: Yeah.
K: ... for a while. He's casting his cast.
C: Yes.
K: Punning brother and sister here.
(punning しゃれ、だじゃれ)
CJ: We're glad it wasn't a serious fall.
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遠山顕の英会話楽習 Wednesday, September 8
K: So, Carolyn, what’s the question?
C: Alrighty. Question 1: What is this announcement about?
K: This is usually the most difficult question…
C: It sure is.
K … of the four.
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★ Question 1
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K: So, Carolyn, back to the question.
C: Alrighty. What is this announcement about?
K: Jeff, did you catch the right answer?
J: The Gray House will be opening for tours starting this Wednesday.
K: So, it's about this house.
C: Yes.
J: Right. It's an old house.
C: Yeah, when was it constructed? Did you catch what year it was built?
J: 1889. Wow.
C: Wow! That's old.
J: ... for a gentleman named Ian Gray who was the first mayor of the city.
K: Oh, I thought the house was gray, I mean the color of it.
C: Oh.
J: Oh, that's kind of like White House and white house.
J: Now, it's the Gray House that named after Ian Gray.
K: Right. So, it's a historic house.
C: Yes.
J: Uh-huh. And the Gray family resided there.
(reside 住む、居住する)
C: Yes. It seems like for a long time, right? ... Look like they live there until 1958.
J: Uh-huh.
C: OK. So, then what happened?
K: Well, Carolyn, your question leads us to the next one.
J: Right. Question 2: What happened to the Gray House after 1958 until it was restored?
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★ Question 2
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K: OK. Back to the question. Jeff...
J: Right. What happened to the Gray House after 1958 until it was restored?
K: Carolyn, did you happen to catch the right answer for this?
C: I think I caught it. It was divided into apartments and eventually fell into disrepair.
(disrepair 荒廃 poor condition of a building or structure due to neglect / the state of being broken or old and needing to be repaired)
J: Hmm... kind of a waste.
C: Yeah, they do that with old houses though. They tend to make them into smaller apartments.
K: Uh-huh. So, the Gray House was restored.
J: Yes. It was restored by the Historic Society.
C: And moving on to question 3: How did the Historic Society restore the Gray House?
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★ Question 3
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K: OK. Back to the question, Carolyn?
C: OK. How did the Historic Society restore the Gray House?
K: Jeff, did you happen to catch the right answer for this?
J: I did.
K: OK.
J: They raised funds and turned it into a museum.
K: Now, they restored the house.
C: Yeah.
J: Uh-huh.
K: And, tuned it into a museum but how are they going to keep up the museum? That’s a big question, isn’t it?
(keep up 維持する)
C: It sure is.
J: Well, they take free tours through it.
C: That’s right. But then they accept donations.
J: Right.
K: Oh, they do.
J: So, people see this beautiful house, and they realize that the tours are free and they want to help maintain it.
C: Hmm.
J: And people out of their kindness of their hearts, or they want to maintain this beautiful historic site give donations.
K: OK. That’s how they keep up the museum.
C: Yeah.
K: I see.
J: And our final question. Question 4: What days are free tours available?
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★ Question 4
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K: OK, Jeff…
J: Uh-huh.
K: The last question again.
J: Right. What days are free tours available?
K: Carolyn?
C: Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
K: Now, where is this house located, the Gray House?
J: Well according to the announcement, it’s located at 115 Tenth Avenue Northwest.
K: And then how do you make reservations?
C: Well, you just call 1-800-IAN-GRAY to make reservations.
