遠山顕の英会話入門 夏号 Dialog 6
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Challenge!
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(2-07)
K: OK, Jeff, are you ready for five times in one breath?
J: So, only five?
K: Only five.
J: That's good to know. Here I go.
J: Yeah.
C: All right.
All: We knew you could do it.
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Choose the Right One!
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(2-08)
ダイアログが終わったところから
K: OK. Jeff, what do you think of your answer?
J: Well, "Don't use chopsticks when you eat soba." I've seen many people use chopsticks when they eat soba. So, I don't think this is it.
K: How about you, Jeff? Do you use chopsticks?
J: I use chopsticks all the time.
K: Alrighty.
J: OK, Carolyn, how about you?
C: Well, "Slurping soba is not bad manners." I think this kainda (kind of) sounds correct. But I don't want to make a judgment yet, because I want to hear what YOU think, Ken, about No. 3.
J: Right.
K: Don't worry about me. Well, No. 3 "You can slurp any food in Japan," is ... I don't think it's right. You can't slurp hotdog, for example.
All: So, the right answer is ...
C: No. 2, "Slurping soba is not bad manners."
K: All right.
J: All right.
C: Great. Nice!
All: Beautifully done.
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Write It!
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(2-09)
◆ そばは、よりおいしくなる
C: Well, does not mean like "good" or ... I guess "delicious," but "good" in this case, we use.
K: OK.
C: But we're also using the comparative form, so, I 'll recommend saying "better."
K: OK.
C: So, "soba tastes better."
◆ すすることで
J: Yes, we can use "by 何々," or "by doing something."
K: Uh-huh.
J: So, it's going to be "by slurping soba." But we already said "soba" previously. So, um ... saying again is kind of redundant. It doesn't sound good in English. So, we're gonna (going to) replace "soba" with "it." So, it would be "by slurping it."
◆ と言います
K: Last one, Carolyn...
C: Yes?
K: Who says?
C: People.
K: Okay!
C: We saw this in the dialog as well, and the phrase is, "people say." And it goes at the beginning, because it's what their statement is. So, people say 何々…… people is. So, people say 何々.
K: Oh, I see.
J: I know they did.
C: Of course, they did.
K: All right.
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Ending
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K: OK. Here's a question for you, you guys.
C: OK.
K: It's a little strange question, I think.
J: Okay.
K: But ... Do you ever slurp noodles?
C: Ahhh... that's a good question.
K: I know.
C: I'm not shy about slurping noodles.
K: Oh, wow!
C: But, I'm not good at it. So, I don't slurp my noodles.
K: Oh, I see.
C: Yeah.
J: And I'm with Carolyn, I've been in Japan for uh... a while and I cannot doing it very well. I try but I just end up eating it like spaghetti.
C: What about you, Ken. What's your preference?
K: Well, I didn't like to slurp but these days my life is getting shorter. And I'm kind of enjoying the teste of soba when I slurp.
C: Ah, that's interesting.
K: Yeah.
