遠山顕の英会話入門 2023年春号 Dialog 8
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Challenge!
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(2-23)
K: Carolyn, are you ready?
C: Uh-huh.
K: Let's hear it.
C: Alrighty.
J: All right?
C: Nice.
All: You did it again.
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Write It!
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(2-24)
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C: Well, to start with, let's put "Yuta" at the beginning.
K: Okay?
C: And, will add the phrase "a new employee." So it'll be "Yuta, a new employee." But we can also move "Yuta" to the end of the phrase and write, "a new employee, Yuta."
K: Oh, either way?
C: Both are fine.
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J: Well, when you have two things...
K: Yes.
J: And you've already mentioned one, then you use this phrase, "the other."
K: To talk about the other one.
J: Right... to talk about the other one. Right.
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C: Well. I always like simple so let's use the word "so," and it'll be so 何々. So this guy
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Before We Move On!
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(2-25)
K: Okay, now the topic of the dialogue is commuting.
J: Uh-huh.
C: Yes.
K: And sleeping on the train and so on.
J: Right.
K: Jeff, how do you get here for the recording of "Itsudemo."? By train?
J: Oh, yes, always. I live pretty far away. So yes, it's about an hour commute. Yes.
K: Okay.
C: Don't you also take a bus?
J: And a bus sometimes as well.
C: Sorry.
K: You do take a bus.
J: Yeah.
K: Oh, my goodness.
J: I'm way out in the sticks.
(out in the sticks =ド田舎)
K: Yeah, you live in a very nice house and a place there.
J: Yeah, with lots of land. It's nice.
K: Carolyn...
C: Yes?
K: Do you ever sleep on the train like Yuta?
C: No.
K: No?
C: I do not because it's hard to sleep standing up.
J: Oh, so, you never get a seat.
C: Not very often.
K: You are not as lucky as Yuta there.
C: Nope.
K: I see. So, this question may not work but...
C: What's the question?
K: Then again I will ask you...
C: Please.
K: Anyway, on your way home, do you ever sleep through your stop?
(sleep through one's stop = 眠って駅を乗り過ごす)
C: Well, I've never slept through my stop but I have missed my stop because I wasn't paying attention or I was tired and I just missed it.
K: You are meditating or something. You know...
C: Yeah, exactly. What about you, Ken?
K: Well, good question Carolyn, because I have done it ever since I moved to where I live. I've done it twice.
C: Oh my goodness.
J: You missed your stopped. Wow!
K: Yeah. I did.
C: How far did you pass?
K: Oh, just one or two stops.
J: Just one or two stops.
C: Oh, that's ....
K: And there are so many temples there by each station.
C: Yeah.
K: So I thought I was in heaven or something.
C: Nope! You just missed your stop.
K: I just missed my stop.
