遠山顕のいますぐ使える英会話 2024年春号 Episode 4
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Question Challenge!
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◆ Question 1
K: Are you ready for the challenges, guys?
F: Sure!
J: All we can do is our best.
F: OK.
K: Jeff, what's your take on this choice?
J: Well, "Emma tells her neighbor Lyle that she is going on a date."
It's actually just the opposite. Lisl her neighbor tells Emma that she's been asked on a date. So...
K: Oh, I see.
J: Yeah, so, this is not correct.
K: That's not correct.
J: No. Uh-uh.
F: Well, I have (B). "Lyle thinks that the man has asked Emma on a date, so to speak."
K: Uh-huh.
F: And I think that's true. He did ask. You know.
K: Yeah.
J: Yeah, this could be the one.
K: Yeah.
J: But we haven't heard Ken's answer yet.
F: Nope.
K: I don't think I need to explain anything, but, anyway, I will try. (C) is "Emma says her day was crazy."
Yeah, that's right. She said it was crazy but a man helped her out. Yes, but not a man in shining armor. No, no, no, no.
K: She's not that literally or you know dramatic about it.
J: No.
F: No, no.
K: So, the answer should be ...
F&J: (B).
K: (B). All right.
F: Yay!
J: You did well.
Y: Very good, very, very good.
J: Yeah. Right.
◆ Question 2
K: Get on to Question 2.
J: So, no jealousy involved. No.
K: No jealousy. They're just neighbors.
F: I see.
K: Well, let's get back to Jeff.
J: Well, my choice, "It's obvious that he is from their conversation." is not true because it's not obvious.
J: No. There's... there's no sense of jealousy at all that I can tell. So, yeah, this is definitely not right.
K: Yeah, (A) is out.
J: (A) is out.
F: Well, and choice (B), "He may be, he may not be it's hard to tell from their conversation."
K: Yeah.
F: And I think that's true. It is hard to tell.
K: Very sensible answer.
J: Yeah, that could be right. Uh-huh. Yeah.
K: And my choice is (C), "They are just friendly neighbors. That's all there is to it."
Yes, I think this is correct too.
J: Yeah. Both of them seem.
F: They do some ... correct.
K: So, the answer or answers should be...
F&J: (B) and (C).
J: Fantastic.
F: Yay! Wonderful, wonderful.
J: Good job.
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Before We Move On!
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K: Florence, you have something to say? ... to start our conversation?
F: Um... Right. I think the phrase means a savior, hero, or defender. It's part of Medieval legends.
K: The phrase meaning knight in shining armor.
F: Yes. Right, right.
K: Okay.
F: That phrase.
K: Okay.
J: Yeah. So, "a knight in shining armor" is supposed to appear on a horse and rescue a damsel in distress.
F: Right? So in these episodes, Sam is a knight in shining armor and Emma is a damsel in distress.
J: That's right... for Karma stars.
K: Damsel in distress at a gas station.
J: Yes!
F: Okay. Yes.
K: Okay.
F: Modern.
K: Great. Modern. Yeah.
J: But... but sometimes in real life, a damsel in shining armor comes to rescue a night in distress.
K: Oh, yeah. That's true.
F: True, true. Yes,
J: It can be either way.
F: Yap.
K: Either way.
F: Either way. That's true.
K: And uh... In this story, Sam is a knight with shining jumper cable.
J: Right.
F: Right and Emma is a damsel with a dead battery.
J: Right. And pretty stressed out.
F: True, true.
K: Oh, yeah.
J: And hey, things happen, you know, right?
K: Oh, yeah. That's right.
F: They do, they do. Yes.
K: Well, I think that about wraps it up.
