Lesson 234 あいづち疑問文

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. If there was an “undo button” in life, what would you undo?

Roza
▶︎ I’m pretty happy with the way things are, so nothing.

David
▶︎ Ah 〜, sometimes my jokes don’t …. they don’t hit.
I’d go back and choose a different punch line.

Roza
▶︎ You know what. In that case, I would undo a lot of Sensei’s openings.

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Allow me to explain.【 allow 人 to 不定詞 – 目的語説明型 】
👉さあ、allow me to 〜 というフレーズが出てきましたね。
to 不定詞を用いた目的語説明型 – me が explain するのを allow「許してください」
というフォーマルな表現です。

② We got caught in your time warp?【 get を用いた受動態のニュアンス 】
👉さあ、got caught と受動態に get が使われていますね。
何が動きが感じられる受動態の形です。

③ It wasn’t my intention, and ….【 intention の意味 】
👉 intention という単語が出てきましたね。これは「意図」という単語。

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Practice

Roza
▶︎ OK, everyone. It’s time to practice.
Today we’ll just be practicing the “あいづち.” So it’s pretty easy. We want you to
focus on the feeling of it and having it come out of your mouth naturally
without thinking. OK?

David
▶︎ All right. Here we go!
・Oh, are you?
・Oh, are you?

Roza
▶︎ Next one.
・Oh, do you？
・Oh, do you?

David
▶︎ And one more.
・Oh, have you?
・Oh, have you?

David
▶︎ Unlock your potential.

Roza
▶︎ Repetition is the key.

Roza & David
▶︎ Great work.

Ending

Roza
▶︎ I’m sure you guys have practiced a lot.
So keep on doing what you’re doing.

Davide
▶︎ Oh, have you? Oh, we have!

Words and Phrases

① undo button
👉取り消しボタン

これで、Lesson 234 は終了。