Lesson 143 「話す」を表す動詞③ーtell

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza. Ready for today’s lesson?

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. Let’s get ready to go.

Dialogue

① Jake, why is the producer crossing his arms ….【 crossing his arms の意味 】
👉さあ、crossing his arms というフレーズが出てきました。
「腕組みをして」というフレーズですね。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s sentence ：I was just about to tell you something important.

David
▶︎ All right, everyone. It’s time for today”s “Pronunciation Polish.”
Let’s start up with today’s phrase.
・I was just about to tell you something important.
・I was just about to tell you something important.

We have lots of little points today, so let’s focus in on
the big ones, make some chunks, and practtice them together.
First up is “was.”
Let’s make that nice and short. OK.
I was, I was

Now, let’s take “just about to” and make one big chunk.
just about to, just about to

All right.
Let’s add “tell you” to the chunk as well.
just about to tell you

Next up,
we’ll take “something important,” and polish that up.
something important, something important

All right.
Now let’s put it all together.
・I was just about to tell you something important.
・I was just about to tell you something important.

All right.
Great work today.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ So, “Paul” loves his wife so much, doesn’t he?

David
▶︎ Oh, in this situation, I can imagine if my life came by here.
I would be happy too.

Onishi
▶︎ All right.

David
▶︎ Ah, in the big city probably not. But in a smaller town, I could imagine this.

Words and Phrases

① have a crush on 〜
👉〜に夢中

これで、Lesson 143 は終了。