Lesson 151 情報を与える動詞③ーexplain, illustrate, demonstrate, describe

Opening

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

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. Let’s get started.

Dialogue

① 〜 this writing system is older than ancient Egypt’s.【 所有代名詞の理由 】
👉さあ、older than anicent Egypy’s と、所有代名詞が使われていますね。
もちろん、主語が writing system だからですね。writing system と比較されるべきは、
ancient Egypt ではなく、ancient Egypt’s「古代エジプトの文字体系」にならなくては
いけないわけです。

② Some of these symbols look like earlier versons of …【 earlier versions の意味 】
👉 earlier versions というフレーズ。これは「以前のバージョン」というわけです。

③ This symbol system appears to represent a specific sound.【 specific の意味 】
👉そして、specific – これは「特定の」という形容詞。よく使われますよ。

④ So, the symbols make up words.【 make up の意味 】
👉さあ、ここで make up というフレーズが出てきました。
「作り上げる、構成する」というフレーズ。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s sentence ：It’s difficult to explain my ideas about it.

David
▶︎ All right, everyone. It’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Polish.”
Here’s today’s phrase.
・It’s difficult to explain my ideas about it.
・It’s difficult to explain my ideas about it.

All right. Just like our “practical usage,” if I explain too much,
you might still get lost. So I’ll demonstrate today’s main points.
Let’s start at the beginning.
it’s, it’s

All right.
Next up is “difficult” plus “to,”
difficult to, difficult to
it’s difficult to

Great.
Next up, “my” becomes “m,” “m.”
my ideas
ideas about, ideas about
my ideas about it

All right.
Let’s put it all together.
・It’s difficult to explain my ideas about it.
・It’s difficult to explain my ideas about it.

All right.
Great work today.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. For some reason, I’m always the one who fixes the copy machine jams.

Roza
▶︎ OK, but I have a question.
Are you also the person that jams the copy machine?

Onishi
▶︎ NO!

Words and Phrases

① more of 〜
👉むしろ〜・〜に近い

これで、Lesson 151 は終了。