Lesson 168 ever

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. I guess that means you’re just serious about your work, right?

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, I’m a kind of introverted person.

Dialogue

① It’s one of the oldest castles in the UK. 【 one of 複数形 の形 】
👉さあ、one of 複数形 の形が出てきましたね。
「〜のうちの1つ」- ここでは、the oldest 「最も古い」という最上級も使われています。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Have you ever been there?

Roza
▶︎ All right, guys. Well, it’s time for our “Pronunciation Polish.”
Are you ready? Today’s sentence is …
・Have you ever been there?
・Have you ever been there?

Today we’ll go over the weakened “h,” the /ə/ sound,
and the connected sound between “been” and “there.”
Are you ready?
Let’s start with “been there.”
Repeat after me.
been there, been there, been there

All right. Great work so far.
Now let’s go to “have you.”
have you
have you ever, have you ever

Full sentence.
・Have you ever been there?
・Have you ever been there?

All right.
Now just for fun.
Let’s try a more casual version of this sentence.
It goes like this.
・Ever been there?
・Ever been there?

Great work. Keep it up.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys.
Are there any places you’d like to visit someday?

Roza
▶︎ I’d love to, someday, go to Madagascar.
It seems like a completely different world, doesn’t it?

Onishi
▶︎ Yeah?

Roza
▶︎ Yeah, like baobab trees. They’re so amazing.

Onishi.
▶︎ Ah 〜, that’s a famous one.

David
▶︎ The places I want to visit are all tropical islands.
The further away from civilizations, the better.

Words and Phrases

① baobab
👉「バオバブ」は、「木のボトル」とも呼ばれるアフリカ原産の巨木。
幹が非常に太く、その果実やオイルは栄養豊富で、「スーパーフード」「薬の木」
として注目され、保湿・美容効果も高い植物。
「星の王子様」に登場してくる木としても有名。

これで、Lesson 168 は終了。