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 So, how are you enjoying my hometown, Dr. Stein?【 感想のたずね方 】
👉さあ、how are you enjoying 〜？ というわけですね。
「どのくらいあなたは楽しんでいますか」と感想を聞く文となっています。
② I can sense the pride of Nagoya’s people.【 動詞 sense 】
👉 sense「感じる」という動詞、覚えておきましょう。
③ In terms of personality, however, …【 terms の意味 】
👉さあ、in terms of 〜「〜に関して」「〜という点で」というわけですが、
terms – これは「カテゴリーあるいは項目」が頭に浮かぶ単語なんですね。
「 personality という項目では」という形です。
Pronunciation Polish
Today’s Sentence：Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie.
David
▶︎ It’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Polish.”
Are you as excited as I am?
Great. Here’s today’s phrase.
・Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie.
・Shizuka is as intellligent as Jeannie.
Today we’re going to focus on four words to make one large chunk.
Let’s take these words – “is, as, intelligent, as,” and join them all together.
Let’s practice, OK?
First up is “is as.”
is as
This is very high frequency,
so let’s master it, yeah.
is as
All right.
Now let’s try “intelligent as.”
intelligent as, intelligent as
All right.
Put it all together.
is as intelligent as, is as intelligent as
Now, are you ready to add “Shizuka” and “Jeannie”?
・Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie.
・Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie.
All right.
Great work today.
Ending
Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David. You’re talking about your own apartment
in the “Practical Usage” section, right?
David
▶︎ Oh! Wow! Yeah! You figured that out?
Roza
▶︎ Well, the good thing about not being close to the station is
that you get exercise, don’t you?
David
▶︎ That is literally why I chose it.
Onishi
▶︎ Yeah, you can lose some weight.
Words and Phrases
① literally
👉文字通りに
これで、Lesson 189 は終了。
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