Lesson 204 限定詞④ー 共有知識の the

Opening

Daivd
▶︎ I’m pretty sure it was the yellow cap …

Roza
▶︎ This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Yeah, it was on sale.【 on sale 〜 の意味 】
👉 on sale – これは「特売」の意味の on sale ですね。

② You can fit a laptop in it.【 fit のニュアンス 】
👉さあ、fit これは「ピッタリ」ということを表す動詞なんですね。fit a laptop in it
「ラップトップをピッタリ収めることができる」というわけです。

③ My father complains that he looks like a high school student.【 complain の意味 】
👉さあ、complain という動詞。これは「不満を言う、こぼす」という動詞ですね。

Pronunciation Polish

s Today’s Sentence：There’s isn’t much of a gap between the yound and the old.

Roza
▶︎ Hey, guys. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be scared.
We’re about to do the “Pronunciation Poloish.”
Today’s sentence is …
・There isn’t much of a gap between the young and the old.
・There isn’t much of a gap between the yound and the old.

We have quite a lot of points to cover here.
But we’ll go slow and piece by piece.
So don’t worry. Repeat after me.
there isn’t, there isn’t, there isn’t

Great work.
Let’s go to “much of a gap.”
much of a gap
there isn’t much a gap

All right. Keep going.
between the, between the
youn and the old, young and the old

All right.
Are you ready for the full sentence?
Here we go!
・There isn’t much of a gap between the yound and the old.
・There isn’t much of a gap between the yound and the old.

All right. Let’s go natural speed
・There isn’t much of a gap between the young and the old.

Feel the rhythm.
・There isn’t much of a gap between the young and the old.

Excellent work, guys.
Keep on practicing.
You’ll get there.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David. Do you play any musical instruments?

David
▶︎ I sure do. I play the trumpet, and I play the guitar, and I play ..
what else do I play? Yeah, no, that’s it. Do you play anything?

Onishi
▶︎ Nope.

David
▶︎ Not even the recorder?

Onishi
▶︎ Ah, yeah, I tried once, you know, when I was a primary school student.
You know, but I found I have no talent.

David
▶︎ How about you, Roza?

Roza
▶︎ Well, I’m learning to play the guitar right now.

Onishi
▶︎ Right now?

Roza
▶︎ Yeah.

Onishi
▶︎ Good for you!

Words and Phrases

① piece by piece
👉1つ1つ、少しずつ

これで、Lesson 204 は終了。