Lesson 238 原因・理由を表す表現①

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. That’s right. Do it for yourself first.

Dialogue

① Because I overslept, …【 oversleep の意味 】
👉 oversleep という動詞が出てきました。これは「寝坊する」という意味。

② That’s too bad.【 That’s too bad. の意味 】
👉 That’s too bad. 「お気の毒に、残念です」といった表現です。

③ She was very grateful since you welcomed her warmly.【 grateful の意味 】
👉 grateful 「有り難く思って」という形容詞です。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Because I overslept, I missed the eight o’clock train.

Roza
▶︎ Hey, guys. I want to sugarcoat this, because it’s already sweet.
It’s time to practice our pronuncaiton.
Today’s sentence is …
・Because I overslept, I missed the eight o’clock train.
・Because I overslept, I missed the eight o’clock train.

Repeat after me,
and we’ll go through one by one.
First pronuncing “train.”
Repeat.
tr, tr
train, train

Great work.
Let’s combine “eight o’clock.”
eight o’clock
eight o’clock train

Great work.
Now let’s try “overslept.”
overslept
Because I, Because I
Because I overslept
I missed the eight o’clock train.

Ready for the full setence.
Let’s go.
・Because I overslept, I missed the eight o’clock train.
・Because I overslept, I missed the eight o’clock train.

Great work, everyone.
I’m so proud of you.

Ending

Roza
▶︎ We’ll be waiting.

David
▶︎ That’s right. We’re moving to FM, but the time is still the same.

Words and Phrases

① sugarcoat
👉糖衣をかける→不都合なことや厳しいことをやわらかく言う
② make some cuts
👉費用をいくらか削減する

これで、Lesson 238 は終了。