Lesson 9 発言パターンあいさつからの流れ③ー気になる話題

2026年4月10日

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Good morning, Sensei.
▶︎ Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza,

David
▶︎ Good morning, everyone. This is David Evans.

Dialogue

① Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?【 manage to その他】
👉さあ、ここでは manage to 「なんとか〜する」というフレーズが出てきました。
manage ＋ to 不定詞のコンビネーションです。しっかりと覚えておきましょう。
👉 prepare – こちらは「準備をする」という動詞です。
materials 「材料、資料」というわけですね。

② Yes, I finished preparing them last night.【 finish ＋ ing の形】
👉 finished preparing と finish ＋ ing の形が出てきましたね。こちらもポピュラーな形。
しっかりと覚えておきましょう。(「仕上げた＝準備することを終えた」）

③ That’s included as well.【 as well の意味】
👉 as well これは「〜も」という表現。
そして、double check こちらは「二重に確認する」という動詞です。
さらに、just to be sure こちらは「念の為に」

④ I double-checked the numbers, just to be sure.【 double-check, just to be sure の意味】
👉 そして、double check こちらは「二重に確認する」という動詞です。
さらに、just to be sure こちらは「念の為に」

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence： Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?

David
▶︎ All right, it’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Pollish.”
Are you ready? I know I am.
All right. Let’s check out today’s phrase.
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?

All right.
It’s a bit long, but I think we can manage.
Let’s start off with “did” plus “you.”
did you, did you
did you manage, did you manage

All right.
Doing good so far.
Next, we have the schwa sound a couple of times.
the, the
the materials, the materials

for the, for the
for the meeting, for the meeting

the materials for the meetintg
the materials for the meeting

All right.
Now let’s put it all together.
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?

There’s a nice rhythm there, oh, yeah.
Now it’s time to speed up to natural speed.
Here we go.
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?
・Did you manage to prepare the materials for the meeting?

All right.
I think you managed today’s practice just fine.
Great work.