Opening
Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Akino Roza here.
David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. All right. Let’s jump into today’s scenario.
Dialogue
① What’s the purpose of your visit?【 purpose の意味 】
👉 purpose これは「目的」という単語です。
② How long will you stay?【「期間」をたずねる表現 】
👉 how long -「期間」を聞く典型的な表現ですね。
③ For five days.【 期間を表す for 】
👉 for – 期間を表す for ですよ。
④ Do you have a return ticket?【 return ticket の意味 】
👉 return ticket これは「帰りの航空券、帰りの券」というわけですね。
⑤ You’re all set.【 動詞 set のニュアンス 】
👉さあ、You’re all set. このフレーズしっかり覚えてくださっていますか。set は「しっかり置く」
という動詞。そこから、「きちんと整った状態」を表しています。You’re all set. 「これで結構です。
全て完了しています。」という意味になります。
Pronunciation Polish
Today’s Sentence:I’m here on business.
Roza
▶︎ Hey, guys. Let’s practice our pronunciation for a little bit.
Here’s today’s sentence.
・I’m here on business.
・I’m here on business.
Today we’ll focus on the connected sounds between “here on”
and “on busuness.”
Let’s start with “here on.”
Repeat after me.
here on, here on
Now let’s move on to “on business.”
on business
Put them togehter.
here on business, here on business, here on business
All right.
Let’s add “I’m.”
・I’m here on business.
Great!
You ready for natural speed?
Here we go!
・I’m here on business.
Feel that rhythm.
One more time.
・I’m here on business.
Excellent work.
Be sure to use this phrase
wherever you’re traveling abroad.
Ending
Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. What’s the best part of traveling abroad for you?
David
▶︎ For me, ah, actually it’s being surrounded by a different language
that maybe I don’t understand. It’s so amazing to think that this language
is alive and people communicate day to day even though I don’t understand it
at all.
Onishi
▶︎ Ah, I get it. How about you, Roza?
Roza
▶︎ You know, I don’t know about traveling abroad, but the best part
about coming back to Japan is always the toilets.
Onishi
▶︎ Good point!
Words and Phrases
① being surrounded by 〜
👉〜に囲まれること
これで、Lesson 118 は終了。

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