Opening
Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.
David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. Hey, Roza, isn’t that? Isn’t that Sensei?
Roza
▶︎ Hi, Sensei!
David
▶︎ Hi!
Onishi
▶︎ Hi!
Dialogue
① We had a science competition, and ー【 competition の意味 】
👉さあ、science competition「科学コンテスト」があった、という話ですね。
competition – これは「競争・競技会」のことです。
② Our team won first place in the competition today.【 won の発音に注意 】
👉さあ、ここでは win の過去形 won が出てきましたよね。
発音に気をつけてくださいね。つづりは won ですが、”ウォン” ではないです。
③ I’m very proud of you.【 口からスッと出るようにしたい素敵な表現 】
👉いい表現ですよね。I’m very proud of you. こういうことが、スッと口から出てくると、
なかなか native らしいですよね。素敵な表現です。
Pronunciation Polish
Today’s Sentence：Watch your manners.
Roza
▶︎ OK, guys. Are you ready to have a great “Pronunciation Polish” session?
Great!
Today’s sentence is …
・Watch your manners.
・Watch your manners.
As you can tell, it’s short and sweet.
We’ll cover the / / sound in “your.”
Repeat after me.
your, your
One more time.
your
watch your, watch your
watch your manners, watch your manners
All right.
I think you’re ready at native speed.
・Watch your manners.
・Watch your manners.
Let’s try that one more time,
and really put some emition in it.
This is a “注意” type of feeling.
OK?
Let’s do once more.
・Watch your manners.
Excellent work.
Keep on practicing,
and you’ll get better and better.
Ending
Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. What kind of bad manners bother you?
David
▶︎ Ah, it’s in the text. But, talking with your mouth full,
yeah, something about that kinda grinds my nerves a little bit.
Onishi
▶︎ How about you, Roza?
Roza
▶︎ For me, it’s close. But it’s more of the chewing with your mouth open.
Words and Phrases
① grind one’s nerves
👉人をひどくイライラさせる/神経を逆なでする
※get on one’s nerves とほぼ同じ意味だが、grind を使うことで、
「より強いストレスや持続的な不快感」を強調している。
これで、Lesson 132 は終了。
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