Lesson 17 前置詞 before

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ It’s spring. Love is in the air.

David
▶︎ Oh, Sensei. I don’t think that’s love, that’s ,that’s pollen.

Roza
▶︎ Well, well, well…if it isn’t Onishi Hiroto from Radio Eikaiwa.
This is AKino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① I’m going to meet one of my clients.【 client の意味 】
👉さあ、client – これは「顧客、クライアント」ですね。

② This is a very expensive property. They must be wealthy.【 property の意味 】
👉さあ、property「物件」あるいは「地所」を表す単語です。
▶︎そして、「高い物件( a very expensive property)」というところから、
They must be wealthy.「お金持ちに間違いない。」という文につながっていくわけです。

③ Anyway, I was thinking about you recently.【 anyway の持っている働き 】
👉 anyway それまでの文脈を断ち切る感触の接続表現ですね。

④ Yes, how about going for a drink sometime?【 go for a drink の意味 】
👉 go for a drink これは「飲みに行く」というフレーズ。

⑤ Whenever you’re free.【 whenver の意味 】
👉 whenever「いつでも」という単語。しっかりと覚えておきましょう。

⑥ I’ll let you know.【 let you know, let me know の意味 】
👉 let you know「連絡をする」let me know「教えて」
もう「１つの単語」として扱ってください。

Pronunciation Polish

David
▶︎ All right. Are you ready to polish up your pronunciation?
We’ve got a good one today. Let’s take a look.
・Business comes before pleasure.
・Business comes before pleasure.

All right. Today’s polish point is “pleasure.”
This “pl,” we have a double consonant: “p” ＋ “l.”

All right? There’s no vowel sound “プレ…..”
“pl,” “pl, ” All right?

Let’s go each sound and then put them together.
Here we go!
“p” “p”
“l” “l”
“pl” “pl”
pleasure, pleasure

Sounding better already.
Then let’s try it in the full sentence.
・Business comes before pleasure
・Business comes before pleasure.

Ah, it sounds so much better.
Can you see?
Can you feel it?
All right!
Keep going!

Ending

David
▶︎ I’m excited.

Words and Phrases

① put 〜 before all else
👉何よりも〜を優先する

これで、Lesson 17 は終了。