Lesson 116 入手を表す動詞⑩ー gain, acquire, obtain

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ The success of the show is due to the people behind the scenes.
Don’t you think so, Roza?

Roza
▶︎ You’re welcome.

David
▶︎ Roza, we’re not behind the scenes, we’re behind the mic.

Roza
▶︎ This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Jake, we’re done for the day.【 done for the day の意味 】
👉 done for the day これは「1日の仕事が終わって」というフレーズ。

② It was another successful show, thanks to you, Sherry.【 thaks to の意味 】
👉さあ、thanks to 〜 これは「〜のおかけで」という表現。

③ You’re the starof the show.【 the の ニュアンス 】
👉 You’re the star – (この the は）「唯一の〜」という光を与えていますね。

④ You’e gaining confidence as the host.【 confidence と as について 】
👉 confidence これは「自信」ですね。
そして、as the host – この as 「＝（イコール)」の意味合いですね。従って、
「ホストとして」というわけです。

Pronunciation Polish

Roza
▶︎ All right, guys. You’ve acquired enough practice to go smoothly
through this “Pronunciation Polish” corner. Are you ready?
Today’s sentence is …
・You’ve acquired a lot of skills.
・You’ve acquired a lot of skills.

We’ll be focusing on the linking, the “t” sound, and the sound “sk” in “skills.”
Let’s start with our one. OK. Repeat after me.
skills, skills

All right.
Now let’s go to the linking.
you’ve acquired, you’ve acquired

a lot of …
Here’s the “t” sound.
a lot of

Let’s combine.
a lot of skills, a lot of skills

Great.
Ready to do it all toghether?
Let’s go.
・You’ve acquired a lot of skills.
・You’ve acquired a lot of skills.

Faster now.
・You’ve acquired a lot of skills.

Excellent.
If you had a little trouble with this, don’t worry.
I don’t worry about your progress any bit.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ David is an acquired taste, right, Roza?

Roza
▶︎ Ah 〜…

David
▶︎ Ah 〜, yeah. I mean, Even I admit, Il take a little getteing used to.

Words and Phrases

① acquired taste
👉最初はそうでもなかったものが、長い期間を経てよく感じられるようになること

これで、Lesson 116 は終了。