Lesson 174 just

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. I always want to put as much as humor as possible into this program.

Roza
▶︎ Oh, Sensei, you’re failing.

David
▶︎ No, no, no. You got it all wrong. He’s putting all he has.

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① How did you like it? 【 How did you like it? の機能 】
👉 How did you like it? これはもうまとめて覚えておきましょう。
相手の感想をたずねる基本的な文です。

② Yes, I planned it that way.【 that way の意味 】
👉さあ、I planned it that way. 「そんな風に」という that way – しっかりと覚えておきましょう。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：That’s just what I wanted to hear from you.

Roza
▶︎ All right, guys. It is time to practice our not beginner pronunciation.
Here we go! Today’s sentence is …
・That’s just what I wanted to hear from you.
・That’s just what I wanted to hear from you.

There’s quite a few pointes we’ll cover in today’s sentence.
So let’s get into it. Repeat after me.
what I, what I
The “t” turns into “d.”
what I
wanted to
It’s the connected sound of “d” and “t.”
I wanted to

Now let’s go to “from.”
It’s that /ə/ sound.
from, from

Great.
And let’s do the pronunciation of “just.”
just
that’s just
that’s just what I wanted to
hear from you

All right. Great.
Let’s put it all together.
Ready? Let’s go.
・That’s just what I wanted to hear from you.

One more time.
・That’s just what I wanted to hear from you.

And one last time closer to native speaker speed.
・That’s just what i wanted to hear from you.

Excellent work.
How did you do?

Ending

David
▶︎ Oh, yeah. Well, and sometimes in Japanese I hear “ジャスト・フィット.”
But in English we say, it fits just right, or it’s a perfect fit,

Roza
▶︎ That’s right. Be sure to seperate the use of “just” in 和製英語 and English
as diferent things in your head.

Words and Phrases

① go easy on
👉〜に手加減する・〜を大目に見る

これで、Lesson 174 は終了。