Lesson 176 up

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Yeah, actually that’s a great way to spend New Year’s.
Do you think so, David?

David
▶︎ I mean, even if you do go somewhere, you can so study.

Onishi
▶︎ Yeah, that’s right.

Roza
▶︎ This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Shiho, what’s up? What happened?【 主語をたずねる wh疑問文 】
👉 What’s up? も What happened? も両方、主語をたずねる wh疑問文の形ですね。
主語をたずねる場合、主語の位置に wh語をポンと置くだけで、文は完成しますよ。

② It’s short notice, but ….【 short notice の意味 】
👉さあ、ここで short notice というフレーズが出てきましたね。
これは、「急な話、直前の知らせ」という意味です。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：What’s up?

Roza
▶︎ OK, everyone. Listen up! It’s time to practice our pronunciation.
Are you ready? Here’s today’s sentence.
・What’s up?
・What’s up?

We’ll be covering linking and the disappearing “p.”
Ready? Repeat after me.
・What’s up?
・What’s up?

Really mimic the tone and the intonation.
・What’s up?
・What’s up?

Excellent work.
Now for some fun,
let’s practice a couple of faster versions of this phrase.
OK?
・What’s up?
・What’s up?

And one more is “sup.”
Just “sup.”
Sup.

Great work.
I hope you can find someone to use these.

Ending

David
▶︎ Hey, guys. What are you going to do for New Year’s?

David
▶︎ Oh, my New Year’s are pretty quiet typically.
It just revolves around the duck broth soba, I love so much.

Roza
▶︎ My New Year’s are pretty quiet too.
I spend them with my human and animal family.

Words and Phrases

① revolve around 〜
👉〜を中心に展開する、〜に集中する

これで、Lesson 176 は終了。