Opening
Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.
David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.
Dialogue
① Hey, Jennifer, I saw your grades.【 grade の意味 】
👉さあ、grades – grade というのは「成績」というわけです。
② And now you deserve a break.【 deserve a break の意味 】
👉さあ、deserve という単語が出てきました。「値する」という動詞です。
そして目的語が a break「休憩」というわけですね。「休憩に値する」というわけです。
③ That works.【 That works. の意味 】
👉 That works. これは「うまく行く、問題ない、大丈夫」というフレーズ。
Pronunciation Polish
Today’s Sentence：Yes, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
Roza
▶︎ OK, guys. Want to practice some pronunciation?
You do? All right. Here we go!
Today’s phrase is …
・Yes, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
・Yes, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
OK, guys.
This is a long one, and there’s quite a few points to cover.
So let’s get right into them.
The first point we’ll cover is the pronunciation of “but I.”
Repeat after me.
but I, but I, but I
Great!
Now let’s go to “promised.”
promised
promised my friends I’d, promised my friends I’d
their study group, their study group
join their study group
All right.
Let’s put the pieces together.
・Yeah, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
・Yeah, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
OK.
Are you ready for the full sentence at full speed?
・Yeah, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
・Yeah, but I already promised my friends I’d join their study group.
Now this is a mouthful even for native speakers.
So if you didn’t get it perfectly, don’t worry.
Just keep on practicing, and you’ll get there.
Ending
Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David. Are you going out for drinks on Friday?
You should reserve a table right now.
David
▶︎ Sensei, where we are going, they don’t take reservations. It’s not that classy of a place.
Roza
▶︎ David, you were supposed to use the “Yeah, but” pattern.
David
▶︎ Yeah, but I didn’t feel like it,
Onishi
▶︎ Oh, good one.
Words and Phrases
① I understand your concern, but ….
👉心配なのはわかるけど、…
これで、Lesson 26 は終了。
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