Lesson 29 会話原則　流れー話題変更

2026年5月14日

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hi, everyone. Akino Roza here. You ready for today’s lesson?

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. All right. Let’s get started.

Dialogue

①I’m beat.【 I’m beat. の意味】
👉 I’m beat. 「くたくただ」という表現です。

② Same here.【 Same here. の意味】
👉さあ、Same here. 「私も同じです」- Me too. でも構わないんです
Same here. の方が軽い感じです。

③ Bit of a walk, but totally worth it.【 bit of a walk と worth it の意味】
👉a bit of walk「少し歩くけど」- この表現覚えておいてくださいね。よく使います。
👉そして worth it「その価値がある」というわけですね。

④ I could use something warm.【 coud use の意味】
👉 could use – これは「〜があると助かる」という表現。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?

David
▶︎ OK, guys. Before I forget, it’s time to practice our pronunciation.
So let’s get into it.
Here’s today’s phrase.
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?

All right.
We have a couple of main areas to focus on today.
Let’s start with “speaking of food.”
Let’s join these sounds together
and we have a special intonation for this high frequency phrase – “speaking of 〜.”
All right.
speaking of food

Do you feel how the words are joined together?
speaking of food

Al right. Great work.
Next up “about.”
The /t/ sound will disappear.
about, about
how about

Next let’s join “grabbing a.”
grabbing a,
grabbing a bite

All right.
Let’s try the whole last bit.
grabbing a bite before heading home

OK.
I think we’re all ready for the full setence.
Here we go!
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a b ite before heading home?

All right.
Let’s go at natural speed.
Try to keep up, do your best.
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?
・Speaking of food, how about grabbing a bite before heading home?

It’s got me feeling hungry.
Great work today, yes.