Lesson 31 会話原則　遮らないー会話文は不完全

2026年5月18日

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David. Have you ever run out of gas in the middle of nowhere?

David
▶︎ Ah, thankfully no, but I’ve come close for sure. Driving long distance is all about understanding
your gas tank.

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, yeah.

Roza
▶︎ This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Hey, we’re almost out of gas.【 almost out of gas の意味】
👉 out of gas これは「ガス欠で」というフレーズ。
そして almost がついているので、「ほとんどガソリンがない」ということになりますね。

② Better safe than sorry.【 Better safe than sorry. の意味】
👉 better safe than sorry – これは「用心するに越したことはない」という決まり文句です。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minutes or so from here.

David
▶︎ All right, everyone. It’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Polish.”
Here’s today’s phrase.
・There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minutes or so from here.
・There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minutes or so from here.

All right.
Two main areas to focus on today.
First let’s look at the first set of words –
“there’s a gas station about.”
We have lots of words to joing and link together.
Let’s listen.
there’s a, there’s a
gas station, gas station
gas station about
there’s a gas station about

Next let’s practice the intonation of “I dunno,”
Feel the up and down there.
I dunno

Next we’ll focus on the schwa sound in “from.”
from here, from here
ten minutes or so from here

All right.
We’re ready to put it together.
・There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minites or so from here.

OK.
Let’s speed it up to natural speed and do our best.
・There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minutes or so from here.
・There’s a gas station about, I dunno, ten minutes or so from here.

All right.
You did great job.
What a beautiful challenge!