Lesson 93 便利フレーズ　頑張って

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① It’s a pleasure to be here.【 フォーマルな挨拶 】
👉さあここで、It’s a pleasure to be here. かなりフォーマルな挨拶となっていましたね。

② Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.
【 capture, in nature の意味 】
👉そして、capture これは「とらえる」そして in nature「自然の中の」というわけですね。

③ It’s about feeling, not just counting syllables.【 it’s about 〜 のニュアンス 】
👉さあ、It’s about というフレーズが出てきましたね。「中心となるのは、焦点となるのは、大切なのは」
というフレーズです。about は「〜の周り」つまり全てのものことがが、その周りに回転する –
焦点あるいはポイントということになるわけです。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.

David
▶︎ All right, guys. You’ve come so far in today’s lesson.
Now let’s practice our pronunciation.
Do your best.
Here’s today’s phrase.
・Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.
・Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.

Today is a long one.
So we’re going to break it up into three pieces and practice.
First up, let’s start with this part – “Haiku is a short form of poetry.”
is a
short
form of
is a
short
form of
Haiku is a short form of poetry

OK?
Let’s go to the next part – “that captures a moment.”
We have the schwa sound in “that,”
we’ll join “captures a,” and drop the /t/ sound in “moment.”
that captures a moment
that captures a moment

Great work.
One more.
“Often in nature” will join all of these words.
often in nature, often in nature

All right.
Now let’s put them together.
We go slowly at first.
・Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.

A little faster now.
・Haikku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.

All right.
Now we’re ready to go at natural speed.
・Haiku is a short form of poetry that captures a moment, often in nature.

That’s a lot for one breath.
You did a good job getting this far.
Thanks a lot.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. I like the phrase – “do your best.”
When you get to my age, you don’t really give it all you’ve got very often.

David
▶︎ Ah 〜, Sensei. That’s the point.
With a life time of experience, you don’t have to try that hard
to get a good result.

Onishi
▶︎ Thanks.

Roza
▶︎ Yeah, Sensei. Do your best to not eat any ice cream today.
You’ve got this.

Words and Phrases

① Stick with it! / Stick to your guns.
👉がんばれ！

これで、Lesson 93 は終了。