Lesson 141 発言パターン　依頼①ー依頼の基本

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza. Sensei, can you do me a favor?
Can you make your openings and endings better from now on?

Onishi
▶︎ What do you mean by that?

Roza
▶︎ Never mind.

David
▶︎ I don’t know I’d be pretty funny right now. All right. Hi, everyone. I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① What’s going on?【 まとめて覚えておくべき表現その１ 】
👉さあ、what’s going on? これはもう、まとめて覚えておきましょうね。
「どうしたの？」という表現です。

② 〜 and she’s having trouble finding someone.【 まとめて覚えておくべき表現その２ 】
👉さあ、have trouble ＋ 〜ing 「〜するのに困っている」というフレーズ。
これもしっかりまとめて覚えておきましょう。

③ They’ve partnered with the community center before.【 英語は配置の言葉 】
👉 partner という単語が出て来ましたね。もちろん、名詞として「パートナー」という意味で
使われることもありますが、ここでは「動詞の位置」です。英語は配置の言葉。
「動詞の位置」におけば、「動詞」として機能する、というわけです。 partner with 〜 「〜と提携する、
協力する」という動詞の意味で使われています。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?

David
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Can you do me a favor?
Can you help me with the “Pronunciation Polish” ?
You will, thank you so much.
Here’s today’s phrase.
・Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?
・Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?

All right.
Today’s phrase is a little bit long.
But if we practice the main points,
it will become much smoother.
So let’s jump right in!
FIrst up, let’s join “help” and “us.”
hep us, help us

Next we’ll join “find” and “a.”
find a, find a

Next, the /t/ sound in “guest” will become very soft, and disappear.
guest speaker, guest speaker

All right.
Now we have the schwa sound in “for.”
for Japanese Culture Week, for Japanese Culture Week

help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week

All right.
We’re ready for the whole phrase.
・Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?

All right.
Now we’re ready for natural speed.
・Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?
・Hey, can you help us find a guest speaker for Japanese Culture Week?

All right, guys.
Great work today.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, David. Can you help me find my glasses?

David
▶︎ Oh, yes, but do I get a reward or a prize?

Onishi
▶︎ Yeah.

David
▶︎ All right, sweet. They’re on your head.

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, man, I didn’t notice.

Roza
▶︎ Sensei, I said, “to make your openings and endings better not ベタ.”

Onishi
▶︎ Good one!

Words and Phrases

① three more (of these reports)
👉あと３つ

これで、Lesson 141 は終了。