NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「toのイメージ③：感情とのつながり ほか」L131 2022/10/10

Ohnishi: ここで一句、江守さん 今日も元気に シンディと・・・いやぁ、いい老後ですね。

ラジオ英会話、ハートでつかめ英語の極意、講師の大西泰斗です。

Roza: 先生、今のは松尾芭蕉並み・・・ではなかったね。あきのろーざです。Chris, it’s your turn.

Chris: I know, Roza, why are you saying that? Chris McVay here, everybody. Let’s get started.

Ohnishi: それでは今週もがんばっていきましょう。

Ohnishi: What’s the difference between these two?

Chris: OK, I think you remember we talked about the difference between classic and classical. And this is similar. Historic means something really important or momentous that happened in history. Whereas historical is just talking about a period of time, history.

Roza: You know, I want to take you guys on a tour of our textbook today. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough time, so please check it out for yourself.

Chris: Hey, are you ready to practice? Yes, let’s get started. This time we are looking at tow, expressing a connection with a variety of emotions, and also, expressing the extent of something. So, with that in mind, let’s practice together. “to my disappointment”, “to my disgust”, “to my regret”, “to my relief”, “to my delight”, and one more, “to my satisfaction”, all kinds of emotions, as you can see.

Roza: In the next few examples, we are talking about extent. The point up to which something holds, so keep that in mind here, “to a certain extent”, “to the best of my knowledge”, “to my heart’s content”.

Chris: And the last few examples, actually point to the end point, point to the end point itself, for example, “It’s a quarter to seven.” “ten days to Christmas”, and the last one, “30 kilometers to Tokyo”.

OK, how did you do guys? I think you did brilliantly.

Roza: Fantastic work guys.

Ohnishi: Hey guys, ah, could you explain the nuance of “certain” in “to a certain extent”?

Roza: Sure, well, for example in number two, “I agree with you to a certain extent.” There is a certain extent, I know how much I agree with you, and I agree with up to that point, but that amount is not certain to the listener.

Chris: I think it’s helpful also, Roza,  we compare with some. You know, we often say “to some extent” and that’s very blurry, either ぼんやり type of meaning.

・・・・・

Ohnishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.