NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「主要接続詞⑪：ifを用いたさまざまな表現」L208 2023/2/8

Ohnishi: 地球かぁ、何もかも、みな懐かしい・・・

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: Hey everyone. Akino Roza here.

Chris: Hi guys. Chris McVay here. I wish it took me only fifteen minutes to get to the studio but it actually takes me over an hour, but that’s life.

Ohnishi: さぁそれでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。エネルギー充填、120%！

Chris: OK guys, it’s practice time. Today, let’s focus on the word “if”. This is a very useful word to practice so, today we are looking at a variety of phrases using “if”.

Are you ready to start? Here we go,

• My parents still treat me as if I were a little kid.
• My parents still treat me as if I was a little kid.
• She looks as if she’s about to cry.

Roza: Let’s continue,

• If only you were here.

This is a really good phrase to memorize. And one more,

• If only I had more money.

Chris: OK, so up to now we focused on “as if” and “if only”. Now one more,

• I don’t care even if you have no money.

Let’s try that once again,

• I don’t care even if you have no money.

Chris: Good job, guys.

Roza: Excellent work.

Ohnishi: Hey Chris, “She won’t take you back even if you beg her”, what did he do?

Chris: He just went to the movies with another woman.

・・・・・

Ohnishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.