NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「理由・原因のフロー①」L214 2023/2/16

Ohnishi: 絶対人のせいにするマン参上。「ろーざは最近僕に冷たい」ってネットに書いてあったよ。

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: あ、ネットのせいにしたね、っと。ネットのせいにしたネット・・・

Ohnishi: おー！

Roza: Hey everyone. Akino Roza here.

Chris: Hi guys. Chris McVay here. Oh no, I think I made a lot of mistakes in my opening.

Roza: I didn’t hear any mistakes.

Chris: Ah, that’s OK, then.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

Chris: It’s never too cold to try our textbook, and it will help you practice harder and harder.

Chris: OK let’s practice. Today we are going to look at connecting words that indicate a reason or cause of relationship.

OK? Let’s attack.

• I didn’t play so well, since I didn’t practice enough.

So here, we are focusing on “since”.

• I didn’t play so well, since I didn’t practice enough.

Roza: The next example will use “as”.

• I didn’t play so well, as I didn’t practice enough.

One more time,

• I didn’t play so well, as I didn’t practice enough.

Chris: OK, moving on,

• I didn’t practice enough, so I didn’t play so well.

Roza: And our last example with “and”,

• I didn’t practice enough, and I didn’t play so well.

Roza: I know you guys did practice enough, and you did very well.

Chris: That’s exactly right.

Ohnishi: Hey guys, can you play any musical instruments?

Chris: Actually, I just started learning to play the guitar.

Ohnishi: Really?

Chris: Yeah, and it’s much much more difficult than I thought.

Roza: What about you, Sensei?

Ohnishi: Yeah, I can’t play any musical instruments but I can use my fingers …

・・・・・

Ohnishi: Yeah, I can play some simple music, too. というわけで、今日はこの辺でさようなら。

All: Bye.