NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「発言タイプ：約束する①･･･約束の基本表現」L57 2023/6/27

Ohnishi: 役に立たないヒロトAIシリーズ。ヒロトAIは、質問に対する答えを自動生成します。

Roza: うーん、人魚姫は？

Ohnishi: 人魚が陸に上がったらひどい目にあったっていう話です。

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: 全部ひどい目にあう話じゃん。Hey everyone. Akino Roza here.

David: And I’m David Evans. All right everyone. Let’s get started.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

David: OK everyone. It’s time for practice today. Are you ready? The key here is speed. Slow equals serious, slow equals heavy, so if you speak slowly naturally, you are going to come across as very serious with these phrases, but for these, it’s OK.

Roza: Here, I want you to think about what word is important and emphasize it. This is an important part of communicating in English. So, let’s try it.

David: Let’s practice together.

• I will be yours forever.
• I’ll never leave you.
• I’ll never do it again.
• I’ll pay you back double.

Roza: Did you guys hear how David emphasize the words like “never” and “double”? Great work. Here is one more.

• I promise.

You heard the emphasis on “promise”, right?

David: All right. And these next ones use “I’ll see what I can do”. This is a very common chunk of speech, so remember it and put it in your pocket. Here we go.

• I’ll see what I can do, but I can’t promise anything.
• I’ll see what I can do, but I’m not making any promises.

Roza: You are excellent.

David: Great work everyone.

Roza: Hey David, are you going to Hokkaido next month?

David: I think I might, yes.

Roza: Can you bring me back some uni?

David: I’ll bring you back the highest quality uni. I promise … I’m not sure I can keep that promise. I’ll say this, I’ll see what I can do, but I can’t promise anything.

・・・・・

Ohnishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.