NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「前置詞 on ④ ー 圧力」L6 2025/4/7

Onishi: いやぁスポーツ選手のがんばりってすごいですね。ぼくたちも同じように、英語をがんばっていきましょう。切するがごとく、磋するがごとく、琢するがごとく、磨するがごとく、切磋琢磨ですね。

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: Hey everyone. Akino Roza here.

David: And I’m David Evans. I … I didn’t understand the a word, I just heard muscle.

Onishi: それでは今週も、がんばっていきましょう。。

Ohnishi: David, could you give us an example of “zero in on”?

David: Oh sure, a common example is, “let’s zero in on the answer”, “let’s zero in on the problem”. It means laser beam focus.

• This decision will have a significant impact on our future.
• I had to concentrate on keeping her at bay.
• She hung up on me.

David: Good work.

I need a help for this project. I have been working on it for many days but I can’t see the end line. This effects on my sleep.

Roza: All right guys, are you ready for the pronunciation polish? Today’s phrase is “I had to concentrate on keeping her at bay” … In today’s phrase, we’ll be practicing three points.

So the first one is “had_to”, the d and t are combined, had_to.

The next point is “concentrate_on”. You hear the connection of concentrate on, concentrate_on.

The last point is “at bay”, the t and b combine together in one sound, at_bay.

Let’s practice, had_to … Great, next one, concentrate_on … Next one, at_bay … OK, let’s combine.

• I had to_concentrate_on keeping her at_bay

How was that? Do you feel good?

Roza: 先生、昔の言葉をよく知ってますね。

David: Yeah, it’s surprising you know so many things.

Onishi: 巧言令色鮮し仁、サインはVは中山仁・・・というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.