NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「発言パターン ー 真意を尋ねる② ー 厳しく」L106 2026/9/7

Onishi: いやぁ今日はゴルフ話ですねぇ。いやぼくはゴルフ場にはよく言ってたんですが、ゴルフ場にね、よく大きな樫の木があるんですよ。で、その樫の木をですね、よく見てるとですね、幹にどんぐりがいっぱい埋まってんの。変わった木だな、幹になるのか、と思ってたんだけど、そんなわけないよね。

Roza: 見たことないし、聞いたこともないね。

David: I don't spend enough time on golf courses this year to see that, what's up with that?

Onishi: 正解は、あとでのお楽しみ。

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: This is Akino Roza.

David: And I'm David Evans.

Onishi: それでは、今週もがんばっていきましょう。

What's that supposed to mean?

• What're you talking about?
• What's that meant to imply?
• Are you saying I'm a liar?

David: Great job.

You are saying that it's not good ??? It's joke. Thanks. I have just my hair cut.

Roza: OK, are you guys ready to practice your pronunciation? I am. Today's phrase is,

• What's that supposed to mean?

Today, we'll be focusing on the pronunciation of that and the combined sounds of supposed to.

So let's start with that. Repeat after me. that ... What's that ... Great work.

Let's move on to supposed to ... supposed to mean ...

• What's that supposed to mean?

OK, I hope you are really feeling that rhythm. Are you ready to make it a little bit faster? Let's go.

• What's that supposed to mean?

And now, for natural speed.

• What's that supposed to mean?

One more time.

• What's that supposed to mean?

Excellent work. Keep on practicing and you'll get it perfectly.

David: Oh Sensei, all right. I give up. I just have to know. It's eating me up. Why are these oak trees filled with acorns?

Onishi: The answer is acorn woodpeckers.

David: Woodpeckers.

Onishi: Yeah, they embed acorns in tree trunks.

David: Ah, I was gonna say squirrels but I was off.

Roza: I would have never thought of that.

Onishi: Yeah, that's so interesting. Yeah, you have to see it yourself. というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye!