ラジオ英会話

NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「itを使って強調する」L189 2023/1/12

ディクテーション

講師陣の英会話を書きとり(スクリプト)

大西先生、クリスさん、ろーざさんの英会話部分を書きとってみましょう!(大西先生のギャグもできるだけ書きとります。)

Opening

Ohnishi: 難しい日本語シリーズ。小学生のころ、皆既月食と聞いて、怪奇ねずみ男の仲間かと思って物置きに隠れていました。

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, what are you looking at?

Chris: I’m looking at you as always.

Roza: Oh, did you notice my new hairstyle?

Chris: Oh actually, no, I missed that.

Roza: Huh …

Chris: Hi guys. Chris McVay here.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めましょう。

ダイアログ和訳の後

 

Practice 9:44

Chris: OK guys, it’s practice time. Today we are going to focus on the use of “it” when it’s used to emphasize the most important information that follows. So, “it” … the most important information. So, let’s have a look at some examples.

Roza: And remember, it is English that you should be thinking in.

Chris: Hum, here we go, “It was Mary that broke the kitchen window yesterday.” Of course we can say, Mary broke the kitchen window yesterday, but we want to pinpoint and emphasize who it was so, it was Mary … that broke the kitchen window yesterday. So with that emphasis, try after me, “It was Mary that broke the kitchen window yesterday.”

Roza: Now let’s do an example where the kitchen window is the main point here, right? so we want to emphasize the kitchen window. It goes like this, “It was the kitchen window that Mary broke yesterday.” You see how changing the location makes it emphasized? Let’s try one more time, “It was the kitchen window that Mary broke yesterday.”

Chris: Great and the last one, we want to focus on when this happened. So, Mary broke the kitchen window yesterday, but now we want to emphasize that so, “It was yesterday that Mary broke the kitchen window.”

Roza: Excellent work guys.

Chris: Well done.

Ending

Ohnishi: Hey, it was Chris that made these cookies.

Chris: That’s right. I made them for you guys.

Roza: Yes, and it’s always you, Sensei that eats them.

Ohnishi: そう、だから楽しみにしてるんだよね。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.

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