NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「主要接続詞①：流れのand」L196 2023/1/23

Ohnishi: 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。

さぁ、こっからは接続詞の解説を始めていきますよ。まとまった内容を話すために、必須の学習項目です。しっかりとがんばって下さいね。

Roza: Hey everyone. Akino Roza here. Let’s get started.

Chris: Hi guys. Chris McVay here. Roza, they say “Curiosity killed the cat”, but I think it’s good to be curious. What about you?

Roza: I think so, too.

Chris: Hum, anyway, let’s get started.

Ohnishi: さぁそれでは今週も、頑張っていきましょう。

Chris: OK guys, are you ready to practice? Today, let’s focus on the word “and” as a basic conjunction. The main thing here is to catch the rhythm of the sentence in order to achieve a smooth flow. A … B, A … B. OK, so with that in mind, let’s practice.

Here we go,

• John and Mary
• you and me
• a cup and saucer
• bread and butter
• He’s gentle and kind.
• I sang and danced.

Roza: Let’s continue,

• I made a sandwich quickly and ate it.

Here it’s very clear that there was a time relationship, right? I made a sandwich … and then, I ate it. Let’s try one more time,

• I made a sandwich quickly and ate it.

Chris: OK, one more,

• Practice hard, and you’ll improve.

Chris: That’s what we tell you all the time, right?

Roza: That’s right.

Chris: Good job.

Roza: That was excellent.

Roza: So here, we are saying “Bob and Mary are coming” instead of “will come”, because this is talking about set plans.

Ohnishi: So, you forgot to backup the data, right Chris?

Chris: Yes, that’s right. Crucial data I lost everything.

Ohnishi: So did I, Chris, so did I.

Ohnishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.