NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「主要接続詞⑩：if ー 二択」L207 2023/2/7

Ohnishi: 食い気味マン参上。いやぁ、ジーニーも恋の悩みを持ってるようですね。僕も若い頃、恋にはよく悩んだんだよなぁ。うそ。

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: あきのろーざです。

Ohnishi: 食い気味だったねぇ、また。

Chris: I’m Chris McVay.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

Roza: So, for me, the image of a “phase” is a kind of like a tunnel with some specific characteristic. So, for Frankie, it’s spending almost all his time with his new friends.

Chris: It’s like a period of time when you focus on one particular thing and that will change after the period time comes to an end. You move on to a next phase and the next phase.

Chris: OK, are you ready to practice? Let’s continue looking at the word “if”. This time, we are looking at “if” introducing some kind of choice. You are or you are not, you can or you can’t, for example. Let’s do lots of examples together.

OK, here we go,

• Ask him if he wants to go on a trip with you.
• Let me know if you’re free on Monday.
• Let me know if you can help me.
• Let me know if you can come to my party.

Roza: The next example is easy.

• I can’t tell if it’s real or not.

So, maybe the person is looking at a diamond or something, right?  Let’s try one more time,

• I can’t tell if it’s real or not.

Chris: OK, a couple more,

• I wonder if he still loves me.

So choice, loves me or doesn’t love me, hum …. Once more,

• I wonder if he still loves me.

Last one,

• I was wondering if you could help me with my report.

Chris: That was at today. Great I hope.

Roza: I think you guys did excellent.

Ohnishi: I’m wondering if I should apologize to her … I’m wondering if I should apologize to her.

Roza: Yes, you should.

Chris: Absolutely.

Ohnishi: I’m just practicing って言おうと思ってたのにぃ。

というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.