NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「まとめるフロー」L239 2023/3/23

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。

さぁ今回は、今年度最後の通常回となりました。最後のダイアログはやはり、バーバラの登場です。

Roza: Hi everyone. This is Bar… ah, I mean, Akino Roza.

Chris: Chris McVay here. What a coincidence, Roza.

Roza: Coincidence? what’s a coincidence?

Chris: You know, you are in the studio and I’m in the studio and …

Roza: We keep meeting by chance, it must mean something.

Ohnishi: No, it was exactly planed. というわけで、さっそく始めていきましょう。

Ohnishi: Hey Chris, are there other ways to express the same thing?

Chris: Yeah, actually in the UK, we often just say estate agent. And I believe, Roza, that you can say realtor in American English, is that right?

Roza: That’s right.

Chris: OK guys, let’s practice. Today, we are going to look at a variety of useful phrases for when you want to summarize.

Here we go.

• At the end of the day, we have no choice, right?

This is a very very popular expression, so try get it into your head.

• At the end of the day, we have no choice, right?

Roza: Next few examples,

• In short, the future is looking very bright for our company.
• In a word, the future is looking very bright for our company.
• To put it briefly, the future is looking very bright for our company.
• In a nutshell, the future is looking very bright for our company.

Chris: And the next one, are you ready?

• On the whole, I’m happy with this year’s lessons.
• All in all, I’m happy with this year’s lessons.

Well done guys.

Roza: All in all, the future is looking very bright for your English skill.

Ohnishi: All in all, this year’s lessons were satisfying, don’t you think, guys?

Chris: Absolutely, and all in all, it’s been a very productive year.

Roza: Yes, but the bottom line is, Ohnishi-Sensei’s jokes are still awful.

・・・・・

Ohnishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.