NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「発言タイプ：約束する③･･･保証する」L59 2023/6/29

Ohnishi: いやぁこないだ家族にですねぇ「君たちがいなくなったら僕も生きられないな」って言ったら「何で？」って言われたから「ウサギはさみしくなると死んじゃうんだよ」って言ったら「あなたはカメみたいだよね」と言われました。

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: ウサギはさみしくなると死んじゃうっていうのは、都市伝説だよね。Hey everyone. This is Akino Roza.

David: And I’m David Evans. Slow and steady wins the race, so let’s keep going.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

David: OK everyone. Let’s practice today’s typical expressions. It will be worth your time, I guarantee it. With these, the peak of our intonation is guarantee, sure, assure, bank, these actions are the top, and we have a gentle intonation cascade down words. Let’s listen to the first and practice together.

Roza: Let’s go.

David:

• I guarantee you that won’t find a better deal.

Roza: OK, let’s try the next one. Now here, I want to focus on pronunciation, so I want you to try to link for and sure, like this … for sure, for sure. With that in mind, let’s the sentence.

• For sure we’ll arrive by nightfall.

Excellent. This will make your sentence sound very natural and smooth. Let’s try a couple more.

• I can assure you.
• I assure you.

David: Nice work so far. Let’s do a few more.

• The mailman comes every day at 10:15.
  • You can bank on it.
  • You can count on it.
  • You can depend on it.
  • You can rely on it.

Roza: That was excellent.

David: Great work, everyone.

・・・・・

Roza: And I just want to say, don’t worry about the speed of your progress. Just take it step by step.

David: That’s right. Keep trying, practicing, and doing your best.

Roza: We’ll see all next time.

All: Bye.