NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「発言タイプ：意見・考えへの応答⑧･･･判断の留保」L132 2023/10/17

Roza: 先生、今日は何書いてるの？

Ohnishi: ん？暑いから・・・

Roza: 暑いから・・・

Ohnishi: 汗かいてるの。

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: Akino Roza here.

David: And I’m David Evans. There is lots to do today, so let’s get started.

Ohnishi: さぁそれでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

Ohnishi: Roza, could you explain why “would” is used here?

Roza: The “would” here is used to express some level of uncertainty. Masami thinks about it and says “Uh …, I would think not.” Do you feel that uncertainty?

Roza: OK guys, let’s practice what to say when you can’t say.

David: Don’t just limit yourself to one phrase, if you always say “I don’t know”, it doesn’t always convey the right meaning, so let’s practice a lot of different ways to say “I can’t say”.

OK, here we go.

• I’m not so sure about that.
• I’m not really sure about that.
• I’m not very sure about that.
• I’m not super sure about that.
• I’m not completely sure about that.

Here is one more.

• I can’t say for sure.

Roza: OK, let’s continue.

• It’s hard to say.

And one more.

• It’s not easy to say.

David: All right and here is one more.

• I wouldn’t like to say.

Let’s go one more time.

• I wouldn’t like to say.

Great job everyone.

Roza: Excellent work, guys.

・・・・・

Roza: Ah, I’m not so sure about that.

David: I could comment, but I wouldn’t like to say.

Ohnishi: ねぇちょっとは応援しようよ。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.