NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「発言タイプ：可能性③･･･高い可能性を示す」L143 2023/11/8

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。

さぁ今日も、がんばっていきましょう。

Roza: Hey everyone. This is Akino Roza. Ready for today’s lesson?

David: And I’m David Evans. Let’s get ready to go.

Ohnishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

David: All right, let’s jump ride right into today’s practice. Today, we are talking about chance, likelihood and probability. So, let’s master today’s phrases. Let’s jump ride right in.

• She is likely to win.
• He’s liable to do something stupid.

Roza: OK, let’s continue.

• I expect that we’ll finish soon.
• I expect him to arrive shortly.

One more.

• I bet traffic will be bad.

David: All right, let’s keep going.

• The chances are that we’ll be the first to arrive.
• Chances are that we’ll be the first to arrive.
• There’s a 60% chance of rain this week end.

Now let’s use “it raining”.

• There’s a 60% chance of it raining this week end.

Great job everyone.

Roza: Fantastic work guys.

Ohnishi: Hey David, are you taller than your father?

David: I’m the tallest in my entire extended family.

Ohnishi: Really?

Roza: How tall are you?

David: I’m six feet two, ah, hundred and eighty seven centimeters.

Ohnishi: All right, just a bit taller than a giraffe, right?

というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.