NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「前置詞 to③ ー そのほかの使い方」L43 2025/6/4

Onishi: ♪In the town where I was born, Lived a man who sailed to sea …

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: 先生、なんでそんな歌うたうの？

Onishi: Yellow submarine.

Roza: え、ヒロト9000って黄色いのかな。Akino Roza here.

David: And I’m David Evans. Also, there is three of us, I wonder if we will fit.

Onishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

• I agree with you to a certain extent.
• Thanks to Aki, it is getting better.
• It is not yet to my satisfaction.
• It’s ten to one. Time for lunch.

David: Good work.

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David: All right, let’s wrap up today’s lesson with some pronunciation  polish. First, let’s start with the sentence. “To the best of my knowledge, most of her relatives live there” …

All right, we’ll zoom in on two main areas today. First is “my knowledge”. The y in my becomes more like the /ə/ sound, my knowledge … All right, it’s nice and short, so focus on that. best of my knowledge …

All right, next is “most of her relatives”. All of these words will become linked and joined together. Listen carefully. “most of her relatives” becomes “most_of_her_relatives”. Let’s practice that as one big chunk, OK? most_of_her_relatives … most_of_her_relatives live there.

OK, let’s put it all together.

• To the best of my knowledge, most_of_her_relatives live there.

All right, you are doing great, sounding smoother by the day.

Onishi: ♪We all live in a yellow submarine … はい

Roza: a yellow submarine … はい

David: a yellow submarine …

Onishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.

Roza: 音程ぜんぜん合ってないじゃん

Onishi: 確かに