NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「前置詞 of ②」L59 2025/6/26

Onishi: 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: Guys, how are your lessons going? I hope you are having fun. I know we are. This is Akino Roza.

David: And I’m David Evans. I hope you are having just as much fun as we are.

Onishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

• It’s of great importance.
• It’s of extreme importance.
• It’s of little importance.
• It’s of no importance.
• It’s so kind of you.
• I’m sure of your success.

Roza: Fantastic.

Although you got a bad score on the one small test, it’s of little consequence. You will get better score next time. I’m certain of this.

David: All right everyone. It’s time for today’s pronunciation polish. First, let’s check out today’s sentence. “Was he a person of some importance?” …

All right, lots of points here, but let’s zoom in and practice them together.

First up is was plus he, when linking, the h in words like he, his, him and her disappear, so listen closely. Was he … then we add the a, and it becomes Was he a … Was he a person.

All right, person plus of becomes person of … Great work.

some here, that o sound is nice and short becomes /ə/, some … plus importance, some importance … a person of some importance …

All right, now let’s put it all together. You can do it.

• Was he a person of some importance?

All right, when you learn a patterns, it becomes easier and easier to do these on your own, and it’s easy when you listen to other people speaking, so keep it up and you’ll do better.

Onishi: さて、ここでお知らせです。(略）

All: Bye.