NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「配置を表す動詞③ ー locate、place、set」L97 2025/8/26

Onishi: ♪We all live in a yellow submarine ...

Roza: a yellow submarine ...

David: a yellow submarine ... wait a minute, we did this already.

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: This is Akino Roza.

David: And I'm David Evans.

Onishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

• We placed rest areas along the race route.
• We should set the date before booking the venue.

Roza: Excellent.

Thank you very much for giving me your hand to move. This lamp can be set in the corner. So, where do I place the sofa? How to put against the wall, or it's good to face to the window?

David: All right everyone, it's time for today's pronunciation polish. First, here is today's phrase. "Were you able to locate what you were looking for?" ...

We have a couple of points to focus on today, let's start with the first three words.

Were - you -able, when we say them together, it sounds like this, Were you able ... It's nice and short. Those vowel sounds become much shorter and much smaller, let's try it one more time. Were you able, Were you able to, Were you able locate.

All right, next we have what and you. Let's join those sounds together. It sounds like what you ...

Really good. The were, here at the end is similar to the from, so were looking for ... what you were looking for.

All right, let's put it all together and make one nice complete sentence.

• Were you able locate what you were looking for?

And one more time and natural speed.

• Were you able locate what you were looking for?

Fantastic. Great work today guys. Don't worry if it's not perfect. You've got this.

Onishi: Hum, Facing the window, maybe? なんかこう、ネイティブっぽい使い方ですね。Hey guys, could you explain it a bit?

Roza: Sure, well, it's kind of like giving one option of a possibility.

David: So, imagine you are holding your hands, and option A is in one hand and option B is in the other. You raise one hand to consider, you raise another hand to consider, maybe this, maybe this, this one maybe, that's how it feels.

Onishi: なるほど、みなさんもお使いくださいね。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye. (maybe)