NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「言葉で人を動かす動詞② ー persuade、convince、order」L47 2025/11/11

Onishi: Isn't this sentence difficult to pronounce? I'm shopping for cloths. Can you do that?

David: What, I'm shopping for cloths.

Onishi: How about you?

Roza: I'm shopping for cloths.

Onishi: すばらしい、さすがネイティブ。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。

David: And I'm David Evans.

Roza: Well, let's close up the opening and start the lesson. This is Akino Roza.

Onishi: それでは、さっそく始めていきましょう。

Onishi: I thought it was Japanese English.

David: Ah, no no no, it's a regular English phrase.

Onishi: Ah, do you think so Roza, too?

Roza: Yeah, it's definitely English English.

• We finally persuaded her into joining the club.
• My parents convicted me to apply for the new job.
• My boss ordered me to work overtime.

Roza: Excellent.

All right, I'm not the boss of Katie, so I can't order her to lead the project. But I can talk with her and perhaps, I can convince her. I like to persuade someone.

David: Now, I'm not your boss so I can't order you to practice your pronunciation, but maybe I can convince you. Here is today's phrase. "Nana persuaded me to start exercising" ...

Just a couple of small points today, so let's master them together.

First up, persuaded me, the final /d/ sound will get very very small, almost disappear. persuaded me ...

All right, as always the /ə/ sound in to ...

And then, we'll link up start exercising ...

All right, now let't put it all together.

• Nana persuaded me to start exercising.

Let's do it one more time really focus on the intonation, the up and down of my sound.

• Nana persuaded me to start exercising.

All right, when you can begin to sense that rhythm and intonation on your own, then you know, you've mastered it. Great work today.

Onishi: Hey David, are you good at persuading people?

David: Well, I'd like to think I am, but my track history says otherwise.

Roza: Hey Sensei, you know, you should really wear more orange. It really looks good on you.

Onishi: Orange?

Roza: Yeah, you know, it just really looks good, you should wear it more.

Onishi: Right, I'll do that. それじゃぁ、家にあるオレンジ色の服着てみようかな。俺んちのオレンジ。

David: Good job, you persuaded him.

Roza: I'm good at persuading people.

Onishi: というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.