NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「程度副詞 － too、rather」L167 2025/12/9

Onishi: 図書館の話ですねぇ。私は図書館に、友だちといっしょに行ったことは、ありませんね。

Roza: そうねぇ、それに、先生は友だちいなかったでしょうね。

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。

友だち、いました。

Roza: Hey everyone. Akino Roza here.

David: And I'm David Evans. All right, it's you. Let's get to it.

Onishi: それでは、さっそくはじめていきましょう。

• This is too long to finish in one day.
• It's rather cold for April, isn't it?
• I usually drink tea rather coffee.
• I'd rather walk than take a taxi.

Roza: Excellent.

David: All right everyone. Are you ready to squeeze in some pronunciation polish? All right, let's start with today's phrase. "It's too cold to go outside" ...

Just two little points to focus on today, first up, it's It's. The /i/ sound at the start, nice and short, OK? It's ... very nice.

Next up, cold + to, the /d/ gets very small, very weak. Listen to it. cold to ... cold to go, cold to go outside.

All right, now let's put it all together.

• It's too cold to go outside.

Excellent work.

Onishi: さぁ、今日の Practical Usage で、meet with you というフレーズが出てきましたねぇ。これは、meet you とどこが違うのか、お二人に聞いてみましょう。

Hey guys, could you explain the difference meet with you and meet you?

David: Ah, the easiest way to think about this is meet with you is always for a purpose. You want to work together, cooperate to do something.

Roza: Yeah, I'm really that goes well with the image of with, right? 手をつないでる感じ。

David: Right, the with is hand in hand.

Onishi: なるほど。手をつないでいっしょに何かをやらなくちゃいけないよ、という感じがする、というわけですね。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.