NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「心理を表す形容詞とto不定詞」L183 2026/1/7

Onishi: ここで一句、エモリさん、デートのついでに俳句です。

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: Akino Roza here.

David: Ah, and I'm David Evans. All right guys, let's get into it.

Onishi: さぁそれでは、さっそくはじめていきましょう。

• We're thrilled to announce that Sarah has joined our team.
• We're excited to announce that Sarah has joined our team.
• We're pleased to announce that Sarah has joined our team.
• I'm willing to wait a little longer.
• I'm sorry to tell you this.
• Be careful not to spill it.

David: Amazing.

This car is very important for me. It's OK to let you sit down on the driving seat but I'm reluctant to let someone actually drive the car. I'm happy if you understand this.

David: OK everyone. I'm happy to inform you that it's time for today's pronunciation polish. Let's check out today's phrase. "I'm happy to inform you that it won first prize!" ...

All right, lots of little points, so let's jump right in. Fist up is "to" that becomes something like to, to inform, I'm happy to inform. Great.

Next up is "you" becomes you ... to inform you.

Next, the /ǽ/ sound in that becomes much softer yeah, that ...

Next up, we have some /t/ sounds that will disappear, it ... first ... that it won first prize.

All right, let's put it all together.

• I'm happy to inform you that it won first prize!

All right, great job everyone.

Onishi: Hey guys, some people treat their cars like their babies, right?

David: Oh yeah, that's right. I mean, it's really important to them but sometimes if you look on the inside. It's a ??? little messy.

Roza: David, are you talking about me?

David: No, I was hundred percent talking about my car.

Roza: Good.

Onishi: 車はいつでもきれいにしておきましょうね。運転に関わりますよ。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.