NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「比較表現② ー as ~ as ... の基本」L189 2026/1/15

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。

さぁ今日も、がんばっていきましょう。

Roza: Hey everyone. This is Akino Roza. Ready for today's lesson?

David: And I'm David Evans. Let's get ready to go.

Onishi: それでは、さっそくはじめていきましょう。

• He is as tall as me.
• He's not as tall as me.
• David is as good at cooking as you are.
• I can't run as fast as you.

David: Great job.

I like new apartment. It is as big as previous place and newer. It is not as close to the station as that, but I'm not worried.

David: It's time for today's pronunciation polish. Are you as excited as I am? Great. Here is today's phrase. "Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie" ...

Today, we are going to focus on four words to make one large chunk. Let's take these words, is, as, intelligent, as and join them all together. Let's practice, OK?

First up is is as ... This is very high frequency so let's master it, yeah. is as.

All right, now let's try intelligent as ...

All right, put them all together. is as intelligent as ...

Now we are ready to add Shizuka and Jeannie.

• Shizuka is as intelligent as Jeannie.

All right. Great work today.

Onishi: Hey David, you were talking about your own apartment in the practical usage section, right?

David: Oh, wow, yeah, you figured that out.

Roza: Well, the good thing about not being close to the station is that you get exercise, don't you?

David: That is literally why I chose it.

Onishi: Yeah, you can lose some weight. というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.