NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「比較表現③ ー as ~ as ... をバランスよく使う」L191 2026/1/19

Onishi: 今日は同語反復、トートロジーの面白い例が、ダイアログで出てきますね。「お父さん、このカニおいしくないよ。」「食べなさい、カニはカニだよ！」みたいなやつですね。

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. Ready for today's lesson?

David: And I'm David Evans. Let's not be picky about food, yeah. Food is food.

Onishi: それでは、今週もがんばっていきましょう。

• The food of Italy is as famous as that of Japan.
• In this library, I can study as quietly as in my own room.
• My apartment is twice as big as my friend's.
• The movie was just as exciting as the book.

David: Great job.

I can't understand. My bed sheet is just as soft as it is. But look. The cost of this is twice as high as mine. What is difference?

David: All right. It's time for today's pronunciation polish. Let's jump right in with today's phrase. "My score wasn't as high as his" ...

All right, we have a couple of points to zoom in on. First up is the schwa sound from My becomes /ma/. My score ...

All right. Next up, let's join wasn't and as. wasn't as ... wasn't as high.

Next up, we have some weakened sounds, the h and s in his. All right? as his ... wasn't as high as his.

All right. Let's put it all together.

• My score wasn't as high as his.

All right. Are you getting more natural with them? I think so. Good job.

Onishi: Hey David, why do you care so much about bed sheets?

David: Why? Sensei, bed sheets are the beginning and ending  of every day. You want to do it right.

Onishi: Right.

Roza: Yeah, it's really important to sleep on high-quality bed sheets. How do you not know this, Sensei? だからいつも疲れてるじゃん。

Onishi: 疲れてないよ。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。

All: Bye.