NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「比較表現を使ったフレーズ①」L197 2026/1/27

Onishi: あぁしまった！

Roza: 何がしまった？

Onishi: 今朝納豆食べるの忘れた。

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: Don't worry about it, Sensei. That's natto (not) a problem.

Onishi: Good one.

Roza: Akino Roza here.

David: And I'm David Evans.

Onishi: それでは、さっそくはじめていきましょう。

• It's as good as it gets here.
• As far as I know, he's not married.
• As long as it doesn't train, we'll play soccer.
• He is as smart as any other student in the class.
• I go to the gym as often as five times a week.

David: Good work.

As far as I know, I have completed all preparation for tomorrow. We are OK as long as nothing will be changed. We are ready as complete as it can be.

David: All right. I'm as ready as I can be for today's pronunciation polish. Are you? Great. Here is today's phrase. "We should get going as soon as possible" ...

We have a couple of points to focus on today. Let's get started.

First up, the /d/ in should becomes very soft, very weak, should ... We should. Great.

The /t/ sound in get will disappear. get ... get going, should get going. All right.

as soon as possible is a super high frequency chunk, so let's practice that together. as soon as possible ...

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

• We should get going as soon as possible.

All right. Well, I encourage you to practice this as soon as possible, and you'll master it in no time.

Onishi: あぁ、ここの食堂に納豆置いてないのかな。というわけで、今日はこの辺で。Thank you for sticking around till the end.

Roza: Natto だけにね。

Onishi: というわけで、本当にさようなら。

All: Bye.

Roza: That was natto funny.

David: He is never funny.