NHKラジオ英会話のディクテーション「会話原則 ー 配慮 ー 相手の心情に配慮する」L39 2026/5/28

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。Hum, no one touches their phones at my dinner table.

David: Sensei, I hate to ask, but is that because there is no one else there?

Roza: David, you hit it right on the nose. This is Akino Roza.

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。

I don't mean to be rude, but you always check your phone at dinner.

• Sorry, but I don't agree with that.
• No offense, but I think this plan needs a bit more work.
• With all due respect, I think we need to reconsider this decision.
• I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to offer a different perspective.
• I hope you don't mind me saying, but I'd like to offer a different perspective.

Roza: Way to go.

I don't mean this in a bad way, but purple doesn't really fit with you. I think you look better in black or gray.

David: All right everybody. It's time to wrap things up with today's pronunciation polish. Let's check out today's phrase.

• I don't mean to be rude, but you always check your phone at dinner.

All right. Today, we're going to really focus on the schwa sound. We have three of them here, so let's look at each, master them and put the sentence together.

First up is mean to be rude, the to becomes to. to be rude ... I don't mean to be rude. All right, great job.

Next up is your phone. your ... your phone ...

All right, last up is at dinner. at dinner ... your phone at dinner.

All right. We have the pieces in place, let's put the full sentence together.

• I don't mean to be rude, but you always check your phone at dinner.

All right. Let's crank it up to natural speed. Here we go.

• I don't mean to be rude, but you always check your phone at dinner.

Were you able to keep up? Don't worry if it's not perfect. You'll get there little by little.

Onishi: Mr. Evans.

David: Yeah, what's up?

Onishi: I don't mean this in a bad way, but sometimes you sound too familiar in the way, you talk to me.

David: Oh, ah, I didn't know that was the case. I apologize for my behavior, Mr. Onishi.

Onishi: Hey David, I like that.

Roza: 先生、そんなに偉くないんですけどね。

Onishi: というわけで、今日はこのへんで。

All: Bye.

David: Good bye.