英会話タイムトライアル 「8月DAY10」
8月7日(金)
Tell us about your favorite Japanese food.
I'll tell you about my favorite Japanese food. I really love Taiyaki. Did I pronounce that properly? I had some Taiyaki recently. It was great. There is a really nice Taiyaki stand in Asakusa.
Do you know any British English words?
I know one. Americans use apartment. In British English, flat is apartment.
Yes. I live in a flat in Tokyo now.
I live in a flat too. But actually, it's called a mansion in Japanese.
In English, a mansion sounds like a huge fancy house. But I live in just a normal flat. Or do you live in a big mansion, Steve?
It's just an apartment or flat. Or sometimes we say condominium.
Here's another British English word. Do you know the word for elevator?
It's not the elevator, the lift. But sometimes there's a problem with the lift or elevator in my building.
What's the problem?
Sometimes there's a long line.
A line. American English uses a line. British English uses queue.
Yes, I said that American word line. Sorry, Hannah.
You do know queue then.
Yes, a line is queue. Oh, you intentionally said line, not queue. That's cheeky. Cheeky? What's cheeky?
You made a cheeky joke, like a playful joke.
I see. Playful is cheeky.
Cheeky.
So, Hannah, how do you use the word cheeky?
For example, my mum would say, don't be cheeky.
Who said that? Your mom?
My mum. There's another one. Americans say mom. We say mum.
Okay. Actually, Hannah, my mum always told me, don't be cheeky.
Yes, try not to be cheeky, Steve.
Yes, ma'am.
Do you know any British English words? Just think of one or two.
Brilliant. That's a good start. Let's review. What is a British word for a truck?
-Lorry.
Now, I'll say a sentence. Where is the elevator for the apartment? Can you say that in British English?
-Where is the lift for the flat?
Exactly. Well done. So, which British word did you enjoy learning this week?
Do you know any British English words? Just think of one or two.
Yeah, I know the words flat, lift, and queue.
Brilliant, that's a good start. Let's review. What is the British word for a truck?
I remember that one. Lorry.
Correct. Now, I'll say a sentence. Where is the elevator for the apartment? Can you say that in British English?
I'll have a go. Where is the lift for the flat?
Exactly. Well done. So, which British words did you enjoy learning this week?
I've learned a lot. So, my British words of the week are rucksack, mum, and cheeky.
英会話タイムトライアル 「8月DAY9」
8月6日(木)
Where is the lift?
I live in a flat in Japan.
A lot of lorries use this road.
Is this rubbish?
I lost my rucksack.
I took the lift to the restaurant.
I took the lift to...
I took the lift to the top floor of the museum.
There was a long queue for...
There was a long queue for the dinosaur exhibition.
That's a good one. In the museum, there's a dinosaur exhibition.
Let's queue for...
Let's queue for that ice cream shop.
Oh, I can imagine that. There's an ice cream shop. And there's a long queue. Or a long line.
timetable
This is the timetable for…
This is the timetable for the movie that we want to see tonight.
It's Hannah. Tomorrow, let's have a conversation about Blitish English. I'm looking forward to our natural conversations tomorrow.
Do you know any Buddhist English words? Just think of one or two.
Yeah, I know the words flat, lift, and queue.
Which other British word did you enjoy learning this week?
I learned a lot. So, my British word of the week is rucksack.
英会話タイムトライアル 「8月DAY8」
8月5日(水)
Backpack. How do you say that in British English?
Rucksack
I lost my rucksack.
Red strap.
My rucksack has a red strap on it.
schedule
timetable
Here's the timetable for the train.
This is the timetable for the East train line.
The last train
What time is the last train?
I'll check the timetable.
X confirm/search ◎check
Vacation
Holiday
I would like to take a holiday this fall.
paid holiday
paid vacation
bathroom / restroom
toilet / loo
Excuse me, where is the toilet?
We learned some useful British English words today.
英会話タイムトライアル 「8月DAY7」
8月4日(火)
truck
Lorry
Truck in British English is lorry.
A lot of lorries use this road.
Many/much/ a lot of
trash /garbage
rubbish
That’s rubbish. = That’s ridiculous.
Is this rubbish?
There is a lot of rubbish today.
trash can/garbage can
rubbish bin
Where is the rubbish bin?
faucet
tap
Water is leaking from the tap.
Water is leaking from the faucet.
Would you turn off the tap?
Tap water
Can we drink the tap water here?
Track
Lorry
Trash/garbage
Rubbish
Trash/garbage can
Rubbish bin
Tap water
Okay. Those are some British English words.
And tomorrow, we have some more British English words.
英会話タイムトライアル 「8月DAY6」
8月3日(月)
How do you say mansion in British English?
The answer is flat.
I live in a flat in Japan.
I live in a condominium/apartment in Japan. American English
at my flat.
Let's have some tea at my flat.
Lift
Where is the lift?
I took the lift to the restaurant.
In American English, it's line. But in British English, it's queue.
queue
queue up
There was a long queue for the lift.
There was a long line for the elevator.
Where is the end of the queue?
Let's queue for movie tickets.
Let's line up for movie tickets.