英会話タイムトライアル「10月DAY14」10月19日(木)
We'll practice speaking English and replying to questions in English.
So let's get started.
Firest, we'll warm up with this.
Welcome to our little store.
It's a charming store.
How do you like Canada so far?
Canadians are really friendly.
Taste this golden maple syrup.
It is / tastes sweet, but not too sweet.
はるばるやってっきた
I came all the way from ... to...
I came all the way form Japan to Toronto.
That's another great Canadian city, Toronto.
Welcome to our ... hose/ condo / store.
Welcome to our little coffee shop.
This maple syrup tastes ...
Just imagine you have tasted some maple syrup and create a sentence with this mayple syrup tastes.
This maple syrup tastes really sweet.
Repy
Welcome to our tiny maple syrup factory.
Tiny => too little
How sould you reply?
- Thanks. I'm excited to be here.
How do you like Canada so far?
- It's nice. Canadians are really frinedly.
How does it taste?
- It's delicious. It's smooth. It tastes a little sweet, but not too sweet. It's the best maple syrup I've ever had.
Don't say, It's delicious. Try to give me some more information about the taste or your impression.
Tomorrow we finish our journey around Canada with Taiwa-Karaoke. You'll go to a nice maple syrup factory in Canada...
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英会話タイムトライアル「10月DAY13」10月18日(水)
How does it taste?
Some people put dark maple syrup in craft beers.
tastes much stronger
It's good with spicy foods.
It's good in coffee.
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How does it taste?
It tastes sweet. / It is sweet.
It tastes sweet, but not too sweet.
This dark maple syrup tastes much stronger.
But it still tastes sweet.
taste
味見する as a verb is taste.
Would you like to taste this?
Taste this golden maple syrup.
It's good with...
It's good with spicy foods.
delicious
It's good in coffee.
Some people put dark maple syrup in craft beers.
I'll put a few drops in my coffee.
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Jenny, tell me about some taste that you discovered in Japan.
Well, when I came to Japan, I had never tried Dashi before.
For the suop. Is that right?
Yes. The suops things like nabe, those kinds of foods. I love the flavor of Dashi.
How about you, Steve?
Oh, I discovered so many tastes. Uni, unagi, something else with U... ume.
What about ume, Jenny?
Ume... umeshiso.. - Or ume-potato chips.
Yes. There are so many flavors to taste and discover in Japan.
英会話タイムトライアル「10月DAY12」10月17日(火)
That's the Sunshine State for you.
いかにも～ですね
Canada＝＞The Great White North
Switzerland => The Land of milk and honey
the Netherlands
Flolida => The Sunshine States
New York City => The Big Apple
For today's show, we have a quiz.
It's a quiz about nicknames of countries or certain places.
Fore exaple, here's a quiz for you.
Do you know the nickname of the state of Hawai?
I feel like it's on the tip of my tounge... Oh... I got it.
It's the Aloha state.
Yes! So let's learn about nicknames for countries or states in America or other areas around the world.
What's the nickname for Canada?
The answer is the great white North.
The great and then white for the snow, and North.
It's in the northern part of the world.
I'm so happy I came to the Great White North.
Okay, here's another quiz about a nickname.
Swiss nickname is... it starts with the land of .. Do you know?
The land of milk and honey.
Why is Switzerland called the land of milk and honey?
How do you say オランダ in English?
The answer is, the Netherlands.
Let's use the Netherlands to say this.
The official name of the Netherlands is the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Next, we have the nickname for Florida. Do you know?
The Sunshine States.
To use the Sunshine State to make thins sentence.
It's sunny again today in the Sunshine State.
晴れる In English it's usually sunny.
That's the Sunshine State for you. いかにも～ですね
We're talking about nicknames. The first one was Canada.
The Great White North.
Can you tell us some other nicknames of famous places?
How about New York, the Big Apple?
That's the name for New York City. The Big Apple.
英会話タイムトライアル「10月DAY11」10月16日(月)
How do you like Canada so far?
- So far, so good.
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And our theme for this month is super friendly chats in Canada.
Let's have some fun!
味のある・こぢんまりした
Welcome to ...
Welcome to our little store.
It's a charming store.
Not to say 味のある there are other ways. You could say,
味のある
charming
classic
traditional
But I thing charming is a good way to express the Japanese 味のある.
It's nice and cozy.
For こじんまりした,
we have cozy but try it to conbile it with another adjective.
We'll check the answers later. Now go on to the next phrase.
Welcome to our humble home.
"humbe" can be used for 質素
It's a lovely home.
はるばる～からくる
=> come all the way from ... to...
You came all the way from Japan, right?
I came all the way from Japan to Canada.
Before coming here, I went to Florida.
so far
How do you like Canada so far?
So far, so good.
It's bigger than I expected.
Canadians are really frinedly.