英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY8」
7月10日(水)
Shall I ... ?
しましょうか？
Shall I open the window for you?
->
Should I opne the window?
-No, thanks. -> thanks 温かみのある表現
* No thank you. きっぱり強く断るときに使われる。
-I'm fine. / I'm good.
-Yes, please.
Shall I take a picture for you?
-No thanks. But thanks anyway.
似顔絵
draw a portrait
Shall I draw a portrait of you?
-No thanks. Maybe some other time.
Why don't we watch the baceball match on TV?
-Sounds nice. But maybe some other time.
I need to go home soon.
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英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY7」
7月9日(火)
First, let's master three wasy to use "Excuse me."
Excuse me.
あの... すみません。
-> E...x cuse me. E...を長めにためらう感じで発音
すみません。(通りたいので道を空けてほしい感じの時）
-> exCUSE me. exは弱く、cuse me みたいな感じで早く発音。
聞こえなかったのでもう一度言ってほしい。聞き返すとき。
-> Ex + Cuse + me ↑ 区切った感じで(ちょっと強い）
= Sorry? ↑
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Excuse me. 呼び止める E..xcuse
- Yes.
Excuse me. 道を空けてほしい、ちょぅとt失礼。。 exCUSE
- Sure. Go ahead.
Excuse me.
-Nothing. Never mind.
Excuse me.
-I said May I have a bag?
Excuse me.
-I said Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
- Thanks, you too.
Okay, time's up.
Well, how was your second try?
Good job, practicing these short but very usuful phrases today.
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英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY6」
7月8日(月)
Hi everyone, Catherine here. We're in Tahiti and this week we need to say no on the go. And so let's say no in a gentle friendly way. See you Friday!
on the go
- while travelling or not at home
- busy and active
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Do you speak French?
Unfortunatelly, I don't speak French.
The only French that I know is Bonjour.
People speaks French as an official langulage in Tahiti.
Bonjour. May I have a strawberry crepe?
*strawberry
*crepe
What is your native language?
native language
native speaker
Japanese is my native language.
How about you?
Do you know what do you say ありがとう in Tahich?
-Māuruuru.
I'll get out here. Māuruuru.
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get out
get off
get in
get on
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Do you speak any other languages?
-You mean other than Japanese?
-That's right. You speak English and Japanese.
-Do you speak other languages?
-When I was in high shcool, I studied a little bit of German. I only remember how to say where is the bathroom?
-Where is the bathroom in German... Ready to start!
-... I think is how to say it.
-Alright.
-It could be wrong. How about you, Steve? I know you speak another language.
-Yes, Jenny. Actually my father is Italian, he came to the U.S when he was three years old. So I speak a little Itarian. And I'm a very loving person so I speak the lauguage of love.
-That's a good answer.
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英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY5」
7月5日(金)
Hi everyone. I'm Catherine Leland. Try to complete conversation with me today in your own words.
Welcome back to Eikaiwa-Time-Tryal, Catherine. We're going to Tahiti.
I'm excited.
When person from New Zealand hears the word, Tahiti, what do they imagine?
I think Thahitian dance.
Of course. That is so popular, not only in Tahiti, but also in Hawaii and around the Pacific.
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Let's have a conversation in Tahiti.
Imagine this...
You arrieved in Tahiti and you go to a market. Pineapples are in season, so fresh, so sweet and juicy. So go to a fresh fruit stand at the market.
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You want to taste fresh pineapple from Tahiti. So order a pineapple smoothie. And then someone sees your drink and asks, Do you know where I can get a smoothie like that?
Did you imagine the situation?
So try to have a seven turn conversation at a market in Tahiti.
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Steve will show you one way to reply. Listen carefully!
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Fresh fruit! We have fresh fruit and vegetables.
-Excuse me. Which fruits are in season now?
-These pineapples are in season. Gueen Tahiti pineapples. Have a taste!
-Um.. It's good. It's juicy and so sweet.
-Woud you like a pineapple smoothie?
-Yes, please. That sounds great.
-Here you are! Enjoy!
-Thanks. It looks so good.
-Hi there!
-Hi.
-Do you know where I can get a smoothie like that?
-Yeah, I got this at a little fruit and vegetable stand over there. It's on the left. It's not far from here.
-Okay, thanks.
-Sure.
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So, pineapples are in season in Tahiti. Catherine, which fruits are in season now in New Zealand?
-Well, in New Zealand, it's winter. So that means apples and kiwi fruit are in season now.
-That's right. You might wonder why winter... becasue it's summer here, but down on the other side of the world, it's the opposite season.
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It's good. -> It'd delicious. +
Thanks. + It looks good.
英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY4」
7月4日(木)
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Do you know where I can get a taxi?
Do you know what time the market start?
Which fruits are in season now?
Pineapples are in season now.
Do you know where I can get a drink like that?
Do you know how much ... is?
Do you know how much a tickets to the music festival is?
Do you know where I can ..?
Do you know where I can pay for this?
That's a good one! Sometimes you can't find the register.
Which ... are your most popular?
Which fravors are your most popular?
your most popular
一番人気
Have a taste of this fresh pineapple.
It's good. It's juicy and sweet.
Whould you like a pineapple smoothie?
Yes, please. That's sounds good.
Do you know where I can get a smoothie like that?
Yeah, I got this smoothie at a little fruit and vegetable stand. It's over there. It's on the left. It's not far from here.
on the left
on the right
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英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY3」
7月3日(水)
おすすめ
recommendation?
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Which appetizers do you recommend?
* appetizer
* recommend
Which desserts are your most popular?
* your most popular
Which activities are your most popular?
Our most popular activity is zipline.
* zipline?
旬
in sesason
in season + now
Which fruits are in season now?
Pineapples are in season now.
Which vegetables are in season now?
Pumpkins aren't in season now.
When are pumpkins in season?
It's pretty good.
なかなかおいしい
How was your second try? These are good phrases for asking for a recommendation.
The trik is to make it in the plural.
Which appetizers do you recommend or Which desserts are your most popular?
ｰｰｰ
英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY2」
7月2日(火)
Do you know ... ?
Do you know how ...?
Do you know what time...?
Do you know where ...?
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What time does the bus leave?
Do you know what time the bus leaves?
出発する
leave
depart
the market
Where is the market?
Do you know where the market is?
What time dose the market start?
Do you know what time the market starts?
Do you know what time the market ends?
start <> end
* get
Do you know where I can get a taxi?
Do you know where I can get concert tickets.
Do you know where I can get a drink like that?
How was your second try? These sentences starting with "Do you know.." are really useful especially when you are visiting somewhere. You might have a lot of questions when you travel to a new place.
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英会話タイムトライアル「7月DAY1」
7月1日(月)
It's a new moth of Eikaiwa-time-trial. Welcome.
And this month, we are going to Tahiti.
He everyone, Catherine here. We have a tret from Tahiti on Friday.
We're going to einjoy fruit in season now in Tahiti.
Talk the talk in Tahiti.
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How much is the buffet?
*buffet
Do you know how much the buffet is?
*smoothie
How much are the smoothies?
-> How much is a pinapple smoothie?
Do you know how much the smoothies are?
This smoothie was four dollars.
八百屋
fruit and vegetable stand
How far is the fruit and vegetable satand is from here?
Do you know how far the fruit and vegetable stand is from here?
How spicy is this dish?
Do you know how spicy this dish is?
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY15」
6月28日(金)
英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY15」
6月21日(金)
And here's your conversation partner around the Paciffic.
Hi everyone. I'm Catherine Leland. Try to complete a conversation with me today in your own words. -Here we go!
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Communicate with kids in Fiji.
Imagine this..
You are together with some children and they want to play in the park. You will talk to one child about games like tag and hide and seek. But there are other people in the park. So don't let the child disturb other people. Okay?
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Alright. We have an encore performance from Catherine. Do you have your child actor voice. -Let's play together!
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So try to have a seven turn conversation as you play with me in the park.
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Do you want to play together in the park? -> wanna
-Sure. What do you want to play?
-Do you know how to play tag?
-In Japan it's called 鬼ごっこ something like the devil is chasing you.
-I wanna play tag. I'm it. Ready? * it = 鬼
-Well, we don't want to disturb other people in the park. So let's play a different game. Any ideas?
-How about hide and seek? Do you know how to play hide and seek?
-Yeah, we don't want to go too far away though.
-Okay. Who's gonna hide and who's gonna count?
-I'll count and you'll hide.
-Let'd do rock paper scissors. The winner hides. The loser seeks.
Ready? Rock paper scissors shoots!
I win. I'll hide. Go ahead and count.
-Okay, just promise you will not hide somewhere far away. One .. tow...
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Catherine. When you were a child, which did you like better, tag or hide and seek?
-I was really slow as a kid, so hide and seek was my favorite.
-Mine too. In New Zealand, what did you do for fun as a child?
-When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time in my tree hut.
-Tree hut? Do you know everyone? The differnece in New Zealand English and American English. So in New Zealand, they call it a tree hut, but in the US, it's a tree house.
-That's right.
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We don't want to disturb other people in the park.
We don't want to go too farway though.
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We are going to Tahiti.
Let's go to an island with beautiful art and cuisine, Tahiti. You'll emprove your conversation skills there.
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY14」
6月27日(木)
英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY14」
6月20日(木)
want to -> wanna
We want to leave by eight. So, let's get ready now.
If you 're hungry, just have an apple.
Play nicely.
Who's it? 鬼は誰かな？
Let's do rock paper scissors. *scissors
You're it. あなたが鬼ね
ｰｰｰ
You want to .. ? (wanna)
You want to see this movie?
You want to watch TV?
Do you want to see this movie.
*see movie
Do you know how to play ... ?
Do you know how to play soccer?
Do you know how to play Tic-tac-toe?
＊ tic-tac-toe マルバツ
Did you ... ?
Did you lock the door?
Did you put your clothes in the laundry basket?
You're a mother of two lovely children. We all want to hear your sentence.
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Do you want to play together in the park?
-Sure. What do you want to play?
-Sure. But just waite a few minutes.
Do you know how to play hide and seek?
-Of course. But whe's going to hide? (gonna)
I want to play tag. I'm it, ready?
-Well, we don't want to disturb other people. So let's not play tag here. How about a different game? Like Red light green light?
we don't want to (wanna)
So get ready for a fun time at a park in Fiji.
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY13」
6月26日(水)
英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY13」
6月19日(水)
Did you wash your hands?
Did you brush your teeth?
片付ける
put away ...
Did you put away your toys?
= Did you put your toys away?
Did you do your homework?
Say sorry.
<> You need to apologize. 堅い感じ
Say sorry to your brother.
やさしく～する
nicely
gently
Say it nicely.
お行儀よく...する
nicely
politely
Play nicely.
Play politely.
Put away your phone.
*for 携帯電話,
you don't need to say mobile phone or smart phone. You can just say phone.
If you are hungry, just have an apple.
Just wait until dinner.
Just wait until your birtrhday.
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY12」
6月25日(火)
英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY12」
6月18日(火)
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You want to...?
You wanna ...?
You wanna go to the park?
-> want to go to
You wanna go home now?
You wanna watch TV?
What do you wanna watch?
*what when where how + do + subject + verb +?
Do you want me to ... ?
You want me to ...?
Do you want me to turn on the light?
You want me to turn on the light?
We wanna ...
We want to ..
We wanna leave by eight.
支度する
get ready <- prepare
So let's get ready now.
We wanna leave by eight. So let's get ready now.
迷惑をかける
Disturb other people
We don't want to disturb other people.
迷惑をかけたくない
We don't want to ..
+ disturb other people
So we shouldn't play tag here.
So it's better not to play tag here.
We don't wanna get lost.
So let's be quiet while I'm driving.
while I'm driving.
during the drive
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY11」
6月24日(月)a
英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY11」
6月17日(月)
Hi everyone. I'm your conversation partner, Catherine Leland.
We have one more conversation in Fiji, at a park.
What kind of games can you play with children in a park?
This week, practice phrases for children's games and have a conversation with me on Friday. Bye for now!
Children's games.
Do you know how to say,
鬼ごっこ
かくれんぼ
だるまさんが転んだ
in English?
鬼ごっこ
tag
... のやり方がわかりますか？
Do you know how to ... ?
Do you know how to play tag?
誰が鬼？
Who's it?
-> be it
あなたが鬼ね。
You're it.
次は私が鬼ね。
Next, I'm it.
かくれんぼ
hide and seek
Do you know how to play hide and seek?
Who's going to hide?
I'm going to hide.
You count.
だるまさんが転んだ
red light, green light
Let's play red light, green light.
じゃんけん
Rock, paper, scissors
Let's do rock, paper, scissors.
じゃんけんぽん
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY10」
6月14日(金)
And do you remember this month's theme? Communicate with kids in Fiji!
So let's check out today's scene.
Imagine this...
Today, you go to a cultural village in Fine by bus. But inside the bus, there are children and you are helping them to get to the cultural village. One child needs your help. She got car sick.
Did you imagine the situation? So try to have an eight-turn conversation as you help a child on a bus.
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Excuse me. When will we arrive?
-We will arrive in a few moments.
-Oh... okay.
-Are you going to be okay?
-I got a little car sick. I might throw up.
-Okay, just take a deep breath and relax. And just use this bag if you throw up. You are going to be okay.
-Thanks. I think I'm going to be okay. You're not car sick?
-I'm fine. But I need to take a bio break after we arrive.
-Oh.. I can't find my phone. What time is it now?
-It's ten o'clock.
-Does your phone work here in Fiji?
-Yes, of course.
-Oh look! The cutural village. Thanks goodness. And thanks for being a chaperone for our trip.
-My pleasure. I hope you feel better.
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* 引率/ 引率する人-> chaperone
A guide or companion whose purpose is to ensure propriety or restrict activity:
Have you ever been a chaperone?
I don't think so. What about you?
Actually, when I came to Japan, I worked in a small school in Gifu prefecture. And I was not an official chaparone, but I went on a school trip once. It's so fun to work and communicate with kids.
Unless they get car sick.
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We talked about getting car sick.
Do you get car sick easily, Catherine?
Well, I get car sick and I get sea sick and I get air sick, too.
Really?
Yeah, I just have bad motionsickness.
Is there any time when you don't have motionsickness?
Maybe walking is the only way I don't get sick.
Walking... I see.
Do you get car sick easily?
It's get easier, the more you practice.
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY9」
6月13日(木)
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Did you get lost?
We got split up.
Let's go home before it gets dark.
Are you gonna be okay?
I'm gonna be okay.
Let's take a bio break.
We'll arrive soon.
*つく arrive
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It's getting ...
It's getting dark.
It's getting chilly.
It's getting crazy.
I got a little...
I got a little sea sick.
I got a liitle light-headed.
I got a little mad.
Is ... going to be okay?
Is he going to be okay?
Is your grandma gonna be okay?
Is the problem gonna be okay?
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When will we arrive?
-We'll arrive in a few more minutes.
-We'll arrive in five hours.
-We'll arrive before it gets dark.
You're not car sick?
-I'm fine. But I need to take a quick bio break.
-No. I'm fine.
-I feel car sick. I need a medicine.
I got a little car sick. I might throw up.
-Okay, just take a deep breath and relax and just use this bag if you throw up. You're gonna be okay.
Did you reply better the second time around?
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY8」
6月12日(水)
トイレ休憩
bio break
bathroom break
サービスエリア
rest stop
Would you like to take a bio break at this rest stop?
Let's take a quick bio break here.
-> Let's take a quick break.
ちょっと～しましょう
take a quick ...
I'll take a quick shower.
I'll have a quick lunch.
When will we arrive?
We'll arrive soon.
トイレに行きたい？
-> potty
Do you need to go potty?
我慢できますか？
Can you hold it?
hold -> wait
I can't hold it. It's an emergency.
I can hold it. I'm fine.
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英会話タイムトライアル「6月DAY7」
6月11日(火)
be going to = gonna
大丈夫そうですか？
Are you going to be okay?
=> Are you okay? <> Are you going to be okay?
If you saw your friend fell down or looked sick and said "Are you okay?", it wouldn't be appropriate because it is obvious she or she is not okay. It would be suitable to say " Are you going to be okay?"
I'm going to be okay.
I'm fine.
船酔い
sea sick
I got a little sea sick.
はく
through up
＝＞vomit
I might through up.
深呼吸
(a) deep breath
Just take a deep breath and relax.
Just use this bag.
You're going to be okay.
car sick
Did your friend get car sick?
Is your freind going to be okay?
She gat a little car sick, but she's going to be okay.
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