Native Speaker: I'mtIred.
Our student: mtIred??
Native Speaker: Yes, I'm tired. IcOUldn'tsleepwelllastnight.
ItwassOmUggy.
Our student: Pardon??
Native Speaker: I said, "I couldn't sleep well last night. (Because)
It was so muggy."
ところで、聞き取れないときの対処の英語表現に私は二重の疑問符
"??" を付けてきましたね。
それは、生徒さんたちに、これらの対処の表現を言う時、
（この場合、「えっ、なんとおっしゃった？」 という） ほんとうに尋ねる気持ちになって、
きちんと相手に向かって言ってもらいたいからです。
そうすれば、その時の生徒さんたちの目線も、表情も、ジェスチャーも、
態度もきわめて自然なものとなり、コミュニケーションがうまく行くからです。
Our student: Muggy??
Native Speaker: Yes, it means 'warm and very humid'.
Our student: Humid??
Native Speaker: Yes.
Our student: Sorry??...
Native Speaker: It means the air is very wet.
下記の英語での解説もご参考にくださいませ。
お時間いただきありがとうございました。
Secret 3．To Use Natural Non-verbal Messages
Native Speaker: I'mtIred.
Our student: mtIred??
Native Speaker: Yes, I'm tired. IcOUldn'tsleepwelllastnight.
ItwassOmUggy.
Our student: Pardon??
Native Speaker: I said, "I couldn't sleep well last night. (Because)
It was so muggy."
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By the way, so far, I have given a double question mark, "??"
to the problem-solving expressions students should use when they can not catch
their partner's words accurately.
This is because we want the students to say such expressions with a really asking mind
(like that of "What did you say?") facing toward the partner.
This will make very natural and helpful the students' non-verbal messages
including their eye contact with the partner, their facial expressions, their gestures,
their attitude and what you have when they say such expressions.
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Our student: Muggy??
Native Speaker: Yes, it means 'warm and very humid'.
Our student: Humid??
Native Speaker: Yes.
Our student: Sorry??...
Native Speaker: It means the air is very wet.