ラジオ英会話
2026.6.10(水) Lesson 48 発言パターン〈助力を申し出る〉丁寧・フォーマル
🔐 Would‿ you li(ke)me to join‿ the meeting?
✅If you’d👂 like, I can take care of the details.
✅Please let me know if I can support you during the meeting.
✅Would it be helpful if I joined👂 the meeting?
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It would help if you called her and explained what happened.
この仕事を全部終わらせるには、かなり集中しないといけないんだ。I'm going to have to really focus to get all this work done.
⚫️1人で家を使えたら助かる？よければ私が子供たちを連れてしばらく公園に行けるけど。
Would it be helpful if you had the house to yourself? If you'd👂 like, I can take the kids and go to the park for a while.
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To oneself 自分だけに、独占して
Would it be helpful if we practiced your pronunciation together?
Would it be helpful if I left you alone?
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You’re mean as support you being a support
if)needed you need it
Let’s add "to." That?
I know)that was a lot ??
英会話タイムトライアル
2026.6.10 D8 苦手な食べ物、飲み物について言う、聞く
日本で苦手な食べ物はありましたか？
Were there any foods that you didn’t like in Japan?
1つだけ苦手な食べ物がありました。
There was one food that I didn’t like.
ちょっと変わった味がしました。
It was a little different. 👈柔らかく、間接的に(It tasted bad. It was bad.)
その食べ物の名前を忘れてしまいました。
I forgot the name of the food.
【今でも】苦手な食べ物はありますか？
Are there any foods that you 【still】 don’t like?
今でも苦手な食べ物が1つあります。
There is one food that I still don’t like.
今でもトマトは好きになれません。
I still don’t like tomatoes.
食感が【どうしても】好きになれません。
I 【just】 don’t like the texture. *just 強調
味がどうしても好きになれません。
I just don’t like the taste.
ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」
2026.6.10再放送⇒2026.6.1(5.6) 子ザルの「パンチ」 “ぬいぐるみ離れ” PUNCH THE MONKEY DRAWS BIG CROWDS DURING SPRING HOLIDAY 猿のパンチが、春の休暇に大きな人だかりを引きつける
Now let’s turn to social media sensation Punch the Monkey. People on spring break are flocking to a zoo east of Tokyo for a glimpse of the baby Japanese macaque.
Visitors on Tuesday crowded around the macaque habitat at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture.
Punch was born at the facility last July and abandoned by his mother soon after. He was raised by ✍zookeepers instead, who bottle-fed him. They kept him in a separate space from the other macaques.
The zoo gave Punch an orangutan plushie✍, which he started taking everywhere. He clung to it as if it were his mother.
Punch was allowed to join the other macaques in January. He initially struggled to integrate. But now he spends time socializing and even lets them groom him.
A zoo official says he is happy visitors are rooting for Punch to fit in, even if it means fewer chances to see him with his plushie✍.
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I’ve been following Punch’s story for a while now. He’s👂 quite famous around the world for holding a stuffed toy that many children love. So I’m happy he’s finally starting to fit in. Just like humans, sometimes it takes time to join a new group.
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👌Punch the)Monkey monkey
👌🔷macaque mocock
👌July)and(abandoned at an
👌Punch punch
👌Punch an orangutan punch in an olangtan
😢plushie plushy
👌🔷He)clung(to quan
👌even)lets(them let
👌says)he is(happy he's
今回
zookeepers zoo keepers
A(zoo official As
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macaqueﾏかーｸ 《動物》マカク◆東南アジア、日本、北アフリカに分布するオナガザル科マカク属(Macaca)のサルの総称。ニホンザル(Japanese macaque)（学名Macaca fuscata）が含まれる。
orangutanｵらﾝｶﾞﾀﾝ《動物》オランウータン
habitat 生息環境、飼育環境
plushie 柔らかく手触りの良い）ぬいぐるみ *plush 柔らかい布、高級な布地
cling to 何かにしがみつく、くっついて離れない *cling-clung-clung
groom 毛繕いをする
馬の飼育係、きゅう務員
花婿、新郎◆【同】bridegroom
【他動】
髪・衣服などを〕きれいに整える
目的を達成できるように人を〕教育する
gloom 暗闇、陰気、憂鬱【動】憂鬱な気持ちになる、～を〕憂鬱にさせる
🔶Listen to the Listeners ★A and Bが単数扱いになる理由
The number of users is rising. 利用者の数が増えています。
The color of the sky and the sea is similar. 空と海の色は似ています。
このような文では、内容が実質的に複数であっても、主語の部分を一つの抽象的な概念であると考えると、isで受ける
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One new topic and one quick review "is" enough for one day. It’s OK to take it easy sometimes and to push yourself 👂other times. Do what👂👌feels👂👌right for you.
1日に新しいトピックを1つと、簡単な復習を1つで十分です。時には気楽に、時には自分を奮い立たせるのもいいものです。自分に合ったペースで進めればいいのです。
ラジオビジネス英語
2026.6.10(水) L39 供給の安定性を問われる The stability of the supply is being called into question
At the Mirai Foods booth, Mia and Daichi 👂are deep👂in conversation真剣に話し込む. They seem👂 to be discussing how to secure a stable flow of supply.
What did they study at university?
🅰He studied agricultural science.
Mia: Your quality is excellent, but can you manage a stable supply for multiple locations拠点 in California?
Daichi: No problem. We work with company-managed fields畑 and long-term partner提携 farms across several regions. Different harvest 👂seasons keep our supply steady.
Mia: That's reassuring. But if demand picks up, can you scale up?
Daichi: We're ready. Our farmers receive technical support, and our facilities can expand responsibly. That’s something I focused on 力を入れてきたsince university―I studied agricultural science.
Mia: Oh, really?
Daichi: Yes. I’ve always wanted to build a sixth-industry model.
Mia: Sixth-industry model?
Daichi: Oh, maybe that’s a Japanese term. Farmers produce, process加工 and save the products themselves.
Mia: So, something like a farm-two-table model, but the farmers also doing processing?
Digi: Yes, that’s the idea. そういう考え方です。
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🔷are deep in(conversation I deepen
🔷harvest seasons harvesties ence
🔷 sixth-industry six industry
🔷grounded ground it
■ Words and Phrases
Reassuring 安心な
Responsibly 責任を持って *responsively【副】応答可能なように
Agricultural science 農学
Sixth industry 第6次産業の
Farm-to-table 産地直送の
“Farm-to-table” refers to using local produce and ingredients, grown or raised not far from where they👂 are cooked and consumed. Usually, a farm-to-table restaurant or cafeteria gets the ingredients directly from local farm other than through 👂a distributor✍.
「ファーム・トゥ・テーブル」とは、調理や消費が行われる場所からそう遠くない場所で栽培・生産された地元の農産物や食材を使用することを指します。通常、ファーム・トゥ・テーブルのレストランやカフェテリアでは、食材を卸売業者を経由せずに、地元の農家から直接仕入れています。
🔐 If demand picks up, can you set up?
❖Pick up目、活発になると言う意味のフレーズ。ビジネスでは重要。売り上げ勢いが豊かに上がって緩やかに上がっていくと言うニュアンスでよく使われる。急激にではなく、自然に徐々に上昇していくイメージ。
・Things really picked up after we launched the new campaign. 新しいキャンペーンを始めてから、状況が本当に上向きました。
🔲Exercise
オーガニック商品の需要が伸び始めています。
❌ Demand for organic products is picking up.
⭕️ Demand for organic products has started to pick up.
Alternative expressions
Start to rise 上向き始める
If demand starts to rise, can you ramp up production?
需要が上向き始めたら、生産量を増やすことができますか？
* ramp up
〔一定の比率で〕増やす、増加［上昇・成長］させる
〈英俗〉手はずを整える
See higher demand 需要が高まる
If we see higher demand, could you expand capacity?
もし需要が高まった場合、生産能力を拡大できますか？
㊤Upgrade your communication skills
相手の考えを引き出す(6)相手の懸念を確認する Drawing Out the Other Person’s Thoughts (6) Confirming Their Concerns
➊I see what you mean. The delay in getting the components can certainly be a concern懸念事項. ❷If I understand correctly, you’re suggesting a more flexible timelineスケジュール. Do I have that right?
⚫️共感する反応を示す
⚫️相手の意向を確認する
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S: So, Hannah, what do you think about asking questions this way?
H: Hmm… this is honestly a great listening technique, even in non-business settings. Because if you can accurately repeat back to someone what they communicated, you have a higher chance of understanding their meaning and also giving them reassurance that they are being heard. It’s a great way to smooth communication in tense situations.
S：ハンナ、こういう風に質問することについてどう思う？
H：うーん……正直なところ、これはビジネス以外の場面でも非常に有効な傾聴テクニックだと思うわ。だって、相手が伝えたことを正確に繰り返して確認できれば、その真意を理解できる可能性が高まるし、相手に「自分の話がちゃんと伝わっている」という安心感も与えられるもの。緊張した状況でのコミュニケーションを円滑にするのに、とても良い方法だと思うわ。