ラジオ英会話 Lesson 068 話題の転換：さまざまな「つなぎ言葉」
レッスンのポイント プレゼンテーションでは「つなぎ言葉」が大変重要です。and、but、so などに加え、便利な言い回しを増やしておきましょう。
Today’s dialog
高校教師のスミス先生とサトウ先生がが、新任の音楽の先生について話しています。
Mr. Smith: Have you talked to the new music teacher, Ms. Jetz?
Ms. Sato: Ms. Jetz? Oh, you mean Bennie. Everybody calls her by her first name.
Mr. Smith: Don’t you think she dresses strangely?
Ms. Sato: What do you mean?
Mr. Smith: Well, she often wears electric boots, for example.
Ms. Sato: Electric boots? You mean with lights?
Mr. Smith: Yes. But having said that, she is one of the most popular teachers at our school now.
Ms. Sato: I know. All the students love her.
英訳練習
本日のテキストを英訳してみましょう。文章をクリックすると英文例が表示されます。
Have you talked to the new music teacher, Ms. Jetz?
Ms. Jetz? Oh, you mean Bennie. Everybody calls her by her first name.
Don’t you think she dresses strangely?
What do you mean?
Well, she often wears electric boots, for example.
Electric boots? You mean with lights?
Yes. But having said that, she is one of the most popular teachers at our school now.
I know. All the students love her.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ～文法と語彙を確認しましょう～
by のイメージ・every の緻密
Everybody calls her by her first name.
All the students love her.
否定疑問文
Don’t you think she dresses strangely?
ABSORB THE FLOW!～英語の流れを身につけましょう～
Having said that, she is one of the most popular teachers at our school now.
I’m not sure if my presentation was effective, but anyway, I did my best.
In any case, the meeting will take place as planned.
By the way, I should mention that we have excellent after-sales service.
Talking of managing stress, let’s have a short coffee break!
CREATE THE FLOW! ～英語の流れを作り出しましょう～
having said that、anyway、talking of を使って英文を作りましょう。
Having said that, I still thought her presentation was impressive overall.
Anyway, I’ll come back to that topic a bit later in the presentation.
Talking of time management, I should hurry and wrap up my presentation!
WORDS & PHRASES
mean 意味する
effective 効果的、有効
having said that そうは言っても、それでもやはり
in any case ともあれ
mention 挙げる、言及する
talking of ～と言えば
overall 全体として
a bit later 少し後で
wrap up 終える