FY2024 ラジオ英会話（２０６）

Dialogue

Grandpa, look what I got from Mom and Dad today.

Oh, did they send you a package from Japan?

Yes, there are some Japanese snacks and chocolates.
Here you go, Grandpa.

What does this say, Roxy?

It's the latest thing, natto chocolate.
Try it.
It's surprisingly good.

Natto and chocolate?
Hmm.

How was it?

Roxy, it is really hard to describe the flavor, but I suppose it is okay.

Maybe, Grandma will like it better.

Perhaps.

Grammer and vocabulary

Look what I got from Mom and Dad today.
今日、私がお父さんとお母さんからもらったものを見て下さい。

Did they send you a package from Japan?
彼らはあなたに日本から小包を送りましたか？

Target forms

It's surprisingly good.
それは驚くほどいいです。

His presentation was very good.
His presentation was quite good.
His presentation was pretty good.
His speech was so interesting.
so, absolutely, extremely, enormously, really > very > quite, pretty

The test was a little difficult.
The test was a bit difficult.
The test was a little bit difficult.
The stars were hardly visible due to the city lights.
The stars were barely visible due to the city lights.

Grammer in action

その番組は非常に有益でした。私はそれを見ることによって沢山学びました。
The show was very informative. I learned a lot by watching it.

わぁー。日没がすごく素晴らしいですね。私たちがそれを見ることができて私は本当にうれしいです。
Oh, Wow! The sunset is so gorgeous. I'm so glad we got to see it.