FY2024 ラジオ英会話（１２９）

Dialogue

Emori-san!
I haven't seen you in ages.
How are you?

I'm fine.
You're looking well.

Thank you.
In your email, you said you had a surprise for me.

Yes, please come inside.
It's in the backyard.

The backyard?
What is it?

You'll see it soon.

あれ？
What is this golden structure?
 It looks like Kinkakuji Temple.

Exactly!
It is a one-tenth-scale model of Kinkakuji.
It took me 5 months to build it.

Unbelievable.
I have to give you credit.
It looks just like the real one.
Only smaller.

Grammer and vocabulary

In your email, you said you had a surprise for me.
あなたのメールで、あなたは私へのサプライズがあると言いました。

It took me five months to build it.
私はそれを作るのに5ヵ月かかりました。

Target forms

I have to give you credit.
私はあなたに賞賛を与えなければなりません。

He bought me a bouquet of flowers.
He sent me a bouquet of flowers.
He made me a bouquet of flowers.
It took me 5 months to build it.
The restaurant charged us 15 dollars for seating.

Grammer in action

かつての学生が私に手紙を書いてくれました。彼女は研究者として職につくました。なんてすばらしい。
A former student wrote me a letter. She got a job as a reseacher. How wonderful!

一年かかりましたが、とうとうその本を読み終わりました。私は読むのがとても遅いのです。
It took me a year, but I finally finished the book. I'm a very slow reader.