FY2024 ラジオ英会話（２１３）

Dialogue

Hey, Doug.
Can you turn off the TV?
I don't watch TV during meals.

Sure.
I wasn't watching it anyway.
What's for dinner?

Your favorite, ’ゴーヤチャンプルー'.
But I'm having a steak.
You can have some too, of course.

Thanks, Shiho.

How's your new job at the cram school?

Oh, it dosen't pay so well, but I like the students.
They're fun.

The extra money helps, Doug.
Thank you.
Oh, and our ecotour business is improving little by little.

That's good news.

Grammer and vocabulary

I don't watch TV during meals.
私は食事中にテレビを見ません。

Our ecotour business is improving little by little.
私達のエコツアーのビジネスは少しずつ良くなっています。

Target forms

I don't watch TV during meals.
私は食事中にテレビを見ません。

Not me. 　  私ではありません。
Not for me. 私向きではありません。
I doesn't pay so well.
He didn't come.
We aren't satisfied with the result.
You may not park your car here.
I cannot do that.
He hasn't come yet.

Grammer in action

私は固定電話を持っていません。私は全ての通話に携帯電話を使います。
I don't have a land line. I use my cell phone for all my calls.

彼は今朝、朝食を食べませんでした。彼が疲れているのも無理はありません。
He didn't eat breakfast this morning. No wonder he's tired.

まだ、中に入ることはできません。彼らはまだ会場を設営しています。
You can't go inside yet. They're still setting up the venue.