(会員）１2月27日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011ーIntermediate-Advanced

Dec. 27, 2011
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(会員）１2月27日　英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011ーIntermediate-Advanced

1. room= accommodation
How do you like your accomodations?
2. house = residence
3. live = reside
4. busy = occupied
5. empty or free = vacant
6. tip = gratuity
7. a fight = an altercation
8. 昏睡状態 = a coma
9. adjective of “coma” is “comatose”
10. to put something on someone’s face so that they cannot breathe is to “suffocate” them
Ex: You're suffocating me!
I need some space/air!
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11. It’s an easy decision.=It’s a no brainer.
12. That guy is so stupid it's like he's brain dead.
13. The big guy is the brawn. The little guy is the brains.
14. He’s always thinking about sex. = He’s got sex on the brain.
15. He's a very stupid person. = He's a bird-brain.
16. I thought really hard! = I racked my brains.
17. You know a lot about this. I don't. Let me ask you some questions. = Let me pick your brain.
18. He shot himself in the head with a gun. = He blew his brains out.
DANGEROUS SLANG!
19. He is super stupid.= He is shit for brains.

(会員）１2月26日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011 初級 Lesson

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初級 Lesson
Dec. 26, 2011
“help” and “get”

"help" and other verbs

Could/Can you help me clean up my room?
Can SB help SB VERB.
Can you help me VERB?
Can you help me WITH 名詞。
Can you help me with this kanji?

subject = 主語
object = 目的語

I gave Maggie a treat.

direct object
indirect object

I (主語) gave Maggie(間接目的語) a treat (直接目的語).

What about in this case?
I gave you Maggie.

あなたは何をもらったの？=What did you get?

What did you get?
My father gave me new verbs.
I got my brother a new fishing rod.
get is 曖昧=vague
Did you have dinner? Did you eat dinner?
Would you like to drink a beer with me?
Would you like to have a beer with me?
Would you like to have a drink with me?
Don't be distant.
Don't act like a stranger!
I didn't get the chance.
Did you get the chance to VERB?
A: Did you get the chance to VERB?
B: No, I didn't get the chance.

(会員）１2月23日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

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Osakans
Tokyoites
Nagoyans
~ is known to be ~
reputation
He has a reputation.
He has a reputation for being strict.
This species of snake has a reputation for being deadly.
He is well known for being a ladies man. = He has a reputation for being a ladies man.
People say that .. They say that....
They say that if ... then....
It's a superstition.
They say that if you break a mirror you will have 7 years bad luck.
They say that if you cut your nails at night you won't see your parents before they die.
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Kim Jong-il was pudgy.
He was short in stature.
He loved expensive food. He was a gourmet.
They are not being sincere. It's not real.
I agree. I think they are faking it.
I agree. I think they are acting.
I agree. I think they are pretending.
They’re crying is a little over the top.
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He is inexperienced.
Can he be a competent leader.
He is competent.=He can do the job fairly well.
He is incompetent.=He cannot do the job well.
Are you for or against the reunification of the Koreas?
I have no opinion.
I’m for it. I’m against it. I don't really care.
It would be an economic problem.
North Korea would be an economic burden on South Korea.
Most people are indifferent.
Kim Jong Il was a movie buff.
I am a bit of a 〜 buff.
He is buff.
He wore a bouffant.

(会員）１2月15日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011 - Useful American TV Expressions

1001 - The One After Joey And Rachel Kiss

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http://www.livesinabox.com/friends/1001.shtml

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1. ~ is a turn on. <--> ~ is a turn off.
Oh, the way you crushed Mike at ping pong was such a turn-on.

2. to cheat on sb
She's cheating on Joey with Ross!
He cheated on a test. = He secretly took answers from someone to get a good score.

3. a tart, a floozy
She is a tart/floozy.

4. to be none of one's business
This is none of our business.
5. to eavesdrop on sb
= to purposely try to listen to sb’s private conversation
Phoebe: Oh, I'm not gonna do this, okay? I'm not gonna eavesdrop on my friend.
Ex: I eavesdropped on her conversation.

6. to make one's way through a rooom
I made my way through the series.
Rachel: What? Ross and Charlie? (Joey nods) Wow! She's really making her way through the group, huh?
I'm making my way through the group. = I am meeting everyone one by one.
7. to man st = to work or control st
She's manning the floor.
She's manning the cash register.
Chandler: No-one is manning that wall!

8. I’m on it.
Monica: I'm on it!

9. to have had it with st
Ex: I have had it with rice.
Monica: Okay, I've had it with the hair jokes.

10. to break up with sb
10. Ross:You guys just broke up.

11. You got it! = I’ll do it.
Chandler: You got it!

12. For all I know... = I don’t know...
Rachel:. For all he knows we're just hanging out together. Right? Just be nonchalant.

(会員）１2月14日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011 - Movie Quotes!

Dec. 14, 2011 - Movie quotes

(会員）１2月14日　英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011 - Movie Quotes!


1. Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
- From the movie "what a girl wants"
to fit in=to feel comfortable
I feel like I fit in.
I fit it.
I don't feel like I fit in.
I don’t fit it.
~ was born to VERB.
He was born to lead.
He stands out.

2. I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.
- From The Notebook

3. "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But, you can either run from it or, learn from it."
- Rafiki, from The Lion King

4. The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back
- Reese Witherspoon, Sweet Home Alabama

5. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."
- –Dumbledore, Harry Potter
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52. You can't change what people are...without destroying who they were.
-The Butterfly Effect

54. Calling someone fat doesn’t make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn’t make you any smarter. All you can do in life is try and solve the problem in front of you.
- Mean Girls

55. "The brave do not live forever but the cautious do not live at all."
- The Princess Diaries

BONUS! Live a little!

59. Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
- Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey), in Bruce Almighty

(会員）１2月12日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

(会員）１2月12日　英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011
(会員) Beginner's Lesson - Easy & Useful Expressions!


Nico Nico Douga - Dec. 12, 2011
1. I better ~.
You better ~.

2. I have to ~.
You have to ~.

3. I should ~.
I have to ~.

You better ~. > You have to ~. > You should ~.

You better study otherwise you will fail the test.
You better study otherwise you will fail the test.
You better come. (If you do not come, I will be angry.)

You must be crazy if you think I'm going to do that.
You must tired. You must be hungry.

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4. このソフトの使いかたを説明してください。
Please tell me how to use this software.
Please show me how to use this application.
Please explain to me how to use this program.

5. What's up with ~.
Please explain ~.

6. What's his story?
=Tell me about him.

7. Why didn't you ~ me.
Why didn't you tell me.

8. Why didn't you ~ anything?
Why didn't you say anything.

Please answer the following in the positive.
9. A: Want to go to the movies?
B: Sure! ~
That sounds good!
I’d love to

10. A: Would you a cookie?
B: Don't mind ~.
Don’t mind if I do.

11. A: Do you mind if I smoke?
B: Sure, ~.
Go (right) ahead.
Be my guest.
B: Sure, go (right) ahead. Sure, be my guest. Not at all. Sure, I don't mind.

12. A: Can I sit here?
B: Sure,
Go (right) ahead.
Be my guest.

(会員）１2月11日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

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Nico Nico Douga Lesson – Dec. 11, 2011
MIXED!
How do we say these fun expressions in English?
1. やった！
2. 僕が勝ちだ。
3. 失敗した。
4. 僕の番だ。

Useful:
5. とても似合ってるよ。
6. 見せて！
7. 私を見て。
8. 見えない。
9. こいつ何て言ってたの？
10. 彼に伝えてください。
11. 彼と話した？

1. I did it. I made it.
Win!
I made it just in the nick of time.
2. I win. I won.
3. I failed. I goofed.
4. It’s my turn.
5. It looks good on you.
6. Show me! Let me see!
7. Watch me. / Look at me.
8. I can’t see.
NOTE: I can't look. I can't watch. = I can’t stand to see.
9. What did she say?
10. Please tell him.
11. Did you talk to him?
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I like your ~.
It’s you.
Those glasses are definitely (not) you.
That hat is you!
Is it me?
That hat looks good ~ you.
You look good ~ that hat.
You look good with her.
You look good with that bag.
You look good together.
You make a cute couple.
They make a cute couple.
You would make a good wife.
You would make a good ~.
You would make/be a good ~.
You would not make/be a good ~.
Do you think I'd make a good ~?

(会員）１2月8日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

Dec. 8th, 2011 - Int. - Adv. Class

(会員）１2月8日　英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

Intermediate to Advanced Class
TALKING ABOUT THE NEWS!

an alter ego
Clark Kent’s alter ego is Superman.
Who is Peter Parker’s alter ego?
Peter Parker’s alter ego is Spider man.
POW=Prisoner of War
She is the last surviving POW from her hospital.

illegal=against the law

a political party = 党
What news stories are you following?

The flood waters have receded.

I have a slightly receding hairline.
His hairline is receding.
He is completely bald.

Speaking of Thailand....
An American was recently imprisoned in Thailand.
An American was recently jailed in Thailand.
Time out for-->
Funny Expression:
I’m having a bad hair day.
The wires from the lights are tangled up.
Thai court jails U.S. citizen for royal insult
Thailand = Thai
Taiwan = Taiwanese
He defamed the monarchy. (monarcy=king)
to defame= 中傷する
～の名誉を毀損する

a sentence= 判決、刑罰、処罰、宣告

People are strict.
Punishments are severe.
Weather is severe.
Joe Wichai Commart Gordon was convicted. = to be found guilty

to be convicted a conviction
was convicted of ~ = 有罪判決を受けた
He appeared in court in shackles.

heavy handcuffs=shackles
He pleaded guilty to publishing online a banned biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej that he translated into Thai.
banned=prohibited
a biography = a story of sb's life
autobiography
to serve your time=to just wait in jail until you have finished your sentence

to appeal a sentence=to ask a higher court to look at a case again

He was sentenced to 5 years.
I think he got off light.

(会員）１2月7日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

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Mixed Class: Dec. 7, 2011

Talking about movies before you see them.

1. Have you seen ~ (yet)?

2. No, I haven’t. I haven’t had the chance (yet).

3. I’ve never heard of it.

4. What’s it about?

5. Who’s in it?

6. Who’s the director?/Who directed?

7. What’s the premise?

8. How are the reviews?

9. Where’s it playing/showing?

10. When does it come to Japan?

10B. When is it coming to Japan?

11. When will it open?

12. Do you think it’s worth seeing in the theaters?

12B. Do you think it’s worth seeing on the big screen?

12C. Do you think it’s worth seeing on the silver screen?

Or should I wait for the DVD.

13. I would wait for the DVD if I were you.

14. Let’s go to the movies.

15. Would you like to go to the movies with me?

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After you see a movie...

1. He plays a police officer. / He plays a cop.

2. I liked /loved him in that movie.

3. I really liked K.R. in THE LAKEHOUSE.

4. He was great in ~.

5. I like Bill Murray, but he was terrible in RAZOR'S EDGE.

6. I thought he was miscast.

7. He’s a ham.

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(会員）１2月6日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

(会員）１2月6日　英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

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Dec. 6, 2011
Asking directions
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Situational English
1 Asking directions Where is 〜?

Excuse me, where's 〜? < Pardon me, where's 〜?

Could / Can you tell me how to get to 〜?

Could / Can you show me the way to 〜?

Excuse me. Do you know where 〜 is?

Ex: Where is the bank? -->Do you know where the bank is?v

Excuse me. Where's the nearest ~?

Excuse me. Do you know where the nearest 〜 is?

Is there a 〜 near here?

Do you know if there's a 〜 near here?

I'm sorry to bother you, but could you tell me if there is a ~ near here?

2 Bank English I just got paid. It's payday.
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I should deposit my pay.

I'd like to withdraw ￥_____, please.

I'd like to change some money.

I need an ATM.

Where's the nearest ATM? (ATM=Automatic Teller Machine)

Do you know where I can change some money?

Do you have an account here?

I'd like to open an account.

I have an account at Citibank.

3 Restaurant Do you have a reservation?
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I reserved a table/room.

I booked my flight/room/a table.

I have a reservation. Kato. (My name is Kato.)

I have a reservation. It's under Kato.

Non-smoking, please.

I have a reservation under the name Hidema.

How many in your party? --> There are 5 of us.

Do you take [traveler's checks / credit cards / American Express]?

Would you like to hear today’s specials?

What's today's special? / What are today's specials?

Could I have a table near the window?

How would you like your steak? --> Medium, please.

How would you like your eggs? -->Sunny-side up.

How do you take your coffee? --> Milk, no sugar. / Black. / Milk and sugar.


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W: Are we ready to order? --> Yes, I'll have the 〜. (filet mignon / turkey club)
Could I have a glass of water, please?
W: Will there be anything else? --> Just the check.
Could we have the check, please?
[Reading English: "Gratuity is not included." = You must tip.]

(会員）１2月2日 英会話ライブレッスン録画 2011

Dec. 2, 2011

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NEWS ENGLISH
I'm coming down with a cold.
Are your pollen allergies acting up?

He was exposed as a pedophile.

student body=most of the students

The president of the university knew about the sexually inappropriate behavior.
bizarre
Speaking of sexual scandals...

Next year we will have another presidential election.
One of the candidates is named Herman Cain.
Herman Cain was accused of sexual harassment 4 times.
And one woman claims she had a 13-year long affair with him.

It's a case of he said, she said.

They had a consensual sexual relationship.

As long as it’s consensual, I don’t care.

He was picked first in the baseball draft.

And Nippon Hams offered him a position on the team.
He turned them down.
He rejected their offer.
I heard about that.