Nico Nico Douga Sept. 2, 2009

Beginner's class

I have a cold today so my voice is strange.
He has a nasally voice.
nasal/nasally=鼻声
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Listening:
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1. How ya doing?
2. How are you?
3. How old are you?
4. How's your meal?
5. How about a drink?

Would you like something to drink?

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Telephone English:
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1.
A: Mr. Ito, please.
B: どちら様ですか？

2. ただいま席を外すしています。

3. ただいま電話中です。

4. では、伝言をお伝えねがいませんか。

5. 戻りしだい、電話を頂けますか。

6. 戻り次第、こちらからお電話をさせていただきます。

7. 彼女は他の部署に移動になりました。

1. May I ask who's calling?
Who's calling, please?
Who's calling?
X Who is this?
X Who are you?

2. I'm sorry, but he's not at his desk at the moment.
I'm sorry, but he just stepped out.

3. I'm sorry, he's on another call right now.

4. Can/Could I leave a message?

5. Could you have him call me when he gets back?
Could you have him call me when he gets in?

6. I'll have him call you back when he gets in/back.

7. I'm sorry, but he's no longer working at this branch.
I'm sorry, but he's no longer working in this section.
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投票する=to vote
Did you vote?

選挙=an election
The elections were last Saturday and Sunday.

党=a political party
The USA uses a 2 party system.

野党=the opposition party
The opposition party won.

与党=the ruling party
The ruling part lost.

政治家=a politician
I don't trust politicians.

候補者=a candidate
He is a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party.


当選=to win an election

落選=to lose an election

• elected by a landslide
《be ～》圧勝で当選する
He won by a landslide.

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I have a runny nose.

My nose is runny.

I have a stuffy nose.

My nose is stuffed up.

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1) I'll handle it.

2) I'll deal with it.

3) I'll take care of it.

All 3 expressions here

basically mean the same

thing.

BUT "deal with st" is

used to deal with

conditions and situations.

For example:

He is dealing with his disease.

a disease=病気

You can only "deal with st"

that cannot be improved or

helped.

You can only "take care of"

something that you can

help or improve or protect.

You can't protect a disease.

Lastly, which one of

these 3 expressions

can be used to say:

"I'll treat you."

"It's on me."

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X I backed to home.

I went home. / I went back home.

Today let's talk

about the word

VERB + "back"

to be back

What time will you be back tomorrow?

What time will you get back tomorrow?

Remember that

"back" is not

usually a verb.

"back" is usually

the second word

in a phrasal

verb. A phrasal

verb is a 2 or 3

word verb.

So what "back"

verbs do you know?

to back sb=

to support sb

Edward Kennedy backed Obama during the campaign.

Back off! = Get back!

Step back.=Take a step back.

to send something back

to give something back

to talk back to someone

to look back at someone

to think back

(to my teenage years)

to write back

I wrote her, but she never wrote back.

She got marrried TO another guy.

She marrried another guy.

X She got married with another man.

Call me back later.

I'll call you back.