Today's presentation is a talk from ラジオ英会話.
Topic is verb ask, persuade
At first, ask
Story is Two persons are talking about thir colleague, Nadea's farewell party.
a I heard Nadea is leaving the company.
That' s a big surprising.
b I know. I can't imagine this place without her.
a Is there going to be a farewell party?
b She said she didn't want to have one, but we have to.
a I agree. She's been such an important part of this company for so many years.
b Right. Nadea is really popular, too.
a OK. Let' ask David to organize a party.
b Good.
Key sentence is
Let’s ask David to organize a party.
デイビッドにパーティーの準備をするように頼みましょうよ。
ask means to say something in order to obtain answer or information.
He asked me where I lived.
彼は私がどこに住んでいるかを尋ねた。
l asked her if she was OK.
私は彼女が大丈夫かを尋ねた。
She asked me for more money.
彼女は私にもっとお金を頼んできた。
You’re asking for it.
that means 'reap as you sowed.
自業自得だよ
I asked her why she didn’t want to get married.
get married, get divored
You should never ask a lady her age.
Second, persuade
Story is
Two persons are talking about how the meeting went.
a How did the meeting with the Japanese company go?
b Pretty well, I think. I spent a long time preparing for it. We were able to put forward some powerful arguments.
a So, do you think you persuaded them to accept our conditions?
b Well. They were tough negotiators but in the end I believe they will agree to most of them.
a Well down. I 'm sure the boss will be delighted.
Key sentence is
Do you think you persuaded them to accept our conditions?
彼らにこちらの条件を受け入れるよう説得できたと思いますか？
Don’t let him persuade you into lending him money.
彼にお金を貸すように説得されちゃだめだよ。
persuade means to cause to believe something.
persuade and into are good combinations.
into「〜の中へ」。 youを説得しlending him money(彼にお金を貸す)という状況の中へ入れる
talk 人 into – 同様の意味で
Don't let him persuade you into lending him money.
Such verbs as persuade are force, order
You don’t have to accept-nobody’s forcing you.
受け入れることはないよ一誰も無理強いしているわけじゃないから。
Well, I’m sure you remember “May the force be with you!”
「May the Force be with you」（フォースが共にあらんことを）
My boss has stopped ordering me to work late.
私の上司は私に残業を命じるのをやめた。
Actually
When I got up In morning with several days ago, I found my left eye red,
As I got worried about it, I went to see an eye doctor.
The doctor diagnosed I got subjunctional hemorrhage in my old age.
