「楽しい英会話」の会の記録(20191127)

Today's presentation is the following talks.

At first   Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station opens this saturday.

Last Sunday I walked to Yokohama kokudai (YNU) to listen to the Sotetsu's project, that is, the mutual direct operation to Tokyo area by JR (from this Saturday) or by Tokyu railway company (from 2022). 

Sotetsu is a local railway company which runs in the suburbs of the western areas of Yokohama City. But it doesn't go to the center of Tokyo.

Sotetsu fears lest the demand for its transportation should decrease in the future.

That's why Sotetsu thinks It is important for this company to become to compete with other companies, Tokyu line, Odakyu line, JR line, Keikyu line, Yokohama subway line which run in Tokyo area as of now.

Therefore Sotetsu is devoting itself to this project.

That expected effects are speed-up of the train and the development of Hazawa areas around the new station including YNUarea.

It will take 44 minutes  from Futamatagawa to Shinjyuku this Saturday, and it will take 45 minutes from Yamato to Shibuya in 2022.

There are some weak points.

YNU is on the Tokiwadai hill.

The loads from  the new station are  steep and narrow and confusing. 

These areas consist of residence and farm. 

The way to develop the land is ambiguous.

Then

A talk from ラジオ英会話

theme is adjective. mysterious and same

first story is two persons are talking about the death metal band.

a Guss what! I went to the Desperate Rats concert lastnight.

b Desperate Rats? I'm sorry, but I 've never heard about that band.

a What? You must be joking. They are super popular death metal band.

b death metal band?

a I don't belieave it. You don't know what death metalic is?

b I'm afraid, not.

a Never mind. Look. This is the lead singer.

I really love him.

b Why?

a There's something mysterious about him.

I find that abstract.

key sentence is there's something misterious about him.

such adjective as mysterious are ambiguous, vague.

He was captivated by her mysterious beauty.

He's being deliverately ambiguous to annoy us.

I couldn't complete the task, because the instructions were too vague.

obvious is the opposit of mysterious.

There are obvious advantages to be bilingual.

such adjective as obvious are clear and evident.

Your instruction is perfectly clear.

It is evident that she's lying.

 

Next adjective is same.

story is two colleagues are talking about their new recuit.

a What do you think of Mika, the new recruit?

b well, I think she is a wonderful addition to our team,  and that she will become a really valuable asset over time.

a I agree. Of course, she makes some mistakes but she's a very fast learner.

b And she hardly ever makes the same mistake twice.

a Maybe you could learn a thing or two from her.

b Get out of here!

key sentence is she hardly ever makes the same mistake twice.

such adjective as same are similar and identical.

I will have the same as you are having at this restaurant.

Is it true that humans and chimpazees share a similar genetic makeup?

Two signtures are identical.

different is the opposit of same.

Yours is different from mine.

Yours is different than mine.

such adjective as different are unique and distinct.

Each fingerprint is unique.

French and Spanish have the same origin, but

they are two distinct languages.

 

Today's chips in the class

tacit understanding   暗黙の了解

 It was still early to see autumn leaves.

Three cold days followed by four warm ones.

Kumquat 金柑

moderate

talk a laugh

It's getting me in shape   keep in shape stay in shape stay healthy

get out of shape

in between

once in a while

kind of