一期一会で一喜一憂

努力をすればするほど上達します。
The more effort you make, the more you'll improve.

【Let's Listen and Write More!】
(1) どうして彼がその仕事を全部自分でやると言い張ったのかわからない。
△I don't know why he insisted on doing the job all over himself.
===> I don't know why he insisted on doing the job all by himself.

(2) 彼女のことを考えただけで胸がどきどきする。
○Just the thought of her is enough to make my heart pound.
===> Just the thought of her is enough to make my heart pound.

(3) やってみたけど、仕事を辞めないように彼を説得できなかった。
△I tried, but never managed to convince him not to create his job.
===> I tried, but never managed to convince him not to quit his job.

「be enough to ～」や「manage to ～」が自然に使えるように練習しておきましょう。

【Let's Read Out Loud!】
○Leave me alone.
===> Leave me alone.
○I feel like I just this minute put my head down on my pillow.
===> I feel like I just this minute put my head down on my pillow.
○We have to wake up early tomorrow morning.
===> We have to wake up early tomorrow morning.
○Until then, we sleeeeep.
===> Until then, we sleeeeep.

○The alarm clock's wrong!
===> The alarm clock's wrong!
○My watch says it's already after five.
===> My watch says it's already after five.
○Makoto, we've got to hurry!
===> Makoto, we've got to hurry!
○Oww! I bumped my shin on the bed.
===> Oww! I bumped my shin on the bed.

○It's pitch-dark in here.
===> It's pitch-dark in here.
○Where's the light switch?
===> Where's the light switch?
○It was a string hanging from the ceiling, right?
===> It was a string hanging from the ceiling, right?
○There's no light -- I'll try the TV.
===> There's no light -- I'll try the TV.

このあたりは、聞き取れているというよりは覚えていると言ったほうがいいかもしれません。