一期一会で一喜一憂

毎日努力すればどのようなことができるか、もうわかっていますよね？
Now you know what daily effort can do.

【Let's Read Out Loud!】
(1) Library
○You're going downtown, right?
===> You're going downtown, right?
○Could you return these library books for me, please?
===> Could you return these library books for me, please?
○I know the library is closed today.
===> I know the library is closed today.
○But they have a book return slot by the door.
===> But they have a book return slot by the door.
○You just have to put them in there.
===> You just have to put them in there.

(2) Chuckle
△Do you want a chuckle? Free this book.
===> Do you want a chuckle? Read this book.
△It's a workable set her about Hollywood stars.
===> It's a work of satire about Hollywood stars.
×It may be laugh and loud on I ready it.
===> It made me laugh out loud when I read it.
○And I think you will, too.
===> And I think you will, too.

chuckle　くすくす笑い

「read」が「free」にしか聞こえない・・・「free」って言ってませんか？

satire　風刺、皮肉(アクセント注意)

ただ漠然と聞いてないで、意味がちゃんと通るかどうかチェックしないといけませんね。

(3) Mall
○We shouldn't have come to the mall today.
===> We shouldn't have come to the mall today.
×It's all with clouded like this weekend.
===> It's always crowded like this on weekends.
△The parking lot looks toldly fall.
===> The parking lot looks totally full.
△Maybe we wish give up an idea.
===> Maybe we should give up on the idea.
○Let's come back on a weekday morning.
===> Let's come back on a weekday morning.

(4) Our Dog
○I think our dog is sick.
===> I think our dog is sick.
×But the simpton was quite saddle.
===> But the symptoms are quite subtle.
△He doesn't cough or wine.
===> He doesn't cough or whine.
△He simply seems so sollow and quiet.
===> He simply seems so sullen and quiet.
△Do you suppose dogs ever get the pressed?
===> Do you suppose dogs ever get depressed?

symptom　症状
subtle　微妙な、かすかな(bは発音しない)
whine　くんくん鳴く
sullen　不機嫌な

これほど間違えると、今まで何をやってきたんだろ？って悩みますね。初めて聞く文章をきっちりディクテーションできないと、実際問題話にならないのでがんばりましょう。