LESSON ・ 会話 + 検死 + 解説
★★★本題 — 寝不足の2人が、準備なしで政治と経済を25分 waffle した夜。男は前日(10/12)の別の講師の授業を飛ばし、朝3時に目が覚めてそのまま、in a funk で入った。講師も寝不足だった(I didn't sleep very well → Me neither)。英検1級の二次(11月、5題から1題、2分、理由3つ)の練習として、男は as always no preparation と宣言し、自分の町・草加の選挙を英語で説明した — 拡声器を積んだ車が昼間ずっと名前を連呼する、候補者50人の顔が笑って並ぶ壁がネットの時代にまだ建つ、古いが壁は雇用だ。持論 — 上(世界)は腐っていて、足元(町)は良くなっている。hold the powerful accountable は responsible から自分で格上げして着地した。ネット投票は「まだ先」と言うつもりで、I don't think voting online will be far away と裏返った。若い政治家は薄氷と卵の殻 — on だけが無く、卵の殻の周りを歩いた。★★★本人と講師の人生が交わった所 — 講師は「自分の政治」を南アフリカの政治かイギリスの政治かと聞いた。男は I don't care(どうでもいい)と答えた。言いたかったのは「どっちでもいい」。講師はイギリスを選び、totally screwed up、右派とポピュリズムの台頭、10年で首相8人、日本と同じ revolving door と言った。男は同い年(34)の億万長者 Palmer Luckey(名前は slips my mind / escapes my mind の2本で逃げ、3秒後に捕まえた)を出し、講師は world police を global watchdog に、2分の説明を Just be an arms dealer に畳んだ。最後に講師が置いた TSMC の1行(侵攻すれば工場は壊れる、not a chance in hell)で、男の25分が閉じた。男 — I never thought about that way(it が抜け、3回言い直して3回とも invading China = 中国を侵略する、になった)。 ★★講師 — 寝不足を申告して fair enough と受け、congressmen を1回で「アメリカ専用」と切り、local government officials を置き、No worries. Good session で締めた。 10/13 火曜(時刻は録音に無い)、25分枠。男は外から(thank you outside)。録音に講師の名前は無い。講師が2つの国を「自分の政治」と呼んだ以上のことは推定しない。 ★文法は脇 — 前夜(第135夜)の宿題 ①should have + 過去分詞 → NO_CHANCE / ②prepare FOR → NO_CHANCE(my exam prep は名詞で正しい)/ ③kind of + a → EXECUTED(kind of like a threat。☓ただし a + 複数が3回)。今夜の宿題 — 「まだ先」は still a long way off(☓I don't think ~ far away)/ 卵の殻と薄氷は on(☓walking around eggshells)/ 感謝は I'd appreciate it if、be を貼らない(☓I'm very appreciate — 第119夜以来の最古の持病)。 ☓捏造語2体 — louding(ラウディング)/ dissupport(ディスサポート)。
2026-10-1325 分
検死レポート（ノイズ＝直すべき癖）
★★★本題 — 寝不足の2人が、準備なしで政治と経済を25分 waffle した夜。男は前日の授業を飛ばし、in a funk で入った(第133夜のカードの語が4日後に very 無しで立った)。講師も寝不足(me neither)。英検二次の練習として、男は草加市の選挙を英語で説明した — 拡声器の車(louding = 捏造語)、候補者50人の顔の壁(peculiar)、ネットの時代にまだ建つ壁、それでも壁は雇用(in that sense)。持論 — 上は腐り、足元は良くなる(hold the powerful accountable、responsible から自分で格上げ)。ネット投票は「まだ先」のつもりで I don't think ~ far away と裏返った。若い政治家は卵の殻の周り(on が無い)を歩いた。講師は「自分の政治」を南アフリカかイギリスかと聞き(男 — I don't care = どうでもいい)、イギリスを選んで totally screwed up、10年で首相8人、日本と同じ revolving door。男は同い年(34)の億万長者 Palmer Luckey(slips my mind / escapes my mind)を出し、講師は world police を global watchdog に、2分を Just be an arms dealer に畳み、TSMC の1行(not a chance in hell)で25分を閉じた。男 — I never thought about that way(it 抜け、3回とも invading China)。★録音に講師の名前は無い。 前夜の宿題 — ①should have + 過去分詞 NO_CHANCE / ②prepare FOR NO_CHANCE / ③kind of + a EXECUTED(kind of like a threat。☓a + 複数3回)。今夜の宿題 — ①「まだ先」は still a long way off ②卵の殻と薄氷は on ③感謝は I'd appreciate it if、be を貼らない。
ネイティブらしくない癖
I don't care(どうでもいい)で「どっちでもいい」を言う → Either's fine, whichever you like.
louding / dissupport — 形容詞・名詞から動詞を捏造する → I'm not for or against them.
whatever from your mouth — 関係詞の後ろの動詞を落とす → Whatever comes out of your mouth helps my English.
summarize about / expert about — 名詞を直接取る動詞・形容詞に about を足す → To sum up my take on this: ...
乖離（短いSVOで言い切る練習）
ネット投票はまだまだ先だ、と言おうとして: Online voting is still a long way off. / It won't happen anytime soon.
講師の TSMC の話を自分の言葉で言い直して: If China invades, the factories get destroyed. / It's not going to be good for either side.
講師が「南アの政治かイギリスの政治か」と聞いて: Either's fine. / Your call.
生徒Hello
解説
★外から入った。36夜目の入口。前日の授業を飛ばした男の、翌日の Hello。
先生yeah, if you can open that... how are you?
解説
★講師の入口。冒頭は録音が切れていて、何を開けと言ったかは分からない(推定しない)。
生徒Yeah, thank you so much. Yeah, yeah, thank you outside.
ネイティブなら
Thanks. Yeah, I'm outside.
解説
☓thank you outside → I'M outside。礼と居場所が1文に溶けた。
★★第135夜(Off your camera. Outside)に続いて、外からの入室。今夜は「ありがとう、外」。礼を言いながら居場所を名乗る男。
生徒And uh yeah, I've been in a funk actually all day today. Little bit maybe under the weather. And uh yeah, uh not functioning all day.
解説
★★★開幕2文で2本着地 — in a funk / under the weather。in a funk は第133夜(10/9)の予習カードの語で、第133夜は very in a funk と崩れた。4日後、very 無しで開幕1文目に立った。寝不足の申告が、今夜いちばん正しい英語だった。
生徒But and I missed I missed uh and I missed like a yesterday class uh with other another student uh another teacher. And uh a little bit uh you know, my brain works is always right as usual but uh I yeah, but uh two days in a row uh missed class is not good so and and you know, you are already always here to help so thank you so much. So how's your day, how's your day going, what's going on?
ネイティブなら
I'm running on three hours of sleep, so bear with me.
NEWbear with me
金具だけI missed yesterday's class with another teacher. My brain isn't working right, as usual. But missing class two days in a row isn't good. And you're always here to help, so thank you. So how's your day going?
解説
☓a yesterday class → YESTERDAY'S class。昨日の、は所有格。☓my brain works is always right → my brain ISN'T WORKING right。言いたいのは「頭が働かない」。出たのは「俺の脳はいつも通り正しく働く」。☓two days in a row missed class is not good → MISSING class two days in a row isn't good。主語は動名詞で作る。
★★★今夜の入口 — 昨日の授業を飛ばした男が、頭が回らないと申告しに来た。申告の文で、脳が「いつも通り正しい」になった。寝不足の脳は、自分だけは信じている。★two days in a row は立った。★bear with me = 大目に見て。
先生Uh not too bad. Uh it's uh I woke up uh yeah, I didn't sleep very well last night so I woke up a bit fatigued. But uh I've almost
解説
★★講師も寝不足だった。fatigued(疲れ切った)は tired より1段上の語。
盗む
I didn't sleep very well last night, so I woke up a bit fatigued.
寝不足の申告の定型。I'm tired より、原因(didn't sleep well)と結果(woke up fatigued)を so でつなぐと、1文で人に伝わる。
生徒Yeah me me me neither. Yeah.
解説
★★me neither が正しく立った。講師の didn't sleep(否定)を受けるのは me neither。第100夜に講師の I'm never in a rush を me neither で受けて20分後に落とした男が、今夜は寝不足を me neither で受けた。
生徒Yeah me neither. Yeah. Yeah yeah yeah I woke up like 3 or 4 am and uh couldn't sleep. Yeah maybe that's that a huge yeah that is you know affects yeah that's a huge impact on my...
ネイティブなら
I woke up at 3 and couldn't get back to sleep. It's been downhill from there.
NEWcouldn't get back to sleep
金具だけI woke up at 3 or 4 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. That has a huge impact on my...
解説
☓that's a huge impact → that HAS a huge impact。影響は have で持つ。that's だと「それは影響だ」。☓couldn't sleep → couldn't get BACK to sleep。一度起きて二度寝できない。
★★3時か4時に目が覚めて、そこから寝られなかった。講師と同じ夜を過ごしていた。★downhill from there = そこから下り坂。
先生Yeah, yeah. So just a little just a little slower uh than usual. It's uh can be quite frustrating.
解説
★講師は a little slower than usual と自分を言った。男は次の1文で frustrating を3回復唱する。
盗む
It can be quite frustrating.
「それは結構イラつく」。主語を it にして can be で言うと、自分の愚痴ではなく一般の事実として置ける。
生徒Yeah frustrating, very frustrating but uh uh so let me get straight into my exam prep. And uh so uh so I I've realized, I've noticed uh so second exam uh November in in November. And there is a two five questions you can choose one topic. And then you're gonna talk about uh two minutes three reasons that yes or no.
ネイティブなら
Let me get straight into my exam prep. The second stage is in November. There are five topics, and you choose one. Then you talk for two minutes and give three reasons for yes or no.
解説
☓there is a two five questions → there ARE five TOPICS。複数に is、数字の前に a。☓talk about two minutes three reasons → talk FOR two minutes and GIVE three reasons。時間は for、理由は give。
★★get straight into = 前置きなしで入る。第134夜の there's two, five topics が、今夜は there is a two five questions。数字の前の a は2夜連続。★exam prep(名詞)は正しい。前夜の宿題②(prepare FOR)の席は、動詞が来なかったので判定できない。
生徒And uh obviously uh it's it's politics or economy. Must be one of them. Uh kind like in the topics because five topics and usual like you know, it's all revolving around some topics of of concerning politics or economy or money. So my strategy here is just me randomly talking about politics and economy and uh that would be a uh that would be one of the it's it's never gonna be a you know what I mean.
ネイティブなら
Obviously, it's going to be politics or the economy. The five topics always revolve around politics, the economy, or money. So my strategy is just to talk randomly about politics and the economy.
解説
☓economy → THE economy。「景気・経済」は the economy。economics は学問。☓revolving around some topics of concerning → revolve around。1語で足りる。
★★revolve around = 〜を中心に回る、が立った。economy の the は3回落ちた。経済は、冠詞を付けると景気になり、付けないと何にもならない。
生徒So so I'm not gonna today uh actually as always no preparation. But uh I've learned like a lot uh daily listening to audio listening to my uh vocab cards and uh so randomly yeah uh I will maybe uh I will pull up some of like words or idioms and I'm gonna throw throw away you know throw uh whatever coming coming to my mind and out. And but about politics and uh economy maybe I'm gonna talk about I'm gonna like ramble I'm gonna uh waffle about something yeah.
ネイティブなら
As always, no preparation. But I've been learning a lot from listening to my vocab cards every day, so I'll pull up some words and idioms and throw out whatever comes to mind. I'm just going to ramble, waffle about politics and the economy.
解説
☓throw away → throw OUT。away は捨てる、out は口に出す。☓whatever coming → whatever COMES。関係詞の主語には動詞が要る。
★★★waffle — 第129夜(10/4)に講師が I could imagine myself waffling horribly と置いた語が、9日後に本人の宣言になった。ramble も並べた。★throw away だと、思いついた語をゴミ箱に捨てることになる。実際には口に出した。
生徒Okay, so maybe yeah uh I'm very appreciate uh much appreciated if you whenever you know you can chime in whenever you want to correct my English or like to add valuable information but uh I'm gonna just talk about randomly waffling.
ネイティブなら
I'd appreciate it if you could chime in whenever you want to correct my English or add something.
解説
☓☓I'm very appreciate → I'D APPRECIATE IT if。この番組でいちばん古い持病 #3。第119夜の I'm always appreciate 以来。appreciate は動詞なので be は貼らない。★much appreciated は「ありがとう」の後置き(Thanks, much appreciated)で、if 節は引けない。
★★★最古の持病が戻った。しかも頼み事の直前で。感謝の文の前に be を貼る癖は、第112夜(褒められた直後)、第116・119夜(褒めた直後)、今夜(頼む直前)。感情が動いた1文で be が appreciate に貼り付く。★chime in(口を挟む)は正しく立った — 10分後、自分の番では step in と言う。
生徒And uh I don't have any uh but before this class I kind of like you know so off the top of my head I thought so in my city I live in a small town like a city and there will be an election like I don't know next month or next week and the mayor you know you're gonna choose new mayor and election.
ネイティブなら
Off the top of my head — in my city, there's an election coming up, next month or so. We're choosing a new mayor.
解説
☓choose new mayor → choose A new mayor。市長は1人。☓a small town like a city → a small city。町か市か、どちらか1つ。
★★off the top of my head = ぱっと思いつくところでは、が立った。準備なしの夜の、準備の宣言。
生徒And uh city city how say how do you say city kind like uh uh congress members? What what do you say in in English? City congress member congressmen? You know what I mean? Not only the mayor but...
ネイティブなら
How do you say... city council members? Not only the mayor but...
解説
☓city congress member → city COUNCIL member。市議会は council。congress は米国の国会。
★★★講師を止めて語を聞いた — 実験 stop-the-teacher の準試行。男は congressmen を3回言い、講師は1回で「それはアメリカ専用」と切った。
豆知識
市議会議員 = city council member(米)/ councillor(英)。国会は Congress(米)/ Parliament(英)/ the Diet(日本)。講師が置いた local government officials は「地方の公職者」で、議員も市長も役人も含む広い語。
先生Uh no no no even the city you would have congress no congressmen is specific to America. So...
解説
★講師は congressmen を即座にアメリカ専用と切った。
豆知識
congressman = 米国の下院議員。第134夜の know(各国の議会の呼び名が違う)の続き。
生徒Okay. So like so not only you about city uh mayor but about you also like you have to choose members of like the kind congress...
ネイティブなら
So not only the mayor — you also choose the council members.
解説
☓the kind congress → the COUNCIL。
★男は切られた congress をもう1回言った。
先生Uh you could prob you'd probably say like local government officials.
解説
★★講師が置いた語。3秒後に男が復唱する。
盗む
You'd probably say local government officials.
「たぶん〜と言うと思う」= You'd probably say ~。断定せずに語を置く講師の形。local government officials = 地方自治体の公職者(市長・議員・役人)。
生徒Local government officials. Yeah, thank you.
解説
★★即時復唱(第129夜のスキル「即時回収」)。今夜4回ある復唱の1回目。
生徒And yes so and uh so this is like a Japanese weird thing culture and I don't know what in your country situation but uh we have this kind of like a big like speakers and car is like running around everywhere like to promote the the you know the possible candidates are in the car and uh very loud louding kind of speaker is always you know in the in the in daytime. And little bit loud and uh speakers going on and uh propaganda is going on kind of thing you know.
ネイティブなら
Campaign cars with loudspeakers drive around all day blaring the candidate's name.
NEWblaring
金具だけThis is a weird Japanese thing — I don't know how it is in your country — but cars with big loudspeakers drive around everywhere all day, with the candidates inside, blasting their names.
解説
☓a Japanese weird thing culture → a weird Japanese thing。形容詞の順は評価→国籍。☓I don't know what in your country situation → I don't know HOW IT IS in your country。 ☓a big like speakers and car is running → CARS with big LOUDSPEAKERS DRIVE around。 ☓louding → 捏造語。loud は動詞にならない。
★★★選挙カーを英語で説明した日本人の記録。「でかいスピーカーと車が走り回っている」— スピーカーと車が別々に走った。★louding(ラウディング)— loud に -ing を付けた新種。拡声器の音は blare(がなり立てる)。
豆知識
選挙カーの走行中の連呼は、日本の公職選挙法が認めている形。英語圏では sound truck と呼ぶが、走行中に名前を連呼する文化はほぼ無い。だから英語では説明が要る。
生徒And I don't know it's maybe only Japan things and also the plat plat how say plaques uh the boards are everywhere to show the candidates poster on it on the on the walls. And I think it's one of the peculiar things in Japan because nowadays you can check everything online but still there are kind like a you know actual construction going on to put the wall and uh that wall you know maybe 30 or 50 uh people's face on that wall.
ネイティブなら
Maybe it's a Japan-only thing. There are also poster boards everywhere with the candidates' posters on them. It's one of the peculiar things about Japan — nowadays you can check everything online, but they still physically build these boards, with 30 or 50 faces on each one.
解説
☓only Japan things → a Japan-ONLY thing。 ☓plaques → poster BOARDS。plaque は記念の銘板。☓a actual construction → actual construction。不可算に a。☓30 or 50 people's face → 30 or 50 FACES。
★★★ポスター掲示板。男の持論の出どころ — ネットで全部見られる時代に、まだ壁を建てている。peculiar(独特の)は立った。顔は50人分で face が1つ。50人で1つの顔を回し見している壁。
豆知識
ポスター掲示板は公営掲示場。市区町村が設置し、候補者1人に1枠。
生徒Everyone you know smiling kind of creepy pictures on the walls and uh the we us uh citizens look at the wall and uh maybe you know good looking guy will be chosen you know just that's you know because we don't know about you know because nobody cares about like uh really you know nobody looked into really uh studied before the you know vote before you vote. Just casually look at the posters on the wall before you enter in the ballot vote ballot place ballot...
ネイティブなら
People just vote for whoever has the best headshot.
NEWheadshot
金具だけEveryone's smiling in these creepy pictures. We citizens look at the wall, and the good-looking guy gets chosen — because nobody really looks into the candidates before they vote. You just glance at the posters before you walk into the polling station.
解説
☓good looking guy will be chosen → THE good-looking guy gets chosen。 ☓nobody looked into → nobody LOOKS into。習慣は現在形。☓enter in the ballot place → walk into the POLLING STATION。enter に in は要らない。投票所は polling station、ballot は投票用紙。
★★★全員が笑っている不気味な写真。男は選挙を「顔のいい方が選ばれる」と言い切った。★investigate ではなく look into が出た。★headshot = 顔写真(宣材)。
生徒And yeah that's very old fashioned out of date still but going on maybe because because the economy is entire economy is there for people you know put up the wall you know like the constructors that's their jobs. And uh they don't want to lose that kind of job. Like nowadays you know everyone has a smartphone. You don't need a you know you don't need a actual like poster going on everywhere.
ネイティブなら
It's old-fashioned and out of date, but it's still going on — maybe because there's a whole economy behind it. The contractors who put up the boards, that's their job, and they don't want to lose it. Everyone has a smartphone now. You don't need actual posters everywhere.
解説
☓constructors → CONTRACTORS。1音。constructor はプログラムの用語。☓a actual → AN actual。 ☓that's their jobs → that's their JOB。
★★★持論の芯 — 壁は時代遅れだが、壁を建てる人の仕事である。old-fashioned / out of date の2本が並んだ。★1音の狙撃手は今夜 constructors で1発外した。工事業者は contractor。
豆知識
「壁を建てる仕事を守るために壁が残る」を、経済学は vested interest(既得権益)と呼ぶ。壁が無駄かどうかより、誰の給料かで残る。
生徒But uh it's very hard to for kind politicians to we it's so out of date so we should we will stop that kind of old fashioned style of thing maybe they will be uh rejected because because people so many people are involved it's the economy going on. And uh but it's not I think I think it's not bad because it eventually uh help like uh it it it will create jobs, right? To you know meaningless stuff but still it will uh create jobs, opportunities for people you know being involved and uh so in that sense it's beneficial.
ネイティブなら
It's hard for politicians to say 'let's stop this old-fashioned stuff' — they'd get pushed back, because so many people are involved. But I don't think it's all bad. It creates jobs. Meaningless work, maybe, but still jobs. In that sense, it's beneficial.
解説
☓maybe they will be rejected → they'd get PUSHED BACK / they'd face backlash。rejected は提案が却下される。
★★★男の結論 — 無意味な仕事でも仕事は仕事。in that sense(その意味では)が立った。★第134夜「the system is rigged」の男が、今夜は壁の経済を「悪くない」と言った。
生徒And uh but uh and also uh still I don't think uh voting online will be far far away. I don't know why. It's I think it's already capable the enough the system-wise it's capable. We should it's easy you know right because it's easy because online banking is already there. That means you know banking is there so it's maybe you know I know I don't because I think online voting is better when it comes to preventing like rigged voting you know what I mean. Donald Trump's you know thing. Yeah online is much safer and uh much tougher and very difficult to rig.
ネイティブなら
Online voting won't happen anytime soon.
NEWanytime soon
金具だけBut I think online voting is still a long way off. I don't know why — system-wise, it's already possible. Online banking is already there. And I think online voting is better when it comes to preventing rigged elections. It's much safer and much harder to rig.
解説
☓☓I don't think voting online will be far away → online voting is STILL A LONG WAY OFF。否定を前に出すと「もうすぐ来る」に裏返る。今夜の宿題①。☓the enough the system-wise → system-wise。-wise の前に札は要らない(第103夜の宿題)。☓rigged voting → rigged ELECTIONS。
★★★今夜いちばん意味が裏返った1文。男は「オンライン投票はまだまだ先」と言った。出た英語は「遠くないと思う」。直後の I don't know why で、講師には「もうすぐ来る、理由は知らない」と届いた。預言者である。★when it comes to / rig(動詞)は立った。rigged は第134夜(the system is rigged)の男の語。
生徒Uh and uh but but I I understand because of you know we have a uh aging population problem so people in their 70s or 80s they don't know the digital divide they don't know how to vote online and uh they get furious maybe if people but obviously smart answer is go uh go into go you know online voting should be an answer easier answer but uh still we have a you know politicians have to take care of have to you know cater to uh you know populace which are dominant and uh unfortunately we you know we have 60 or 70 like old guys are majority dominant on everything and they have much influence on the results of election so it's the obvious thing
ネイティブなら
But I understand — we have an aging population. People in their 70s and 80s are on the wrong side of the digital divide. They don't know how to vote online, and they'd get furious. Online voting is the obvious answer, but politicians have to cater to the dominant demographic. Unfortunately, people in their 60s and 70s are the majority, and they have a lot of influence on election results.
解説
☓a aging → AN aging。 ☓they don't know the digital divide → they're on the wrong side of the digital divide。語は知っていたが、「知らない」ではない。☓populace which are dominant → the dominant DEMOGRAPHIC。 ☓60 or 70 old guys are majority → people in their 60s and 70s are THE majority。 ☓much influence → A LOT OF influence。肯定文の much は硬い。
★★★cater to(〜に合わせる、おもねる)が立った。furious も。★digital divide は語として正しく出た。使い方だけが「彼らはデジタルデバイドを知らない」になった。知らないのは語ではなく、側である。
生徒young politicians prominent very uh good not greedy you know many maybe I I I kind of believe in young politicians. They are not here to uh line his pockets anything their pockets no no no. They are very serious about uh changing uh political situations or economic situations.
ネイティブなら
I kind of believe in young politicians. They're not here to line their pockets. They're serious about changing things, politically and economically.
解説
☓line his pockets → line THEIR pockets。本人が3秒で直した。
★★★line their pockets(私腹を肥やす)が立った。his → their は代名詞の伝令が自分で戻した。★第134夜で「仕組みは仕組まれている」と言った男が、今夜は若い政治家を信じると言った。
生徒But uh but also they have to take care of they have they one bad comment will ruin their you know political career so it's kind of like a uh uh how do I put it uh uh threat they have to walk out you know what I mean. And yeah it's very thin thin ice and uh eggshells you know what I mean walking around eggshells and uh because they are capable because if you're a politician that's your entire job skillfully uh walking eggshells anything and uh yeah.
ネイティブなら
But one bad comment will ruin their political career, so it's kind of like a — how do I put it — a threat they have to live with. They're on thin ice. They're walking on eggshells. If you're a politician, that's your entire job: skillfully walking on eggshells.
解説
☓walking around eggshells / walking eggshells → walking ON eggshells。卵の殻の上を歩く。around だと周りを回る。☓it's very thin ice → they're ON thin ice。 ☓threat they have to walk out → a threat they have to LIVE WITH。
★★★how do I put it(何て言えばいいか)が立ち、kind of like a threat で前夜の宿題③(kind of + a)が執行された。そして卵の殻。男は薄氷と卵の殻の2本を持っていた。on だけが無かった。卵の殻の周りを歩く政治家は、一生卵に着かない。慎重というより、迷子である。
生徒And uh I couldn't do that. I'm not never ever you know I will you know I don't I haven't considered wants to to be a politician but uh it's not it's not for me yeah. But uh they are capable doing that manipulating stuff and uh yeah. So I think uh yeah I'm waffling rambling you know but it's okay.
ネイティブなら
I couldn't do that. I've never considered becoming a politician. It's not for me. But they're capable of doing that — the manipulating stuff. Anyway, I'm waffling, rambling, but it's okay.
解説
☓I haven't considered wants to be → I've never considered BECOMING。consider + -ing。☓capable doing → capable OF doing。
★★it's not for me(俺には向いてない)が立った。capable の後ろの of は、第135夜の come up (with) と同じ型 — 核の語の隣の1語が落ちる。★男は自分の waffling を自分で実況した。
生徒Uh yeah but uh so so so uh so to somewhat summarize about my experience my take view on this. Um yeah everything going fine but uh but uh uh uh politicians uh today is no longer like needy like greedy politician maybe is no longer survive in the kind of like a little bit enlightening uh societies you know. Younger people are no longer allowed you know people to exploit and to take advantage capitalize on their you know situation
ネイティブなら
So, to sum up my take on this: greedy politicians can no longer survive in a slightly more enlightened society. Younger people no longer let people exploit them or take advantage of them.
解説
☓summarize about → sum up。summarize は目的語を直接。☓politicians today is no longer greedy politician is no longer survive → greedy politicians CAN no longer SURVIVE。主語を1つに、be を外す。☓enlightening societies → an ENLIGHTENED society。-ed は状態、-ing は啓発する側。☓are no longer allowed people to exploit → no longer LET people exploit THEM。
★★my take(俺の見方)は立った。needy → greedy は1音の狙撃手が自分で戻した。enlightening society は「人を啓発する社会」で、男が言いたい「啓発された社会」の逆向き。第135夜の embarrassed / embarrassing で分けられた -ed と -ing が、今夜は enlightened で落ちた。
豆知識
exploit / take advantage of / capitalize on の3本は近いが、capitalize on は「好機を生かす」で悪意が無い。搾取は exploit。
生徒and but globally speaking it's massive scale you know we see everywhere like a powerful uh leaders you know. Pretending to be powerful I don't think he's there you know not powerful but uh they we tend to be like uh Japan including you know you know I don't I don't support or dissupport I just but it seems like global trend seems like powerful people like powerful leaders like look like powerful powerful but uh and this trend uh I'm worried about this trend will affect like a local or government local government or small levels and that will uh be a disaster if that happens.
ネイティブなら
The strongman trend worries me. If it trickles down to local politics, that's a disaster.
NEWstrongman
金具だけBut globally, on a massive scale, we see 'powerful' leaders everywhere — pretending to be powerful. Japan included. I'm not for or against them. But the global trend seems to be strongman leaders, and I'm worried that this trend will trickle down to local government. That would be a disaster.
解説
☓a powerful leaders → powerful leaders。a + 複数。☓dissupport → 捏造語。I'm not FOR OR AGAINST。☓I'm worried about this trend will affect → I'm worried THAT this trend will affect。節は that。
★★★ディスサポート(dissupport)— support の反対を dis- で作った新種。反対は oppose、中立は I'm not for or against。★strongman = 強権的な指導者(新聞の常用語)。★trickle down は第134夜の note に出た語。
豆知識
「強い指導者に見える人」を英語の報道は strongman と呼ぶ。populist(大衆迎合)とは別の軸。
生徒But uh I think in a local level from the ground up level we still uh believe in we can believe in politicians and uh what they do we you know closely monitor after they're elected and uh there's no chance little chance to uh to take advantage of or exploit or you know do uh bad stuff.
ネイティブなら
But at a local level, from the ground up, we can still believe in politicians. We monitor them closely after they're elected, so there's little chance for them to exploit the system.
解説
☓in a local level → AT a local level。level は at。☓there's no chance little chance → there's LITTLE chance。自分で小さくした。
★★★from the ground up(足元から)が立った。男の持論の底 — 足元の政治は目が届く。level の前は at、scale の前は on。男は今夜3回 in を置く。
生徒Uh so I think my point is my bottom bottom my to sum up in a global scale larger scale we are we have a corrupted very bad uh system uh economically and politically but uh in a in a small scale I witness daily on a on a road on a you know in real life I think we are getting better when it comes to governing and uh how to govern ourselves and uh take you know the take the hold the powerful responsible hold them responsible accountable. And uh yeah so small small scale it will I think it's promising and uh we can maybe improve in a way yeah
ネイティブなら
So my point is — to sum up — on a global scale, we have a corrupt system, economically and politically. But on a small scale, in real life, I think we're getting better at governing ourselves and holding the powerful accountable. On a small scale, it's promising.
解説
☓in a global scale / in a small scale → ON a scale。 ☓a corrupted system → a CORRUPT system。corrupt は形容詞。corrupted は「汚染された」。☓getting better when it comes to governing → getting better AT governing。
★★★今夜の bestPlay — 上は腐り、足元は良くなる。hold the powerful accountable は、responsible → accountable と自分で格上げして着地した。the powerful の the も立った(第134夜は powerful remains powerful と落ちた)。★my bottom line と言いかけて、bottom で止まった。
豆知識
hold ~ accountable = 責任を取らせる。responsible は「責任がある」、accountable は「説明責任を負う・結果を問われる」。政治の文脈は accountable。
生徒and so so uh thank you so much. What do you think about you know you can talk about your country's style or you don't you know whatever you talk you know you can whatever whatever from your mouth will be beneficial to my study so thank you so much.
ネイティブなら
Anything you say is useful to me, so go wherever you want with it.
NEWgo wherever you want with it
金具だけSo, what do you think? You can talk about your country, or whatever you like. Whatever comes out of your mouth helps my English. Thank you.
解説
☓whatever from your mouth will be beneficial → whatever COMES OUT OF your mouth。動詞が無い。
★★★「あなたの口から出る物は何でも私の勉強に有益」— 動詞が1つ無いだけで、講師の口が物の出口になった。男はバトンを渡した。講師は I'm tired と受けた。
先生Uh I'm tired. No no no fair enough fair enough. Um yeah I don't know well in when you say my politics do you mean South African politics or British politics?
解説
★★★講師の人生が出た1行 — 講師は「自分の政治」を、南アフリカの政治とイギリスの政治の2つから選ばせた。録音から分かるのはここまで。国籍は推定しない。
盗む
Fair enough.
「まあ、それもそうだ」。相手の言い分を受け入れる2語。反論しないが賛成でもない時に置ける。
豆知識
南アフリカはイギリス連邦の一員で、英国との二重の縁を持つ人が多い。講師がどちらの国の人かは録音に無い。
生徒Oh yeah yeah you know I don't care because yeah it's your choice. You wanna talk whatever you think.
ネイティブなら
Either one. Your call.
NEWYour call.
金具だけOh, either's fine — whichever you like. Talk about whatever you want.
解説
☓I don't care → EITHER'S FINE / whichever you like。I don't care は「どうでもいい」。講師が2つの国を差し出した直後に言う語ではない。
★★★講師が自分の2つの国を差し出し、男は「どうでもいい」と言った。言いたかったのは「どっちでもいい」。英語では、どうでもいいと、どっちでもいいは別の文である。
先生Um well I don't know. I suppose I'd say in terms of yeah British politics are totally screwed up at the moment.
解説
★★講師はイギリスを選び、totally screwed up と言った。男はすぐ復唱する。
盗む
British politics are totally screwed up at the moment.
screwed up = めちゃくちゃ(口語)。at the moment = 今のところ。国の政治を1文で切り捨てる講師の形。
生徒Screwed up. Why?
解説
★★即時復唱、2回目。Why? で講師に続きを渡した。
先生They are uh yeah I mean you see the rise of uh rise of the right wing parties and of populism and that's yeah a serious threat to the well I mean it's not I think England's had what is it it's like it's like eight prime ministers in 10 years or something.
解説
★★★講師の政治観 — 右派の台頭、ポピュリズム、10年で首相8人。
盗む
the rise of right-wing parties and of populism
「右派政党とポピュリズムの台頭」。新聞の見出しの語を、講師が会話で置いた。the rise of ~ = 〜の台頭。
豆知識
英国の首相は2016年以降 Cameron → May → Johnson → Truss → Sunak → Starmer。講師の「10年で8人」は概数。
生徒Ah okay yeah. Yes.
解説
★相槌。
先生So it's yeah it's uh even worse than Japan before it took over.
解説
★講師の比較。before it took over が何を指すかは録音から取れない。
生徒Japan yeah maybe we same system right we Japan kind like uh uh stole not stole but imitated your like you know government uh political system.
ネイティブなら
Japan has the same system, right? We kind of — not stole, but — imitated your political system.
解説
☓we same system → we HAVE the same system。動詞が無い。
★★stole → imitated と自分で言い換えた。盗んだ、を真似た、に直す男。★be も have も無い we same system は、第135夜の the Eiken is very strict rule と同じ骨 — 持ち物の文に have が来ない。
豆知識
日本の議院内閣制は戦後の憲法でイギリス型に近い形になった。明治憲法はプロイセン(ドイツ)を手本にした。
先生No no no I didn't mean what I meant was it's been the same as Japan in terms of uh a revolving door of uh prime ministers.
解説
★★★講師は「真似た」の話ではなく「首相の回転ドア」の話だと言い直した。日本とイギリスの共通点が、制度ではなく回転ドアになった。
盗む
a revolving door of prime ministers
回転ドア = 人が次々入れ替わる状態。a revolving door of ~ で「〜が入れ替わり立ち替わり」。What I meant was ~(言いたかったのは〜)という言い直しの入口も一緒に盗む。
生徒Revolving door. Okay, yeah. But because my point was in in the United States four years is decided. So it's it's systematic uh system in a system cannot allow to change the top leaders you know what I mean. Four years.
ネイティブなら
Revolving door, okay. But my point was, in the United States, the term is fixed at four years. The system doesn't allow them to change the leader mid-term.
解説
☓four years is decided → the term is FIXED at four years。 ☓system cannot allow to change → the system doesn't allow THEM to change。allow + 人 + to。
★★即時復唱3回目(revolving door)。そのあと男はアメリカの4年固定を持ち出した。大統領制と議院内閣制の違いの入口。
先生No no no no so like I mean yeah I mean it's the same in Japan it's the same as the UK in that you vote for the party not the not the president not the man. So uh like I think in an American situation in an American situation the vice president has to take over from the president if the president steps down. Whereas in I think it's the same in Japan as the UK if the prime minister steps down there's an election within the party to decide the new prime minister.
解説
★★★講師の説明 — 党に投票するか、人に投票するか。whereas(一方で)で2つの制度を並べた。
盗む
If the president steps down, the vice president takes over.
step down = 辞任する、take over = 引き継ぐ。政治でも会社でも、交代はこの2本で言える。
豆知識
議院内閣制では首相は議会(与党)が選ぶので、党内選挙で交代できる。大統領制では任期が固定で、辞任すれば副大統領が昇格する。
生徒Yes. And it's crazy because can I can I step in because uh so and talk about you know economy money because so much money is spent every time uh president change changes you know there's a huge election. And uh that costs much you know because it's kind of like taxpayers money are spent spent in kind like a crazy festival things you know. So I think but originally uh the politics started as a like a festival or uh people are like sports people are like very excited about selecting new leaders or it's yeah I don't know
ネイティブなら
Can I jump in? Let's talk about money. So much money is spent every time the president changes — it costs a lot. Taxpayers' money gets spent on this crazy festival. Maybe politics started as a festival, like sports — people get excited about picking new leaders.
解説
☓can I step in → can I JUMP IN / chime in。step in は介入する。10分前に chime in と正しく言った。☓costs much → costs A LOT。 ☓taxpayers money are spent → taxpayers' money IS spent。不可算。☓a crazy festival things → this crazy festival。 ☓the politics started → POLITICS started。ザ・プレート。
★★★10分前に chime in と言った男が、自分が口を挟むときは step in と言った。相手には chime、自分には step。★選挙は祭りだ、という論は立った。金の話が、祭りの話になった。
生徒uh so I'm not I'm not I'm not an expert about politics or uh economy so but I don't think I'm kind of skeptical about I'm not I don't I'm not sold I'm not hmm GDP is a real number you know because uh people say uh you know uh GDP the number the number it's a numbers game and uh always like uh you know people numbers up is always good when it comes to GDP or some kind of like a economic you know standards. So we should always invest in new technologies or you we should always uh improve uh our GDP numbers you know mean. So but I I I think maybe China uh for example China most of the numbers are fake.
ネイティブなら
I'm not an expert on politics or economics, but I'm not sold on GDP being a real number. It's a numbers game. Higher is always better when it comes to GDP, so we should always invest in new technology and push the numbers up. But take China — most of their numbers are fake.
解説
☓expert about → expert ON / IN。 ☓I'm not sold GDP is a real number → I'm not sold ON GDP BEING a real number。 ☓numbers up is always good → HIGHER is always better。
★★★I'm not sold(納得してない)と numbers game(数字遊び)が1ターンで立った。skeptical → not sold と、自分で口語に格下げした。★中国の数字は嘘だ、と言い切った。講師は次の1行で乗った。
先生Yes yeah they are locally they are locally derived.
解説
★★講師は「嘘」を「地方由来」と言い換えた。
盗む
They're locally derived.
derived = 導き出された。locally derived = 地方の数字から積み上げたもの。講師は「嘘」とは言わず「地方由来」と言った。言い方で角を取る形。
豆知識
中国の省別GDPの合計は、長年、国の公表GDPを上回ってきた(各省が水増しする構造)。講師の locally derived はこの話。
生徒Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah you know but you know that's GDP is kind like a all uh numbers adding up to the top you know what I mean. And uh so one you know so so going back to my city I live in a Soka city called Soka and uh maybe not small but not large medium and so if they lie if they like uh lie the numbers. So it's adding up and uh the total number of you know country's total final GDP will be a mess mess ready and it's not uh correct at all far far beyond because and I think in China that will happen. That that is going to happen now is going on. And uh China uh will be facing uh Japan's kind like a aging society in ten...
ネイティブなら
GDP is all the local numbers added up to the top. Going back to my city — I live in a city called Soka, medium-sized — if they fudge the numbers, it all adds up, and the country's final GDP is a mess. It's way off. That's happening in China right now. And China is going to face the same aging society as Japan in ten...
解説
☓a all numbers → all the numbers。 ☓a Soka city called Soka → a city called Soka。自分で直した。☓lie the numbers → FUDGE the numbers / lie ABOUT the numbers。 ☓far far beyond → WAY OFF。 ☓a aging → AN aging。今夜2回目。
★★★男は自分の市を、中国の統計の説明に使った。草加市が数字を盛れば、日本のGDPが狂う。草加市は盛っていない(録音に根拠なし)。★fudge the numbers = 数字をごまかす。
豆知識
草加市の人口は約25万人。男の「中くらい」は正しい。
生徒uh will try to invade you know Taiwan you know what I mean? Uh it's also politic uh yeah. And uh I I the other day I watched the Joe Rogan clip about uh Oculus Rift inventor uh do you know the guy who is a billionaire and surprisingly same as same as my age like 34 and you can google uh Oculus Rift's like inventor and uh his name I forgot slips my mind escapes my mind but uh you can search easily and uh he he on Joe Rogan show he was talking about the he was now Palmer Luckey do you know that? Have you no? But he was billionaire you know at an early age my age same age thirty four and uh it's funny and uh but he now uh sold his company like billion dollars to the Facebook or I don't know. And uh now he was involved in military and uh his statement was kind like I don't agree with him because he said we should America should be uh selling more guns instead not not like stop policing stop being a world police and just sell...
ネイティブなら
China will try to invade Taiwan — that's political too. The other day I watched a Joe Rogan clip with the inventor of the Oculus Rift. He's a billionaire, and surprisingly, he's the same age as me — 34. His name escapes me... Palmer Luckey. Do you know him? He became a billionaire at an early age, sold his company to Facebook for billions, and now he's in the defense industry. I don't agree with him. He said America should stop being the world's policeman and just sell more weapons.
解説
☓politic → POLITICAL。 ☓same as my age → the same age AS me。第134夜のカード the same age as が、same as my age に化けた。☓do you know that → do you know HIM。人は him。☓was billionaire → was A billionaire。 ☓the Facebook → Facebook。ザ・プレート、固有名詞。☓like billion dollars → FOR billions of dollars。 ☓involved in military → in the DEFENSE INDUSTRY。 ☓world police → the world's POLICEMAN。
★★★同い年の億万長者。男は自分の年齢を2回言った(34、thirty four)。名前は slips my mind と escapes my mind の2本で逃げ、3秒後に Palmer Luckey で捕まえた。名前の逃げ方だけは、2通り持っている。
豆知識
Palmer Luckey(1992年生)— Oculus VR を創業し、2014年に Facebook に約20億ドルで売却。2017年に防衛テック企業 Anduril を創業。Joe Rogan Experience に出演している。
先生Police state. Oh you mean the you mean the the global watchdog.
解説
★★講師は police state(警察国家)と聞き違えてから、global watchdog に着地した。講師の語彙が、男の world police を1段上げた。
盗む
the global watchdog
watchdog = 番犬、監視役。the global watchdog = 世界の警察役。world police より新聞の語。
生徒Yeah global stop global watchdog and uh sell sell arm host forces to the come you know Taiwan or it's crazy you know maybe...
ネイティブなら
Yeah, stop being the global watchdog, and just sell arms to Taiwan. It's crazy.
解説
☓arm host forces → sell ARMS。武器は arms、複数。
★★global watchdog を即座に復唱(4回目)。arm host forces は armed forces(軍)と arms(武器)が混ざった音。
先生Just be an arms dealer basically.
解説
★★★講師の要約 — 要するに武器商人になれ、と。男の2分が、講師の5語になった。
盗む
Just be an arms dealer, basically.
arms dealer = 武器商人。basically = 要するに。相手の長い説明を1語の名詞で畳む講師の形。
生徒Yes yes yes yes. And uh but he was like a fascinating interesting guy but uh maybe I wanna talk about next time but uh yeah so I don't know maybe yeah I'm already finished uh I did what I wanted to do so what do you think about you know China's invasion to Taiwan or economy or politics in general.
ネイティブなら
Yes. He was a fascinating guy. Maybe I'll talk about him next time. Anyway, I'm done — I did what I wanted to do. What do you think about China invading Taiwan, or the economy, or politics in general?
解説
☓talk about next time → talk about HIM next time。目的語の脱落。☓I'm already finished → I'm DONE。 ☓invasion to Taiwan → invasion OF Taiwan / China INVADING Taiwan。
★★★I did what I wanted to do — 準備なしの25分を、男は自分で閉じた。目的語の it/him は今夜2回手ぶら。
先生Uh I don't know the problem with China invading Taiwan is that the main well other than uh I suppose pride um the the main reason to well the main economic reason to invade Taiwan would be TSMC and the semiconductor well chips and semiconductors but if China invades Taiwan those factories are getting destroyed. There's not a chance in hell that those factories survive. So yeah I don't know.
解説
★★★講師の1行で、男の25分が閉じた。侵攻の経済的な理由は TSMC。侵攻すれば工場は壊れる。だから理由が消える。
盗む
There's not a chance in hell that those factories survive.
not a chance in hell = 万に一つも無い。強い否定の口語。There's no way より1段強い。
豆知識
TSMC(台湾積体電路製造)は世界の半導体受託製造の過半、先端チップの約9割を作る。「台湾を守るのは半導体」という考えは silicon shield(シリコンの盾)と呼ばれる。講師の論はこれ。
生徒Okay well interesting view. I never never thought about that way. Yeah and also it's about economy so thank you maybe time's up and thank you well finally yeah but I'm gonna look into that because so Taiwan is that the factory the world factory of creating semiconductors or kind like a IT is yeah and invading China will will will fail all of that kind like a factories destroy the yeah it's not gonna good both sides. Okay wow that's a good view. Wow I'm so yeah I didn't know that. I didn't think that way. Thank you so much.
ネイティブなら
That's a good point. I'd never looked at it that way.
NEWI'd never looked at it that way.
金具だけInteresting view. I never thought about it that way. I'm going to look into that. So Taiwan is the world's factory for semiconductors, and if China invades, all those factories get destroyed. It's not going to be good for either side. That's a good point. I didn't know that.
解説
☓I never thought about that way → I never thought about IT that way。目的語。☓the world factory of creating → the world's factory FOR。 ☓invading China will fail all factories → if CHINA INVADES, the factories get destroyed。主語と目的語が逆。「中国を侵略する」になった。☓not gonna good → not going to BE good。第135夜の not going to good と同じ穴。☓both sides → EITHER side。否定文は either。
★★★負けを認めた男 — 「その見方は考えたことがなかった」を3回言った。言い直すたびに、中国が台湾に侵略されていた。★look into(調べる)は立った。
先生No worries. Good session. Take care enjoy your day.
解説
★★講師の締め。寝不足の2人の、いい回だった。
盗む
No worries. Good session.
「気にしないで。いい回だった」。礼への返しと、25分の総評を4語で。
生徒Yeah, bye bye.
解説
★終わり。次回は同い年の億万長者の話、と男は予告して帰った。
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