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Asketic co-Founder Miķelis Baštiks talking with Inese Ozola from "Amoralle" and "Amoralle Level Up" about how to build and work with the audience and how to create new ways of building business by listening to your audience.M: Speaking of fundamental values, which we discussed while creating the website. You have identified them, but how do they impact the practical side of things? Secondly, we once touched upon this in our Instagram conversation, how you didn't create Level Up out of thin air, but instead created something for your existing audience or community that's completely different from your core business, which is to sew clothing. When you had SockBox, you probably never imagined you would have digital products, masterclasses, but when you understand your person, you can make anything for them, gather help for Ukraine, film videos and sew clothing. Those are different activities, but they are for the same person. I find it very interesting – building around the audience, because 9 out of 10 times it's the other way around. Someone decides to make or sell something and then looks for people who need it. You're the rare case, where you already had an audience and then you keep expanding it.I: If someone first decides to become a fashion designer, and there are a lot of people who feel such drive in them, and then this person very purposefully works toward what they believe in, then eventually they will find their audience. In these cases, the authenticity of such people is always totally clear, you know they are looking straight ahead towards their goal, it's their opinion. You may like it, so you follow that, or you may not like it – so you don't. The downside is that this usually is a very firm, inflexible, very straight path. While the other story, which is my story, is a relationship with the brand or with your dream.M: The difference is that in the first case the brand is created around the personality, but in the second case – around the audience. Seth Godin, a grand-master of marketing, has compared business creation to a dance – you called it a relationship – where you constantly do your best to not step on each other's foot and understand where you are going next, and that's the other path.I: I actually think that today's brands are about this relationship.M: As much as I was able to witness your team in action, it felt very good, and also, I could sense a system underneath. There was no bureaucracy, which was nice to observe. Have you intentionally applied that or is there a structure, the invisible carcass?I: You can't teach that, you can create that, it's a living organism, and it works because everyone is in their place. One of our unwritten rules is that every person who exits our premises, whether it's a cooperation partner, client or delivery person, has to feel happier than when they entered. To sell something at the store is not as important as making the lady happy as she leaves.M: That's one of the cornerstones of the brand, and then you seek how you can achieve that with music, interior design, relationships, specific staff dress code. And these are the small points of contact, which together create the sense of the brand or associations with Amoralle.I: Of course, I'm glad to hear praise, thank you for that, but I find critique to be of the highest value. That allows me to analyse the situation, and any critique is always followed by a small adjustment to the system going forward. For example, an individual order – a lady wants to make a dress. We have agreed on the design, the price, but something goes wrong, there's a lack of satisfaction. I dissect this whole situation, and going forward we introduce a payment of deposit with the order. If we don't pay the first instalment or pay before the service, then we don't feel involved in the process. Whereas, after we pay the first instalment we feel as a partner in the process towards the common goal. Also, a clear understanding of what each element costs and why. We get this question quite often. Why does this silk peignoir costs 1000 euros?M: How do you explain this value in practice? Do you explain during the meeting, is it explained on video or at the website? In your experience, what is the best way to convey the value of this end-product or piece of art?I: To date, a detailed video story has worked the best, where you see the beginning, the fabric being sewn by people and then the product, which is now on the catwalk at a fashion show. Then an unwritten rule is to have a sample, namely, the bicycle has been invented and you need to see what are the people, who already have reached the destination of our path, doing now.M: Okay, in every aspect of your operation?I: Yes, name it, in every aspect there's a sample, because when you see it visually, you understand what resonates with you and what is it you would like to change to convey the message to your clients. The sample has allowed me to save a lot of money and time. I've learned it over time in cases of failure, and by analysing them I realise that from now on we shall implement a sample. Failures are the ones that help you take bigger steps toward your goal; they help you save money and time in the future.M: How do you find the balance between being present with your team, doing all these things that you mentioned, and stepping away from all that quite a lot, letting the team work remotely or independently?I: I'm present as much as I can, I trust my colleagues and that's the only way I want to work. I pay a lot of attention to having the strongest, sharpest, most powerful and efficient colleagues on the team.M: How does it work in practice with there being multiple locations? Are you some days in one place and some days in other? Or do you all meet up or have a conference call or you work individually? How does that happen in reality?I: I spend a certain time in each place, but I do spend more time where the toughest stage is being tackled. For example, during the creation of Level Up, I spent more time at Level Up.M: How did you realise that during the Covid pandemic you could create a new business branch, which is Amoralle Level Up and has no direct relation to clothing, but is more like a community for women who relate to this brand, but you offer completely different products, namely, online masterclasses, digital products, various events on your premises?I: In this field of information and specialists, to be able to select the best, the most powerful ones and to transfer this knowledge to your clients, to be together with them and together realise how we as a brand can help them. And we can help, because we are the ones who created this femininity brand cult in Latvia. If you had to name a Latvian femininity brand, you would definitely mention Amoralle. That's what we created, this story of lace, the victory walks of lace. We have been the pioneers. It makes us responsible to these women to give them what they need today. And one day, if I as the director or we as the brand feel that they need a new direction, I will follow it.M: What you did in respect of Ukraine, when you momentarily, in a few days' time created a new centre, where you could bring the necessary things and supplies to help, it was not just an Instagram post of support, but a practical platform, which allowed the people who relate to your brand to get involved and help out.I: This story has more to it. When the war in Ukraine began, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we were having the pre-launch campaign for our new collection, we had planned to start selling the new collection. We had invested money in the collection and the marketing campaign, ads etc. At that moment it was clear to us that our women, the ones who love the brand Amoralle – none of them would want such dress, nobody would want to see it. That's not possible. We stopped everything instantly, and together with them we dived into helping as one big team.M: Once my friend told me that he had went into this shop on Brivibas Street called SockBox to buy socks for his girlfriend and that's the first time I heard of it. Later you became what you are now. How did it even begin? How did you get the idea to create something like this?I: I created the shop after my son had just been born, it was opened when he turned 9 months old. I basically created it at home with the computer, while feeding the baby. The initial idea was to offer socks from various manufacturers to women and men. Less than a year later I was working at the shop daily. I was the cleaner, the accountant, the director, I was everything. While working there every day, I realised that no one is producing the things that women would like to buy. I even went to China to see if somebody there produces what I think they would want to buy. Then my mom mentioned that we could sew it ourselves. She knows how to sew, but she had just joined sewing courses to improve her skills. I said “okay” and so we bought a sewing machine and hired Natālija who still works with us.M: The rebranding stage when SockBox became Amoralle. Why did that happen and how do you feel about that now?I: I wanted to create a fashion sock brand. In order to have a fashion sock brand you have to participate in a fashion show. When I got the permission to join a fashion show, only then I realised that you can't send a naked model with only socks on. That's how the first bodies were created. To create a “wow” moment for the final look, we made a flowy cape. That's how we started producing silk peignoirs. I can clearly remember the first client who bought a silk peignoir for 700 euros in the small SockBox shop. I almost fainted from happiness. That inspired me more and more. It still was called SockBox, we made silk peignoirs, sold them. We were contacted by a gentleman of Arab descent, who wanted us to open a shop in the Middle East. And we needed a name. At that time, we were already selling in the Middle East, and my clients were saying that it's pretty hard to make a connection between the name SockBox and silk peignoirs with this branding. When thinking about export, I realised that it's a problem and that we need a rebranding, and I made this decision, since the brand was still small enough to make a quick rebranding without much hassle.M: Does this name resonate with people in Saudi Arabia? People there are even more traditional than here.I: People are very traditional, you can't show any photo with a body. You can only show the clothes with no body. There are certain market conditions. But the risqué, sensual clothing itself, they like it very much. It's not much spoken about, and it must be marketed in other visual ways.M: There can be no photos of people?I: No, you can't show such clothing on people in Saudi Arabia. When a woman goes shopping in this kind of shop, there have to be at least two shop-assistants present in the room; you can't be alone. The woman doesn't speak, she indicates with her eyes what she has chosen, and she never pays for it. She makes a choice and then her husband, brother or father comes in to pay.M: In one of our conversations you mentioned that the brand essence is “beautiful at home”.I: Yes.M: I really liked what you said. It provided even more clarity about what this brand is and who it's meant for, as well as the situation and context this product is to be used in.I: The sense of self, relationship with yourself begins at home. It mostly happens when no one is around, during your “me time”. The dialogue with yourself. Clothing is a source of inspiration for me. I put on beautiful loungewear when no one is around and that's when magic happens. That's the beginning in my experience. In the shop, also in exhibitions in Paris or New York, I often hear “I don't have a home that's adequate for wearing this kind of clothing”. I think it's an open discussion. What comes first? Beautiful clothes and then a beautiful home? Or a beautiful home first and then beautiful clothing? I will tell you how it happened. We have these silk slips. They're like dresses and look amazing when combined with your beloved one's suit jacket. I once went out like that, and he said “You wore that at home. Isn't it a nightdress?”. I replied “Yes, but it's very comfortable and looks really great”. It also makes you feel a bit mysterious. You feel very free, you do what makes you comfortable. That's a brand value. Value of a women's brand. We only have female employees, by the way. And I want them to do things only in a way that's comfortable for them. When a woman is inspired, everything happens swiftly. You must have noticed it in your wife too. She sometimes ticks off every task swiftly and easily. But sometimes things are dragging.M: Yeah.I: If we talk about the Amoralle story of 14 years, I vividly remember one turning point. I was traveling back from exhibition in New York. We did very well and I was thinking about what to do next. There's this book “The ONE Thing”. It talks about how important it is in business and in life to choose one thing and focus on it. Then your day will consist of anything that moves you closer to this one thing. There's this whole method for finding this one thing. I tried to apply it to Amoralle, and I realised that we were thinking about wholesale trade at that time, we were thinking about the development of local market, also we were considering expansion of production. We were spending our time focusing on various things. After I completed all of the tasks, I concluded that there is one essential thing, which still remains my one thing, which I do in order to expand the brand. And that's online. It's very essential, valuable and necessary for any business to understand internally that the tomorrow is only online. In the online realm you converse with your client in a completely different way. If you want to develop your business online, you have to think completely differently.M: Just like with the brand essence you mentioned, “beautiful at home”. It's one essence that is difficult to catch, but when you find it, it helps arrange everything else around it. The same goes for online. You're doing specific physical things, which is your shop in Riga, but it has to serve for this one thing.I: Nowadays physical shopping is on the downturn, but it still is necessary. We want this experience of being present, we want to feel the authenticity. But I believe that the whole tomorrow will be online. And being online, letters play an enormous role. The proportion. You see the message differently, if the letter is too large or too small, or written differently.M: That's the digital interior design.
3 reasons you could have a profit but no cash. (6:19) What if you DO have cash, but you're NOT profitable? (8:11) How does collecting old receivables affect your view of how profitable you are? (11:35) Why cash is king. (13:13) What is the statement of cash flows? (15:34) What does your statement of cash flows look like? (20:13) How do you use your statement of cash flows? (26:12) Story Time: A real client who used the statement of cash flows to figure out where her money was going. (27:34) Take action! Go print out your statement of cash flows and try it out! (29:55) Quotable Moments “Cashflow just means the money that's coming in and going out of your business.” — M “Cashflow and profit are equally important, but they're not the same thing. They affect each other, but it's possible to make a profit and not have any money.” — M “If you don't have cash, if you don't have liquidity in some respect, you can't do business.” — K “Before you even think about going and looking at the statement of cash flows, make sure that you have good books.” — K “The reason to understand in sufficient detail where your cash went and where it comes from is that if you know that, you can do something about it.” — M “Just look for the big numbers and if they're negative, go fix them.” — M Resources Check us out on Youtube Follow us on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram Subscribe to our newsletter, The Countdown Have questions? Email us! E008: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems with Sergio Garcia Sample Statement of Cash Flows More from Martin theprofitproblem.com annealbc.com martin@anealbc.com LinkedIn Facebook Instagram More from Khalil benali.com khalil@benali.com LinkedIn Facebook Instagram More from The Cashflow Contractor Ask Us A Question Sign Up For A Free Consultation thecashflowcontractor.com info@thecashflowcontractor.com LinkedIn Facebook Instagram
Download MP3 ８月の４週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この12年間に配信した359本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。今回は"Human Relations Can Be Hard"というテーマで、嘘や噂など、人間関係にまつわるエピソードを集めました。 *** Script *** やさしい英語会話 (337) When's a Person Lying? W: Hi, Michael. How was your day? M: Umm, good… Uh… why are you staring at me so much, Sarah? W: I just took a phycology lecture on how to tell if a person is lying or not. I wanted to try to tell if YOU are lying to me, so I was studying your behavior and tone of voice. M: But I wouldn’t lie about saying my day is fine. That would be silly. W: How would I know if you’re telling the truth? Did you know that the average person hears 10 to 200 lies in just one day? M: Wow, we hear 10 to 200 lies per day? I guess if you include TV commercials and stuff, it’s believable. Hey, I have an idea. How about we play a game? I’ll tell you three things about me, and YOU have to figure out which of the three things is a lie. W: OK! That’s a great idea. I’ll use the information from what I learned today in the lecture so that I can see through your lies. M: OK, let’s begin. The first fact is that I like to study biology… (W: Hmm.) M: The second fact is that I love ice cream. (W: Hmm, your face.) M: The last fact about me is that I love dogs. W: Hmm: You love biology… ice cream… or dogs… From what I learned, I think that… all three facts are lies, because you were lacking in expression, and you looked very bored when you were talking. Also, your feet were facing the exit. These are all big signs that show someone is not telling the truth. M: Actually… they were all true! W: What? That’s impossible! According to the professor, these signs mean that you are lying, or you are not interested in the conversation. M: Of… of course… Um, I’m, I’m… interested in this conversation! I… I like you… Um, I like listening to your conversation! W: Now, I can DEFINITELY tell you are lying. (Written by Pearline Kusunoki) やさしい英語会話 (308) Gossip W: Yo, how's it going? M: Still not done with that term paper yet. W: No, not that. I mean how did it go between you and Makino the other day? M: What? What do you mean? W: I saw you two walking your bikes together last night. You were both talking in hushed voices. M: When was that? Like, on the way home by the pond? W: Yep! You guys never even spoke in class, then suddenly I'd see you like that. Got me thinking all sorts of things! M: Things like what?! W: Oh, you know: My little fantasy, where you guys are secretly a couple, because you don't want other people to gossip behind your backs. M: But… W: Hold it! Now that we're on this topic, I need to ask you if you like Makino! I've been shipping you for the past couple of weeks now, just so you know. But I'm not going to tell you more than that. You gotta tell me, right now! M: OK, OK. Calm down. This is a bit too creepy for me to absorb that quickly. (pause) She's good to talk with. That's it. W: What do you mean "that's it"? What else can you say about her? M: I… uh…. W: Oh, come on, give me something to work with. What do you think of her looks? Do you like how the moon shined on her face last night? What did you two talk about, anyway? I need answers! M: Just…..please give me a second. Hey, how did you find us last night? W: Ah, that. I was…er….on my way home too. M: With whom? Are you with Taku again? W: Oh, oh. Look at the time, it flies… so fast. Gotta go and finish my term paper too! (Written by Bea Jianne Roque) やさしい英語会話 (300) Gestures Are Different in Different Cultures W: Hey, why do Japanese make a peace sign when they're taking pictures? It looks strange to me. M: Ha ha. I guess most people just think it's cute. And some people, especially girls, use it to show their face smaller. W: Wow, they don't know it means "Victory in war"? And if they show the peace sign with the back of their hand, it means "Damn you!" M: Hmm… Actually, they know. But "Praying for peace" is a stronger image in Japan. We take it for granted, but I think we should avoid doing it so much in foreign countries, because the meanings of gestures are different from country to country. W: Exactly. Hey, I know a good Hawaiian gesture, called "Shaka Brother," or "Hang Loose" which can be used for a lot of our feelings, such as "Hello," "How are you," "Good luck," "Thank you," and "I love you." M: Wow, sounds really useful! W: Yeah, the former American president, Obama, also used this sign differently depending on the situation. For he was born in Hawaii. M: I see… Hey, look over there. Is that Tom coming this way? W: Yeah. Let's have a chat with him. (Showing her palm to Tom) M: Ah! Why are you keeping him at a distance!!!? (Written by Wakana Kanada) やさしい英語会話 (275) Meeting People Can Be Nerve-wracking M: Hey, Alex, do you think I should I wear this blue tie or the green? W: Neither. They don't match. Hey, how aren't you ready yet? I thought guys were supposed to get ready BEFORE girls. M: Well, I don't know what's happening tonight. I don't know who we're meeting with, or where we're meeting them, and I don't know how formal it's supposed to be. I'm trying to dress appropriately, so don't rush me! W: Awww, are you nervous? That's adorable. M: Let me concentrate! ... Okay, I think I look good. W: Awesome! So, can we go now? M: Uhh.. Yeah, I guess… W: That doesn't sound very confident. M: Yeah, it's just, it sounds like there's going to be a big group of people. W: It's only a couple of drinks. M: Yeah, but what if they don't want me to be a part of their group? Or, what if I can't talk to them? W: You'll be fine! When you see them just smile and wave. Practice with me. M: (Through gritted teeth) Is this good? W: Uhhh… you look like you're teaching the Joker to dance to Single Ladies. Okay, then, you're a charming guy, just talk like you do with me. Except about politics: avoid talking about politics. M: (Breathes deeply) Okay then, let's go! (Written by Stella-Maree Trounson)
Episode Notes DTMYM Ep. 1 Transcript Malena: Hey guys, my name is Malena.Allison: I’m Allison.Hannah: My name’s Hannah.M: And we are your hosts and freshmen here at Northwestern. This is Don’t Tell Me Your Major, an interview podcast where we avoid getting to know people on the surface level, with questions like what their major is, where they’re from, and how old they are, but try to get to know them on a more profound level. That’s how you really know the kind of person someone is rather than judging them on pre-established stereotypes. Today it’s just us, the co-hosts, so you guys can get to know us a little more before we start talking to others! And, um, just an update, all of us have the freshman plague.A: Sorry, I’m hacking my lungs out. M: Yeah, so if you hear us coughing, that’s why. But the first order of business – the first question I’m going to ask is: If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be? Allison, you’re up first.A: Okay, I’ve actually planned this for a really long time. My 18th birthday is coming up, and I’m going to get a little music note, like an eighth note, tattooed on the inside of my middle finger in white ink so that my parents don’t see it. So don’t tell my mom, ‘cause I’m not allowed to have a tattoo, because I’m going to get disowned. But, yeah I’ve been planning on getting that for a long time.H: The ones on the inside of your fingers –A: They’re so pretty.H: They rub off though.A: I know, that’s the point, like –H: Oh! You’re not going to show it to anyone.A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, just in case my mom ever catches me, like, in a couple years it’ll be faded so it won’t be a big deal. H: So I wanted to get a matching tattoo with my sister, but I’m scared, because whenever we fight, I’d be like “f**k you!” but then you have them tattooed on your body.M: I love that, I love that. Ok, so mine is like, I wanted to get this tattoo that’s like a circle but like it isn’t closed. So it’s a circle that almost closes but doesn’t –A: That’s so unsatisfactory.M: No, I know, but the whole point is–A: I wouldn’t want that! M: The whole point is that like, there’s this quote I like that says, “some things don’t come full circle.” And it’s just getting used to things not going your way. H: That’s much deeper than ours. A: I was about to say that! I was like, “I want a music note.” And she was like, “some things, they just don’t come full circle.”M: Ok, ok.A: We’re the bad co-hosts right here.M: Oh my gosh. No, ok so, my next question is, what is your favorite thing about yourself? Do you guys know, off the top of your head?A: Nose goes! M: Nose goes?A: Alright Hannah you’re up.H: Ummm, hair, it’s flowy and long.M: Is it like, annoying to blow out though?H: Yeah, yeah, so annoying.A: You know she never blow dries her hair?M: Really? Oh, we have an audience member, just so you guys know. A: Yeah, my roommate. She just lives with wet hair. I don’t know how she does it.M: I never blow dry my hair either. But it’s because mine is like, shoulder length, so it’s not a big deal. A: Oh it is?M: Yeah.A: I thought it was long. M: No it’s not that long. But anyways I think my favorite thing about myself is... I like my eyebrows. A: You do have nice eyebrows.M: They’re a lot of work, but I never have to fill them in. Like I feel so bad for people who have to fill in their eyebrows.H: Okay, okay! Fine. A: Your eyebrows are fine too, what do you mean?M: Okay, what about you Allison?A: My favorite thing...I guess is that I’m not an awkward person, so like it has saved me from many a potentially awkward situation. Y’know? So yeah, I feel like I’m pretty chill.M: Yeah, that’s fair. I love that I said my eyebrows. Like my personality sucks, like it just sucks. A: Jesussss. M: No. Ok. What can you not live without? Like what is the one thing you can’t live without? And it can be basic.A: Does it have to be a material object?M: Do maybe one material object and one non-material object.A: (under breath) Are my boobs showing?H: Nobody can see them!M: This is a podcast, Allison. A: I meant to you! But ok. Material – WAIT why am I always going first, you go!M: Ok, ok. H: I don’t know. I wanted to say something funny, but I don’t want to say something stupid like oxygen, water. Censor BeepM: Hannah! You can’t say that word! Oh my gosh. A: Beep.M: We’re gonna have to censor that. A: Sorry guys, we’re not American. M: Yeah so, some context is, the reason why we all know each other is we’re all international kids. A: Ok shut up Malena, you’re American. Hannah and I are not. Please forgive us if we say something un-PC.M: Okay so one thing I couldn’t live without is kind of like, my international friends. That’s one of my deeper answers –A: (sarcastically) I don’t feel the same way.M: (sarcastically) She could just get rid of us. (continued from before) ...Because I like having a wide worldview. Like a worldview where I could know people from all around the world and get their perspectives. And they all have such different lifestyles that it’s so much fun to hang out with them because there’s always something new to do and always good new food to eat. What about you guys?A: What’s your material thing?M: Uh, probably my phone.A: Yeah.M: I’m pretty addicted to Snapchat. H: Yeah, it’s true, phone. A: Ok, I’m going to think of something less shallow than that. So what’s your other thing?H: Yeah, I couldn’t live without friends. That would just suck.A: Oh really, would it now?M: Nah, I always wanted to become a hermit. That was my thing. Just be a hermit. A: Um, I would say I can’t live without music. I’m constantly listening to music, my airpods always run out of battery. Umm... I’m trying to think of a material thing. Like, I don’t know.M: Well, can I just say... Can we have a quick tangent? Airpods are like the biggest scam. Like the fact that the headphone jack is the same as your charging jack on your Apple phone, and then you can’t plug them into your laptop. And then you have to charge your airpods, and they’re like 100 dollars…A: Well that’s not –H: Yeah, no I agree.A: You don’t have to connect your Airpods to your computer. It’s bluetooth.M: Yeah I know but they’re always running out of battery and they cost like 200 dollars.A: The battery lasts like five hours how long are you listening to music??H: When you’re on the plane, if you’re like a long long plane ride…A: Oh! When I’m on the plane I use like the ones with the wires, but Airpods for the casual walking around the streets. H: I dislike them. So this is a funny story, but I had Airpods for a while, and I didn’t actually buy them. I FOUND them. A: YOU FOUND THEM?H: I found them.M: Oh no, you’re THAT person. H: So my mom found them, on the beach. Somewhere…A: Ok well you know what, they probably weren’t going to come back for them anyways. You might as well have kept them. H: And we were trying to ask around people, if they were theirs, because we had some friends there. Couldn’t find them. So we just kept them, disinfected them, and my mom was like –A: Disinfected them???M: Just have random people’s –H: I’m not going to have their ears in my ears!A: Your ears in their ears?H: And, long story short, I realized I don’t like airpods. Prefer the headphones.M: The Ancients.A: I like to put my phone in my back pocket when I’m walking, and to have that cord – it like rips out of my ears if I move the wrong direction and I get so f**cking frustrated, so [Airpods] are nice to have.H: I also heard this thing about airpods giving you cancer or whatever.A: Yeah dude, everything gives you cancer.M: Dude, just live in a bubble.A: Yeah, like bacon, everything gives you cancer.M: Ok. Speaking of, we’ve been eating cheerios in the background if you guys are hearing chewing noises. I don’t know how great this mic is but maybe you’re hearing chewing noises right now –A: Hannah just dropped a hairball on my lap.M: OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS. A: Guys this is her most treasured possession, so like –H: Long hair, you just leave a trail of hair everywhere you go.M: Yeah that’s her favorite trait guys: her hairballs.A: Yeah, Sammie and I always have to vacuum our room, because like my hair is everywhere. M: Oh my gosh. Yeah are you guys really excited to listen to other episodes of this podcast now? We’re really great people. But so basically we were eating cheerios on the side and that led me to my next question: what is your favorite snack?A: Myself.H: Cinnamon Toast Crunch.M: Oh my gosh guys. Allison you are hereby banned from this podcast. Her favorite snack is herself. Oh my gosh.H: Actually something weird though, peanut butter and fruit. So, I never liked peanut butter because I wasn’t from the U.S. M: So only Americans can like peanut butter?H: No but it’s a very American thing to like peanut butter.A: Yeah, yeah. Yeah it is.H: So I came to the U.S. and I hated it. Two weeks into being in America, I love it. Love peanut butter.A: Have you ever had like, the Rx bars? H: No.A: Um, ok. M: It’s like a kind of granola bar they call Rx bars. A: But then they make peanut butter and it’s like honey cinnamon flavor and it’s so – you should try it. But my favorite snack is... myself. Well actually, no. I would say, ramen. M: OOOOO. Ramen’s a good snack. A: Yeah, but not like the shy kind that Malena eats, like the fking cup noodle top ramen s*t.M: HEY! That’s good s**t.A: No no no no no. You have to have like shin ramyun.M: That’s good Korean ramen, for those uncultured people out there. Just kidding, I had no idea what it was until like two months ago.H: I had no idea what it was. A: Uncultured.M: I think mine is... I like a solid pretzel crisp and hummus. Um, I mess with that. I also mess with dry Cinnamon Toast Crunch.A: You mess with it?M: You know what.A: You mess with it?M: Ok. It slaps.A: You haven’t had it in a hot minute?M: Um, and then so I like some Cinnamon Toast Crunch.A: Can. M: Some dry Cinnamon Toast Crunch is really good. Oh my gosh they’re making – you guys will get used to my catchphrases eventually. So my last question for this podcast, we’re going to wrap things up, is what makes you feel most empowered? We’re going to wrap it up on a positive note, get everyone empowered on this podcast, our listeners. A: What does empowered mean? Like I know what it means but in what context?M: Mine is my bad b*h playlist. A: In what capacity – oh.M: Definitely. If I’m walking and am having a trash day, and I put on some J Cole, I can walk anywhere, I can do anything.A: J Cole qualifies as bad b*h?M: Like the song that’s like “count it up, count it up, count it up, count it.” A: His songs are so mellow!M: No, some of his songs are mellow, but some of his songs are hype, so his hype songs. Some cupcakKe, I don’t know, Lizzo, anyways. Lizzo’s kinda mainstream.A: cupcakKe, like Deep Throat? M: Yeah. Like there’s a song called Deep Throat by cupcakKe.A: Hannah was supposed to make me a bad b*h playlist but she never did because she was preoccupied.H: So I make bad b*h playlists for all my friends who are sad about boys. A: And you didn’t make me one! I didn’t get one!M: She owes a bunch of people bad b*h playlists. A: I’m sad. M: Update: We all have broken hearts.A: I was sad, where is my playlist?H: I’m gonna make you one.A: Oh but I’m over it now, so there’s no use. H: F**k.M: So what made you feel empowered when you were sad about that? What made you feel empowered afterwards?A: Sammie feeding me bagel bites when I was crying, like on my bed, she brought me my towel. She wiped my tears but I got eyeliner on the towel and then she like fed me bagel bites. She was like “ahhhh.”M: Awww.A: No, I would say singing, for me. Yeah. M: Cause Allison’s a really good singer, hopefully she sings on our podcast one day. Alright, you’re up. Last one. What makes you feel most empowered Hannah?H: Music. But like playing music. So I play the piano. M: You do?! How did I not know this??A: You do??H: Yeah!A: Why don’t you play for me?M: See guys? This is getting to know people!H: That’s pretty nice. A: Hey Hannah, what’s your major?M: And on that note, let’s end this before we find out each others’ majors. Thank you guys so much for listening. Tune in in a couple weeks and we’ll have someone else to talk to. This has been Don’t Tell Me Your Major on NBN Audio. Thanks so much. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Download MP3 先週に引き続き、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」をお届けします。この11年間に配信した335本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、４本分を濃縮しました。今回は、Joeの選んだ4本の傑作エピソードをお送りします。 *** Joe's Best *** やさしい英語会話 (311) Go Carp, Go! やさしい英語会話 (240) Piano Delivery やさしい英語会話 (236) The Excitement of a Zoo やさしい英語会話 (79) Saving George *** Script *** やさしい英語会話 (311) Go Carp, Go! (Noisy Stadium Sound) Both: (the Cheer song) Carp, Carp, Carp Hiroshima, Hiroshima Carp M: Oh, this is so fun! Thanks for inviting me, Tomoka. My first Carp game ever in person! I didn't think that the fans would be so crazy. W: Hey, this is normal! Carp games are really intense! M: Yeah! Um, who's your favorite player, Tomoka? W: My favorite players are Tanaka, Kikuchi, Maru, and Suzuki! M: Ha ha! That's a lot. Who's your MOST favorite? W: Um… I love 'em all, but I guess I love Suzuki the most! Oh! Suzuki's stepping up to the plate now! Wohoo! M: Yeah, but we're pretty far out here in right field. It's kind of hard to see. Here, you can use my binoculars. (later) M: Tomoka… here's your Carp udon. Ha ha. It's funny that even the food being sold here is about the Carp! W: Yeah, and almost everyone's wearing their favorite player's jersey. Mine's 51, of course. That's Suzuki's number. M: Oh, I should get one too. But they're SO expensive! W: Yeah… Hey, who do you like right now? M: I think Johnson's pretty cool. And besides, we're both American! Ha ha! W: Yeah, I like him a lot too. Hey, this Carp udon tastes great! How's that Carp takoyaki? M: It's really good. (Sound of a ball hit by a bat) Hey, Tomoka look! The ball's coming this way. Let's get out of here! W: No way! I'm gonna catch this ball! Get out of here, Daniel! (Pushing Daniel to the side) M: Ah!!! W: Ah! I got it! I got a home run ball! M: Way to go, Tomoka! A home run ball! And thanks for pushing me out of the way! But I got takoyaki all over me! (Written by Mikael Kai Geronimo) やさしい英語会話 (240) Piano Delivery Kim and Bruce are attempting to carry a piano up 8 stories to deliver it to a client. M: (panting) Remind me again why we decided to become piano deliverymen. This lady lives on the 8th floor, and we've only made it up to the third floor! My arms already feel like spaghetti! W: It's piano delivery WOMAN! And I'll tell you why: this is all part of the four-year plan. Remember? M: Um... I'm so exhausted right now that I can hardly remember my own mother's name! Why don't you jog my memory? W: (sighs) Fine, Bruce. This is the last time I'm going to explain it to you. M: I CAN'T guarantee that. W: (huffing) Alright, the four-year plan is to work as piano delivery men... Ahem... piano delivery PEOPLE for two years in order to build up core body strength. Then, we spend the next two years training to be professional wrestlers. With the kind of strength we'll get from this job, we can become world champions! M: Wait, that four-year plan? You actually still think that's gonna work? I'm just working this job so I can see the inside of all the attractive women's houses in this city! W: You really are a hopeless pervert, aren't you? M: Hold that thought. I think my back's about to give out! W: You say something? M: Gahhhhh! (Bruce grimaces in pain and the cracking of his back is clearly audible. Bruce drops the piano and it falls down all three flights of stairs to its concrete grave.) W: What the... Bruce?! Do you know what you've just done!? You've ruined the four-year plan! M: Forget the four-year plan and just get me to a hospital! (shudders in pain) (Written by David Shaner) やさしい英語会話 (236) The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner) やさしい英語会話 (79) Saving George W: George!! Come down here!… Oh no, he can’t come down! What am I gonna do? Hmm… I better call the emergency number... (dialing phone) M: Emergency Services. Can I help you? W: Hello!? Help! My little George is in danger! M: Now, calm down. Is it a fire, or is someone breaking into your house? W: It’s an emergency. He… he’s up in a tree and can’t come down. M: OK. Where are you now? Is George hurt? W: I’m in the park…on Elm Street. I don’t think he’s hurt…He’s clinging to the branch. He’s trembling! Poor thing! He can’t come down by himself. I can’t go up and take him down either. It’s too high! M: OK. I’ll send a truck and ladder. Please don’t go up. Just stay there and wait for the truck…. Now, how old did you say George is? W: Um, he’s about three months. M: Three months?! How come he’s up in the tree? He’s only a baby! W: Well, he’s been naughty these days. He climbs up the tree every day and comes down by himself. I think he’s gone too high today… M: Huh? W: He was stuck in the rubbish bin the other day… He’s so cute. Now he can eat one tin of tuna each meal. He’s grown up so fast! M: So… he’s… he’s a kitten? W: Oh, didn’t I say that? M: No… Well, Ms., I’m sorry, but this number is for emergencies only. W: Yes. The IS an emergency! My little kitty is in danger! M: I understand. But there might be someone, some HUMAN, who is dying and needs help at this very moment. W: George IS my family and I need to rescue him! It doesn’t matter if he’s human or a cat. A: OK, OK. (in a small voice) Boy, I can’t take care of this old lady… B: You… you said I’m old? I’m not old! I’m only 83! Just send a ladder truck and help my George! Is that clear, boy? A: Yes, Ma’am! (Written by Ayumi Furutani)
Download MP3 先週に引き続き、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」をお届けします。この11年間に配信した335本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、４本分を濃縮しました。今回は、Joeの選んだ4本の傑作エピソードをお送りします。 *** Joe's Best *** やさしい英語会話 (311) Go Carp, Go! やさしい英語会話 (240) Piano Delivery やさしい英語会話 (236) The Excitement of a Zoo やさしい英語会話 (79) Saving George *** Script *** やさしい英語会話 (311) Go Carp, Go! (Noisy Stadium Sound) Both: (the Cheer song) Carp, Carp, Carp Hiroshima, Hiroshima Carp M: Oh, this is so fun! Thanks for inviting me, Tomoka. My first Carp game ever in person! I didn't think that the fans would be so crazy. W: Hey, this is normal! Carp games are really intense! M: Yeah! Um, who's your favorite player, Tomoka? W: My favorite players are Tanaka, Kikuchi, Maru, and Suzuki! M: Ha ha! That's a lot. Who's your MOST favorite? W: Um… I love 'em all, but I guess I love Suzuki the most! Oh! Suzuki's stepping up to the plate now! Wohoo! M: Yeah, but we're pretty far out here in right field. It's kind of hard to see. Here, you can use my binoculars. (later) M: Tomoka… here's your Carp udon. Ha ha. It's funny that even the food being sold here is about the Carp! W: Yeah, and almost everyone's wearing their favorite player's jersey. Mine's 51, of course. That's Suzuki's number. M: Oh, I should get one too. But they're SO expensive! W: Yeah… Hey, who do you like right now? M: I think Johnson's pretty cool. And besides, we're both American! Ha ha! W: Yeah, I like him a lot too. Hey, this Carp udon tastes great! How's that Carp takoyaki? M: It's really good. (Sound of a ball hit by a bat) Hey, Tomoka look! The ball's coming this way. Let's get out of here! W: No way! I'm gonna catch this ball! Get out of here, Daniel! (Pushing Daniel to the side) M: Ah!!! W: Ah! I got it! I got a home run ball! M: Way to go, Tomoka! A home run ball! And thanks for pushing me out of the way! But I got takoyaki all over me! (Written by Mikael Kai Geronimo) やさしい英語会話 (240) Piano Delivery Kim and Bruce are attempting to carry a piano up 8 stories to deliver it to a client. M: (panting) Remind me again why we decided to become piano deliverymen. This lady lives on the 8th floor, and we've only made it up to the third floor! My arms already feel like spaghetti! W: It's piano delivery WOMAN! And I'll tell you why: this is all part of the four-year plan. Remember? M: Um... I'm so exhausted right now that I can hardly remember my own mother's name! Why don't you jog my memory? W: (sighs) Fine, Bruce. This is the last time I'm going to explain it to you. M: I CAN'T guarantee that. W: (huffing) Alright, the four-year plan is to work as piano delivery men... Ahem... piano delivery PEOPLE for two years in order to build up core body strength. Then, we spend the next two years training to be professional wrestlers. With the kind of strength we'll get from this job, we can become world champions! M: Wait, that four-year plan? You actually still think that's gonna work? I'm just working this job so I can see the inside of all the attractive women's houses in this city! W: You really are a hopeless pervert, aren't you? M: Hold that thought. I think my back's about to give out! W: You say something? M: Gahhhhh! (Bruce grimaces in pain and the cracking of his back is clearly audible. Bruce drops the piano and it falls down all three flights of stairs to its concrete grave.) W: What the... Bruce?! Do you know what you've just done!? You've ruined the four-year plan! M: Forget the four-year plan and just get me to a hospital! (shudders in pain) (Written by David Shaner) やさしい英語会話 (236) The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner) やさしい英語会話 (79) Saving George W: George!! Come down here!… Oh no, he can’t come down! What am I gonna do? Hmm… I better call the emergency number... (dialing phone) M: Emergency Services. Can I help you? W: Hello!? Help! My little George is in danger! M: Now, calm down. Is it a fire, or is someone breaking into your house? W: It’s an emergency. He… he’s up in a tree and can’t come down. M: OK. Where are you now? Is George hurt? W: I’m in the park…on Elm Street. I don’t think he’s hurt…He’s clinging to the branch. He’s trembling! Poor thing! He can’t come down by himself. I can’t go up and take him down either. It’s too high! M: OK. I’ll send a truck and ladder. Please don’t go up. Just stay there and wait for the truck…. Now, how old did you say George is? W: Um, he’s about three months. M: Three months?! How come he’s up in the tree? He’s only a baby! W: Well, he’s been naughty these days. He climbs up the tree every day and comes down by himself. I think he’s gone too high today… M: Huh? W: He was stuck in the rubbish bin the other day… He’s so cute. Now he can eat one tin of tuna each meal. He’s grown up so fast! M: So… he’s… he’s a kitten? W: Oh, didn’t I say that? M: No… Well, Ms., I’m sorry, but this number is for emergencies only. W: Yes. The IS an emergency! My little kitty is in danger! M: I understand. But there might be someone, some HUMAN, who is dying and needs help at this very moment. W: George IS my family and I need to rescue him! It doesn’t matter if he’s human or a cat. A: OK, OK. (in a small voice) Boy, I can’t take care of this old lady… B: You… you said I’m old? I’m not old! I’m only 83! Just send a ladder truck and help my George! Is that clear, boy? A: Yes, Ma’am! (Written by Ayumi Furutani)
Guest Information: Name: Bridgette Kelch, Main Street Director Organization: Downtown Washington, Inc. Website: https://www.downtownwashmo.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downtownwashmo Twitter: https://twitter.com/downtownwashmo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/downtownwashmo/ Visit the Meet Me Downtown Podcast Website: https://www.meetmedowntownpodcast.com/ Show Transcript: M=Megan Tsui B=Bridgette Kelch M: Hello, in this episode I talk to Bridgette Kelch from Washington, Missouri. She’s been their Main Street Director for over 18 years and they’ve done some pretty amazing things in that time. I recorded our pre-interview and it was so great that I just converted it into a real episode so we jump right in where I’m learning more about Bridgette and her downtown. M: But yeah, such a fun job, and you’ve been in it a long time. B: Yeah, sometimes I wonder, too long? But no. But I started right out of college so I’ll be 41 this month, but I’ve been here since I was 22. M: Wow, you are dedicated. B: Well, you know, I didn’t expect to be here but my passion is historic preservation so that’s what my degree is in. And I really thought I was going to work in a museum and now I kind of just view downtown as a big giant outdoor museum. M: It kind of is, I mean in a lot of towns it actually could be. B: Yeah and so then I liked it and I stayed and yeah we’ve grown a ton in that time frame. So starting out of, this year is 30 years for the organization, that we’ve been doing Main Street. We were a pilot program for Missouri in 1989. So I kind of always joke that they got through the really hard years you know, where you’re like struggling to find out who you are, what you’re going to do. And it was so hard when I started, I mean we were still playing the game of someone needs to pay their pledge so we can make payroll and those kinds of games. But yeah we’re past those points now, hopefully, so it’s exciting. We’ve been able to take on some pretty big projects. I think that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of, you know, we couldn’t find somebody to do what we wanted we did it ourselves. M: Right. I’m very intrigued by the idea that you guys own and operate the post office and a B&B. B: It was never planned, you know. M: It never is. B: Yeah it just came along, so I would say the majority of our growth has come since 2006. I started in 01, which is funny because that’s like right before the recession you know and we didn't feel that as much. I mean we certainly did feel it. But I don't think it's such big, you know such large swings in the Midwest. I think just by nature we're a more conservative bunch and so we don't feel those giant swings as much. And I could be wrong but that's how I view it. So 2006 you know we didn't really have a state program before that. And I mean there was one, I think I met the other managers or executive directors like once or twice and I really met a dynamic one and her name was Gayla Roten from Branson, Missouri and she kind of took me under her wing. And then as the years rolled by, you know in 05, and we decided to start our own state program because we needed it. And so our statewide program, coordinating program, was started by the executive directors that were left standing. The state booted the program basically and so now you know she's our state director. She was just a local director and now she's our state director. I think we're in our 11th, no 12th year, yeah 12th year. And so I still serve on that state board and so I think you know getting involved at that level and then really just the folks that were doing Main Street in Missouri at that time, they were really following the rules and so that was the culture that I was kind of brought up in. And so we really embraced the four points and in 2006 was a big change for us was that we finally were reviewed for accreditation again and they had a National Main Street Center person on site and we thought we were doing great and we didn't get accredited that year. M: Oh no. B: And if for very good reasons. Of course, at the time I was really mad and upset and Gayla and I both cried over it but I think it was really kind of that spark that we needed to say, "OK let's look at ourselves. You know we've got to fix this." And then we really just started to fly and one of the biggest things was our board president at the time, he just took a huge stance and said, "Training, we have to go and attend training. And it can't just be the executive director going to these trainings and trying to come back and share it with us. We need a new initiative ourselves and go attend training." And so that was something that we put into a board contract, Kathy La Plante helped us with that. And we move forward and then around that time there was a building that had been owned by the city, that was owned by the chamber, and that was back in the city’s hands. And the Mayor is like, “we need to tear that down, so there’s more parking for the Catholic church.” You know small towns. M: Oh, that sounds so familiar. That’s like right here, right now. B: And so I don’t know how it happened, but it was after, I think it was around the time that the National Main Street, I still call it the National Town Meeting, whatever they call it now; the conference, was in Cincinnati and so they have it, we're a very German cultured area and one of my designs here had been on that, had gone to that national meeting and he just loved all their farmers markets and their over the Rhine area. And so he's like, "you know we could do something with that building." So he literally that day, you hear this but it's true, we sketched it on a napkin, because he's set up the napkin and it's framed and he went to the chamber and he said to the chamber exec and he's like, "What do you think?" Because our farmer's market wasn't downtown at that time, it was actually out in our fairgrounds, and so he convinced the chamber exec. The chamber exec didn't ever understand why all this didn't work well together. He's like, "I don't understand why you know we all don't work together." I'm like I don't know. I just know for some reason that it's Rob with us and the city and I you know, I came in you know being born and raised here but not understanding the politics. So I think that was best of all old wounds you know. And so he really made a concerted effort he said, "you know if all three of us work on things together we're pretty unstoppable." And I was young and that and I was like, "yeah sure you know bring me along for the ride."And so long story short somehow though my design chair and the Chamber exec convinced the mayor this was a good idea, that it was a joint project so we all were like well. So the city owned the property, it's our second oldest building on Main Street. And we did it together we turned it into a farmer's market and a civic Pavilion. So you have this 1856 building that was in atrocious shape. We did you know, we did put a pavilion around it so that wasn't staying exactly true to it, but it was a compromise you know for it to live long a longer life. And so it became our weekend farmer's market meets there and all the special events are out of there and now people get married and do all kinds of fun things under that. It's really an anchor on one side of our downtown. And so the city put in 250 in kind and work and 250 in cash and the Chamber put in like 220 in cash, which is basically almost their whole savings. And we had no money, like nothing. So we wrote a grant to our, it's called Neighborhood Assistance Program it's something I think is specific to Missouri, but we were able to get approved and then we sold, basically sold tax credits and that's how we got our $250,000. And so as you know within kind of work it was definitely a million dollar project. And I say that and it's still not lost on me that that is a huge project. If you would have told me before that I would have said no we're too little, no we can't do that. And we did it, at the end of the day no one wanted to own the property and so we were like we'll own it. So we own the property and we lease the first level back to the city so they maintain the public restrooms and the event space when someone rents it. And then there's a second and third floor and we kind of just mothball that and I'll go faster if I talk too long. There's kind of five projects that I'll roll out of it. So we mothball that second and third floor even though we know it's time. We're always saying redevelop your second and third floor for residential and we're like we're sitting on ours for the time being. At that time, our office is located in the oldest unique structure in the area, which is an 1834 log cabin and that's where our office had been since the mid 90s. Kind of you know, fun things in the Main Street world, that you know when the toilet water froze we got a day off. So a great building. So we're kind of rolling along and a few years later we kind of start here rumblings from the postal service that you know, we have a long history with the Postal Service. They initially tried in the 90s to close our downtown location and so saying it wasn't big enough for all the mail sorting and everything and so the town actually had banded together in the mid 90s and secured the property on either side and said This property is available we'll even help you buy it if you just stay downtown. And the Postal Service was like oh I guess these people are serious. Well we'll leave you have this one open but we're going to go ahead and open one on the highway. So a town of less than 15,000 and we had two post offices. So we kind of knew that you know the writing was going to eventually be on the wall that we would have to do something and that was about you know 2008 is when we started hearing those rumblings. And the new postmaster came in, he's directed to close the downtown location and sell it. And then just consolidate operations out on the highway. So he let us know, and so we said OK what if we buy the building and then you can just rent from us and we'll do stuff with the other parts of the building and they're like no. And we're like OK well if you stay for free and we'll renovate the building, you stay for free and then we'll do stuff with the other part of the building, we'll take care of all the maintenance and everything. There's 700 P.O. boxes here and while they're not all always rented at the same time, that was a lot of foot traffic and this would be the first piece of government that would have left the downtown district. City hall is still here, Police, DMV you know all that is still downtown. And we just really thought we don't want to let this post office go because then it would make it easier to say oh we're going to move the police station out here and City Hall. And as we've seen happen you know hundreds of times. And so we really kind of drew a line in the sand and they said, "Well we're not going to stay in this building in any shape or form. So why don't you buy the building, you renovate it and you run the downtown post office" and of course we had no idea that was even possible but it's called a contract Postal Unit. Some of them these days are called Village Post Offices VPO or CPU. So like how it works is that you know we are just like a regular post office. We sell the stamps for the same price. We ship packages just like they do. We don't do some of the ancillary services like bulk mail but we get a percentage. So the Post Office pays us nothing except the percentage of postage stamps that we sell and packages that we ship. So we get 10 percent. We always looked at it, we just wanted it to break even and if it made money that would be exciting. M: So I’m assuming you have to staff this? B: Yeah absolutely. Yeah. So yes. So we renovated the building again with this Neighborhood Assistance Program and then just a myriad of fun and nutty different fundraisers. They don't normally allow P.O. boxes to stay. And it was because a clerk, there are seven unions in the postal service believe it or not. And you would be taking a union job by that. So because it's not normal to have P.O. boxes but that was our putting our foot down, if you take the P.O. boxes out of this location we will not, we won't do this. And they really wanted a CPU here, an additional unit. So we have been running, we renovated the building and we opened March 1st of 2011. So we've been running a post office for the last eight years and it's been going well. It definitely pays for itself. Our office has moved into the post office. So that left that little cabin vacant and so we kind of mothballed it for a while saying we'll figure out what to do with it eventually. And we're in this new beautiful building and our events coordinator, I'd already thought about this but there's always these things that push you over the edge to make you go, she had a terrible apartment and she's like "God I wish you know, I want to live downtown but it's either like so expensive I can't afford it or it's holy smokes it's scary and yucky." And so that's kind of where our residential was like opulently renovated or Holy crap I think that cockroach is as big as my cat. So we didn't have any middle ground and we were exhausted but somehow I convinced the board that we should go ahead and renovate that second and third floor back at the farmer's market. And I told them, because they were like oh we don't want to be landlords and had to collect rent and I was like well what else are you going to do. Here we are preaching to all these building owners that they need to be doing something on their second and third floor, and what are we doing. We're sitting here. Oh that's true you know. So I said, well I already have the apartments I think mostly rented and they're like really you do? And I'm like well Amy our event coordinator and they're like oh that's nice she won't do anything bad. And then I said and one of my friends who's a police officer. And I was like well I better make good on that so I took off. I did take my friend through and it was like dead pigeons up there and you know just totally a mess on the upper floors. And I was like you could imagine living here, couldn't you? He's like Oh yeah totally. I mean he was kind of being sarcastic but he did move in, him and Amy each an apartment. So we renovated that, they were physically and mentally exhausted. I had an amazing board at the time and throwing water heaters out a second-floor window and you know repairing plaster and refinishing floors. M: How did you finance that part? B: That one we did it old school loan, we went to the bank. M: Because you had equity in the building. B: So at this point we had a loan on the farm on the post office. We took out a second loan. So what we did is we actually paid full price for everything, except for the demolition work, because we said we want this to be a true case so that we can go to other property owners and say, "OK we had a second and third floor. It was a hot mess; dead pigeons, falling plaster this is what it looked like, this is what we paid. Here's the return on the investment, it's there and it's a mid-range apartment. It's not crazy opulent and it's not scary gross. It's right in the middle. And here we have you know a young professional and a police officer living there and went over so well, huge. And then you know like a year later - a couple of, no it's been more than a year, we kind of had to take a breath after that because like I said we were physically mentally and moneywise exhausted. And so just kind of truck in, keep on doing your four-point approach and all the events that we do and all this craziness. And it's like hey we still have a building, a really cool building that's sitting vacant. Our cabin. And so we start to talk about, you know in the beginning of 2013 we had no, really no B&B's. There were like two left. We have a park and we have two hotels out on the highway like a Best Western and a Super 8 and we recently got our little downtown boutique hotel opened. But as far as for someone that wanted to stay in a unique kind of a B&B setting, we just didn't have a lot. So our tourism director was like you guys should do like lodging in there and we're like what. So I was like OK this kind of sounds cool. No kidding we totally funded that whole project. We furnished the cabin off of Facebook. M: Wow B: We put a call out and said hey we think we're gonna do this, what do you think? Anybody got a bed? And so a local furniture company donated a king bed and mattresses to us. And the reason we got it is their roof had leaked and there was like one brown spot on the corner of the mattress you know. And so here we have it, and then it just kind of all came and we ended up getting like hutches that were from like founders of the community. It's crazy. So we have been running the bed and breakfast in there since the latter half of 2013. And you know we caught bed tax just like our other lodging and resubmitted to the city for our you know bed, tax and tourism and yeah we're just, we're nuts. M: And that’s staffed I assume. B: Yes, when I started they were stretching the executive. When I started in 01 there was a full time executive director and a part-time bookkeeper admin. And then the chamber kind of poached him and said Okay well you can do both. So he was part time at downtown, part time at the Chamber which freed up some funds for them to hire me. And I come in as this Project Coordinator full time. So I guess we had one full time and two part-time and then over the years we have morphed and we're short one worker right now. But if we were full force we'd have four full time one part-time. M: And what happens if someone doesn't show up for work, calls in sick. Who goes and covers at the post office, who goes and makes the beds and does the laundry? B: So we have a cleaning lady that takes care of the cabin so that which we had to. Does the laundry and everything, but we all actually, I mean I know how to do everything over there so. And there has been a case you know when the cleaning lady is on vacation and I go over and I clean it and put it back together and get it ready for the person. Everybody in the office is cross-trained, so all of us can run the post office window. There is one likely, Anna works there full time, that's her thing. You know she's 40 hours up there but you know there is some downtime so she does Main Street stuff too as far as you know mailings, but that's her main goal. But yeah so we have a new event coordinator, Cassidy, and she's been here with us since April but she had to learn how to work at the post office. That's the hardest part. It's not like it's rocket science but it's just a lot to remember. M: A lot of details I would think and you can’t screw up. B: I will say at the end of the day the last line of defense if no one else is here, Bridgette has to come in. I mean and I will and I do it. And we're open, the post office is open on Saturdays from 8 to noon. M: Everybody kind of take a Saturday and rotate it a little bit? B: No, we have someone, one of our part-time people. We said that Saturdays was a definite like that’s what you need to be here. So it's not perfect and things don't always go right but it's just how we morphed and how we are today. M: That's so fascinating and I think that you know Red Wings Downtown Main Street has been around since 1996 I believe and it was just a downtown Corporation of you know businesses that would meet and they didn't have a clear structure and they, of course, weren't a part of the Main Street program because that didn't come in until about 2010-2012. So and we were one of the first communities in the Main Street program. So we've been around a long time. And one of the things I've been feeling is that it's time for some transformational projects, it's time to think bigger and think bolder. And of course with that comes risk and comes more investments and more creative solutions on those kinds of things and so it's really fun to hear where you are now and what your organization has decided to focus on. B: And there definitely were some risks. M: Absolutely. B: I mean we sort of had to stick our necks out and we could have failed. I mean we definitely could've failed. We've had some sort of a merchant's organization, they officially incorporated in 1973. And they mostly just did promotions. So you know I mean even before that they met, there was a merchants group that met but it was funny they incorporated in 1973 and they called themselves the Downtown Washington Shopping Center. Coincidentally the year before our first shopping center opened out on our main highways. So yeah I mean we never were a slipcovered shuttered downtown and we've always been able to you know remain. I mean there were definitely some desolate days and when the tumbleweeds are rolling, we're rolling down the streets. So we didn't have a lot of, I mean we definitely had buildings that are mucked up, but not as you know, I'm always like I'll never get that big reveal where they pull off the cover and voila there's this gorgeous structure. And one of my friends who has a lot of those in her town in, Chillicothe Missouri and she's like oh shut up. M: Yeah you don't necessarily want those. You know that's such a different hard problem you know and we all have. And I think Red Wing you know the same thing. I mean we have a couple of buildings that are bank owned, that are for sale, that are priced you know in my opinion way too high for the value that you get for those. And so, but they're not in, you know they're not boarded up, they're not vandalized they just are empty. So you know but then we have really some core businesses that have been around a long long time and of course there's the session planning issues with those as we go forward. But we've been lucky to not have a lot of the challenges that other towns have. Are you as a county seat? B: No, we're not. We are the largest town in the county but we are not the county seat, the town next to us is. M: OK we're a county seat and I think that that might have a little bit to do with the stability that we've had for our downtown. But it's just fascinating and I think there's so much to learn about thinking bigger. And do you think that it was, was it a board, was it at the board level that they were open to thinking bigger. Did you have to drag them along or were they willing participants? B: I think we, actually what's funny because we've had to tell the story so many times now. And then when we all sat around, Donovan Rypkema, was in not too long ago last year or so and he wanted to know how things happened and he talked to us individually. He's like, "whenever the main street directors are in the room they can't shut up."And it's true though he interviewed them and interviewed everybody kind of separately and it was funny because the story that they told, because me if I'm excited about something then I cannot, you never wonder what I'm thinking because it's all over my face, which can be good and bad. So I go in like I could, I vividly remember the post office because I wanted to do it and I thought how am I going to convince them to do this. You know I think they're going to be scared I'll get out.And so I went in there and I was literally I was so excited I was bouncing in my seat you know to tell them this is the plan and this is what we should do. And they went for it. And now as we look back and then they tell what they were thinking they were like, "well we didn't think we could do it, but you were so sure that we could do it that we said Okay let's try." You know so we were both faking each other into I’m pretty sure we can do it. M: Right, which is terrifying. B: It is because those board members signed on and personally guaranteed our loan. M: Oh gosh. B: That’s a big thing, that’s huge. And now we have you know, we own three structures. And so now we have equity and you know we secure our own loans. You know we have two loans still, one on the farmer's market and then one here on the post office still that we make monthly payments on that. We have a, we are only in one part of the post office. We rented the other part of the post office out to a financial planner. And so he pays us rents and that rent pays the mortgage. And the apartments you know over the farmer's market, that make us enough that brings in, pays the insurance and the mortgage. M: So are these revenue generators for you? B: Right now they're paying for themselves. M: Just breaking even then. B: Yes. But in a sense, we're not paying rent. M: Right, so you have some added benefits. B: So when we pay them off, they will be revenue generators. And the post office, I mean sorry, or the bed and breakfast, it’s called Gottfried's Cabin. I mean we’re not rolling in the dough but we were paying. With those logs, you can’t just turn the heat, have no AC and no heat. I mean so whether it was vacant or occupied, we had to keep the heat on. And so there was electric bills year round and gas bills and so that was, it was an expense no matter what. And so now it turns a profit. Like I said it's not huge but it's active. It's a part of the community, it's you know paying its dues as far as taxes and yeah. And it's really nice. You know our chamber loves us because of the other lodging it is sought after. We have quite a bit now. I mean with AirBnB and VRBO and all that nuttiness. I mean there's over, you know besides the hotels, the three hotels, there's 20-22 different properties collecting the bed tax now. But they're all you know a little reluctant to donate and sometimes you just need to be able to put a package together with a night's stay. So that's been the biggest thing. M: That’s great. B: You know I mean like we can let the cabin go for free and use it to promote the community as a whole. M: What a great, oh my gosh, it’s so inspiring. B: And if you had told us all that we were gonna be doing all this stuff you know from all the way. You know it's just by time. You know somebody looks at us now and they're probably like God you people are nuts or you know but it just came like I said little by little that it seemed like it was a good idea to do all this craziness. M: Well and that's usually what it does, it's you know it's not one big bite it's tiny little nibbles and all of a sudden you have a post office, a B&B and a farmer's market and you're managing all of that. And you know I think it's, does it ever feel like you have gotten away from the mission or does it feel like you've just absolutely wrapped those up and put them and made them a part of the mission. B: I think that we've made them a part of the mission we did start. Before I came here, they had lost their 501C3 status in like 98 or 97, and they didn't know that what they were doing was wrong. They were kind of acting like a chamber of commerce offering benefits for membership, and you know that's not how a C3 is supposed to function. And it was actually a volunteer that had gotten disgruntled that turned them in. M: Oh no. B: Yeah so we functioned as a C6 for so long that we actually formed our own, we asked about going backwards and like trying to revert back to a C3 and the IRS is like no, you’re better off just starting a new one and so we did. So in 2006, we started our Historic Washington Foundation and how you get to be on that Board of Directors, one of the requirements is that you have to be, you have to have been president of the Main Street Board. M: Oh wow. B: So yeah, I do have in a sense I guess, two boards. I mean I work for the Main Street Program Downtown Washington Incorporated, but we do, I essentially serve as staff for our foundation as well. So they are two separate entities, file separate tax returns, two separate board of directors, but they meet together and so it’s definitely, I guess for us we view it as one and for the outside world, they view it as two just legally. And so I have to say having the flexibility of choosing who I want to be in the moment, a C3 or a C6 has been great too. Like we definitely haven’t, we’re not perfect, we screw things up. Things don’t go right, you think it’s going to go one way and it goes another and we worry. Especially, I worry, I don’t want this to sound jerky or anything, but I’m willing to do all of this and one day when I leave, is someone else going to for the pay? And that’s a concern and so I was, I thought I was going to be forever single and I actually ended up meeting my husband late in life, I mean I was 35 when I met him. So we met in 2012 and I started to use all my time and it was like a little growing pain for my board and stuff. And it’s like well she’s not there, and it’s like well yeah, I’m actually using my vacation time, shocking I know, isn’t it? M: I’m working only 8 hours in 1 day. B: So I do talk about that a lot like you know, I’ve been able to do a lot of consulting that I absolutely adore and so I’ve gotten to go to Michigan and I’m headed to Louisiana this month, and Oklahoma and Illinois. And I just absolutely adored every little consulting gig that I’ve gotten in Florida and stuff. That’s what I say, we’re not perfect we do a lot of really cool things, but there are things that we need to do better. The work is never done. After we won GAMSA everybody is like what’s next? I hate that when they do that, it’s like what are you going to do to top yourself. Like god, just running the organization, isn’t that enough. It’s a lot of work. M: But we do it to ourselves more than anyone else does it. B: Oh yes. It’s like what are you adding, I’m like nothing. M: I just need to take a breath. B: We cannot add one more thing. Everyone is like, you should do this event. I’m like no we’re done. That’s another thing that we, in the past must have gotten in trouble for, you know having that nice diverse mix of funding. Well, one of the reasons that we didn’t make that accreditation back in 06 was because like 75% of our budget came from special events, weather dependent special events. M: Not sustainable, you can’t count on that. If you have a bad year, it rains out, you have to lay somebody off. B: You’re in trouble. So that’s one of our things that when we get reviewed they check that and so far we’ve been very good about getting it down. But you know for all the really cool amazing things we’ve done, we still screw up and we don’t do things right all the time and you know that’s a beautiful thing about being in a non-profit working with a bunch of volunteers. And then the next board comes in and you’re like ok what are you guys going to focus on and what are we going to do. It’s been amazing because it’s always different. There are things that you know, wear me down and I think that sometimes the thing that’s going to make me eventually leave is, well number one, they could use some fresh ideas. You know you do get set in your ways the longer you’re at a place. But the one thing about that is that so many Main Streets, like the average, is like 3 years or something like that. It’s hard, that’s hard to get momentum. That’s like the one thing I think about me being here so long is that there is a comfort level. M: It’s easier to take those kinds of risks if you know the person is going to be around to fix it if it doesn’t work. Or even if it doesn’t work, there are risks to running a B&B, there are risks to running a post office. There’s just even over the initial hump of the investment and renovations. Now all of a sudden you have multiple businesses that are happening that somebody has to know how to run and know how to problem solve. And you’re not leaving, but I also think that as Main Street Directors we can sometimes do a big disservice to our organizations by providing, too much isn’t the right word, but not a realistic workload. Where all of a sudden in order to replace you they have to hire 3 people than the business model is broken. You can’t leave until all the loans are paid off because they're going to need that money. B: I’m always saying yeah I’m going to finally leave and all these loans are going to get paid off and we’re going to be freaking rolling in the dough. M: Yeah and why would you leave then, that’s easy. I mean what the heck? And there’s a certain something about the Main Street directors that I have met where I don’t think there’s a single person doing it because they’re getting rich, not monetarily anyway. It’s a passion. B: It’s a career, it’s a passion. God, it’s different every day. M: Right, good and bad. B: I mean I would say the one thing that I do feel like I’m doing worse at as time goes on is the grumpy merchant. M: The negative nellies. And I’ve only been in this position for about two years and when I first started I thought, I’m going to convert all those grumpy folks. B: When one leaves another one takes their place. M: Yeah, and what I’ve started doing is, I don’t know if this is the right answer or not, but every time someone complains I ask what committee they want to be on. And it typically does the job of you can’t complain if you’re not a part of the solution, but it just gets tiring. B: It does. M: When you’re working more than you’re supposed to be getting paid for. B: That is the really cool thing about having a state director that has actually been one of us, is that she does get that and so while she doesn’t want us to sit down and just have, excuse my language, a bitch fest. But sometimes we just need to say it in a safe space and get it off our chest. It’s so funny, we have training that you know the state puts on and we go and we attend and once a year she brings in some kind of like a positive speaker, basically, we feel like she’s bringing a psychiatrist because we feel like she thinks we’re one step from the looney bin. But it’s funny, I mean we’ll end up laughing and crying and it’s good because you build a support network so you can call someone that’s around the state and still understands how your state works and everything but it’s a safe person to be like if I have one more merchant. M: Yeah and I think it’s so important to know that there’s nothing, there’s sometimes nothing you can do to change a situation. You can give them, that merchant or that community member, that volunteer the world and it’s still not going to satisfy them and you just need someone to tell you that that’s ok and it’s not your fault and you didn’t do anything wrong and to move on and to focus on the hundred other people who love what you’re doing and value it. But it’s so easy to get focused on that negative person or that negative situation. And I suppose the longer you’re in this kind of a position, you have that kind of wisdom of knowing that, but it also adds up. I mean there’s kind of two sides to it like intellectually you can know that some people are just going to complain, but on the other side, you can think, well that isn’t how I want my Main Street to be. I want my Main Street to be one happy family that gets along and supports each other and everyone is on the same page, but that isn’t necessarily realistic. So it’s good to have those others, at least for me too, in Minnesota, to have those other Main Streeters. I just can’t say enough about how important that is. To keep our sanity. B: Yes, that is definitely it. Am I crazy am I not crazy? Oh, you have that too? M: Well it’s just been such a pleasure to talk to you! Is there anything else you want to make sure we talk about, or that you wanted to make sure that the people know about your town. Edit out 40:46 to 40:51 B: Well I mean, we are, I’ll just give you a little spiel in town a little bit. But yeah, we’re about 45 minutes west of St. Louis on the Missouri river. Founded you know folks in the area, in the late 1700’s early 1800’s here. But we were officially founded as a community in 1839 by Lucinda Owens. M: A woman? B: Yes, a woman. We were supposed to be founded a few years earlier but her husband was shot in the back while on his way over to the county seat to formulate. So he had to sign the paperwork, so we were founded by a woman. No photo, of course, exists of her, plenty of her male relatives but not of her. Her house is still in downtown so that’s really exciting that we still have that right outside of our downtown district. Right over Missouri river so we do enjoy being near the water. We actually just got our brand new bridge, a $16 million project. Our big tourism draw, we’re in the heart of wine country so within an hour of Washington there’s something like 36 wineries. Actually, there’s more than that. Within a half an hour there’s 36 and within an hour of Washington, there are 68 wineries. We certainly enjoy our beverages of all kind here, goes well with our German heritage. So that is definitely something you’ll see at our festivals, it’s celebrating that German heritage. While we have children’s festivals, we do have plenty of adult festivals where we partake in beverages. M: Well you have to have a balance. B: It’s a good balance, yes. It’s definitely something that we enjoy. And my biggest piece of advice I think from being in this so long is go to training. And go to trainings more than with just the one staff person. Find a way to excite your board members and your volunteers and get them to go. We do not pay for our board members to attend training. M: They pay themselves? B: They pay themselves and I was very lucky, early on I got to go to D.C. for two years for a couple of weeks to do the certified Main Street Manager and that was unbelievable. We did not have the money for me to do that, a travel agent donated my airfare one year. A board member used the miles on his credit card another year to fly me there. Another board member used their credit card points to get my hotel room. The rotary and alliance paid for my hotel stay the second year. So really, just don’t be afraid to do crazy things to piece it all together. Where there is a will, there is a way. And if you’re excited about something, can share that enthusiasm, it is infectious. It has been huge for us to be partners, equal partners, with our city and our chamber. We’re not in competition with them, we’re working together to make a better community. And as long as you remember and as long as you can get comfortable with not having to be the one that gets credit, you’re going to go a really far way. It will give you a lot of longevity. You know, it's not always perfect but we try really hard. One of the things that we do is that our city administrator, our chamber exec and myself, we meet once a month over beverages and we’re just friends. There’s so much time that you’re spending together to make your community a great place, why not have a great friendship out of it. And I know that’s not going to happen for everyone, but just remember, you never know what kind of a day someone’s had. Being that positive person, smiling and pushing through, it can really go a long way. M: I think it helps to have those people. They know firsthand the challenges that you’re facing. B: Yeah and they know the same people probably. M: Yeah and a lot of times there’s somebody in our community, there was a city council person that was not a fan of Downtown Main Street for a while. Then he turned his sights on one of the other organizations and I was like yeah, sorry but that too shall pass. He’s one vote so it’s just nice to have that camaraderie when things are though. It’s almost more important than when things are good. It’s easy to have a good relationship when things are good. B: Agreed, yeah I totally agree. Just dig into the other resources. I get these great emails, I think her name is Joan Garry, and I actually printed out something on one of the emails she sent and it’s taped right next to my desk. And it’s called the 8 habits of a highly effective non-profit leader and I just love them because sometimes I just have to look at them like yeah yeah. One is to ask for help. Two is to talk less, listen more. Number three is exude passion, number four is ask really good questions. Number five is touch the work, be the work. Number six is get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Number seven is apologize more often, even if it’s not your fault, I added the even if it’s not your fault. M: Yeah that’s tough. B: Number eight is to be joyful and she added the ninth one which is sharpen the saw. Which really is, go to training be around people like you. Even the national conference, sometimes if nothing else, even if you don’t go to the classes, you should go to the classes, but even if you don’t, just being around your people is huge. M: Right, that’s why I love the conferences because you are around people that love their communities, they love people, they love history and it’s my people. And that’s why I wanted to do this podcast too because I can’t be the only one, wondering how everyone else is doing it. How are they staying positive and making big changes and little changes and having influence in their communities and facing burnout and working through it? So that’s why I thought I love these people, they’re the most fun and they’re the most accepting people and I just think we’re so lucky to work around people who believe in their community. And community I think that translates to the main street program. B: It does and I think your mentors come from all over. When I started, my National Main Street person was Sheri Stuart, who is now the State Coordinator for Oregon, and she always told me that she believed in me and that was huge. It was huge. So when we won GAMSA in 2012 I had to let her know that I am who I am today as an Executive Director because of Gayla Rosen and Sheri Stuart. Our state person now is Norma and she is a rockstar, I mean she supports us in every aspect. She was, again I think this is important, same with Sheri, same with Gayla, they were Main Street Executive Directors. And I think that’s a huge piece and Kathy La Plante, I adore all these women and that’s really a big part of, I think, where I am today and having those wonderful influences and knowing where to go and find them. M: Well those relationships and knowing that you have people that have your back, that can help you get out of a sticky situation if you find yourself in one, I think helps you take bigger risks. Because you know that you’re not alone, and even if, let’s say one of your projects would have flopped, that wouldn’t have changed how they feel about you. That’s in and of itself a lesson. So having those people behind you and nurturing those relationships, I think, makes it so much easier to take risks. I know that if I have a crazy idea I call one of the main street other coordinators, or managers or executive directors and then we talk about it. And then I talk to the Minnesota coordinator and it helps you think everything through so much better and it’s a better idea by the time you get it to the community or to the board or whatever. You just have so many more resources. B: That’s what I think about Main Street, it’s a beta copy and probably you are not having an original idea and someone has tried it before so learn from their successes. M: I don’t know anybody that owns a post office Debora Jet. I love it! B: I don’t know of any. M: That’s pretty special. B: Yeah pretty stupid one. M: I am not judging. This has been so fun and I am so glad we got the chance to talk and that you’re out there and that you’re working hard. Your years of experience, obviously, are invaluable to those of us who are still new to this. I can’t wait to meet you, I will be at the conference in Seattle. B: Oh great! Did you go to Kansas City? M: I went to Kansas City, I was really sick. I took one of the classes there so it’s all kind of a blur, but I’m hoping that Seattle I’m going to make the most of Seattle and make up for lost time. B: Well cool, I will definitely be there. I’m going and like I said I’m going to Louisiana for training, I’m doing promotions for them later on in the month so I will definitely mention your podcast, see if I can get you some more listeners. M: Well thank you, I really appreciate it and I’d like to include if you have a website or any personal information about your consulting and include that too if that’s something that you want to do. B: I don’t have a website for that, I just kind of get asked by Norma or Kathy or Gayla says, oh you need to talk to this person, and so that’s like how I got the Florida and the Oklahoma gig. M: We’ll make sure to include your email so people can get a hold of you for that too and I can’t wait to see pictures of your post office, your B&B and the pavilion. We’ll include all that in the show information on the website so that people can see what we’re talking about and it’s truly inspirational. So thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today and I look forward to meeting you in person soon.
我们都知道，陪伴，是最长情的告白。能陪伴我们走过一生的人，更是寥寥无几。今天我想给大家分享几对携手走过一生的伴侣，让我们听听他们对于爱情有什么样的体会。H: We were married August 23th in 1975, and 40 years later, we are still together.I tell her all the time that I love her.男：我们是1975年8月23日结婚的，40年过去了，我们还在一起。我总是不停对她说，我爱你。W: He's the one.女：他就是我命中注定的那个人。M: I love her above anything else.男：我爱她胜过一切。M: Just being with her. Just being with her. That's all I care about.男：就要和她在一起，就要和她在一起。这就是我最在意的。F：We have some vile arguments.女：我们有过几次激烈的争吵。M: No, we haven't any.男：不，我们哪有。F：What I go through my mind now is a lot up to tears. Because I wish we had another 63 years.女：现在脑海中回忆过去种种，我就想流眼泪。因为我希望我们能再有63年的时光。M: I still think you are kinda cute. I love you.男：我到现在都觉得你很可爱。我爱你。F: I love you too.女：我也爱你。M: We have good memories.男：我们有很美好的回忆。F: We have wonderful memories. When he goes, I have wonderful memories.女：我们有很美好的回忆，即使有一天他走了，我也有这些美好的回忆陪伴我。
我们都知道，陪伴，是最长情的告白。能陪伴我们走过一生的人，更是寥寥无几。今天我想给大家分享几对携手走过一生的伴侣，让我们听听他们对于爱情有什么样的体会。H: We were married August 23th in 1975, and 40 years later, we are still together.I tell her all the time that I love her.男：我们是1975年8月23日结婚的，40年过去了，我们还在一起。我总是不停对她说，我爱你。W: He's the one.女：他就是我命中注定的那个人。M: I love her above anything else.男：我爱她胜过一切。M: Just being with her. Just being with her. That's all I care about.男：就要和她在一起，就要和她在一起。这就是我最在意的。F：We have some vile arguments.女：我们有过几次激烈的争吵。M: No, we haven't any.男：不，我们哪有。F：What I go through my mind now is a lot up to tears. Because I wish we had another 63 years.女：现在脑海中回忆过去种种，我就想流眼泪。因为我希望我们能再有63年的时光。M: I still think you are kinda cute. I love you.男：我到现在都觉得你很可爱。我爱你。F: I love you too.女：我也爱你。M: We have good memories.男：我们有很美好的回忆。F: We have wonderful memories. When he goes, I have wonderful memories.女：我们有很美好的回忆，即使有一天他走了，我也有这些美好的回忆陪伴我。
Download MP3 ８月の４週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この10年間に配信した310本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。今回は、動物や人の記憶など、科学を中心としたエピソードを集めました。 *** Script *** [ (168) Cockroaches ] Situation: A married couple in the kitchen. M: Die, die, die! Oh, God, please, just die already! W: I see you have your own special way of preparing breakfast? M: A cockroach! Huge! Under that cup. It appeared out of nowhere when I was mixing eggs and milk, and it ran straight for me! W: Why are you offering it an empty cup? Tea would do better. Or coffee! I've heard they just LOVE fresh cappuccino in the early mornings! M: Well, all I have to offer it is a good stomping, with available tableware. It took, like, 3 hits for it to stop moving. Monsters! W: I bet you missed the first two times. Cockroaches can do 25 cm per second, you know. M: It's 30, not 25. And I know when I hit something with a cup… Yaiks! It's still alive! W: This is one die-hard fella. Looks like it's two-thirds were chewed off by something. And you call IT a monster? M: I can't take it anymore. We have to move. W: Huh, why? You mean, because of the bugs? M: Those are cockroaches. Bugs are cute lovable creatures, flying from flower to flower around on a sunny summer day. Cockroaches are despicable monsters with hairy legs, sniffing around the kitchen, jumping at you from the sink in the morning, and leaving their disgusting egg cases all over the place! W: Um… I think you're overreacting. The other day I saw lovely Madagascar cockroaches at the pet store. They can drink beer twice their weight, increasing in volume right in front of your eyes! And guess what - they can hiss! M: What? Hey, was that their hissing I heard in the middle of last night? W: Well, how should I put it... Yes. They were just 100 yen each! I got 5. M: Ah!!!! [ (236) The Excitement of a Zoo ] M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. [ (274) Memories Make Us Who We Are ] M: Don't you find it funny how everything we are-- our entire lives, personalities and being-- amounts to our memories? W: What do you mean? M: If you really think about it, the things that have shaped our personalities are all in the past. So it's the experiences and the memory of those experiences. W: You're making my head hurt… M: Did you know that scent is one of the most powerful memory triggers? Sometimes when you smell something it brings back really vivid memories. Try this, for example. W: (sniffs) It's a honey-scented candle? M: Yeah. Does it remind you of anything? W: Ah! Your parents' wedding! Your mum had those burning when she was getting ready. She told us that she had to smell as beautiful as she looked! M: Yeah, but that didn't last long into the reception, though. I'm pretty sure the smell of spilt beer overpowered her pretty little candles. W: Ha ha. Gross. Then what about amnesia? If all that we are is dependant on our memories, then if I get amnesia tomorrow then I won't be the same person I am today? M: Hmm, I guess theoretically that's true. But I'm not entirely sure. I do know, however, that as opposed to Hollywood's depiction, the most common form of amnesia is retrograde amnesia, which means people can't create any new memories. W: Oh, wow… Hey, I knew a joke about amnesia once, but I've forgotten it. Both: Hahaha. [ (294) What Happens When a Person Sneezes? ] M: Achoo! Excuse me. W: Bless you, Yuki. M: Ble…? What do you mean, Emma? W: Oh, you don't know? Usually, we say "God bless you," or "Bless you," when someone sneezes. I heard that people used to believe that when you sneeze your soul might shoot out of you, and then the devil could get in your body. So, we say "God bless you," in order to protect you from evils. M: I see. Thank you. Hey, there's a similar thought in Japan. People here used to think we lose our souls when someone takes our pictures. Also, they thought that the person who appeared in the center of a photo was going to die earlier. W: Really? That's interesting. Now Japanese love taking pictures anytime and anywhere! M: Ha ha… Look at this. This is my friend's Twitter. He posts TONS of pictures. And this is the latest one. W: Let me see…Oh, my gosh, he's sneezing in the center of the picture! M: Ha ha… Let's say it together… ready? Both: Bless you!
Download MP3 ８月の４週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この10年間に配信した310本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。今回は、動物や人の記憶など、科学を中心としたエピソードを集めました。 *** Script *** [ (168) Cockroaches ] Situation: A married couple in the kitchen. M: Die, die, die! Oh, God, please, just die already! W: I see you have your own special way of preparing breakfast? M: A cockroach! Huge! Under that cup. It appeared out of nowhere when I was mixing eggs and milk, and it ran straight for me! W: Why are you offering it an empty cup? Tea would do better. Or coffee! I've heard they just LOVE fresh cappuccino in the early mornings! M: Well, all I have to offer it is a good stomping, with available tableware. It took, like, 3 hits for it to stop moving. Monsters! W: I bet you missed the first two times. Cockroaches can do 25 cm per second, you know. M: It's 30, not 25. And I know when I hit something with a cup… Yaiks! It's still alive! W: This is one die-hard fella. Looks like it's two-thirds were chewed off by something. And you call IT a monster? M: I can't take it anymore. We have to move. W: Huh, why? You mean, because of the bugs? M: Those are cockroaches. Bugs are cute lovable creatures, flying from flower to flower around on a sunny summer day. Cockroaches are despicable monsters with hairy legs, sniffing around the kitchen, jumping at you from the sink in the morning, and leaving their disgusting egg cases all over the place! W: Um… I think you're overreacting. The other day I saw lovely Madagascar cockroaches at the pet store. They can drink beer twice their weight, increasing in volume right in front of your eyes! And guess what - they can hiss! M: What? Hey, was that their hissing I heard in the middle of last night? W: Well, how should I put it... Yes. They were just 100 yen each! I got 5. M: Ah!!!! [ (236) The Excitement of a Zoo ] M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. [ (274) Memories Make Us Who We Are ] M: Don't you find it funny how everything we are-- our entire lives, personalities and being-- amounts to our memories? W: What do you mean? M: If you really think about it, the things that have shaped our personalities are all in the past. So it's the experiences and the memory of those experiences. W: You're making my head hurt… M: Did you know that scent is one of the most powerful memory triggers? Sometimes when you smell something it brings back really vivid memories. Try this, for example. W: (sniffs) It's a honey-scented candle? M: Yeah. Does it remind you of anything? W: Ah! Your parents' wedding! Your mum had those burning when she was getting ready. She told us that she had to smell as beautiful as she looked! M: Yeah, but that didn't last long into the reception, though. I'm pretty sure the smell of spilt beer overpowered her pretty little candles. W: Ha ha. Gross. Then what about amnesia? If all that we are is dependant on our memories, then if I get amnesia tomorrow then I won't be the same person I am today? M: Hmm, I guess theoretically that's true. But I'm not entirely sure. I do know, however, that as opposed to Hollywood's depiction, the most common form of amnesia is retrograde amnesia, which means people can't create any new memories. W: Oh, wow… Hey, I knew a joke about amnesia once, but I've forgotten it. Both: Hahaha. [ (294) What Happens When a Person Sneezes? ] M: Achoo! Excuse me. W: Bless you, Yuki. M: Ble…? What do you mean, Emma? W: Oh, you don't know? Usually, we say "God bless you," or "Bless you," when someone sneezes. I heard that people used to believe that when you sneeze your soul might shoot out of you, and then the devil could get in your body. So, we say "God bless you," in order to protect you from evils. M: I see. Thank you. Hey, there's a similar thought in Japan. People here used to think we lose our souls when someone takes our pictures. Also, they thought that the person who appeared in the center of a photo was going to die earlier. W: Really? That's interesting. Now Japanese love taking pictures anytime and anywhere! M: Ha ha… Look at this. This is my friend's Twitter. He posts TONS of pictures. And this is the latest one. W: Let me see…Oh, my gosh, he's sneezing in the center of the picture! M: Ha ha… Let's say it together… ready? Both: Bless you!
Download MP3 古今東西、人は誰もがゴシップ好き。特に恋のゴシップは人々の大好物。今回の会話は、そんな恋のゴシップにまつわるお話です。 *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） term paper 期末のレポート ※大学・学校で出される課題のレポートには、reportではなくpaperを使います。 (to) walk your bikes 自転車を押して歩く (to) talk in hushed voices ひそひそ声で話す Like, ... （間投詞）その〜、例えば〜 Got me thinking all sorts of things! いろいろなことを考えさせられたわよ！ (to) gossip behind your back 影でうわさ話をする Hold it! 待って！ Now that we're on this topic, いよいよこの話題になったから、 (to) ship 〜をカップリングする too creepy for me to absorb 変すぎて受け入れられない Give me something to work with. 他にもっと喋ることあるでしょ Give me a second. ちょっと待って。 It[=time] flies. 時間が経つのは早いね。 Gotta go. 行かなきゃ。 ***Script*** Gossip W: Yo, how's it going? M: Still not done with that term paper yet. W: No, not that. I mean how did it go between you and Makino the other day? M: What? What do you mean? W: I saw you two walking your bikes together last night. You were both talking in hushed voices. M: When was that? Like, on the way home by the pond? W: Yep! You guys never even spoke in class, then suddenly I'd see you like that. Got me thinking all sorts of things! M: Things like what?! W: Oh, you know: My little fantasy, where you guys are secretly a couple, because you don't want other people to gossip behind your backs. M: But… W: Hold it! Now that we're on this topic, I need to ask you if you like Makino! I've been shipping you for the past couple of weeks now, just so you know. But I'm not going to tell you more than that. You gotta tell me, right now! M: OK, OK. Calm down. This is a bit too creepy for me to absorb that quickly. (pause) She's good to talk with. That's it. W: What do you mean "that's it"? What else can you say about her? M: I… uh…. W: Oh, come on, give me something to work with. What do you think of her looks? Do you like how the moon shined on her face last night? What did you two talk about, anyway? I need answers! M: Just…..please give me a second. Hey, how did you find us last night? W: Ah, that. I was…er….on my way home too. M: With whom? Are you with Taku again? W: Oh, oh. Look at the time, it flies… so fast. Gotta go and finish my term paper too! (Written by Bea Jianne Roque)
Download MP3 古今東西、人は誰もがゴシップ好き。特に恋のゴシップは人々の大好物。今回の会話は、そんな恋のゴシップにまつわるお話です。 *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） term paper 期末のレポート ※大学・学校で出される課題のレポートには、reportではなくpaperを使います。 (to) walk your bikes 自転車を押して歩く (to) talk in hushed voices ひそひそ声で話す Like, ... （間投詞）その〜、例えば〜 Got me thinking all sorts of things! いろいろなことを考えさせられたわよ！ (to) gossip behind your back 影でうわさ話をする Hold it! 待って！ Now that we're on this topic, いよいよこの話題になったから、 (to) ship 〜をカップリングする too creepy for me to absorb 変すぎて受け入れられない Give me something to work with. 他にもっと喋ることあるでしょ Give me a second. ちょっと待って。 It[=time] flies. 時間が経つのは早いね。 Gotta go. 行かなきゃ。 ***Script*** Gossip W: Yo, how's it going? M: Still not done with that term paper yet. W: No, not that. I mean how did it go between you and Makino the other day? M: What? What do you mean? W: I saw you two walking your bikes together last night. You were both talking in hushed voices. M: When was that? Like, on the way home by the pond? W: Yep! You guys never even spoke in class, then suddenly I'd see you like that. Got me thinking all sorts of things! M: Things like what?! W: Oh, you know: My little fantasy, where you guys are secretly a couple, because you don't want other people to gossip behind your backs. M: But… W: Hold it! Now that we're on this topic, I need to ask you if you like Makino! I've been shipping you for the past couple of weeks now, just so you know. But I'm not going to tell you more than that. You gotta tell me, right now! M: OK, OK. Calm down. This is a bit too creepy for me to absorb that quickly. (pause) She's good to talk with. That's it. W: What do you mean "that's it"? What else can you say about her? M: I… uh…. W: Oh, come on, give me something to work with. What do you think of her looks? Do you like how the moon shined on her face last night? What did you two talk about, anyway? I need answers! M: Just…..please give me a second. Hey, how did you find us last night? W: Ah, that. I was…er….on my way home too. M: With whom? Are you with Taku again? W: Oh, oh. Look at the time, it flies… so fast. Gotta go and finish my term paper too! (Written by Bea Jianne Roque)
亲子英文（52）-What's on TV？有什么节目？常常看到好看的电视节目，都会舍不得去吃饭或是其他事情，问问有什么好看的节目，可以说“Are there any good programs on TV?”意思是有什么好看的节目？或者问What's on TV?如果没有什么好看的则可以说，No, not today.意思是今天没有好节目。或者是Nothing special.没有什么特别的。Peter: Mom, can I watch TV?Mom: No more today, honey.P: Alright, mom. Should I turn off the TV right now?M: Yes, honey. Go to your room ,and take out your book. It' your reading time now.P: Mom, where is the remote? I can't find it.M: Just go to read. I will find it ,honey.Remote遥控器Take out拿出来，取出No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。News除了作新闻解释外，还可以是消息。I haven't heard from Peter lately. Well ,no news is good news.我最近都没有彼得的消息。不过，没有消息就是好消息。
亲子英文（52）-What's on TV？有什么节目？常常看到好看的电视节目，都会舍不得去吃饭或是其他事情，问问有什么好看的节目，可以说“Are there any good programs on TV?”意思是有什么好看的节目？或者问What's on TV?如果没有什么好看的则可以说，No, not today.意思是今天没有好节目。或者是Nothing special.没有什么特别的。Peter: Mom, can I watch TV?Mom: No more today, honey.P: Alright, mom. Should I turn off the TV right now?M: Yes, honey. Go to your room ,and take out your book. It' your reading time now.P: Mom, where is the remote? I can't find it.M: Just go to read. I will find it ,honey.Remote遥控器Take out拿出来，取出No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。News除了作新闻解释外，还可以是消息。I haven't heard from Peter lately. Well ,no news is good news.我最近都没有彼得的消息。不过，没有消息就是好消息。
节目组: Screen Age 荧屏时代节目名称: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 比利·林恩的中场战事Y: Hello, my dear audiences. Welcome back to the Screen Age! I'm Yolanda.M: This is Mico. Well, exam week is coming soon. Are you ready for those exams?Y: Don't mention it. I have 10 subjects and each of them is very hard to recite and review. I've been reviewing for few days. It's so difficult. M: So pity for you. You should have some relaxation. Did you see the latest Ang Lee's film, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk?Y: No, but I heard it's very worth to see. And some people even cried when they saw it.M: It's indeed a profound movie. So let's introduce to our audiences and maybe you can see it in the weekends to have a rest. By the way, today we add a new part to our programme, The Quiz Show. We will ask a question and you can reply us on the wechat. In next week's programme, we will choose a lucky one and read his reply. What's more, we will also prepare a surprise gift for him. So today's question is why are movies so popular. 从今天起我们会新增一个问答环节，我们将会问一个问题，你可以在微信后台参与我们，在下一周的节目中我们会挑选一位幸运听众并且阅读他的回答，我们还会额外为他准备一份惊喜的小礼品。所以今天的问题是：为什么电影如此受欢迎呢？Y: Ok, let's do it.H: The film tells a story about love, courage and faith. It is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn acted by Joe Alwyn. Lynn's sister Kathryn Lynn acted by Kristen Stewart is disfigured in an accident. While recovering in hospital, she is dumped brutally by her boyfriend.F: Hard to restrain his anger at the shameless attitude, Billy tears this ruthless man off a trip. Because of his impulse, he faces a difficult situation, going to jail or being banished to the Iraq battle. He chooses the latter, ultimately and steps on a road he will never think about.H: Billy is assigned in Bravo Squad with his fellow soldiers. Being trained rigorously in the army, Billy is filled with awe-inspiring, increasingly. Every time he think of the pain in the past life, Sarge Dime, will enlighten him with soldier's will which promotes him to hold the belief, he will never leave the battleground.F: After he and his comrades barely survive a tense battle that receives broad news coverage, they are, unexpectedly celebrated as heroes and are brought home by the Department of Defense, temporarily for a victory tour. B: In the United States, they go on a promotional tour across the country that ends at the halftime show of the Dallas Cowboys' traditional Thanksgiving home game. There, Lynn recounts the tragic memories of the war and losing his sergeant in a firefight.H: Feeling guilty about Lynn's choice, Lynn's sister hopes he can take the chance and return to normal life. Conversely, the big boss, fans and common people take the understanding to the war for granted. Lynn and his comrades step on the long Halftime walk with heaviness and anxiety.B: Finally, Lynn determines, resolutely to return to the front. In spite of sister's opposition, meager income as a soldier, massacre in the war and even death whenever and wherever possible, Lynn is bound to defend the faith as a soldier.M: This movie's director is Ang Lee. Lee is a well-known director who directed many good movies. Like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi. F: He is a thoughtful director. He always has wonderful different ideas, so he can always give us good movies. During his life, he has already won many awards, including three Academy Awards, five British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards two Golden Bear and so on.M: Just according to these awards you can see some of his knowledge and talent. In this movie, he also did a good job. As he always is, he makes his movie thoughtful like himself. In this one, he shows us the hurt of wars and made us think about it after seeing it.L: As the life of pie, the leading man in this movie is an infamous actor called Joe Alwyn. This man used to be a stage play actor. He was graduated in Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, which is the biggest and most comprehensive professional drama association in Britain. So this may be able to explain his good act on Billy Lynn.F: But the leading woman in this movie is really famous. Kristen Stewart, the beautiful girl who used to won an Oscar award. This time she acted as Billy's sister. She showed everyone a good sister who is really worried about her brotherY: The reviews of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime reform a polarization. Some people reckon it's emotional and moving. And it will be go down as the one of the best films in this year. Besides, it's effective and insightful anti war. Some effective contrasts show great just through those flash backs.H: Moreover, to some extreme lovers, they see this film as a far more than anti war movie. Because it is not a rich story, but a rich truth and an emotion. It doesn't want to give you an opinion about what war is, but show you an emotion about a young man and a war. A so-called hero came back from Iraq, how is his life?Y: In the real world, the truth and emotion are complicated. So it's hard to say what the theme is. They hold an idea that this movie is boring only because you don't have sensory substitution.I: This opinion, which is opposite to the views of the other side. Other people think Ang lee paying too much attention to the shooting art and technique rather than a good story. They say this film wants to tell something about noble emotion but it lacks a good story to support it.Y: Though I would like to agree this, I still got deeply moved after I saw it.Y: So this is today's programme, hope you like it. And don't forget our question: Why are movies so popular?最后不要忘记我们的问题：为什么电影如此的受欢迎呢？ M: Wish all of you do the best in every exam and be careful of the ice surface in our campus.最后感谢制作张安康。See you next time, bye!Y: Bye!节目监制：刘逸超编辑：赛碧乐播音：杨旸 李梓彤 赛碧乐 张洁川 邹佳琳 毕鑫屹 赵艺薇 杨晨丹制作：张安康
Download MP3 ８月の５週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この８年間に配信した259本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。 今回は"Stay Foolish ... ?"をテーマに、この1年間にお届けした中から、ちょっと常識ではあり得ない行動に出る人々の登場する会話を４本選びました。かれらのあまりに「ぶっ飛んだ」言動に、夏の暑さも吹き飛ぶかも…!? （初級〜中級）The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner) A Halloween Prank Situation: It's Halloween and Robert and Carla are setting up for their annual Halloween party. W: And... done! The hallway decorations are done. This is gonna be the best Halloween party yet! M: Yeah, I totally agree. And this year's prank is gonna be twice as spooky as last year's! W: Hey, wait, wait, wait.... you're gonna do a prank AGAIN this year? (Robert is drilling holes in the ceiling, and is setting up some strange thing.) M: Well, yeah. You can't have Halloween without spooky surprises! W: Just so I'm clear: this whole prank thing isn't gonna end up like last year's, when Lenny was hospitalized for 3 months, is it? M: Of course not. W: Good. M: Yeah, I've stepped up my game from last year. Look: when the guests walk in the door, they'll trip this switch, which deploys a can of pepper spray! The can of pepper spray will spray them in their eyes, rendering them unable to see. Then, I turn off the lights and beat them up with this baseball bat! W: OK. There are TWO huge problems with this "prank". First, why turn off the lights if they already can't see because of the pepper spray? Second, how is blinding someone and then beating them with a bat a Halloween prank?? Sounds like something you'd do to your worst enemy! M: Oh, whatever. Someone like you could never understand. You never did have a good sense of humor with these things! W: That's because someone always ends up seriously hurt and/or permanently disfigured! In fact, how are you not in jail yet? M: Well, it might have something to do with the fact that I'm 12? W: Oh, yeah! (Written by David Shaner) Special Medicine M: Alright Kimmy. I drove you to this pharmacy store. Can I go home now? W: Ha Ha Ha! Don't make me laugh! You thought that was the end of your duty? That was merely the first phase! M: I don't like where this is going. Is this another one of your crazy schemes? W: Hey, if you didn't want to help me with this, you shouldn't have volunteered! You're gonna have to see my plan to its end! M: Volunteered? I volunteered because you told me we were going to go help your hot sister move into her new apartment. I didn't volunteer to get myself arrested, which is definitely going to be the result if this is anything like your other schemes. W: You have too little faith in me. We only get arrested if we get caught! M: So, this IS illegal then?! W: Just let me do all the talking. (Mark and Kimmy walk up to the pharmacy counter.) W: Hello! My name is Kimmy and this is my severely mentally impaired brother, Keith. We would like some very expensive medications so he can get better. M: (whispering) Mentally impaired? What're you talking about? W: (whispering) Just go with it... If we get these drugs for your "condition", we can sell them for twice the price or more on the black market! Pharmacist: Do you have a prescription or doctor's note with you? W: Ahem... Um, no we don't. But can't you just see how mentally impaired he is? Isn't that enough to warrant the medication? Pharmacist: Without a prescription, I can't do anything for you. W: (whispering) Mark, you're not selling this well at all, you've gotta at least try to act the part! M: This is ridiculous, Kimmy. I'm going home. If your hot sister ever DOES actually need help moving in, you know where to find me! W: Ah! Mark, you ruined everything! (Written by David Shaner) Fire Alarm Situation: Troy and Amanda are hanging out in a dark corner of their local library. W: So, I was, like, "It's totally YOUR fault, Christie, because Johnny Ferrerie would've never kissed Suzie unless Kathie Davis had been... (Troy cuts off Amanda) M: Yo-- hold that thought! Check out this fire alarm over here! W: What? You're not actually considering pulling a fire alarm in a public library, are you? The sprinklers will go off and it'll ruin my hair! M: Think of it this way: if I pull this fire alarm, everyone in here is gonna get soaking wet. Ha ha ha... (Troy has a mischievous smile) W: Yeah, exactly! Meaning: my hair and my new Louis Vuitton bag will both be ruined! M: Amanda, think about it. EVERYONE in here will be soaking wet! That includes the girls! The combination of water and a white shirt really suits a girl in a situation like this, if you know what I mean. (Starts laughing) W: Oh my gosh, Troy, you're such a pervert! M: Genius? Yes. Inventive? Yes. Pervert? No way. Um... watch this! (Troy puts his hand on the alarm, poised to pull it.) W: Hey! You better not! M: Come to me, my drenched vixens! (Troy pulls the alarm and everyone in the library starts screaming as tons of water fall upon them.) (Written by David Shaner)
Download MP3 ８月の５週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この８年間に配信した259本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。 今回は"Stay Foolish ... ?"をテーマに、この1年間にお届けした中から、ちょっと常識ではあり得ない行動に出る人々の登場する会話を４本選びました。かれらのあまりに「ぶっ飛んだ」言動に、夏の暑さも吹き飛ぶかも…!? （初級〜中級）The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner) A Halloween Prank Situation: It's Halloween and Robert and Carla are setting up for their annual Halloween party. W: And... done! The hallway decorations are done. This is gonna be the best Halloween party yet! M: Yeah, I totally agree. And this year's prank is gonna be twice as spooky as last year's! W: Hey, wait, wait, wait.... you're gonna do a prank AGAIN this year? (Robert is drilling holes in the ceiling, and is setting up some strange thing.) M: Well, yeah. You can't have Halloween without spooky surprises! W: Just so I'm clear: this whole prank thing isn't gonna end up like last year's, when Lenny was hospitalized for 3 months, is it? M: Of course not. W: Good. M: Yeah, I've stepped up my game from last year. Look: when the guests walk in the door, they'll trip this switch, which deploys a can of pepper spray! The can of pepper spray will spray them in their eyes, rendering them unable to see. Then, I turn off the lights and beat them up with this baseball bat! W: OK. There are TWO huge problems with this "prank". First, why turn off the lights if they already can't see because of the pepper spray? Second, how is blinding someone and then beating them with a bat a Halloween prank?? Sounds like something you'd do to your worst enemy! M: Oh, whatever. Someone like you could never understand. You never did have a good sense of humor with these things! W: That's because someone always ends up seriously hurt and/or permanently disfigured! In fact, how are you not in jail yet? M: Well, it might have something to do with the fact that I'm 12? W: Oh, yeah! (Written by David Shaner) Special Medicine M: Alright Kimmy. I drove you to this pharmacy store. Can I go home now? W: Ha Ha Ha! Don't make me laugh! You thought that was the end of your duty? That was merely the first phase! M: I don't like where this is going. Is this another one of your crazy schemes? W: Hey, if you didn't want to help me with this, you shouldn't have volunteered! You're gonna have to see my plan to its end! M: Volunteered? I volunteered because you told me we were going to go help your hot sister move into her new apartment. I didn't volunteer to get myself arrested, which is definitely going to be the result if this is anything like your other schemes. W: You have too little faith in me. We only get arrested if we get caught! M: So, this IS illegal then?! W: Just let me do all the talking. (Mark and Kimmy walk up to the pharmacy counter.) W: Hello! My name is Kimmy and this is my severely mentally impaired brother, Keith. We would like some very expensive medications so he can get better. M: (whispering) Mentally impaired? What're you talking about? W: (whispering) Just go with it... If we get these drugs for your "condition", we can sell them for twice the price or more on the black market! Pharmacist: Do you have a prescription or doctor's note with you? W: Ahem... Um, no we don't. But can't you just see how mentally impaired he is? Isn't that enough to warrant the medication? Pharmacist: Without a prescription, I can't do anything for you. W: (whispering) Mark, you're not selling this well at all, you've gotta at least try to act the part! M: This is ridiculous, Kimmy. I'm going home. If your hot sister ever DOES actually need help moving in, you know where to find me! W: Ah! Mark, you ruined everything! (Written by David Shaner) Fire Alarm Situation: Troy and Amanda are hanging out in a dark corner of their local library. W: So, I was, like, "It's totally YOUR fault, Christie, because Johnny Ferrerie would've never kissed Suzie unless Kathie Davis had been... (Troy cuts off Amanda) M: Yo-- hold that thought! Check out this fire alarm over here! W: What? You're not actually considering pulling a fire alarm in a public library, are you? The sprinklers will go off and it'll ruin my hair! M: Think of it this way: if I pull this fire alarm, everyone in here is gonna get soaking wet. Ha ha ha... (Troy has a mischievous smile) W: Yeah, exactly! Meaning: my hair and my new Louis Vuitton bag will both be ruined! M: Amanda, think about it. EVERYONE in here will be soaking wet! That includes the girls! The combination of water and a white shirt really suits a girl in a situation like this, if you know what I mean. (Starts laughing) W: Oh my gosh, Troy, you're such a pervert! M: Genius? Yes. Inventive? Yes. Pervert? No way. Um... watch this! (Troy puts his hand on the alarm, poised to pull it.) W: Hey! You better not! M: Come to me, my drenched vixens! (Troy pulls the alarm and everyone in the library starts screaming as tons of water fall upon them.) (Written by David Shaner)
行楽の秋、お友達や家族と動物園に出かける方も多いと思います。今回の会話は動物園でデートをしている男女の会話ですが、男性はヘンなことばかり言ってデートを台無しにしたあげく、とんでもない行動に出ます。現代の動物園ではあり得ないことですが、リスナーの皆さんはくれぐれもまねをしないようご注意を...?! Image credit: Kapa65 via Pixabay. CC0 Public Domain. ↓ ↓ ↓ Download MP3 （初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） an enclosure 動物園の檻 to make it to... に着く the T-Rex exhibit ティラノサウルスの展示 T-RexはTyrannosaurus rexの略。 to go extinct 絶滅する a government conspiracy 政府の陰謀 to fabricate をでっち上げる to take interest in... に興味を示す to be raised by... に育てられる to live off nothing but... 以外に頼らずに生きる ※to live off the land「自給自足の生活をする」 flesh and blood 血肉、肉体 ※文語的な表現。ここでは男性の大げさで見当違いな言動を強調している。 super すごく（副詞） *** Script *** The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner)
行楽の秋、お友達や家族と動物園に出かける方も多いと思います。今回の会話は動物園でデートをしている男女の会話ですが、男性はヘンなことばかり言ってデートを台無しにしたあげく、とんでもない行動に出ます。現代の動物園ではあり得ないことですが、リスナーの皆さんはくれぐれもまねをしないようご注意を...?! Image credit: Kapa65 via Pixabay. CC0 Public Domain. ↓ ↓ ↓ Download MP3 （初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） an enclosure 動物園の檻 to make it to... に着く the T-Rex exhibit ティラノサウルスの展示 T-RexはTyrannosaurus rexの略。 to go extinct 絶滅する a government conspiracy 政府の陰謀 to fabricate をでっち上げる to take interest in... に興味を示す to be raised by... に育てられる to live off nothing but... 以外に頼らずに生きる ※to live off the land「自給自足の生活をする」 flesh and blood 血肉、肉体 ※文語的な表現。ここでは男性の大げさで見当違いな言動を強調している。 super すごく（副詞） *** Script *** The Excitement of a Zoo M: Finally, we made it to the zoo! I wanna go see the T-Rex exhibit first! W: Robbie, how many times do I have to tell you: dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. There're no T-Rexes in the zoos. M: And how many times do I have to tell YOU that that's just a government conspiracy fabricated to keep people from using dinosaurs as weapons. W: (Puts her palm over her face and sighs) OK, Robbie, OK. I believe you. Just stop talking about it already. I actually wanted to enjoy this trip to the zoo, and you're making that pretty difficult. M: Hey look! Lions! (Robbie grabs Regina's hand and makes a dash for the lion enclosure.) M: Wow! Lions are awesome! W: (giggling) I'm glad to see you've taken interest in an animal that actual exists. M: I always wished I could've been raised by lions. Living in the mountains, living off nothing but the flesh and blood of rhinos! W: Um, I don't think that's where or how lions live, Robbie. (Regina looks down at her phone to distract herself from how badly this date is going. Regina then looks up.) W: Hey Robbie what do you think of--. (Robbie is no where to be found.) W: Robbie? Robbie?! Where are you? (A few seconds later) M: I'm over here, Regina! (Regina looks over to see Robbie cuddling with one of the lions within the enclosure.) W: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE LION ENCLOSURE ROBBIE!? THATS SUPER DANGEROUS! M: Just following my heart Regina, just following my heart. (Written by David Shaner)
リスナーの皆さんの将来の夢は何ですか。また、その夢の実現に向かって、今どんなことをしていますか。 会話の男性は、自分の夢を実現すべく、大学での専攻を選ぼうとしています。しかし専攻を選ぶにあたり、一つ問題を抱えているようです。それは何でしょうか。そして彼は結局どのような選択をするのでしょうか。 Image credit: SEO via flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Download MP3 （初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） to fill out a form 書類に記入する disappointed 失望する ※disappointが他動詞として使われる場合の意味は「〜を失望させる」。 a kid ※ここではpersonと同じ意味で、相手が子どもでなくても、相手がinnocentであることを強調したい時に使われる。 to one's liking 〜のやりたいようにしている You should strive to achieve your dreams. 夢を達成するために努力するべきだ。 re-energined エネルギーを充電した、活力を取り戻した Jeez やれやれ to change one's mind 心変わりをする *** Script *** Making Our Dreams Come True W: Hi Asep. What are you doing? M: I'm filling out a form to choose a major. W: Then why don't you just fill it out right away? Are you still confused about which major you want to study? M: Yeah, I'm not sure. Because my parents are math teachers, I think they want me to study math. But I'm not so interested in math! W: Well, what do you like, then? M: I love painting. But I'm afraid my parents'll be disappointed if I don't follow what they want. W: Have you told them that you prefer painting rather than math? M: I'm kind of afraid to talk about this with them, because they're always so excited when talking about their work. And I don't want to disappoint them. W: You're a really a good kid, Asep. But I'm sure your parents wouldn't want you to choose a life that's not at all to your liking. It's your life and your future, Asep. You have to choose something that you really love, not what other people want. Try to find the right time to talk with your parents. I'm sure they'll understand. M: Yeah, you're right, Yuri. I should have the courage to tell them so that I can choose the major I like for my future. W: Right. You should strive to achieve your dreams. Try again, again, and again, as much as you can! M: Absolutely right ... Hey, what you've just been saying really makes me re-energized to strive for what I want ... Yuri, would you want to go to dinner with me this Saturday night? W: Jeez, Asep .... last week and the week before you also asked the same thing! And you already know the answer, right? M: Just trying.... perhaps you changed your mind? You say we should strive to achieve our dreams, right? (Written by Annisa)
リスナーの皆さんの将来の夢は何ですか。また、その夢の実現に向かって、今どんなことをしていますか。 会話の男性は、自分の夢を実現すべく、大学での専攻を選ぼうとしています。しかし専攻を選ぶにあたり、一つ問題を抱えているようです。それは何でしょうか。そして彼は結局どのような選択をするのでしょうか。 Image credit: SEO via flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Download MP3 （初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） to fill out a form 書類に記入する disappointed 失望する ※disappointが他動詞として使われる場合の意味は「〜を失望させる」。 a kid ※ここではpersonと同じ意味で、相手が子どもでなくても、相手がinnocentであることを強調したい時に使われる。 to one's liking 〜のやりたいようにしている You should strive to achieve your dreams. 夢を達成するために努力するべきだ。 re-energined エネルギーを充電した、活力を取り戻した Jeez やれやれ to change one's mind 心変わりをする *** Script *** Making Our Dreams Come True W: Hi Asep. What are you doing? M: I'm filling out a form to choose a major. W: Then why don't you just fill it out right away? Are you still confused about which major you want to study? M: Yeah, I'm not sure. Because my parents are math teachers, I think they want me to study math. But I'm not so interested in math! W: Well, what do you like, then? M: I love painting. But I'm afraid my parents'll be disappointed if I don't follow what they want. W: Have you told them that you prefer painting rather than math? M: I'm kind of afraid to talk about this with them, because they're always so excited when talking about their work. And I don't want to disappoint them. W: You're a really a good kid, Asep. But I'm sure your parents wouldn't want you to choose a life that's not at all to your liking. It's your life and your future, Asep. You have to choose something that you really love, not what other people want. Try to find the right time to talk with your parents. I'm sure they'll understand. M: Yeah, you're right, Yuri. I should have the courage to tell them so that I can choose the major I like for my future. W: Right. You should strive to achieve your dreams. Try again, again, and again, as much as you can! M: Absolutely right ... Hey, what you've just been saying really makes me re-energized to strive for what I want ... Yuri, would you want to go to dinner with me this Saturday night? W: Jeez, Asep .... last week and the week before you also asked the same thing! And you already know the answer, right? M: Just trying.... perhaps you changed your mind? You say we should strive to achieve our dreams, right? (Written by Annisa)
いよいよ来月ロンドンオリンピックが開催されます。今回はこれにちなみ、イギリス英語特有の表現について学びます。 会話の舞台は英国・マンチェスター。若者２人がバスを待ちながら話をしています。今回の会話ではイギリス英語の表現に加えて、いわゆる若者言葉の英語もたくさん登場します。盛りだくさんの内容ですので、スクリプトの前に掲載されている「今回の重要表現」も参考にしながら、ぜひお楽しみください！ 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikipedia Download MP3 （21:39 12.4MB 初級～中級） Special British Words *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） （オープニングで紹介されているイギリス英語の表現） Cheers. = Thanks. a fag = a cigarette a fresher = a first-year student ※「新入り」的な軽蔑的ニュアンスがある。 a right bugger = something difficult and unpleasant ※ものや人に使う。 a queue（発音注意） = 行列 （はじめに） この会話の舞台は英国北部のマンチェスター（Manchester） Supposedly =たぶん Do you have a light? = 火を貸してくれない？ to be psyched (about/for) = to be excited to flag 〜 down = (タクシー)を止める Picadilly Gardens =マンチェスター中心部の芝生の広場 ※ロンドンのPicadilly Circusとは違う。 Upstairs? = （バスの）２階に行く？ ※舞台となっているマンチェスターには、 ロンドンと同様に２階建てバス（a double decker bus） が走っている。 Same again please. = 同じのちょうだい（Me, too.） ※カジュアルな若者言葉 to be heaving with people = to be crowded with people ※若者言葉 barely = just after to pass out = 気を失う That's freshers for you. = 新入りにはよくあることさ。 （That's 〜 for you.は、相手の注意を引くための表現で 「ほら〜だよ；それは〜によくあることさ」） ※前の晩に飲みすぎて気を失っている１年生を見て軽蔑的に言っている。 ちなみに英国の法律では18歳から飲酒・喫煙が可能。 to be packed = to be heaving/crowded What do you expect? = 当たり前じゃん。（It's natural.） to be over and done with = 終わって（嬉しい） Too right! = 全くその通り！ ※若者言葉 I spent ages on the first passage. = 最初の長文にえらく時間がかかっちゃった a string of 〜 = 〜の連続 literally ridiculous = 全くわけわかんない ※literallyをreallyの意味で使うのは若者言葉 a quid = a pound（英国の通貨ポンド） ※pound / pond（池）の発音の区別に注意 a vodka redbull = ウォツカをレッドブルで割ったお酒 a shot = アルコールを一口飲むための容器 to be on the pull = ナンパをしている（to be picking up girls） *** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:45-06:25 (Natural speed) 18:30-20:30 Special British Words W: Boy, is the bus ever gonna come?! M: Supposedly, this is one of the busiest bus routes in Europe, and there hasn't been a bus for 15 minutes! Hey, do you have a light? W: Sure. Here you go. M: Cheers. Man, I'm so psyched for tonight! I've been thinking about this night all week! W: I know, right. Hey, there's the bus! Quick, flag it down. M: Just as I'd started this fag. Typical! W: One to Picadilly Gardens, please. (Coin noises)(Pause) Thanks. Upstairs? M: Same again please. (Coin noises) Yeah sure. (Pause) Cheers. W: Man, this bus is heaving with people! Look… it's barely 10 o'clock and that guy's already passed out! M: Ha ha! That's freshers for you. Man, the streets are packed tonight! W: What do you expect? Everyone's finished their exams! M: I'm so glad they're over and done with, that Japanese translation exam was a right bugger. W: Too right! I spent ages on the first passage, and only had an hour for the other two. M: I had no idea what that string of 8 kanjis meant! W: That was literally ridiculous! Hey, press the bell. This is our stop! M: No need. Clearly, everyone's going here tonight. (Outside the bus) W: Ah, look at the queue! We'll be out here for hours. It's so cold!... Oh my god! Can you see what that girl's wearing! M: Hmm… Not bad! W: Men. Typical! M: OK. Let's go in. Five quid entry? W: I've got this flyer that gets us in for only 4. M: I guess that's another pound to a vodka redbull. And I think I've just found my first lady of the night. But first, shots! W: Oh god here we go! M: Bam! (pause) Bam! (pause) Bam! (pause) eugh! Right! Now for the ladies. W: Boy, we've barely been in here for 5 minutes and you're already on the pull. M: Hey, I'm going to go talk to her. W: Ah! I should've come with one of the girls?! (by Ben Razey)
いよいよ来月ロンドンオリンピックが開催されます。今回はこれにちなみ、イギリス英語特有の表現について学びます。 会話の舞台は英国・マンチェスター。若者２人がバスを待ちながら話をしています。今回の会話ではイギリス英語の表現に加えて、いわゆる若者言葉の英語もたくさん登場します。盛りだくさんの内容ですので、スクリプトの前に掲載されている「今回の重要表現」も参考にしながら、ぜひお楽しみください！ 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikipedia Download MP3 （21:39 12.4MB 初級～中級） Special British Words *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） （オープニングで紹介されているイギリス英語の表現） Cheers. = Thanks. a fag = a cigarette a fresher = a first-year student ※「新入り」的な軽蔑的ニュアンスがある。 a right bugger = something difficult and unpleasant ※ものや人に使う。 a queue（発音注意） = 行列 （はじめに） この会話の舞台は英国北部のマンチェスター（Manchester） Supposedly =たぶん Do you have a light? = 火を貸してくれない？ to be psyched (about/for) = to be excited to flag 〜 down = (タクシー)を止める Picadilly Gardens =マンチェスター中心部の芝生の広場 ※ロンドンのPicadilly Circusとは違う。 Upstairs? = （バスの）２階に行く？ ※舞台となっているマンチェスターには、 ロンドンと同様に２階建てバス（a double decker bus） が走っている。 Same again please. = 同じのちょうだい（Me, too.） ※カジュアルな若者言葉 to be heaving with people = to be crowded with people ※若者言葉 barely = just after to pass out = 気を失う That's freshers for you. = 新入りにはよくあることさ。 （That's 〜 for you.は、相手の注意を引くための表現で 「ほら〜だよ；それは〜によくあることさ」） ※前の晩に飲みすぎて気を失っている１年生を見て軽蔑的に言っている。 ちなみに英国の法律では18歳から飲酒・喫煙が可能。 to be packed = to be heaving/crowded What do you expect? = 当たり前じゃん。（It's natural.） to be over and done with = 終わって（嬉しい） Too right! = 全くその通り！ ※若者言葉 I spent ages on the first passage. = 最初の長文にえらく時間がかかっちゃった a string of 〜 = 〜の連続 literally ridiculous = 全くわけわかんない ※literallyをreallyの意味で使うのは若者言葉 a quid = a pound（英国の通貨ポンド） ※pound / pond（池）の発音の区別に注意 a vodka redbull = ウォツカをレッドブルで割ったお酒 a shot = アルコールを一口飲むための容器 to be on the pull = ナンパをしている（to be picking up girls） *** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:45-06:25 (Natural speed) 18:30-20:30 Special British Words W: Boy, is the bus ever gonna come?! M: Supposedly, this is one of the busiest bus routes in Europe, and there hasn't been a bus for 15 minutes! Hey, do you have a light? W: Sure. Here you go. M: Cheers. Man, I'm so psyched for tonight! I've been thinking about this night all week! W: I know, right. Hey, there's the bus! Quick, flag it down. M: Just as I'd started this fag. Typical! W: One to Picadilly Gardens, please. (Coin noises)(Pause) Thanks. Upstairs? M: Same again please. (Coin noises) Yeah sure. (Pause) Cheers. W: Man, this bus is heaving with people! Look… it's barely 10 o'clock and that guy's already passed out! M: Ha ha! That's freshers for you. Man, the streets are packed tonight! W: What do you expect? Everyone's finished their exams! M: I'm so glad they're over and done with, that Japanese translation exam was a right bugger. W: Too right! I spent ages on the first passage, and only had an hour for the other two. M: I had no idea what that string of 8 kanjis meant! W: That was literally ridiculous! Hey, press the bell. This is our stop! M: No need. Clearly, everyone's going here tonight. (Outside the bus) W: Ah, look at the queue! We'll be out here for hours. It's so cold!... Oh my god! Can you see what that girl's wearing! M: Hmm… Not bad! W: Men. Typical! M: OK. Let's go in. Five quid entry? W: I've got this flyer that gets us in for only 4. M: I guess that's another pound to a vodka redbull. And I think I've just found my first lady of the night. But first, shots! W: Oh god here we go! M: Bam! (pause) Bam! (pause) Bam! (pause) eugh! Right! Now for the ladies. W: Boy, we've barely been in here for 5 minutes and you're already on the pull. M: Hey, I'm going to go talk to her. W: Ah! I should've come with one of the girls?! (by Ben Razey)
What did you think when it was March 11th? We suffered the biggest earthquake in Japan for many centuries. For Japanese people an earthquake is not rare, but for most of people from overseas, it is an unusual thing, and there are many overseas students and teachers in Obilin University. So we interviewed two people from abroad about March 11th earthquake to see what they thought. [Interview from Shutaro] Shutaro: Hi there! Today I will interview to people from overseas about March 11th earthquake. S: Hi! Man: Hello! S: Hello. Can I ask you some questions? M: Sure. S: What is your name please? M: My name is Peter. S: Where are you from? M: I come from Scotland. S: What are you doing in Japan? M: I’m working as an English teacher. S: How long have you stayed in Japan? M: I’ve stayed in Japan for about 15 years. S: Today, I’ll ask you about March 11th earthquake. M: Okay, sound interesting. S: Have you suffered an earthquake in your country? M: No I haven’t. Scotland is very safe country for earthquakes, but I’ve lived in Japan for 15 years, so I have experience of some earthquake in Japan. S: Where were you when it was March 11th ? M: March 11th I was in a coffee shop in Machida, working on my computer. S: What did you do at that time? M: Just before the earthquake happens, I was drinking coffee and typing essay on my computer. S: How did you feel while the earthquake happened? M: Well, when the earthquake begun, I didn’t think it was a big problem, big deal, so I didn’t feel anything, as usual, (couldn’t hear clearly) normally earthquakes happens you become use to them in Japan, but after about 1minute, the earthquake got little stronger and one man said that if the windows break in the coffee shop, (couldn’t hear clearly) dangerous because it’s big grass windows, so everybody moved same time to wall the door, and just as we are moving, the earthquake became a lot stronger. S: This is the last question, when a big earthquake happens again, what will you do first? M: I (couldn’t hear clearly) do the same thing, which is wait and see (couldn’t hear clearly), and wait and see what thing start break or not, and then I’ll move to walls open ground as fast as I can, and I will look up! S: Thank you very much, Perer! M: Thank you. [Interview from Rika] Rika: what your name? Doya: My name is Doya. Rika: Ok, Doya. I'll ask you five questions about on March 11th. Have you ever suffered an earthquake in your country? Doya: No, I’ve never suffered the earthquake in my country. Rika: Where were you, when it was March 11th? Doya: I was in Sendai when it was March 11th. I suffered the earthquake as soon as I got off a train. Rika: What did you do at that time? Doya: I looked for a safe place and stayed there with my friends until an earth tremor became slight. And we wanted to come back by train but trains stopped running then. So we had to walk to my friend’s house for three hours. Rika: How did you feel while the earthquake happened? Doya: I felt a little fearful when I suffered. And I didn’t expect to suffer so heavy damage. But, when I walked to friend’s house, some fires and tsunami occurred. I felt the most fearful when I stayed in the place of refuge. And I was in a panic because I couldn’t contact with my parents. Rika: when a big earthquake happens again, what will you do first? Doya: First of all, I’ll prepare an identification card, cash and foods. And I’ll bring them to a place of refuge. Rika: Thank you. Thank you very much Peter and Doya. Both of them have never suffered an earthquake in their country, so this is the first time for them. We often suffer earthquakes in Japan, but even we were nervous at that time, it’s natural thing that people from abroad were worried and more nervous than us. We hope that this experience may help them to live in Japan safely.
今回の話題は「釣り」。瀬戸内海に面した広島は釣りのスポットに恵まれているため、釣りの愛好家も多いようです。これからの暖かい季節、広島湾あたりで海釣りにトライしてみるのはいかがでしょうか。 会話ではおじいちゃんと孫が釣りに出かけています。果たして二人は、大物を釣ることができるのでしょうか・・・？孫の可愛らしいセリフにもどうぞご注目ください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（釣り）：Wikipediaより Download MP3 （12:35 7.3MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:15-5:10 (Natural speed) 9:15-10:55 Fishing W: Grandpa, when do we get to start fishing? M: Just wait, little one. I'm just putting on the bait. M: (Short pause) OK, here you are. Have a go at it. W: Thanks grandpa. I really wanna catch a big one. What kind of fish are we catching again? M: Bass. Striped bass. W: What's that? M: It's a fish with lots of dark lines running across its body from head to tail. Most are pretty small, like you. W: Wow! That sounds amazing grandpa. I want to keep one for a pet. W: (10 minutes later) Grandpa! Grandpa! I think I got one. M: Pull him in. I'll get the net. W: Hurry. I can't hold on much longer. He's heavy. M: Ah, here he comes. Just a few more seconds. OK, got him! W: Grandpa, we did it! M: Yes we did, dear. Now, the fisherman always gets to name the fish. What will you name him? W: Mr. Fish. M: Great name for a fish. W: Grandpa, I think there's something wrong. He looks sad. M: What makes you think that? W: Hmm. Maybe because he knows that he'll never see his family again. M: Hmm. I never thought about that before. I wonder what we should do. W: Let's throw him back! He'll be happy again. M: Are you sure? He's quite a catch. W: I'm sure. Can I do it? M: Sure. Let's do it together. On the count of three: One. Two. Three!… And there he goes! W: Bye Mr. Fish. I hope we meet again. W: (Five minutes later) Grandpa, I think I got another one. I bet this time its Mrs. Fish! (Written by Kyle Kumashiro)
今回の話題は「釣り」。瀬戸内海に面した広島は釣りのスポットに恵まれているため、釣りの愛好家も多いようです。これからの暖かい季節、広島湾あたりで海釣りにトライしてみるのはいかがでしょうか。 会話ではおじいちゃんと孫が釣りに出かけています。果たして二人は、大物を釣ることができるのでしょうか・・・？孫の可愛らしいセリフにもどうぞご注目ください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（釣り）：Wikipediaより Download MP3 （12:35 7.3MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:15-5:10 (Natural speed) 9:15-10:55 Fishing W: Grandpa, when do we get to start fishing? M: Just wait, little one. I'm just putting on the bait. M: (Short pause) OK, here you are. Have a go at it. W: Thanks grandpa. I really wanna catch a big one. What kind of fish are we catching again? M: Bass. Striped bass. W: What's that? M: It's a fish with lots of dark lines running across its body from head to tail. Most are pretty small, like you. W: Wow! That sounds amazing grandpa. I want to keep one for a pet. W: (10 minutes later) Grandpa! Grandpa! I think I got one. M: Pull him in. I'll get the net. W: Hurry. I can't hold on much longer. He's heavy. M: Ah, here he comes. Just a few more seconds. OK, got him! W: Grandpa, we did it! M: Yes we did, dear. Now, the fisherman always gets to name the fish. What will you name him? W: Mr. Fish. M: Great name for a fish. W: Grandpa, I think there's something wrong. He looks sad. M: What makes you think that? W: Hmm. Maybe because he knows that he'll never see his family again. M: Hmm. I never thought about that before. I wonder what we should do. W: Let's throw him back! He'll be happy again. M: Are you sure? He's quite a catch. W: I'm sure. Can I do it? M: Sure. Let's do it together. On the count of three: One. Two. Three!… And there he goes! W: Bye Mr. Fish. I hope we meet again. W: (Five minutes later) Grandpa, I think I got another one. I bet this time its Mrs. Fish! (Written by Kyle Kumashiro)
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