116 [✐2] Quick trick to sound like an intermediate + shadowing
Description
[✐2 Andante] Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation. Use more adverbs!
“I slept deeply.”
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Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation.
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First, listen to the key words [KW] and then repeat the sentence.
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1. [KW] deeply, sleep
→ I slept deeply.
2. [KW] soon, autumn
→ It will be autumn soon.
3. [KW] immediately/shortly, contact
→ I will contact you shortly.
4. [KW] slowly [here means relaxing], bath
→ Please take a nice long bath.
5. [KW] this way, straight
→ If you go straight this road/way, you’ll find it.
6. [KW] by foot, 10 minutes
→ It’s about 10-minute walk.
7. [KW] a little, rest
→ Please get rest a bit.
8. [KW] Tokyo, much/far, big
→ Tokyo is far bigger.
9. [KW] myself, make
→ I made it myself.
10. [KW] early/soon, go home
→ I want to go home soon.
So far so good? We continue.
1. [KW] oneself, go home
→ I can go home alone.
2. [KW] maybe, go
→ Maybe I will go tomorrow.
3. [KW] often, go on trips
→ I go often go on trips.
4. [KW] in total, how much
→ How much is it in total?
5. [KW] people, a lot
→ There are a lot of people.
6. [KW] never, have an absence
→ I was never absent (never had a day off).
7. [KW] mostly/roughly/about, understand
→ I understand for the most part.
8. [KW] at all/simply*, understand
→ I don’t understand at all.
9. [KW] struggling to/difficult to*, improve
→ It’s hard to improve.
10. [KW] not really, like
→ I don’t really like it.
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「ぐっすり ねむりました。」
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みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうはふくしadverbです。ふくしをつかうと、かいわにふかさがでますよ。
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まず、キーワード[KW]をきいてから、ぶんをリピートしてください。
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1. [KW] ぐっすり、ねむります
→ ぐっすり ねむりました。
2. [KW] もうすぐ、あき
→ もうすぐ、あきに なりますね。
3. [KW] すぐに、れんらく
→ すぐに れんらくします。
4. [KW] ゆっくり、おふろ
→ ゆっくり おふろに はいってください。
5. [KW] このみち、まっすぐ
→ このみちをまっすぐいくと、ありますよ。
6. [KW] あるいて、10ぷん
→ あるいて、10ぷんくらいです。
7. [KW] すこし、やすみます
→ すこし やすんでください。
8. [KW] とうきょう、ずっと、おおきい
→ とうきょうのほうが、ずっとおおきいです。
9. [KW] じぶんで、つくります
→ じぶんでつくりました。
10. [KW] はやく、かえります
→ はやく、かえりたいです。
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ここまでOKですか。まだ つづきますよ。
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1. [KW] ひとりで、かえります
→ ひとりで かえることができます。
2. [KW] たぶん、いきます
→ たぶん、あした いきます。
3. [KW] よく、りょこう
→ よく りょこうにいきます。
4. [KW] ぜんぶで、いくら
→ ぜんぶで いくらですか。
5. [KW] ひと、たくさん
→ ひとがたくさんいました。
6. [KW] いちども*、やすみます
→ いちども やすみませんでした。
7. [KW] だいたい、わかります
→ だいたい わかります。
8. [KW] ぜんぜん*、わかります
→ ぜんぜん、わかりません。
9. [KW] なかなか**、じょうたつします
→ なかなか じょうたつしません。
10. [KW] あまり*、すきです
→ あまり、すきじゃないです。
*Those adverbs can only be used with a negative predicate.
** なかなかnakanaka: hier, it is used in an implied negative context.
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