2019/03/09 第115回例会TOPIC

Topic1  Tongue Twisters !

Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency.  They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound.  They’re not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking.  Below, you will find some of the most popular English tongue twisters. Say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker !

 Let’s practice the tongue twisters in your group.

① She sells sea shells by the sea shore. (彼女は海岸で貝がらを売っている。)

② How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?(ウッドチャックが木を投げられるとしたら、何本の木を投げるだろう)

③ I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.(私は6つ薄いものが思いつくけれど、厚いものも6つ思いつく。)

④ Betty Botter bought some butter.  But she said this butter’s bitter(ベティボターさんはバターを買いました。でも彼女はこのバターは苦いと言いました。)

⑤ He threw three free throws.(彼は3つのフリースローを投げた。)

⑥ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.(ピーター・パイパーは9リッターほどの唐辛子の漬物を拾った。)

⑦ A big black bug bit a big black bear.(大きな黒いカブトムシが大きな黒い熊を咬みました。)

⑧ Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.(ヴィンセントはとても激しく復讐を誓った。)

⑨ You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York.(君はニューヨークを知っている、君にはニューヨークが必要だ、君は自分が唯一のニューヨークを必要としていることを知っている。)

⑩ Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?(君は缶詰業者が缶を缶詰にするのと同じように、缶を缶詰にできるのかい?)

 

Topic2  English Quotations

There are a lot of English quotations.  Do you believe in these?

― Love

Woodrow Wyatt once said, A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.

― Money

Tennessee Williams once said, You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.

仕事 ― Work

Maxim Gorki once said, When work is a pleasure, life is a joy!  When work is a duty, life is slavery.

― Time

Benjamin Franklin once said, Remember, that time is money.

⑤ 教育 ― Education

Albert Einstein once said, Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

友情 ― Friendship

Oscar Wilde once said, Between men and women there is no friendship possible.  There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

結婚 ― Marriage

Austen once said, Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

― Laughter

Dostoevsky once said, One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

成功Success

Ben Sweetland once said, Success is a journey, not a destination.

過ち ― Error

Cicero once said, Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

人生 ― Life

Mark Twain once said, Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

逆境Adversity

Byron once said, Adversity is the first path to truth.

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