ラジオ英会話 2023/2/20 L216 理由・原因のフロー ②

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ラジオ英会話 2023/2/20 L216 理由・原因のフロー ②
Hey everyone. Akino Roza here. You know, I’m glad relationships between us aren’t difficult.
Chris McVay here. Ah, you think so? I was just gonna say, “Maybe it’s because we have no strange rules here.” In fact, we have no rules at all as far as our openings are concerned. Let’s go.
-レッスンのポイント
今回は、「理由・原因」に関わる表現をさらに増やしていきます。
(This time, we will increase the number of expressions related to “reasons and causes”.)
将棋クラブの新入部員リンダが元部員のアンドリューに、このクラブの奇妙な規則について尋ねています。
Linda, a new member of the shogi club, asks former member Andrew about the strange rules of the club.
-Words & Phrases
quit やめる、中止する
relationship
between A and B
kind of (表現を和らげて)ちょっと
mean 意味する
You mean -?
allow(ed)
-PRACTICE
OK guys. Are you ready to practice? Today, let’s look at a variety of phrases that express the reason for something.
Are you ready?
That’s because you didn’t study hard enough.
That’s because I had no money.
That’s because he never liked her.
Continuing on,
That’s why he made that rule.
That’s why our textbooks are so popular.
OK, moving on to the next set of examples,
The reason for his success is that ~
The reason for her popularity is that ~
The reason for their breakup is that ~