ラジオ英会話 2023/2/21 L217 理由・原因のフロー ③

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ラジオ英会話 2023/2/21 L217 理由・原因のフロー ③
I’ll tell you a motive???
Hey, everyone. This is Akino Roza. Chris, you deserve to be here. Thanks to your performance, we always have a great show!
Thank you, Roza. I find it all so exciting! Chris McVay here.
-レッスンのポイント
「理由・原因」を表す表現、今回は、節ではなく名詞を伴うフレーズをご紹介しましょう。
(This time, let’s introduce phrases that use nouns instead of clauses to express “reason/cause”.)

-Thanks to your performance, we had a great scene there.
映画スターのアーノルド・シルベスターが新作映画「シン・ラーメネイター」試写会のために東京に来ています。
出演したヤヨイと話していますよ。
Movie star Arnold Sylvester is in Tokyo for the preview of his new movie “Shin Ramenator”.
He is talking with Yayoi who appeared.
-Words & Phrases
deserve , ~して当然である、〜の価値がある
thanks to -,
have fun -ing 〜することを楽しむ
due to -,
thick accent 〔発音などの〕強いなまり = strong accent
-PRACTICE
It’s practice time. Today, let’s continue to look at phrases expressing the reason for something and now include phrases that express the cause of something. Ready to go?
Thanks to your help, I was able to get this job.
Thanks to your support, I was able to get this job.
One more.
Thanks to Bob, I was able to get this job.
Let’s continue.
-Expressions in Action
thanks to、due to, because of -,
1). シャロンの交渉スキルのおかげで、私たちは取り引きをまとめました。
(Thanks to Sharon’s negotiation skills, we closed the deal.)
(The terrible traffic jam was caused by an accident.)
(My car didn’t work because of the dead battery.)
Hey guys, the other day, I was in a terrible traffic jam. Two hours later, I found a couple arguing in the middle of the road. Terrible isn’t it?