English Recordings

91 It's a little cold here. / It seems a little cold here.
92 Are we on schedule?
93 I don't want to miss my connecting flight.
94 I have a question about this immigration card.
95 Could I get something for airsickness?
96 Do you mind if I recline my seat? May I recline my seat?
97 My baggage hasn't come out yet.
98 This is my claim tag.　Here is my claim tag.
99 I think I've lost my claim tag.
100 Could you search for my baggage right away?
101 My suitcase has been damaged.
102 I came here for sightseeing. / I'm here to do some sightseeing.
103 (I'm staying) At the Hilton.
104 I'll stay for one week. / I'm going to stay for one week.
105 I'd like to buy 300 dollars with yen. / Dollars for yen.

76 I'm calling with an introduction from my husband's brother.
77 My husband is still in the restroom.
78 Point the cursor to that icon and right-click on it.
79 Your fly is open.　
80 Are you on your way ?
81 Can I take this suitcase on the plane?　
82 Could you tell me where 15-C is?
83 My bag won't fit in the shelf. 84 Excuse me, I need to get by.
85 Can I move to that seat over there?
86 Is the flight expected to leave on schedule?
87 What kind of drinks do you have? / What do you have?
88 I'll take coffee.
89 Could you take my tray?　　
90 Could I get a blanket? Can I have another blanket?

61 Wow! It looks delicious!
62 Let me go ahead.　
63 I handle the legal tasks of a company.
64 I'm 173 cm tall. I'm 5 feet 8 inches tall.
65 It's summer in Japan.
66 We got to know each other at a university club.
67 Prices are high in Japan.
68 Give me a break! / Leave me alone, please.
69 You make me feel bad. Please leave me alone.
70 Don't make fun of me!　　
71 We don't use miles. How many kilometers are there in one mile?　
72 What do you mean by OK?
73 Where is a toilet with a seat?
74 Excuse me, but I'd like it black.
75 May I speak to your wife?

46 That's all right. //That's all right with me.
47 You,too.
48 You bet.
49 Either will be fine.　Either one will be fine.
50 No problem. It was fifty-fifty.
51 Here it is. Here I am.
52 Are you serious?
53 Everything is possible.
54 I'm going now. Bye!
55 I'm home.
56 Hi! Welcome back
57 Take care.　
58 Long time no see!
59 I'd like to offer my deepest condolences.
60 Congratulations!

The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be dissolving far more rapidly than anyone expected, a piece of good news that raises tricky new questions about how fast the government should scale back its response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The immense patches of surface oil that covered thousands of square miles of the gulf after the April 20 oil rig explosion are largely gone, though there continue to be sightings of tar balls and emulsified oil here and there.

Reporters flying over the area Sunday spotted only a few patches of sheen and an occasional streak of thicker oil, and radar images taken since then suggest that these few remaining patches are quickly breaking down in the warm surface waters of the gulf.

John Amos, president of SkyTruth, an advocacy group that sharply criticized the early, low estimates of the size of the BP leak, noted that no oil had gushed from the well for nearly two weeks.

“Oil has a finite life span at the surface,” Mr. Amos said Tuesday, after examining fresh radar images of the slick. “At this point, that oil slick is really starting to dissipate pretty rapidly.”

The dissolution of the slick should reduce the risk of oil killing more animals or hitting shorelines. But it does not end the many problems and scientific uncertainties associated with the spill, and federal leaders emphasized this week that they had no intention of walking away from those problems any time soon.

The effect on sea life of the large amounts of oil that dissolved below the surface is still a mystery. Two preliminary government reports on that issue have found concentrations of toxic compounds in the deep sea to be low, but the reports left many questions, especially about an apparent decline in oxygen levels in the water.

And understanding the effects of the spill on the shorelines that were hit, including Louisiana’s coastal marshes, is expected to occupy scientists for years. Fishermen along the coast are deeply skeptical of any declarations of success, expressing concern about the long-term effects of the chemical dispersants used to combat the spill and of the submerged oil, particularly on shrimp and crab larvae that are the foundation of future fishing seasons.

After 86 days of oil gushing into the gulf, the leak was finally stopped on July 15, when BP managed to install a tight-fitting cap on the well a mile below the sea floor, then gradually closed a series of valves. Still, the well has not been permanently sealed. Until that step is completed in several weeks, the risk remains that the leak will resume.

Scientists said the rapid dissipation of the surface oil was probably due to a combination of factors. The gulf has an immense natural capacity to break down oil, which leaks into it at a steady rate from thousands of natural seeps. Though none of the seeps is anywhere near the size of the Deepwater Horizon leak, they do mean that the gulf is swarming with bacteria that can eat oil.

The winds from two storms that blew through the gulf in recent weeks, including a storm over the weekend that disintegrated before making landfall, also appear to have contributed to a rapid dispersion of the oil. Then there was the response mounted by BP and the government, the largest in history, involving more than 4,000 boats attacking the oil with skimming equipment, controlled surface burns and other tactics.

Some of the compounds in the oil evaporate, reducing their impact on the environment. Jeffrey W. Short, a former government scientist who studied oil spills and now works for the environmental advocacy group Oceana, said that as much as 40 percent of the oil in the gulf might have simply evaporated once it reached the surface.

An unknown percentage of the oil would have been eaten by bacteria, essentially rendering the compounds harmless and incorporating them into the food chain. But other components of the oil have most likely turned into floating tar balls that could continue to gum up beaches and marshes, and may represent a continuing threat to some sea life. A three-mile by four-mile band of tar balls was discovered off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday.

Less oil on the surface does not mean that there isn’t oil beneath the surface, however, or that our beaches and marshes are not still at risk,” Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said in a briefing on Tuesday. “We are extremely concerned about the short-term and long-term impacts to the gulf ecosystem.”

31 I hope it's not too much trouble.
32 Thanks for taking good care of my sister.
33 It was very kind of you to help me so much.
34 This is a token of my gratitude. 35 Good luck!　good luck
36 I'll do my best.
37 It's hot today, isn't it? What's the temperature now?
38 It's very cold, isn't it? Where are you from?
39 This train doesn't go to Tokyo.
40 I'm going the same way. Let's go together.
41 This bus doesn't go to Shibuya. Take the bus with a blue sign.
42 I'll get off at the next station. Bye.
43 Please take the train at Track No.2 and get off at Yamato Station to change to Odakyu Line for Enoshima.
44 Just turn right at the corner.
45 God bless you! -> Thank you.

16 Is there anyone here who can speak Japanese?
17 How should I say this?
18 I'm sorry, I have no idea.
19 I'll show you the way.
20 Excuse me?
21 Excuse me, but could you speak more slowly?
22 I'm sorry, I don't speak English well. Please ask another person. someone else
23 I'll be back with someone from the information center.
24 Sorry, I don't speak English.
25 I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry. Please ask someone else.
26 Somehow I think so.　
27 Why don't you do this?
28 That way. This way.
29 After you, please.
30 I see!

1 Hi! How are you doing?
2 How have you been? Long time no see.
3 See you! / See you around.
4 I'm Akiko, Akiko Tanaka.
5 I really appreciate all your help. / Thanks. / Thanks a lot.
6 Thanks, but no thanks. / No bother.
7 Sure, no problem.
9 Excuse me.
12 Do you have the time?
13 Pardon? / Excuse me?
14 I'm Hirofumi. And you are…?
15 Sounds good.

What we have described as free morphemes fall into two categories. The first category is that set of ordinary nouns, adjectives and verbs that we think of as the words that carry the 'content' of the messages we convey. These free morphemes are called lexical morphemes and some examples are: girl, man, house, tiger, sad, long, yellow, sincere, open, look, follow, break. We can add new lexical morphemes to the language rather easily, so they are treated as an 'open' class of words.

Other types of free morphemes are called functional morphemes. Examples are and, but, when, because, on, near, above, in, the, that, it, them. This set consists largely of the functional words in the language such as conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns. Because we almost never add new functional morphemes to the language, they are described as a 'closed' class of words.

In the sickroom, a young girl had lain in bed for almost two months. Beside her was her mother who looked pale.

“Mum, I want to take a look at the scenery outside the window!” said the young girl in a low voice.

With the help of her mother, she came up to the window and looked out of it,sighing for her lost youth. The wind was blowing hard, she noticed some leaves falling off a big tree outside the window.

“I am dying! As soon as all the leaves fall down, I will leave the world!......” said the young girl. Watching the falling leaves, the young girl couldn’t help bursting into tears.

From then on, the young girl's illness got worse and worse and she lost more and more color. In November, the girl's illness took a turn for the worse and she refuse the treatment.

The girl's mother was so worried that she asked her friend, who was an artist, for help.The artist had pity on the young girlwho was dyingand he felt that he must do something to help the girl. In order to save the young girl's life, the artist decided to draw many leaves and hung them on tree branches by stealth.

The young girl was pleased to see that the tree came into leaf again the next day. She began to feel pretty hopefulabout her future and began to recieve treatment. She made a quick recovery from her illness. Several months later, she was out of hospital.