中高生の基礎英語 in English 24/1/19(金) T20-D5 Do you volunteer?

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中高生の基礎英語 in English 24/1/19(金) T20-D5 Do you volunteer?
Topic 20. Do you volunteer? Day 5
-Dialogue + Quick Summary
今週のダイアログを、自然な速さで聴きましょう。
ダイアログの要約を聴いて、キーワードをメモしてみましょう。
Ken asks Saki if she’d be ( ) to ( ) a classmate in math. She says she’s kind of busy doing ( ) work. Ken would like to ( ), too, but it takes so much ( ) and ( ).
Besides, he doesn’t think he can ( ) the world.

Saki often spends her ( ) picking up ( ), but she thinks it’s ( ) it. She thinks ( ) makes the world better, and it makes
her feel ( ) about ( ). She believes that if everybody does a little, it can make a big ( ).

-Conversation Tips
ダイアログから、会話に役立つ表現をご紹介します。
Can I join you?
= Can I do what you’re doing together with you?
など、誰かと一緒にしたいことについて、「私も加わっていい?」と聞くときに使えます。
Could I join you? や May I join you? も同じシチュエーションで使えます。 May I join you? は最もていねいな表現です。
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Useful Expressions
It’s worth it. If everybody does a little, it can make a big difference.
It makes me feel good about myself.
I’d like to, but it takes so much time and energy.
I don’t think I can change the world. I don’t volunteer as much as I’d like to.

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pretty good
I am okay
brass band
unconditional love
a love for someone without expecting anything in return, like how a parent loves a child
passion
a very strong feeling about something

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Now, here’s a quick summary of the thoughts we’ve heard. Listen carefully and try to write down the main points of what Ken and Saki say.

-Hannah
Ken asks Saki if she’d be willing to tutor a classmate in math. She says she’s kind of busy doing volunteer work. Ken would like to volunteer, too, but it takes so much time and energy. Besides, he doesn’t think he can change the world.

-Gary
Saki often spends her weekends picking up trash, but she thinks it’s worth it. She thinks volunteering makes the world better, and it makes her feel good about herself. She believes that if everybody does a little, it can make a big difference.

-Conversation Tips
Today, let’s talk about the phrase: Can I join you?
Can I join you?
This is an expression to use when you want to be with or do something with another person.
If you ask, “Can I join you?” it means, “Can I do what you’re doing together with you?”
In the dialogue, Ken finds Saki alone at the family restaurant, and he asks, “Can I join you? Just for a minute.”
Yeah. He means, “Can I sit with you here for a short time?”
Right. You can use this whenever you want to participate in anything someone else is doing – playing a sport or a game, having a conversation…
… studying, watching TV, going shopping, anything.
If you want to be more polite, you could say, “Could I join you?” or “May I join you?”
Yes. “Can” or “could” is good to use with friends. “May I join you?” is the most polite. So, that’s good to use with teachers or people you don’t know well.
Right. Okay. Riku, let’s practice.
Okay.
Hannah will tell you what she’s planning to do, and you use today’s Conversation Tip to ask if you can participate.
Riku, I’m going to lunch now.
Can I join you?
Oh, of course.
Very nice.