NHK英会話タイムトライアル2025年度6月

It’s muggy/humid, eh?

Let’s share this umbrella.

Is it normal weather for June?
It’s a little hot for June.

Does Vancouver have a rainy season?
Vancouver has something like a rainy season.　※「～のようなもの」は something like ～ が便利
It rains a lot from September to April.

When does the rainy season start?
Has the rainy season started already?
It hasn’t started yet. / It has started already.

When does the rainy season end?
In my hometown, the rainy season ends in July.

The rainy season should end soon.

How’s the weather in Canada?
It’s wet in Vancouver now.　「雨模様です」　※こじゃれた言い方

Are Vancouver’s summers humid?　※summers in Vancouver　でもよい
Vancouver’s summers are so pleasant.
Japan’s summers are so muggy.　※こじゃれた言い方

When is the best season to visit Vancouver?
I like Vancouver’s summers the best.

Has it been hot recently?
It hasn’t been that hot recently.
It’s been extremely hot recently.

★食べ物、スポーツ、人物等なんにでも使える。

Is this app big in Canada?　「普及していますか」
This app is so big in Japan.　「とてもメジャーです」　※major よりbigの方が一般的に使われる
It’s pretty big in Vancouver.

Is this singer big in Canada?　「良く知られていますか」　※well knownよりbig inの方が広く使える
This singer is really big in Japan.　「すごく有名です」
She is not that big yet.

Is soccer big in Canada?　「盛んですか」　※popular だと人気の度合いになり答えにくいのでbig が使いやすい

The food at this festival is so international.
That’s Vancouver for you.　「さすが〇〇ですね」

It’s gotten so cold.　※becomeよりgottenが一般的
That’s Canada for you.

Let’s go to the sushi restaurant by bicycle.　※goの代わりにcycle, bikeも使える
That’s such a Vancouver thing to do. 　「いかにも〇〇らしいことですね」

Let’s put some old newspapers in the shoe closet.
That’s such a Japanese thing to do during the rainy season.

People in Vancouver are health conscious.　「健康意識が高いです」
A lot of people are eco conscious, too.　「環境意識も高いです」

Is cycling big in Vancouver?
A lot of people cycle to work.
Do you ever bike to work?

Here is your helmet.
Thanks. Safety first.
Thanks, this blue helmet goes with my jacket.
Thanks, it’ll be my umbrella, too.

My hometown is in Eastern Japan.
Is your hometown in Eastern or Western Canada?
What’s the biggest city in Western Canada?
It’s the biggest city in Eastern Canada.

I’m bad with geography.　「チリが苦手です」
I’m bad with directions.　「道に迷いやすいです」　※方向：direction
I’m bad with numbers.　　「数字に弱いです」

Do you live in a big city?
No, I live in a small town.

I live in the capital, Tokyo.
I live in a suburb of Tokyo.

The town is called “a bedroom town."
A lot of people living there work in the city.
And they come home to sleep.

Here is a map of greater Tokyo.　※首都圏：greater Tokyo / the greater Tokyo area
Greater Vancouver has a lot of Japanese restaurants.

Vancouver faces the Pacific Ocean.
Toronto faces a huge lake.
My hometown faces Tokyo Bay.

My hometown is landlocked.　※内陸：landlocked
But it only takes about an hour to go to the beach. / But the beach is only about an hour away.

This hotel faces Mt. Fuji.　「目の前です」
Mt. Fuji is the most famous and the highest mountain in Japan.