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この番組「異文化ディスカッション」では、いつもは広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらっています。

今回は特別編として、広島大学非常勤講師の松本陵磨先生をゲストに、日本人が英語を上達するための秘訣を紹介していただきます。

聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―）

（中級〜上級向け）

＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。

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undergraduate

= 学部生（の）

to abandon

= to get rid of (one's responsibilities), （中途で）やめる

※「退学する」は、通例leave/quit schoolを使う。

a sophomore

= a second-year student

to transfer (to another school)

= 編入する

sort of

= kind of, to some extend

Birmingham

= a large city in the north England

an acupuncturist

= 鍼（はり）療法師

back and forth

= going and coming

a PhD

= 博士号

a Master's Degree

= 修士号

the Middle East

= 中東

the UAE

= The United Arab Emirates, a country next to Saudi Arabia

the University of Paris-Sorbonne

= a famous college in France

a branch

= 分校

to be exposed to

= 〜に触れる

maths

= （イギリス英語）math, mathematics

to admit

= 認める

The thing is…

= The important thing is…

from scratch

= from the very beginning

to observe

= to watch carefully

to imitate

= to repeat out loud in exactly the same way

to pay attention to

= to concentrate on

the liaison

=音の連結

to distinguish between

= to understand the differences between

to be blessed

= to be lucky

a session

= a period of time for doing something

challenging

= difficult

a vest

= チョッキ、ベスト

contradictory

= a statement opposite to another statement, 矛盾した

controversial

= debatable, having no agreement, 賛否の分かれる

filler words

= words which allow a speaker to tell the listener: “Please wait a couple of seconds. I'm thinking and I'm not finished speaking.” つなぎ言葉（多用しない方がよいとされているのでcontroversial）

awkward

= uncomfortable, ぎこちない

to totally recommend that…

= to strongly recommend that…

moderate

= not too much and not too little

the principle

= the basic rule or idea

the Audio-Lingual Method

= a way of teaching English in which students repeat out loud what the teacher says

oral

= related to speaking

a tendency

= a trend, 傾向

to focus on

= to concentrate on

to be sufficient

= to be enough, to be adequate

an accent

= a dialect

you

= everybody

to convey (something)

= to communicate (a message)

to be outgoing

= to be friendly and not shy