やさしい英語会話 (204) Finals Fever

早いものでもうすぐ６月も終わり、日本の多くの学校では期末試験の季節が近づいてきました。これを乗り切ると楽しい夏休みが待っています。学生のリスナーの皆さん、今まで勉強してきたことをしっかりと復習して、期末試験をがんばってくださいね！



そういうわけで、今回のエピソードでは期末試験期間中の学生の会話をお届けします。やはり大量の試験勉強に追われて落ち着かない様子のようです…。



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（13:52　8.5MB　初級～中級）*** It's a Good Expression ***

（今回の重要表現）



How're your finals going? -- Yeah, ...

期末試験の調子はどう？ - うん、それがね…。

※親しい間柄ではこのようにyesの代わりにyeahが使われることが多い。

（もちろん時と場合によってはyesも使われる）



I feel like everything I've learned this semester is slowly leaking out of my brain!

まるでこの学期に学んだすべてが少しずつ頭から流れ出てるみたいだ。



Whoa, whoa, whoa.

どうどう、落ち着いて。

※もともとは馬を止めるためのかけ声。



grades

成績



What finals do you have left?

あと何の期末試験が残ってるの。



neuroscience

神経科学



anxiety

不安



baseless

根拠がない



in all seriousness

まじめな話



change my mind

気が変わる





*** Script ***

(Slow speed) 02:05-04:55

(Natural speed) 10:40-12:35



Finals Fever



M: Hey Lucy! How're your finals going?



W: Yeah, I'm really starting to get freaked out. I feel like everything I've learned this semester is slowly leaking out of my brain! I can't even concentrate on studying, because I am so stressed out!



M: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You need to take a break and calm down. You look like you're either going to start crying, or kill someone with your pen!



W: I know, but, if I stop studying… Ah! I just don't have the time… I don't know what to do!



M: OK, here is what we're going to do. We're going to go get coffee, and talk about something totally unrelated to finals, grades, or school. Then, after an hour, we can go to the library and I'll help you study. What finals do you have left?



W: I have my Neuroscience final today, my Chinese and Chemistry finals tomorrow, and my Modern Japanese History final Friday.



M: Oh, I thought you were freaking out for a good reason! Now I can see you are totally baseless in your anxiety. Ha ha… but in all seriousness, we ARE going to need a lot of coffee for this.



W: Exactly! What am I going to do?! OK, OK, I'll come with you for just one hour, but at least let me take one book with me….



M: No! Leave that here. We'll take a complete break, and then when we come back we'll concentrate on one final at a time, starting with the one you have today. And then after you take that one, we can come back to the library and continue studying.



W: (Sighs). OK. I think I'll actually be OK with that. And I've studied pretty well for my neuroscience test already, and could use the break. Hey, let's hurry up and go before I change my mind!



(Written by Matthew Bola)