ball obsession runs in the familyball obsession runs in the family / gomagoti

ラジオ英会話
2013/04/05
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2013/04/01 

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Originally whereabouts in Iowa is the woman from?

- Tinkertown, near the Minnesota border.
 

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Where are you from originally? 
もともとはどちらのご出身ですか? 

Where are you originally from?
Where do you originally come from?
Where is home for you?
ご出身は? 


2013/04/02 

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How did the woman get the information? 

- Her gramps/grandfather told her.


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Is it about a skeleton in the closet?
家族の忌まわしい秘密とかいうことですか?

Is it about a dark family secret?
家族の暗い秘密とかいうことですか?
 
Is it about a secret family scandal? 
家族の隠されたスキャンダルとかいうことですか?
 
Is it about an embarrassing family secret?
家族の恥ずかしい秘密とかいうことですか?


2013/04/03

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What does Isamu think of Winnie's full name?
- He thinks it's a very dignified name.

 
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I was named after my paternal grandmother. 
私は父方の祖母にちなんで名づけられました。

I was named after my father's mother. 
私は父の母にちなんで名づけられました。

I was named after my grandmother on my father's side.
私は父方の祖母にちなんで名づけられました。

My paternal grandmother is my samesake.
私の名は父方の祖母の名をもらったものです。
 

2013/04/04 

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What seems to run in the man's family?
- Good looks and vanity.

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He's the spitting image of your father.
彼はお父様に生き写しですね。

He bears a striking resemblance to your father.
彼はお父様に酷似していますね。

He and your father look very much alike.
彼とお父様はとてもよく似ていますね。

He looks exactly like your father. 
彼はお父様とそっくりですね。