Hiroshima University's English Podcast

Download MP3 ８月の４週間は、恒例の「超濃縮！やさしい英語会話」です。この10年間に配信した310本の「やさしい英語会話」よりエピソードを厳選し、毎回４本分を濃縮してお届けします。ナチュラルスピードの会話をスクリプトとともにお楽しみください。今回は、外国の文化にかんするエピソードを集めました。*** Script *** [ (280) Wedding Presents ] W: Hey! Are you ready for the wedding next week? It's your first time ever to go to a wedding in New Zealand, right? M: Yeah. But I don't know how I'm going to afford it; I've spent so much money since I came to New Zealand. W: What do you mean? M: Well, John, the groom, and I have become really good friends since, so I just don't know how I'm going to afford "the oiwai." W: "The oiwai? What's that? M: The wedding money. I think for John something around 30,000 yen would be suitable. W: Oh! I see! So in Japan, the 'wedding gift' is a gift of money, the amount for which is determined by your relationship to the couple? M: Yeah, isn't that not what you do here? W: Generally not. Usually guests give a wedding gift, something that they think the couple would like, or that symbolises their new life together,