FY2024 ラジオ英会話（６６）

Dialogue

Professor Peacock.
Did you hear about the time capsule they discovered in Oxford?

Yes, Mana, my niece, was talking about that recently.

Well, they found something unusual inside it.

What did they find?

It appears to be some kind of advanced electronic device.

What's unusual about that?

The time capsule was buried in 1865. 
There were no such electronic devices back then.

I wonder if someone put it in there later.

That's highly unlikely.

Then we have a mystery on our hands.

Grammer and vocabulary

Did you hear about the time capsule they discovered in Oxford?
They found something unusual inside it.

Target forms

I wonder if someone put it in there later.

I'm curious whether he remembers me.
I don't care if you're bored.
Do you know if that's true?

Grammer in action

私は彼が私を理解してるのかどうか興味があります。英語は彼の母語ではありませんから。
I'm curious whether he understands me or not. English isn't his native language.

私はあなたが正しいのかどうかわかりません。私はこのトピックに関しては専門家ではないのです。
I'm not sure whether or not you're right. I'm not an expert on the topic.

ジェニファーがこれを書いたのでしょうか？これは彼女の筆跡のように見えます。
I wonder if Jennifer wrote this. This looks like her handwriting.