ラジオ英会話　Lesson 167 程度副詞 – too, rather

Ethan: Hey, Miho. Let’s go outside. I need a break from studying.

Miho: It’s too cold to go outside, Ethan.

Ethan: Come on, let’s go. It’s so nice outside.

Miho: OK, OK.

Ethan: See, it’s not that cold. Look at that blue sky.

Miho: You’re always taking long breaks, Ethan.

Ethan: Well, the book we’re reading is too long to finish in one day anyway.

Miho: But we have to finish by tomorrow.

Ethan: I won’t remember any of it if I read it all at once. I’ll finish at home. Besides, we need the vitamin D from the sunlight.

Miho: Do we?

Ethan: Yeah!

Hey, Miho. Let’s go outside. I need a break from studying.

It’s too cold to go outside, Ethan.

Come on, let’s go. It’s so nice outside.

OK, OK.

See, it’s not that cold. Look at that blue sky.

You’re always taking long breaks, Ethan.

Well, the book we’re reading is too long to finish in one day anyway.

But we have to finish by tomorrow.

I won’t remember any of it if I read it all at once. I’ll finish at home. Besides, we need the vitamin D from the sunlight.

Do we?

Yeah!

You’re always taking long breaks.

The book we’re reading is too long to finish in one day anyway.

It’s too cold to go outside.

This is too long to finish in one day.

 

It’s rather cold for April, isn’t it?

 

I usually drink tea rather than coffee.

 

I’d rather walk than take a taxi.

 

I’d rather meet with you tomorrow, if that’s all right. I’m rather swamped today.

I’m a bit too busy to be able to squeeze you in.