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#023 【簡単な英語】ネイティブが毎日使う【英会話フレーズ】
Episode #023 of 【聞き流し英語】すぐに使える簡単英語を身につける！🍎 follows a single dinner-outing story from a home conversation all the way through dessert, teaching the natural English phrases native speakers actually use at each step. Set at Saizeria, a familiar family restaurant, the episode covers being seated, placing an order, managing portion sizes, and wrapping up the meal with after-dinner drinks. Every phrase is presented as a Japanese–English pair, with key expressions repeated up to four times for listening and speaking practice.
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What this episode answers
What English phrases are used when a server shows you to your seat at a restaurant?
"Where do you want to sit?" is the phrase used when the server asks about seating preference, and it is repeated four times in the episode. At the front desk, the exchange also covers "How many in your party?" answered with "2 adults and 3 children."
How do you check whether a side dish is included when you place an order?
Ask "Does it come with salad?" — in this episode it was used after ordering spaghetti bolognese, and the reply "It comes with Caesar's salad" was repeated four times.
How do you say 'I'd like a little more' or 'No thanks' in English during a meal?
Two patterns are given: "Just a little" and "No, I'm fine." The episode also covers "Is that enough?" answered with either "That's enough" or "That's too much," handling both accepting and declining more food.
What expressions are useful for after-meal drinks and dessert?
When offered coffee or tea, the episode gives "Tea, please" as a short, simple response. For dessert, the exchange is "What's for dessert?" answered with "We have ice cream."
What are the standard phrases for starting and finishing a meal?
The meal begins with "Let's eat" and closes with the exchange "Did you enjoy your meal?" — "It was delicious."
At Home: Planning Dinner
The episode opens with a perfectly ordinary home conversation. Phrases like "What's for dinner?", "I'm hungry," "What do you want to eat?", and "I want to eat pizza" are introduced as Japanese–English pairs, grounding listeners in an everyday situation before anyone steps outside. When the idea of eating out comes up, the episode names Saizeria specifically — a detail that helps listeners picture a real, familiar setting and connect the phrases to their own lives.
Arriving at the Restaurant: Finding the Place and Checking In
Once the decision to go out is made, the story moves to locating the restaurant. The question "Where is the restaurant?" is practiced repeatedly, with the answer placing it on the fifth floor. At the front desk, a server asks "How many in your party?", and the response — "2 adults and 3 children" — gives a concrete, ready-to-use model. The episode then zooms in on seating preference: "Where do you want to sit?" is repeated four times, giving listeners enough exposure to internalize the phrase for both listening and speaking.
The Menu and Ordering: Dishes, Sides, and Dressings
Once seated, the conversation covers everything from requesting the menu to choosing a dressing. "Could we have the menu?" is repeated twice before the episode introduces a situation many diners with children face: "Do you have a children's menu?" For the main order, spaghetti bolognese is used as the concrete example dish. The practical follow-up question "Does it come with salad?" is highlighted here, and the server's reply — "It comes with Caesar's salad" — is drilled four times so it becomes second nature. The ordering sequence rounds out with "Italian dressing, please" for dressing choice and "Water, please" for the drink, building a complete, real-world ordering routine phrase by phrase.
Conversation During the Meal: Phrases for Adjusting Portions
A simple "Let's eat!" kicks off the meal portion of the episode, which then focuses on the table talk that actually happens once the food arrives. The episode presents two ways to respond when someone offers you more: "Just a little" when you want a small amount, and "No, I'm fine" when you want to decline. It does not stop there. The exchange "Is that enough?" paired with both "That's enough" and "That's too much" rounds out the set, giving listeners language for every scenario — whether you need to politely accept a small helping, set a limit, or turn down more entirely. This cluster of phrases is particularly useful both when hosting guests and when expressing your own preferences at someone else's table.
After-Meal Drinks, Dessert, and Wrap-Up
As the meal winds down, the server offers coffee or tea. The episode's answer is refreshingly short: "Tea, please" — a reminder that simple, direct English is often exactly right. The dessert exchange follows the same pattern: "What's for dessert?" is met with "We have ice cream," keeping the language approachable and immediately usable. The episode closes with the warm server check-in "Did you enjoy your meal?" and the guest's reply "It was delicious" — a natural bookend to the meal that began with "Let's eat." The host sends listeners off with "You did great all the way to the end. Good job!", capping the episode on an encouraging note.
Takeaways
- The episode strings the entire dining experience — from a home chat about dinner plans to after-meal drinks — into one continuous story, so learners can absorb the flow of a real outing rather than isolated phrases.
- Practical, immediately usable phrases such as "Does it come with salad?", "Could we have the menu?", and "Where do you want to sit?" are all introduced as Japanese–English pairs with specific, concrete context.
- Key expressions are repeated up to four times each, with deliberate repetition built throughout the episode to help both the ear and the mouth lock in the phrases.
This article is edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. It is not an official summary — please listen to the episode itself.