I’m from (1)South Korea. I was born in (2)Daejeon, which is located in (the) center area of South Korea. It’s, uh, (the) south side of (3)Seoul, about 150 kilometer(s). So , that’s where I come from . And my hometown is, uh, Daejeon. It’s quite , it’s (a) very quiet place . But, um, Daejeon has a lot of good food. For instance , (4)kimchis and, uh, the fried pork and steamed pork. I like that kind of food very much.
I started my job as a (6) construction manager from 1999. And I’m still working as a construction manager and project manager. And I like my job very much because, uh, it’s not a kind of (7)small thing. It’s kinda very creative thing tomake a building or tomake something from nothing. So , that’s the main reason I like my job. And I’ve been working here in the United States since , uh, 2008, January.
(6) construction manager 建設現場責任者 (7)small thing ささいなこと
Q. 日本に来たことはありますか？
I’ve never been to Japan, but, (8) definitely , I want to visit Japan (9)sooner or later because I like Japanese food, especially sushi and sashimi. And, uh, if I have (a) long vacation, I want to visit (10)Barcelona in (11)Spain, because I promised my wife to visit there, ha-ha, when I have[it’s our] anniversary.
(8) definitely 確かに、絶対に (9)sooner or later 遅かれ早かれ、いつかは (10)Barcelona バルセロナ ★スペイン（[11]参照）、カタルーニャ州の州都。 (11)Spain スペイン王国 ★ヨーロッパ南東部イベリア半島の大半を占める、立憲君主制国家。首都はマドリード。
解説：ゆっくりと聞き取りやすいアメリカ式発音
a lot of、not a、started、creativeなどの/?/（母音で挟まれた/t/の弾音化）、lot、college、job、notなどの/?/、neverやlaterの/r/の音色など、アメリカ式発音が身に付いていて聞き取りやすいです。母語の 影響 は比較的 少ない のですが、that(’s)、thing、something、nothing、the、2008のthousand、thereなどのthの発音/θ/・/d/が/t/・/d/、musicやvisitの/z/が/?/、ifの/f/が/p/になったり、また、workingの長母音は/??r/に近い音で発音されたり、guitarの第1音節に強勢があるのが特徴的です。 instance ではinstantと間違えて発音されて/s/の音が/t/になり、Unitedの語尾部分の音が脱落して/juna?/になる一方で、a lot of good foodのofとgoodの間やBarcelonaの/r/の後には母音が挿入されています。
