2016.05.02
Tip 196 ”That’s a little steep”無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第196弾は、”That’s a little steep” です。
ヒカは同僚のタロウに言いました。
“Taro, I bought a new PC. My new PC cost 300,000 yen.”
「新しいＰＣ買ったんだ！30万もしたよ。」
「それはちょっと高いな。」
と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“That’s a little expensive.”
これが一般的ではありますが、たまには違った表現をしてみたいですよね。
そこで、
“That’s a little steep.”
と言ってみましょう！「それはちょっと高いなー」という意味の、とても自然な表現です。
※steep「急激な・高価な」
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series
and today's phrase is
That's a little steep.
Like a steep hill. What does this
mean? We will find out
but first let's do our test. OK so imagine our company president is speaking to someone
and I say:
Who's that guy speaking to our president?
And you say...
There you go. That's right.
He's a heavyweight in the government.
Someone with power. Someone with authority.
OK I hope you got that lets go into today's phrase
That's a little steep.
Here's what I sometimes hear --
so imagine Taro and I are colleagues
and I say:
Taro, I bought a new PC. My new PC cost 300,000 yen.
And Taro says: 300,000 yen? That's a little expensive.
ok perfect sentence. "That's a little expensive."
OK but if you want to
use an idiom, a nice phrase, you could
use this one -- so if I say:
You know my PC cost 300,000 yen.
And he says:
That's a little steep. It just means that's a little expensive. Just another way to say it.
OK, very natural. that's a little steep. And you could say this with feeling.
It's not that's a little steep; or it's more
like, you know, that's a little steep or
that's a little steep. There are many ways to say it, OK? depending on how much feeling you put in it.
But let's just practice the
standard pronunciation, it's...
That'salittle... That'salittle steep.
That'salittle steep. You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
My new PC cost 300,000 yen.
Yeah, I know, but it has many good features on it.
OK so that's a little steep.
OK so for homework I'm gonna say:
Hey, my PC cost 300,000 yen.
And you just say...
That's a little steep.
OK, please remember this and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases video series
and today's phrase is
That's a little steep.
Like a steep hill. What does this
mean? We will find out
but first let's do our test. OK so imagine our company president is speaking to someone
and I say:
Who's that guy speaking to our president?
And you say...
There you go. That's right.
He's a heavyweight in the government.
Someone with power. Someone with authority.
OK I hope you got that lets go into today's phrase
That's a little steep.
Here's what I sometimes hear --
so imagine Taro and I are colleagues
and I say:
Taro, I bought a new PC. My new PC cost 300,000 yen.
And Taro says: 300,000 yen? That's a little expensive.
ok perfect sentence. "That's a little expensive."
OK but if you want to
use an idiom, a nice phrase, you could
use this one -- so if I say:
You know my PC cost 300,000 yen.
And he says:
That's a little steep. It just means that's a little expensive. Just another way to say it.
OK, very natural. that's a little steep. And you could say this with feeling.
It's not that's a little steep; or it's more
like, you know, that's a little steep or
that's a little steep. There are many ways to say it, OK? depending on how much feeling you put in it.
But let's just practice the
standard pronunciation, it's...
That'salittle... That'salittle steep.
That'salittle steep. You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
My new PC cost 300,000 yen.
Yeah, I know, but it has many good features on it.
OK so that's a little steep.
OK so for homework I'm gonna say:
Hey, my PC cost 300,000 yen.
And you just say...
That's a little steep.
OK, please remember this and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
