2016.04.15
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 139 ”a rip-off”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第139弾は、”a rip-off” です。
通常の値段に比べ、べらぼうに高くてビックリ！なんてことありますよね。
今回は、そんな場面で使える表現をご紹介します。
タロウとヒカは出張に行く途中、空港でオシャレなカフェに入りました。
しかしメニューを見たヒカはビックリ！
“What? a cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!?”
「え？ コーヒー１杯で1500円!?」
「高すぎるよ（ぼったくりだよ）！！」
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 too expensive..”
これでも伝わりますが、普通過ぎていまいちインパクトに欠けてしまいますね。
そこで、
“That’s a rip-off.”
と言ってみましょう！スラングの一種ではありますが、とても自然な表現です。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
a rip-off.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first let's do our test.
So I asked you... I see this brand.
I don't know this brand, and I say:
Is this a famous brand in Japan?
And you say...
That's right.
Yes, it's a household name in Japan.
Everyone knows it. I hope you got that.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom
a rip off. What does this mean?
Well here's what I sometimes hear --
So imagine Taro and I are at the airport, OK?
And we're in a coffee shop.
A nice coffee shop and I
look at the menu and I say:
What? a cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
Very expensive right? And Taro says:
That's too expensive.
OK, this is okay. "That's too expensive."
It's a normal sentence. But to say it
with impact, when you say
Wow, that's expensive!
Too expensive! Too, too, too expensive!
You can say this -- so I say:
Taro, a cup of coffee 1,500 yen at the airport.
And he says:
That's a rip-off.
Very natural. It's kind of slang, you know.
But it means it's just crazy expensive
Unbelievably expensive! OK?
It's a rip-off.
OK, so let's look a pronunciation it's
That'sa a rip off. That'sa rip-off.
You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
A cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
I know.
OK, so it's a nice, short idiom.
But you know don't say this
to another person's product.
You know, if you're meeting with a vendor
and they show you their price
Don't say "That's a rip-off!"
It's a very direct, strong sentence, OK?
OK, so homework next time I will say:
A cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
And you say...
That's a rip-off.
That's right. It's too expensive.
Please remember this and we'll see you
next time. Thank you.
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
a rip-off.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first let's do our test.
So I asked you... I see this brand.
I don't know this brand, and I say:
Is this a famous brand in Japan?
And you say...
That's right.
Yes, it's a household name in Japan.
Everyone knows it. I hope you got that.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom
a rip off. What does this mean?
Well here's what I sometimes hear --
So imagine Taro and I are at the airport, OK?
And we're in a coffee shop.
A nice coffee shop and I
look at the menu and I say:
What? a cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
Very expensive right? And Taro says:
That's too expensive.
OK, this is okay. "That's too expensive."
It's a normal sentence. But to say it
with impact, when you say
Wow, that's expensive!
Too expensive! Too, too, too expensive!
You can say this -- so I say:
Taro, a cup of coffee 1,500 yen at the airport.
And he says:
That's a rip-off.
Very natural. It's kind of slang, you know.
But it means it's just crazy expensive
Unbelievably expensive! OK?
It's a rip-off.
OK, so let's look a pronunciation it's
That'sa a rip off. That'sa rip-off.
You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
A cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
I know.
OK, so it's a nice, short idiom.
But you know don't say this
to another person's product.
You know, if you're meeting with a vendor
and they show you their price
Don't say "That's a rip-off!"
It's a very direct, strong sentence, OK?
OK, so homework next time I will say:
A cup of coffee is 1,500 yen!
And you say...
That's a rip-off.
That's right. It's too expensive.
Please remember this and we'll see you
next time. Thank you.
