2016.04.29
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 141 ”It’s such a hassle”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第141弾は、”It’sucha hassle” です。
iTuneで曲を購入したいのに、やり方が分からず困っているタロウに、ヒカが言いました。
“Well Taro, you have to create an account first. ”
「タロウ、まずアカウントを作らないといけないんだよ。」
「面倒くさいなぁ。」
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？
“Yeah, it’s troublesome. ”
日本人が良く使いがちな表現ですが、実はこの表現、ネイティブはあまり使わないんです。
そこで、
“It’s such a hassle.” と言ってみましょう。
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 phrase is
It's such a hassle.
What's a hassle? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So I say:
This jacket -- this new jacket -- was only 1,000 yen.
And you say...
That's right. What a steal.
What a good deal.
That's so cheap just makes the quality
sound cheap;
Sound low. So what a steal.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's phrase "It's such a hassle."
OK, so here's what I sometimes hear --
OK, so let's imagine Taro is using iTunes
for the first time and he says:
Hika, Hika. I want to buy music on iTunes.
How do I do it?
And I say:
Well Taro, you have to create an account first.
An iTunes account.
And he says:
Yeah, it's troublesome.
Which is OK. But you know
I hear this a lot, this word, from my
students -- "It's troublesome."
But you know, we actually don't use this so often.
Troublesome. "It's really troublesome to..."
You know, it's not wrong. But a more natural
way to say something that is
inconvenient or bothersome or troublesome;
you could say this -- so if I say:
You know, you need to create an account first
before you can buy music on iTunes.
And he says:
It's such a hassle.
Very natural. OK, hassle is like
inconvenient. It's extra work.
So something that is troublesome, inconvenient, bothersome
You know, you could say
It's such a hassle.
OK hope you got that
lets practice pronunciation.
It'sucha... It'sucha... OK?
It's not "It's sucha..." but it's
It'sucha -- connect -- It'sucha hassle.
You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
So you need to create an account first.
Yeah, well that's the system. OK, perfect.
So for Homework next time I will say:
You need to create an account first.
And you just say...
It's such a hassle.
Please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
for beginners video series
and today's phrase is
It's such a hassle.
What's a hassle? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So I say:
This jacket -- this new jacket -- was only 1,000 yen.
And you say...
That's right. What a steal.
What a good deal.
That's so cheap just makes the quality
sound cheap;
Sound low. So what a steal.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's phrase "It's such a hassle."
OK, so here's what I sometimes hear --
OK, so let's imagine Taro is using iTunes
for the first time and he says:
Hika, Hika. I want to buy music on iTunes.
How do I do it?
And I say:
Well Taro, you have to create an account first.
An iTunes account.
And he says:
Yeah, it's troublesome.
Which is OK. But you know
I hear this a lot, this word, from my
students -- "It's troublesome."
But you know, we actually don't use this so often.
Troublesome. "It's really troublesome to..."
You know, it's not wrong. But a more natural
way to say something that is
inconvenient or bothersome or troublesome;
you could say this -- so if I say:
You know, you need to create an account first
before you can buy music on iTunes.
And he says:
It's such a hassle.
Very natural. OK, hassle is like
inconvenient. It's extra work.
So something that is troublesome, inconvenient, bothersome
You know, you could say
It's such a hassle.
OK hope you got that
lets practice pronunciation.
It'sucha... It'sucha... OK?
It's not "It's sucha..." but it's
It'sucha -- connect -- It'sucha hassle.
You try...
Good. OK, with my sentence:
So you need to create an account first.
Yeah, well that's the system. OK, perfect.
So for Homework next time I will say:
You need to create an account first.
And you just say...
It's such a hassle.
Please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
