2017.12.29
“A toss-up”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 225
A toss-up ってどういう意味？
Toss-up はAかBか決めなければならない際に「五分五分」「甲乙つけがたい」といった、確率や魅力についてどちらが勝るとも言えない場合に使われる表現です。
A toss-up ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、休みの予定を同僚に聞かれた時：
Justin: What will you do for winter vacation?
You: It’s a toss-up between going to the hot springs or just relaxing at home.
Justin: 冬休みはどうなさるんですか？
You: 温泉に行くか家でのんびりするかのどちらかですね。
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Hello everyone, Justin here and welcome
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson, where every week we
introduce a new word, idiom, or expression
to help you with your daily business
conversation. OK everyone this week, we
are going to learn "a toss-up." So what
does a toss-up mean? Well, stay tuned to
find out, but first everyone, let's do a
quick review of last week's class.
Alright, so imagine I asked you: How can
we fix this problem? Because I've been
trying to think of this on my own for a
long time, and I just can't figure it out.
So if you have any good ideas,
please let me know. So what do you say?
Alright I'll give you five seconds to
think of a response using the expression
from last week, okay? Are you ready?
Alright, go.
OK and time is up everyone.
If you said "if we put our heads together,
we can do it" then that's exactly right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
last week's expression. Alright so
let's move on to "a toss-up." OK now this
is what I sometimes hear:
Alright I'm talking to my colleague,
Taro, and I say: Taro, so what will you do
for winter vacation? New Year's is just
right around the corner, maybe you're
taking some extra time off. So what are
you going to do?
Taro, he says: Well it's difficult to
decide between going to the hot springs
or just relaxing at home. Alright, well
that sounds really good. Both options
sound really nice okay. So yes I think
this is fine, it's difficult to decide
between A or B, but you might hear a
native English speaker use something
like this ~ it's a toss-up between going
to the hot springs or just relaxing at home.
So both options -- going to the hot
springs or staying at home
both options are really good, so it's
really difficult to choose A or B. So in
this case you can say "it's a toss-up"
okay? It's a toss-up between... pasta or
pizza, okay? Or it's a toss-up between
this option and this option, okay? So if
both are equally good, you can use this
expression: it's a toss-up. Okay?
Alright, so pronunciation, it's very simple okay?
It's as you see it here, so repeat after
me: it's a toss-up. Your turn.
Alright, very good. OK so after my question here:
What will you do for winter vacation?
Alright, good. Yes, okay perfect.
So please remember this for next time, okay
everyone? Alright our bonus question
this week is another way to say: "yes I am."
If you know what the answer is, you can
leave it in the comments below. If you
want to find out what the answer is, you
can find it in one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons.
OK everyone, so this is our last video
lesson of this year before New Year's
time, so I want to wish you all a very
happy new year. All the best in 2018 and
I'm looking forward to seeing you in our
first video for next year, okay? Alright
so take care everyone, and I'll see you
next time. Thank you.
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson, where every week we
introduce a new word, idiom, or expression
to help you with your daily business
conversation. OK everyone this week, we
are going to learn "a toss-up." So what
does a toss-up mean? Well, stay tuned to
find out, but first everyone, let's do a
quick review of last week's class.
Alright, so imagine I asked you: How can
we fix this problem? Because I've been
trying to think of this on my own for a
long time, and I just can't figure it out.
So if you have any good ideas,
please let me know. So what do you say?
Alright I'll give you five seconds to
think of a response using the expression
from last week, okay? Are you ready?
Alright, go.
OK and time is up everyone.
If you said "if we put our heads together,
we can do it" then that's exactly right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
last week's expression. Alright so
let's move on to "a toss-up." OK now this
is what I sometimes hear:
Alright I'm talking to my colleague,
Taro, and I say: Taro, so what will you do
for winter vacation? New Year's is just
right around the corner, maybe you're
taking some extra time off. So what are
you going to do?
Taro, he says: Well it's difficult to
decide between going to the hot springs
or just relaxing at home. Alright, well
that sounds really good. Both options
sound really nice okay. So yes I think
this is fine, it's difficult to decide
between A or B, but you might hear a
native English speaker use something
like this ~ it's a toss-up between going
to the hot springs or just relaxing at home.
So both options -- going to the hot
springs or staying at home
both options are really good, so it's
really difficult to choose A or B. So in
this case you can say "it's a toss-up"
okay? It's a toss-up between... pasta or
pizza, okay? Or it's a toss-up between
this option and this option, okay? So if
both are equally good, you can use this
expression: it's a toss-up. Okay?
Alright, so pronunciation, it's very simple okay?
It's as you see it here, so repeat after
me: it's a toss-up. Your turn.
Alright, very good. OK so after my question here:
What will you do for winter vacation?
Alright, good. Yes, okay perfect.
So please remember this for next time, okay
everyone? Alright our bonus question
this week is another way to say: "yes I am."
If you know what the answer is, you can
leave it in the comments below. If you
want to find out what the answer is, you
can find it in one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons.
OK everyone, so this is our last video
lesson of this year before New Year's
time, so I want to wish you all a very
happy new year. All the best in 2018 and
I'm looking forward to seeing you in our
first video for next year, okay? Alright
so take care everyone, and I'll see you
next time. Thank you.
