Point 65 ”hooked on ” 初級ビジネス英会話

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第65弾は、”hooked on” です。

タバコやゲームに夢中になったり、病みつきになってやめられないことってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使えるフレーズを紹介します。

例えば、同僚のタロウが今日５杯目のコーヒーを飲んでいます。
それを見たヒカは”You’re drinking coffee again?”「またコーヒー飲んでるの？」と言いました。
「そうだよ。病みつきになっちゃってさ。」と答えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“Yes, it is like drug.”「そうだよ。薬みたいでさ。」
意味は伝わるかもしれませんが、より自然な言い回しがあります。

そこで
“Yes, I’m so hooked on coffee.”「そうだよ。病みつきになっちゃってさ。」
と言ってみましょう。”I’m so addicted to coffee.”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 for business

people.

And today's ATM is hooked

on. You know like a little hook if you
like fishing.

Hook on. okay what does this mean?

Well we will find out, but first let's do
our usual test.

OK so let's imagine

we are colleagues and today you are
wearing a coat

for the first time this season. And I say
Oh, you're wearing a coat today.

What do you say? That's right.

Yes it's gotten a bit chilly. OK I hope you
got that.

OK, let's go on to today's lesson.

Hooked on. OK here's what I often
hear.

OK so let's imagine Taro is

drinking coffee and this is his 5th

cup of coffee. Five cups of coffee today.

And I say you're drinking coffee

again? And Taro says

Ah yes, it is like

drug. It's okay. It's a drug.

I understand. Caffeine is is a
drug

and it's very easy to we say get
addicted.

Yeah we drink coffee and we want to drink
more and more and more.

Just like smoking right? Chocolate is a
drug right?

OK, I understand the meaning, but it is
like drug or it is like a drug.

I guess it's OK but a more natural way
to say this

about an addiction is this.

OK, so if I say Taro you're drinking
coffee again?

And he says yeah yes I'm so

hooked on coffee. Hooked on.

Very natural. Yeah coffee is like a drug.

I'm addicted to it. I have to have it. I'm

hooked on cigarettes. I'm hooked on
alcohol.

You know and I'm hooked on video games.
It means I

need to have it. OK so yes I'm so hooked
on

coffee. OK let's look at pronunciation.
So it's yes with a pause.

Yes I'm so hooked on. Hooked on. Hooked on. I'm so hooked on coffee.

You try. OK let's try it with my question.

You're drinking coffee again?

Perfect. OK so for homework,

next time I'm going to say, you're
drinking coffee again?

And you just say yeah I'm so hooked on
coffee.

Just like that. OK please remember this.

And we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.