2015.11.30
Tip 174 ”It’s crunch time.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第174弾は、”It’s crunch time.” です。
早いもので2015年も残りあと１ヶ月。
今年の売上目標達成に向けてラストスパート！という方も多いのではないでしょうか？
今回は、そんな時期にピッタリの表現をご紹介します。
ヒカは、同僚のタロウに言いました。
“Taro, wow this year’s almost finished. It’s already November, we only have one more month.”
「タロウ、今年もほとんど終わりだね。もう11月だよ。あと１ヶ月しかないよ。」
「そうだね。今が勝負時だぞ。目標達成しよう。」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？
”Yes, it’s important time. Let’s meet our targets.”
これでも伝わりますが、もっと自然な表現があります。
そこで、
“Yes, it’s crunch time. Let’s meet our targets.”
と言ってみましょう。とても自然な表現です。
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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series and
today's useful phrase is "It's crunch
time." Not lunch time.
Its crunch time.
What does this mean? We will find out.
but first let's do our test. so...
I'm gonna ask you for advice:
I'm having dinner with a client tonight.
Should I pay for the client?
Should I pay for dinner? And you say...
That's right.
As a rule of thumb, you should pay.
OK let's go on to today's phrase
It's crunch time.
So let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues, and I say:
Taro, wow this year's almost finished. It's already November, we only have one more month.
And Taro says:
Yes, it's important time. Let's meet our targets.
OK so Taro wants to say
"Well we only have one month remaining
"
maybe if he said "its AN important time"
it's a little better
but it's not really natural. OK so maybe during a project where it's a key important period
or like in this case at the end of the year,
we don't have much time
so we must focus and work hard it's a very serious atmosphere
we can say this: So I say:
Wow, this year's almost finished.
And Taro says:
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meet our targets.
Very natural! OK? So it's that period where we need to focus now.
Now is the key time. We call that "crunch time."
OK it could be used for projects, the year-end.
It could be even in a sports game.
You know, like soccer. If you like
soccer and you go into overtime
you know you have two minutes left where the score's tied.
It's crunch time. We need to get that last goal.
So, pronunciation.
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meetour targets.
OK you try...
Good.OK with my sentence:
Wow, this year's almost finished...
OK I will work hard.
For homework, I will say:
Wow, this year's almost finished. And you just say...
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meet our
targets.
OK, please remember this and wewill see you next time. Thank you.
today's useful phrase is "It's crunch
time." Not lunch time.
Its crunch time.
What does this mean? We will find out.
but first let's do our test. so...
I'm gonna ask you for advice:
I'm having dinner with a client tonight.
Should I pay for the client?
Should I pay for dinner? And you say...
That's right.
As a rule of thumb, you should pay.
OK let's go on to today's phrase
It's crunch time.
So let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues, and I say:
Taro, wow this year's almost finished. It's already November, we only have one more month.
And Taro says:
Yes, it's important time. Let's meet our targets.
OK so Taro wants to say
"Well we only have one month remaining
"
maybe if he said "its AN important time"
it's a little better
but it's not really natural. OK so maybe during a project where it's a key important period
or like in this case at the end of the year,
we don't have much time
so we must focus and work hard it's a very serious atmosphere
we can say this: So I say:
Wow, this year's almost finished.
And Taro says:
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meet our targets.
Very natural! OK? So it's that period where we need to focus now.
Now is the key time. We call that "crunch time."
OK it could be used for projects, the year-end.
It could be even in a sports game.
You know, like soccer. If you like
soccer and you go into overtime
you know you have two minutes left where the score's tied.
It's crunch time. We need to get that last goal.
So, pronunciation.
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meetour targets.
OK you try...
Good.OK with my sentence:
Wow, this year's almost finished...
OK I will work hard.
For homework, I will say:
Wow, this year's almost finished. And you just say...
Yes, it's crunch time. Let's meet our
targets.
OK, please remember this and wewill see you next time. Thank you.
