2016.06.03
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 146 ”a slim chance”
ヒカとタロウは今、とある大きな契約を取ろうとしています。
“Do you think we will get this contract?”
「この契約、取れると思う？」
とヒカはタロウに聞きました。
「望みは薄いだろうね。」
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？
“Yeah, I think it is difficult.”
これでも何となく伝わりますが、こんな時もっと伝わる表現があるんです。
そこで、
“I think there’s a slim chance.”
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 everyone. Welcome to this Bizmates
for beginners video series and
today's idiom is "a slim chance."
Not a "fat" chance. Slim chance.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So imagine we are going somewhere together,
maybe for dinner
and I say:
Are you ready? And you say...
Yes, I'm all set.
Nice, short idiom.
It means, "I'm ready."
OK I hope you got that. Lets go on to
today's idiom "a slim chance."
OK, so imagine that I taro and I are colleagues
and we are trying to get a very big contract from a client -- a customer.
And I asked Taro:
Do you think we will get this contract?
And he says:
Yeah, I think it is difficult.
OK, I often hear this, "it is difficult."
And it could be confusing for some people
It's difficult to know the answer? Is it difficult
to get the contract? What does this mean?
Well, Taro wants to say "I think it's very
difficult for us to get this contract."
Our chance is very low.
OK, so a natural way to say this is like this...
So I say: Do you think we will get this contract?
And he says:
I think there's a slim chance.
Very natural. There's a low possibility;
a slim chance of getting this contract.
OK, let's look at pronunciation, it's...
I think there'sa... slim chance.
I think there'sa slim chance. You try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Do you think we'll get this contract?
I see. Perfect.
OK, for homework, next time I'll ask you:
Do you think we'll get this contract?
And you just say...
I think there's a slim chance.
OK, please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
for beginners video series and
today's idiom is "a slim chance."
Not a "fat" chance. Slim chance.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
So imagine we are going somewhere together,
maybe for dinner
and I say:
Are you ready? And you say...
Yes, I'm all set.
Nice, short idiom.
It means, "I'm ready."
OK I hope you got that. Lets go on to
today's idiom "a slim chance."
OK, so imagine that I taro and I are colleagues
and we are trying to get a very big contract from a client -- a customer.
And I asked Taro:
Do you think we will get this contract?
And he says:
Yeah, I think it is difficult.
OK, I often hear this, "it is difficult."
And it could be confusing for some people
It's difficult to know the answer? Is it difficult
to get the contract? What does this mean?
Well, Taro wants to say "I think it's very
difficult for us to get this contract."
Our chance is very low.
OK, so a natural way to say this is like this...
So I say: Do you think we will get this contract?
And he says:
I think there's a slim chance.
Very natural. There's a low possibility;
a slim chance of getting this contract.
OK, let's look at pronunciation, it's...
I think there'sa... slim chance.
I think there'sa slim chance. You try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Do you think we'll get this contract?
I see. Perfect.
OK, for homework, next time I'll ask you:
Do you think we'll get this contract?
And you just say...
I think there's a slim chance.
OK, please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
