2019.05.17
“Right Up My Alley”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 294
Right up my alley ってどういう意味？
Right up my alley は「うってつけ」「ぴったり」「適している」「私の得意分野」といった意味になります。
Right up my alley ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、会議中に：
Justin: Could you help me with this formula? I am not good at Excel.
You: Of course! That’s right up my alley.
Justin: この方式について手伝っていただけませんか？私エクセルがあまり得意ではないんです。
You: もちろんです！私の得意分野なので任せてください。
Right up my alley の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。
【動画内の”CC”ボタンをクリックして英語字幕を表示！】
【過去の動画を見るにはYoutubeページへ！Subscribe！】
0:00:00.199,0:00:04.680
Hello everyone Justin here! And I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.680,0:00:09.269
video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.269,0:00:13.980
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week
0:00:13.980,0:00:20.430
everyone we are going to learn: Right Up
My Alley. So to find out how to use this
0:00:20.430,0:00:24.420
and what it means please stay tuned. But
first as always everyone, let's start
0:00:24.420,0:00:30.689
with a quick review of last week's
lesson. Alright everyone, so imagine I say:
0:00:30.689,0:00:35.910
You know, I think we should delay the
launch of the product. There are a lot of
0:00:35.910,0:00:41.910
things that are going wrong, we need a
little bit more time. Okay, so imagine
0:00:41.910,0:00:49.020
that you agree with my opinion. So how do
you say that using the expression from
0:00:49.020,0:00:53.700
last week? Give you five seconds. Are you
ready? Alright and go!
0:00:58.220,0:01:05.860
Okay and time is up! If you said: Yes, I second that. Then
that's exactly right. Well done and thank
0:01:05.880,0:01:09.900
you for remembering last week's lesson.
Alright everyone, let's move on to:
0:01:09.900,0:01:16.409
Right Up My Alley. Now this is what I
sometimes hear. Okay, so I'm working hard,
0:01:16.409,0:01:22.590
I'm in the office, but I'm having some
difficulty. I'm having some problems, so I
0:01:22.590,0:01:28.770
say: Taro, you know, can you help me with
this formula? I'm not good at Excel. So
0:01:28.770,0:01:34.470
I'm trying to create this formula but
I'm not good with Excel. I'm not good
0:01:34.470,0:01:41.610
with numbers or formulas. So I ask Taro
for help. Taro says: Yeah of course, that's
0:01:41.610,0:01:48.509
my good skill. Alright, I'm glad you
have that skill because I do not.
0:01:48.509,0:01:50.610
Alright, thank you Taro. Thank you for your
help.
0:01:50.610,0:01:55.649
Now although, this is fine, I can
understand that maybe you are very good
0:01:55.649,0:02:00.360
with numbers, you're very good with Excel.
Maybe it's something that you are very
0:02:00.360,0:02:07.799
interested in. But to say this a more
natural way, you can say: Of course, yeah
0:02:07.799,0:02:12.780
that's right up my alley. That's my
specialty, that's something that maybe I
0:02:12.780,0:02:16.200
have a lot of interest in.
Maybe I have a lot of experience
0:02:16.200,0:02:22.019
with. So something that I know a lot
about. So yeah, that's right up my alley.
0:02:22.019,0:02:27.299
Okay? So when alley is like a small side
street. Just in case you were
0:02:27.299,0:02:31.140
wondering what alley means. But when
something is right up your alley is
0:02:31.140,0:02:35.129
something that you are very good with.
You're comfortable with and/or you have
0:02:35.129,0:02:40.650
a lot of interest in. Okay, alright so
pronunciation, please repeat after me
0:02:40.650,0:02:44.300
everyone. That's right up my alley.
Your turn!
0:02:46.760,0:02:53.280
Good! That's right up my alley. Now after my question here: Excuse me, sorry, can you help me with this
0:02:53.280,0:02:56.960
formula? I'm just not very good at Excel.
And you say:
0:02:59.020,0:03:00.880
Yeah of course no problem, yeah
0:03:00.880,0:03:05.420
that's right up my alley. I love Excel.
Okay? So please remember this and we'll
0:03:05.430,0:03:10.470
cover this again in the review next week.
Okay everyone, so our bonus question this
0:03:10.470,0:03:16.140
week is another way to say you got to:
work hard so I can make money. Make money.
0:03:16.140,0:03:20.549
Okay, so we covered this in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:03:20.549,0:03:23.160
lessons so take a look if you have the
time alright.
0:03:23.160,0:03:27.269
And of course I will leave the answer to
last week's bonus question in the
0:03:27.269,0:03:31.470
information section below.
Ok everyone so that is it for us this
0:03:31.470,0:03:36.030
week. Thank you always for watching! Have
a great weekend everyone and I will see
0:03:36.030,0:03:39.410
you next time! Bye bye.
Hello everyone Justin here! And I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.680,0:00:09.269
video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.269,0:00:13.980
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week
0:00:13.980,0:00:20.430
everyone we are going to learn: Right Up
My Alley. So to find out how to use this
0:00:20.430,0:00:24.420
and what it means please stay tuned. But
first as always everyone, let's start
0:00:24.420,0:00:30.689
with a quick review of last week's
lesson. Alright everyone, so imagine I say:
0:00:30.689,0:00:35.910
You know, I think we should delay the
launch of the product. There are a lot of
0:00:35.910,0:00:41.910
things that are going wrong, we need a
little bit more time. Okay, so imagine
0:00:41.910,0:00:49.020
that you agree with my opinion. So how do
you say that using the expression from
0:00:49.020,0:00:53.700
last week? Give you five seconds. Are you
ready? Alright and go!
0:00:58.220,0:01:05.860
Okay and time is up! If you said: Yes, I second that. Then
that's exactly right. Well done and thank
0:01:05.880,0:01:09.900
you for remembering last week's lesson.
Alright everyone, let's move on to:
0:01:09.900,0:01:16.409
Right Up My Alley. Now this is what I
sometimes hear. Okay, so I'm working hard,
0:01:16.409,0:01:22.590
I'm in the office, but I'm having some
difficulty. I'm having some problems, so I
0:01:22.590,0:01:28.770
say: Taro, you know, can you help me with
this formula? I'm not good at Excel. So
0:01:28.770,0:01:34.470
I'm trying to create this formula but
I'm not good with Excel. I'm not good
0:01:34.470,0:01:41.610
with numbers or formulas. So I ask Taro
for help. Taro says: Yeah of course, that's
0:01:41.610,0:01:48.509
my good skill. Alright, I'm glad you
have that skill because I do not.
0:01:48.509,0:01:50.610
Alright, thank you Taro. Thank you for your
help.
0:01:50.610,0:01:55.649
Now although, this is fine, I can
understand that maybe you are very good
0:01:55.649,0:02:00.360
with numbers, you're very good with Excel.
Maybe it's something that you are very
0:02:00.360,0:02:07.799
interested in. But to say this a more
natural way, you can say: Of course, yeah
0:02:07.799,0:02:12.780
that's right up my alley. That's my
specialty, that's something that maybe I
0:02:12.780,0:02:16.200
have a lot of interest in.
Maybe I have a lot of experience
0:02:16.200,0:02:22.019
with. So something that I know a lot
about. So yeah, that's right up my alley.
0:02:22.019,0:02:27.299
Okay? So when alley is like a small side
street. Just in case you were
0:02:27.299,0:02:31.140
wondering what alley means. But when
something is right up your alley is
0:02:31.140,0:02:35.129
something that you are very good with.
You're comfortable with and/or you have
0:02:35.129,0:02:40.650
a lot of interest in. Okay, alright so
pronunciation, please repeat after me
0:02:40.650,0:02:44.300
everyone. That's right up my alley.
Your turn!
0:02:46.760,0:02:53.280
Good! That's right up my alley. Now after my question here: Excuse me, sorry, can you help me with this
0:02:53.280,0:02:56.960
formula? I'm just not very good at Excel.
And you say:
0:02:59.020,0:03:00.880
Yeah of course no problem, yeah
0:03:00.880,0:03:05.420
that's right up my alley. I love Excel.
Okay? So please remember this and we'll
0:03:05.430,0:03:10.470
cover this again in the review next week.
Okay everyone, so our bonus question this
0:03:10.470,0:03:16.140
week is another way to say you got to:
work hard so I can make money. Make money.
0:03:16.140,0:03:20.549
Okay, so we covered this in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:03:20.549,0:03:23.160
lessons so take a look if you have the
time alright.
0:03:23.160,0:03:27.269
And of course I will leave the answer to
last week's bonus question in the
0:03:27.269,0:03:31.470
information section below.
Ok everyone so that is it for us this
0:03:31.470,0:03:36.030
week. Thank you always for watching! Have
a great weekend everyone and I will see
0:03:36.030,0:03:39.410
you next time! Bye bye.
