2014.05.30
Point 41 “an acquired taste” 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41弾は、“an acquired taste” です。
初めのうちは苦手でも、だんだん慣れて好きになっていくものってありますよね。
納豆やブルーチーズなどは、においや味が苦手な人も多いですが、慣れてくると癖になるものです。
例えば、あなたが同僚から、
“Is natto good?”「納豆っておいしい？」と、聞かれ、
「慣れると美味しいよ」と答えたい場合に、あなたなら何と言いますか？
“I didn’t like it first, but now it is very good.”「初めは好きじゃなかったけど、今では大好きだよ。」
この言い方自体には何も問題はありませんが、少々文章が長いので、もっとシンプルに言ってみましょう。
こんな時にはぜひ、
“It has an acquired taste.”
を使ってみて下さい。「だんだん好きになる味」「大人の味」なんて訳になります。
シンプルでよく使われるフレーズですので、ぜひこのフレーズを覚えておいてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
an acquired taste
It sounds difficult but don't worry,
it's not.
It's a very useful expression.
OK, but first let's do our usual test.
OK, so imagine we are colleagues. OK.
And I have taken some kind of test.
OK, maybe a promotion test.
And I say to you, I finally passed the test.
I passed! and you want to say
congratulations, what do you say?
That's right, way to go.
Perfect.
OK, did you get that?
Way to go.
I hope so; OK let's go on to today's phrase.
an acquired taste
What does this mean?
OK.
Well, let's imagine we have me and
my colleague, Taro. OK.
And I ask Taro,
Taro, you know is natto good?
You know it's slimy and sticky.
Is it good?
And Taro doesn't know how to explain this.
hmm.. is it good is it bad?
Yeah it's good. So he says,
I didn't like it first, but now it's very good.
OK, makes sense but it's kind of a long sentence.
I didn't like it the first time, but now it taste good.
How do we explain this?
Well, you could use this phrase.
OK so I say, hey Taro, is natto good?
Is it delicious?
And he says,
yeah, it has an acquired taste.
Ah I see, so at first it doesn't taste good.
But after many times, it tastes good, you like it.
That's an acquired taste.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
It has anacquired, anacquired taste.
It has anacquired taste, you try it.
OK one more time with my question.
So is natto good?
Oh I see, OK well maybe I will not try it then.
Actually I like natto a lot.
OK, anyway for homework.
Next time I will ask you,
Hey is natto good?
And you say,
It has an acquired taste.
OK, so please practice this.
And we will see you next time.
OK, thank you.
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
an acquired taste
It sounds difficult but don't worry,
it's not.
It's a very useful expression.
OK, but first let's do our usual test.
OK, so imagine we are colleagues. OK.
And I have taken some kind of test.
OK, maybe a promotion test.
And I say to you, I finally passed the test.
I passed! and you want to say
congratulations, what do you say?
That's right, way to go.
Perfect.
OK, did you get that?
Way to go.
I hope so; OK let's go on to today's phrase.
an acquired taste
What does this mean?
OK.
Well, let's imagine we have me and
my colleague, Taro. OK.
And I ask Taro,
Taro, you know is natto good?
You know it's slimy and sticky.
Is it good?
And Taro doesn't know how to explain this.
hmm.. is it good is it bad?
Yeah it's good. So he says,
I didn't like it first, but now it's very good.
OK, makes sense but it's kind of a long sentence.
I didn't like it the first time, but now it taste good.
How do we explain this?
Well, you could use this phrase.
OK so I say, hey Taro, is natto good?
Is it delicious?
And he says,
yeah, it has an acquired taste.
Ah I see, so at first it doesn't taste good.
But after many times, it tastes good, you like it.
That's an acquired taste.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
It has anacquired, anacquired taste.
It has anacquired taste, you try it.
OK one more time with my question.
So is natto good?
Oh I see, OK well maybe I will not try it then.
Actually I like natto a lot.
OK, anyway for homework.
Next time I will ask you,
Hey is natto good?
And you say,
It has an acquired taste.
OK, so please practice this.
And we will see you next time.
OK, thank you.
