2016.08.08
Tip 210”as American as apple pie” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第210弾は、”as American as apple pie” です。
とある有名企業について話をしているヒカとタロウ。
“I thought it was a Japanese company.It’s not a Japanese company.”
「あの会社、ずっと日本の会社かと思っていたよ。違うんだね。」
と言うヒカに、
「典型的なアメリカの会社だよ。」
と言いたい場合、あたながタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“It’s the American company.”
これだと正しい文章ではなく、不自然に聞こえてしまうんです。
そこで
“It’s as American as apple pie.”
と言ってみましょう！とても自然な表現です。
※as American as apple pie : きわめてアメリカ的な・アメリカ独特の
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
words and phrases video series and today's
idiom is as American as apple pie.
American, apple pie.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first let's do our test.
So imagine we're colleagues and I say, "Hey
I want to get the new A1 smartphone.
It looks so cool.
I want to get it and you say.
You have five seconds.
Go.
Time's up.
Do you remember?
That's right.
It's just a phone with bells and whistles.
It has a lot of features that are really fancy
and cool but it's just a phone with bells
and whistles.
I hope you got that.
OK let's go on to today's idiom, as American
as apple pie.
Now here's what I sometimes hear.
So let's imagine that Taro and I are talking
about a company, a big famous company.
We're talking talking and I say.
What?
I thought it was a Japanese company.
It's not a Japanese company.
Really?
And Taro says it's the American company.
It's the American company.
You know I've heard many students say this.
It's the American.
OK but it's actually quite unnatural.
We don't really say that.
OK, the American.
The classic.
The typical
American company are OK but a really natural
way to say it's the typical American company.
You can say this.
So I say well I thought it was a Japanese
company, and Taro says, It's as American as apple pie.
Very natural.
OK.
Apple pie is like you know classic right American food.
So it's as American as apple pie.
OK very natural.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
It's as American as apple pie.
t's as American as apple pie.
You try.
Good OK with my sentence.
I thought it was a Japanese company.
Really?
Perfect.
OK so for homework.
Next time I'll say I thought it was a Japanese
company and you just say it's as
American as apple pie.
OK please remember this and we will see you
next time.
Thank you.
Welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series and today's
idiom is as American as apple pie.
American, apple pie.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first let's do our test.
So imagine we're colleagues and I say, "Hey
I want to get the new A1 smartphone.
It looks so cool.
I want to get it and you say.
You have five seconds.
Go.
Time's up.
Do you remember?
That's right.
It's just a phone with bells and whistles.
It has a lot of features that are really fancy
and cool but it's just a phone with bells
and whistles.
I hope you got that.
OK let's go on to today's idiom, as American
as apple pie.
Now here's what I sometimes hear.
So let's imagine that Taro and I are talking
about a company, a big famous company.
We're talking talking and I say.
What?
I thought it was a Japanese company.
It's not a Japanese company.
Really?
And Taro says it's the American company.
It's the American company.
You know I've heard many students say this.
It's the American.
OK but it's actually quite unnatural.
We don't really say that.
OK, the American.
The classic.
The typical
American company are OK but a really natural
way to say it's the typical American company.
You can say this.
So I say well I thought it was a Japanese
company, and Taro says, It's as American as apple pie.
Very natural.
OK.
Apple pie is like you know classic right American food.
So it's as American as apple pie.
OK very natural.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
It's as American as apple pie.
t's as American as apple pie.
You try.
Good OK with my sentence.
I thought it was a Japanese company.
Really?
Perfect.
OK so for homework.
Next time I'll say I thought it was a Japanese
company and you just say it's as
American as apple pie.
OK please remember this and we will see you
next time.
Thank you.
