2014.03.28
Point 32 “Let me just finish this off.” 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32弾は、”Let me just finish this off.” です。
作業の切りが悪いのでもう少しだけ待っていてほしい、そんな場面ありますよね？
例えばメールを書いてる途中のあなたが同僚から、
“Shall we go?” 「そろそろ行こうか？」
と声をかけられましたが、もう少しでこのメールを書き終える、ちょっとだけ待っていて欲しい、
という場面で、あなたなら何と言いますか？
“Please wait.”
と思わず言ってしまうかもしれませんが、これだけではぶっきらぼうで相手に失礼な印象を与えかねません。
柔らかな言い方をすれば、相手も気を悪くすることはないかもしれませんが、こういう場合は、
“Let me just finish this off.”
と言ってみましょう。とてもナチュラルな表現で「この作業をすぐに終わらせてしまうので、少し待ってね」
という意味になります。
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 businesspeople.
And today's phrase is let me just finish this off.
It's a little bit long OK, but a very useful phrase.
Let's learn this. But first, let's do our test.
OK, so we are colleagues and I show you our new poster.
And I say, ah wait, do you like our new poster?
Yes? And you say...
That's right. In my opinion, it's too colorful.
Did you get that? Yes? I hope so.
OK let's go on to today's phrase.
Let me just finish this off.
OK so let's imagine that again Taro and I,
we are co-workers.
And we are going to go somewhere.
Maybe to ah a client's office.
Taro is writing an e-mail, he's working.
And I say, Taro Taro, shall we go?
We have to go to the client's office.
Shall we go?
And Taro says, ah yeah yeah yeah, please wait.
And he's typing.
It's a little bit rude you know, please wait.
But if you say it softly, ah please wait. Maybe it's OK.
But there's a better way to say this OK.
So this is a more natural style.
So again, Taro is writing his e-mail
and he's he's rushing.
And I say to Taro, OK shall we go?
Go to our client's office?
And he says, yeah let me just finish this off.
Very natural.
It means, please wait while I finish this e-mail
in one minute or two minutes and then we can go.
Let me just finish this off.
It's very natural, yeah.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
The pronunciation is quite difficult.
OK it's not let me, but it's leme, leme.
Leme jus, jus finish thisoff, thisoff.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
You try.
One more time.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
Good. Let's try it with my question.
OK shall we go?
OK no problem, take your time.
Perfect. Just like that OK.
So for homework, next time we meet I will say,
hey shall we go?
And you say, yeah let me just finish this off.
OK so please remember that.
We will see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is let me just finish this off.
It's a little bit long OK, but a very useful phrase.
Let's learn this. But first, let's do our test.
OK, so we are colleagues and I show you our new poster.
And I say, ah wait, do you like our new poster?
Yes? And you say...
That's right. In my opinion, it's too colorful.
Did you get that? Yes? I hope so.
OK let's go on to today's phrase.
Let me just finish this off.
OK so let's imagine that again Taro and I,
we are co-workers.
And we are going to go somewhere.
Maybe to ah a client's office.
Taro is writing an e-mail, he's working.
And I say, Taro Taro, shall we go?
We have to go to the client's office.
Shall we go?
And Taro says, ah yeah yeah yeah, please wait.
And he's typing.
It's a little bit rude you know, please wait.
But if you say it softly, ah please wait. Maybe it's OK.
But there's a better way to say this OK.
So this is a more natural style.
So again, Taro is writing his e-mail
and he's he's rushing.
And I say to Taro, OK shall we go?
Go to our client's office?
And he says, yeah let me just finish this off.
Very natural.
It means, please wait while I finish this e-mail
in one minute or two minutes and then we can go.
Let me just finish this off.
It's very natural, yeah.
OK let's look at pronunciation.
The pronunciation is quite difficult.
OK it's not let me, but it's leme, leme.
Leme jus, jus finish thisoff, thisoff.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
You try.
One more time.
Leme jus finish thisoff.
Good. Let's try it with my question.
OK shall we go?
OK no problem, take your time.
Perfect. Just like that OK.
So for homework, next time we meet I will say,
hey shall we go?
And you say, yeah let me just finish this off.
OK so please remember that.
We will see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
