2013.06.07
Tip 33 ”across the board” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第33弾は、”across the board” です。
例えば、部下から
“Is the pay raise just for some employees?” 「昇給するのは一部の従業員だけなのですか？」
と聞かれた際に 「いや、全従業員に対してだよ。」 と答えようとする場合、あなたならどう言いますか？
多くの日本人は、 “No, it’s for all employees.” と答えるのではないでしょうか。
もちろんこれでも意味は伝わりますし、間違った表現ではありません。
でもこんな時に “No, it’s across the board.”
というとすごくナチュラルで、より相応しい表現になるのですね。
ぜひ覚えておいて、使ってみてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is across the board.
Doesn't that sound nice?
Across the board.
What does it mean?
We'll find out in just a minute.
But first let's do our usual test.
Tell me something that is very promising.
That you think is going to be successful.
OK, it's just started, but it'll be successful soon.
It doesn't have to be a thing; it could be someone.
Tell me someone that's very promising.
Maybe a new baseball player, a rookie.
Yeah he has a lot of potential. He's very promising.
OK, this is year is very promising for my company.
OK, all right.
Let's go to today's phrase, across the board.
What does this mean?
OK, well let me give you an example first.
Now if I say to Taro, you know.
I hear maybe there's a rumor, it says.
There's a 10% pay raise at our company.
10% pay raise. And I say, Taro, Taro,
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
Just for a few employees?
And he says,
Ah no, no, no.
It's for all employees.
OK that makes sense.
Oh for all employees, very simple.
But is such a simple, that's simple easy English.
If you could use this phrase,
it makes it sound so much better.
Like this...
OK. So if I ask Taro the same question.
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
And Taro says,
No, it's across the board.
Woah!
And it means for everyone.
It's across the board, for everyone.
OK.
That's right.
No, it's across the board.
Have you ever used a phrase like that?
Well you use it next time. And make your English sound,
you know, just a little bit better.
OK, let's practice the pronunciation.
So it's no, with a pause.
And it'sacross.
You see how they connect there?
It's across the board.
OK, and it's not the board.
It's the board, the board.
No, it's across the board.
Your try.
OK, let's try it with my question.
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
OK. Wow, wow.
For everyone, I see.
OK, very good. I hope you were able to do that.
OK, for homework, I want you to think about this.
Tell me something that was done
across the board at your company.
And it could be for everyone, for all employees.
Or it could be for everything as well.
For example, we reduced our prices you know,
across the board.
You know, for all our products.
It could be used like that too.
OK, so think of something.
Tell me something that was done across the board at your company.
When we see you next time.
All right, thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is across the board.
Doesn't that sound nice?
Across the board.
What does it mean?
We'll find out in just a minute.
But first let's do our usual test.
Tell me something that is very promising.
That you think is going to be successful.
OK, it's just started, but it'll be successful soon.
It doesn't have to be a thing; it could be someone.
Tell me someone that's very promising.
Maybe a new baseball player, a rookie.
Yeah he has a lot of potential. He's very promising.
OK, this is year is very promising for my company.
OK, all right.
Let's go to today's phrase, across the board.
What does this mean?
OK, well let me give you an example first.
Now if I say to Taro, you know.
I hear maybe there's a rumor, it says.
There's a 10% pay raise at our company.
10% pay raise. And I say, Taro, Taro,
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
Just for a few employees?
And he says,
Ah no, no, no.
It's for all employees.
OK that makes sense.
Oh for all employees, very simple.
But is such a simple, that's simple easy English.
If you could use this phrase,
it makes it sound so much better.
Like this...
OK. So if I ask Taro the same question.
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
And Taro says,
No, it's across the board.
Woah!
And it means for everyone.
It's across the board, for everyone.
OK.
That's right.
No, it's across the board.
Have you ever used a phrase like that?
Well you use it next time. And make your English sound,
you know, just a little bit better.
OK, let's practice the pronunciation.
So it's no, with a pause.
And it'sacross.
You see how they connect there?
It's across the board.
OK, and it's not the board.
It's the board, the board.
No, it's across the board.
Your try.
OK, let's try it with my question.
Is the 10% pay raise just for some employees?
OK. Wow, wow.
For everyone, I see.
OK, very good. I hope you were able to do that.
OK, for homework, I want you to think about this.
Tell me something that was done
across the board at your company.
And it could be for everyone, for all employees.
Or it could be for everything as well.
For example, we reduced our prices you know,
across the board.
You know, for all our products.
It could be used like that too.
OK, so think of something.
Tell me something that was done across the board at your company.
When we see you next time.
All right, thank you.
