2015.12.11
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 121 ”Sooner or later.”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第121弾は、”Sooner or later.” です。
来月かもしれないし、10年先になるかもしれない。
今回は、「遅かれ早かれ～」「いづれは～」と言いたい時に使える表現をご紹介します。
ヒカは、同僚のタロウとIPO(Initial Public Offering)について話をしています。
「うちの会社は、IPOをするのかな？」とヒカはタロウに聞きました。
「いずれするだろうね。」
と答えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Yes, but I don’t know when.”
これでも伝わりますが、もっと適した表現があります。
そこで、
“Sooner or later.”
と言ってみましょう！とても自然な表現です。
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 and welcome to this Bizmates
for beginners video series
and today's idiom and expression is
Sooner or later
or phrase. Sooner or later.
Soon... or later.
What does this mean? We will find out
but first let's do our test.
So imagine you have just come back from lunch
and I have a telephone message for you:
Mr. Kato from OSN Corp called at 12:30.
And you say...
That's right.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Very natural and casual.
OK, so today's phrase and idiom
Sooner or later.
Now this is what I sometimes hear.
So imagine Taro and I
are talking about an IPO, OK?
So I asked Taro:
So will our company have an IPO?
Initial public offering?
And Taro says:
Yes, but I don't know when.
OK, this is an "OK" sentence --
I don't know when.
Maybe next month,
maybe ten years later.
I don't know, but yes, we will have an IPO.
OK, so what's a more natural way to say this?
May be in one month,
maybe in ten years.
I don't know, but my answer is yes.
Well, you can say this:
So I say:
Taro, so will our company have and IPO?
And he says:
Sooner or later.
Very natural! So it means yes,
but I don't know when.
Maybe next month,
maybe next year,
maybe ten years later. But yes,
sooner or later.
OK? All right,
let's look at pronunciation
it's not sooner or laTer, but it's
sooner or la(d)er.
It's like a D sound.
Sooner or la(d)er.
You try...
Good. With my question:
So will our company have an IPO?
OK. Perfect. So for homework
next time I will ask you:
So will our company have an IPO?
And you say...
Sooner or later.
Sooner or later.
OK, please remember this
and we will see you
next time. Thank you.
for beginners video series
and today's idiom and expression is
Sooner or later
or phrase. Sooner or later.
Soon... or later.
What does this mean? We will find out
but first let's do our test.
So imagine you have just come back from lunch
and I have a telephone message for you:
Mr. Kato from OSN Corp called at 12:30.
And you say...
That's right.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Very natural and casual.
OK, so today's phrase and idiom
Sooner or later.
Now this is what I sometimes hear.
So imagine Taro and I
are talking about an IPO, OK?
So I asked Taro:
So will our company have an IPO?
Initial public offering?
And Taro says:
Yes, but I don't know when.
OK, this is an "OK" sentence --
I don't know when.
Maybe next month,
maybe ten years later.
I don't know, but yes, we will have an IPO.
OK, so what's a more natural way to say this?
May be in one month,
maybe in ten years.
I don't know, but my answer is yes.
Well, you can say this:
So I say:
Taro, so will our company have and IPO?
And he says:
Sooner or later.
Very natural! So it means yes,
but I don't know when.
Maybe next month,
maybe next year,
maybe ten years later. But yes,
sooner or later.
OK? All right,
let's look at pronunciation
it's not sooner or laTer, but it's
sooner or la(d)er.
It's like a D sound.
Sooner or la(d)er.
You try...
Good. With my question:
So will our company have an IPO?
OK. Perfect. So for homework
next time I will ask you:
So will our company have an IPO?
And you say...
Sooner or later.
Sooner or later.
OK, please remember this
and we will see you
next time. Thank you.
