2018.04.20
“To be green”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 241
To be green ってどういう意味？
Green は人を形容する時に使うと、「未熟」や「経験が浅い」という意味になります。
To be green ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、同僚と新入社員について話している時に：
Justin: We have so many new hires. I wonder how experienced they are.
You: Yes, we have a lot. Unfortunately, they’re all quite green.
Justin: 新入社員がたくさん入ってきましたね。仕事がしっかりできるか心配です。
You: ええ、たくさん入りましたね。残念ながら、みんなかなり経験は浅いですね。
To be green の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。
【動画内の”CC”ボタンをクリックして英語字幕を表示！】
【過去の動画を見るにはYoutubeページへ！Subscribe！】
0:00:00.110,0:00:05.160
Hello everyone and welcome back to
another Bizmates for Beginners video
0:00:05.160,0:00:10.800
lesson where every week, we introduce a
new idiom, phrase, or expression that you
0:00:10.800,0:00:15.990
can use in your daily business
conversation. And today everyone we are
0:00:15.990,0:00:21.930
going to learn: "to be green" - so kind of
keeping in line with our color theme
0:00:21.930,0:00:26.970
running the last couple weeks. So if you
want to know what this means, please stay
0:00:26.970,0:00:33.090
tuned, but first as always let's do a
quick review. Alright everyone, so imagine
0:00:33.090,0:00:39.030
I say to you: Hey, what's wrong I hear
lots of yelling in the meeting room!
0:00:39.030,0:00:46.469
Alright now the sales manager is very
angry because the numbers are dipping
0:00:46.469,0:00:52.350
alright? They're not looking so good. So
he's very angry. How do you say that
0:00:52.350,0:00:56.699
using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
0:00:56.700,0:00:59.020
Are you ready?
All right go!
0:01:02.220,0:01:04.940
And time is up if you said:
0:01:05.000,0:01:11.060
"Sales numbers are down and the manager
is seeing red", then that's exactly right.
0:01:11.070,0:01:16.380
Well done and thanks for remembering
last week's class. Okay everyone so let's
0:01:16.380,0:01:22.890
find out how to use "to be green." Now this
is what I sometimes hear: OK I'm
0:01:22.890,0:01:30.479
talking to my colleague, Taro, and I say:
Taro, wow we have so many new hires this
0:01:30.479,0:01:36.689
year, so many freshmen, young faces. And I
wonder how experienced they are though
0:01:36.689,0:01:41.220
hmm...
Taro says: Yes, we have a lot.
0:01:41.220,0:01:48.960
Unfortunately, experience is zero. Okay
well I guess that's expected. They just
0:01:48.960,0:01:54.329
maybe came out of university or they
just kind of came out of education, so
0:01:54.329,0:01:59.340
they don't have much experience. So what
he is saying here is... yeah, it's easy to
0:01:59.340,0:02:05.490
understand "experience is zero" but I
think a native English speaker can say
0:02:05.490,0:02:10.379
something a little bit differently. So
Taro, if you wanted to sound more natural
0:02:10.379,0:02:16.250
you might say something like this:
Yes, we have a lot. Unfortunately, they're
0:02:16.250,0:02:22.130
all quite green. All right so when you
don't have much life experience or
0:02:22.130,0:02:27.950
you're kind of new to a job - you don't
really know what you are doing yet, you
0:02:27.950,0:02:33.110
are very green, alright? You're young,
you're fresh, and of course, you're full
0:02:33.110,0:02:39.830
of energy and you're very excited, but
you lack experience - so you are green, OK?
0:02:39.830,0:02:45.350
All right so pronunciation everyone,
it's very easy. It's as you see it here
0:02:45.350,0:02:51.300
"green." So please repeat after me:
They're all quite green. Your turn.
0:02:53.420,0:02:59.420
Good! All right now after my
sentences here: Wow, we have so many new
0:02:59.420,0:03:04.920
hires this year. Hmm, but I wonder how
experienced they are...
0:03:08.460,0:03:09.880
OK, good, that's
0:03:09.880,0:03:15.040
right. Yes, we have a lot. Unfortunately,
they're all quite green. Okay?
0:03:15.050,0:03:20.810
Alright so please remember this for next week's
review. Okay our bonus question this week
0:03:20.810,0:03:25.310
everyone is another way to say: "my best
worker." If you know what the answer is,
0:03:25.310,0:03:29.600
you can leave it in the comments below.
If you don't know what the answer is, you
0:03:29.600,0:03:34.400
can find it in one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons, so
0:03:34.400,0:03:39.050
please take a look if you've got the
time. Okay everyone, so that is it for me
0:03:39.050,0:03:43.220
this week. Thank you always for watching
the videos and we'll see you next time.
0:03:43.220,0:03:45.640
Thank you.
Hello everyone and welcome back to
another Bizmates for Beginners video
0:00:05.160,0:00:10.800
lesson where every week, we introduce a
new idiom, phrase, or expression that you
0:00:10.800,0:00:15.990
can use in your daily business
conversation. And today everyone we are
0:00:15.990,0:00:21.930
going to learn: "to be green" - so kind of
keeping in line with our color theme
0:00:21.930,0:00:26.970
running the last couple weeks. So if you
want to know what this means, please stay
0:00:26.970,0:00:33.090
tuned, but first as always let's do a
quick review. Alright everyone, so imagine
0:00:33.090,0:00:39.030
I say to you: Hey, what's wrong I hear
lots of yelling in the meeting room!
0:00:39.030,0:00:46.469
Alright now the sales manager is very
angry because the numbers are dipping
0:00:46.469,0:00:52.350
alright? They're not looking so good. So
he's very angry. How do you say that
0:00:52.350,0:00:56.699
using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
0:00:56.700,0:00:59.020
Are you ready?
All right go!
0:01:02.220,0:01:04.940
And time is up if you said:
0:01:05.000,0:01:11.060
"Sales numbers are down and the manager
is seeing red", then that's exactly right.
0:01:11.070,0:01:16.380
Well done and thanks for remembering
last week's class. Okay everyone so let's
0:01:16.380,0:01:22.890
find out how to use "to be green." Now this
is what I sometimes hear: OK I'm
0:01:22.890,0:01:30.479
talking to my colleague, Taro, and I say:
Taro, wow we have so many new hires this
0:01:30.479,0:01:36.689
year, so many freshmen, young faces. And I
wonder how experienced they are though
0:01:36.689,0:01:41.220
hmm...
Taro says: Yes, we have a lot.
0:01:41.220,0:01:48.960
Unfortunately, experience is zero. Okay
well I guess that's expected. They just
0:01:48.960,0:01:54.329
maybe came out of university or they
just kind of came out of education, so
0:01:54.329,0:01:59.340
they don't have much experience. So what
he is saying here is... yeah, it's easy to
0:01:59.340,0:02:05.490
understand "experience is zero" but I
think a native English speaker can say
0:02:05.490,0:02:10.379
something a little bit differently. So
Taro, if you wanted to sound more natural
0:02:10.379,0:02:16.250
you might say something like this:
Yes, we have a lot. Unfortunately, they're
0:02:16.250,0:02:22.130
all quite green. All right so when you
don't have much life experience or
0:02:22.130,0:02:27.950
you're kind of new to a job - you don't
really know what you are doing yet, you
0:02:27.950,0:02:33.110
are very green, alright? You're young,
you're fresh, and of course, you're full
0:02:33.110,0:02:39.830
of energy and you're very excited, but
you lack experience - so you are green, OK?
0:02:39.830,0:02:45.350
All right so pronunciation everyone,
it's very easy. It's as you see it here
0:02:45.350,0:02:51.300
"green." So please repeat after me:
They're all quite green. Your turn.
0:02:53.420,0:02:59.420
Good! All right now after my
sentences here: Wow, we have so many new
0:02:59.420,0:03:04.920
hires this year. Hmm, but I wonder how
experienced they are...
0:03:08.460,0:03:09.880
OK, good, that's
0:03:09.880,0:03:15.040
right. Yes, we have a lot. Unfortunately,
they're all quite green. Okay?
0:03:15.050,0:03:20.810
Alright so please remember this for next week's
review. Okay our bonus question this week
0:03:20.810,0:03:25.310
everyone is another way to say: "my best
worker." If you know what the answer is,
0:03:25.310,0:03:29.600
you can leave it in the comments below.
If you don't know what the answer is, you
0:03:29.600,0:03:34.400
can find it in one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons, so
0:03:34.400,0:03:39.050
please take a look if you've got the
time. Okay everyone, so that is it for me
0:03:39.050,0:03:43.220
this week. Thank you always for watching
the videos and we'll see you next time.
0:03:43.220,0:03:45.640
Thank you.
