2018.04.27
“The black sheep of…”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 242
The black sheep of… ってどういう意味？
The black sheep of… は家族や部署といったグループの中にうまく馴染まない「厄介者」や「恥さらし」「除け者」といったネガティブな形容をオブラートに包んだ表現です。日本語で言うところの「変わり者」くらいの柔らかいニュアンスを持ちます。
例として、両親も子供もほぼみんな医者の家族の中で、一人だけ医者でない子供がいる時などに、”He/She is the black sheep of the family.” と表現します。
The black sheep of… ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場に馴染まない同僚について話している時に：
Justin: Do you ever talk to the guy in the corner?
You: No. He’s the black sheep of the group.
Justin: 隅っこのあの人と話すことはありますか？
You: いいえ、彼はちょっと変わってるんです。
The black sheep of… の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
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Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
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where every week, we introduce a new
idiom, phrase, or expression to help you
0:00:11.670,0:00:16.800
with your daily business conversation.
And this week everyone, we are going to
0:00:16.800,0:00:23.490
learn the phrase: "the black sheep of..."
Alright, so if you're curious
0:00:23.490,0:00:27.689
and you want to know what this means,
well please stay tuned, but first as
0:00:27.689,0:00:34.410
always everyone, let's do a quick review
of last week's class. Alright so imagine
0:00:34.410,0:00:41.670
I say: Wow, we have so many new hires.
I wonder how experienced they are. And of
0:00:41.670,0:00:46.500
course because many of them are fresh
out of university, they unfortunately
0:00:46.500,0:00:51.989
don't have much experience. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
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week? You have five seconds okay?
You ready? Alright, go!
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Okay and time is up.
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If you said "Yes, we have a lot!
Unfortunately, they are all quite green!
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Meaning inexperienced, then that's exactly right.
Well done and thank you for remembering
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the class. Okay everyone let's move on to
"the black sheep of..." Now this is
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what I sometimes hear -- okay so I'm in the
office, I'm talking to my colleague, Taro.
0:01:25.350,0:01:31.860
I say: Taro, hey do you ever talk to the
guy in the corner? Alright we had this
0:01:31.860,0:01:35.909
one colleague, this one co-worker, he
doesn't talk to anyone, and he's just
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always by himself sitting in the corner.
So Taro says: Yeah, never.
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He's the strange man of the group. Okay,
yes I understand. Maybe he acts a little
0:01:51.119,0:01:53.939
bit weird.
He doesn't really communicate with
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others, so he's a little bit strange.
So yes, I get that. It's a little bit
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direct, so you might hear a native
English speaker say something like this:
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Yeah, never. He's the black sheep of the
group. All right, so sheep, okay the animal
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typically, they're white but
in this case, we're talking about the
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"black sheep" of the group, so
automatically that means this person or
0:02:20.760,0:02:27.090
the sheep is a little bit strange or
kind of rare or unique, okay? They don't
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really seem like everyone else. Maybe
their behavior is a little bit different,
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their way of thinking is a little bit
different, and they don't really kind of
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fit in with the rest of the group.
So they're a little bit strange okay?
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So they're the black sheep of the group
or the black sheep of the family, for
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example okay? All right so the
pronunciation, it's as you see it here
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very easy, so please repeat after me:
He is the black sheep of the group.
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Your turn.
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All right very good.
Now after my question here:
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Hey do you ever talk to the guy in the corner?
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Okay. Never. Yes, he's the black sheep of
the group okay? All right so please
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remember this for next time, okay? All
right our bonus question this week is
0:03:21.420,0:03:25.530
another way to say: "pace up." If you know
what the answer is, please leave it in
0:03:25.530,0:03:29.640
the comments below. If you don't know
what the answer is, but you are curious
0:03:29.640,0:03:35.580
well you are in luck because you can
find it in one of our previous Bizmates
0:03:35.580,0:03:39.160
for Beginners video lessons, so take a
look if you have the time.
0:03:39.660,0:03:40.760
Okay everyone
0:03:40.770,0:03:45.300
so that is it for me this week, thank you
very much for watching. As always enjoy
0:03:45.300,0:03:50.210
your weekend and I'll see you next time.
Thank you.
Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
0:00:06.210,0:00:11.670
where every week, we introduce a new
idiom, phrase, or expression to help you
0:00:11.670,0:00:16.800
with your daily business conversation.
And this week everyone, we are going to
0:00:16.800,0:00:23.490
learn the phrase: "the black sheep of..."
Alright, so if you're curious
0:00:23.490,0:00:27.689
and you want to know what this means,
well please stay tuned, but first as
0:00:27.689,0:00:34.410
always everyone, let's do a quick review
of last week's class. Alright so imagine
0:00:34.410,0:00:41.670
I say: Wow, we have so many new hires.
I wonder how experienced they are. And of
0:00:41.670,0:00:46.500
course because many of them are fresh
out of university, they unfortunately
0:00:46.500,0:00:51.989
don't have much experience. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
0:00:51.989,0:00:56.900
week? You have five seconds okay?
You ready? Alright, go!
0:01:00.460,0:01:02.460
Okay and time is up.
0:01:02.480,0:01:08.540
If you said "Yes, we have a lot!
Unfortunately, they are all quite green!
0:01:08.549,0:01:13.350
Meaning inexperienced, then that's exactly right.
Well done and thank you for remembering
0:01:13.350,0:01:20.850
the class. Okay everyone let's move on to
"the black sheep of..." Now this is
0:01:20.850,0:01:25.350
what I sometimes hear -- okay so I'm in the
office, I'm talking to my colleague, Taro.
0:01:25.350,0:01:31.860
I say: Taro, hey do you ever talk to the
guy in the corner? Alright we had this
0:01:31.860,0:01:35.909
one colleague, this one co-worker, he
doesn't talk to anyone, and he's just
0:01:35.909,0:01:43.590
always by himself sitting in the corner.
So Taro says: Yeah, never.
0:01:43.590,0:01:51.119
He's the strange man of the group. Okay,
yes I understand. Maybe he acts a little
0:01:51.119,0:01:53.939
bit weird.
He doesn't really communicate with
0:01:53.939,0:01:58.500
others, so he's a little bit strange.
So yes, I get that. It's a little bit
0:01:58.500,0:02:03.740
direct, so you might hear a native
English speaker say something like this:
0:02:03.740,0:02:11.340
Yeah, never. He's the black sheep of the
group. All right, so sheep, okay the animal
0:02:11.340,0:02:15.330
typically, they're white but
in this case, we're talking about the
0:02:15.330,0:02:20.760
"black sheep" of the group, so
automatically that means this person or
0:02:20.760,0:02:27.090
the sheep is a little bit strange or
kind of rare or unique, okay? They don't
0:02:27.090,0:02:32.520
really seem like everyone else. Maybe
their behavior is a little bit different,
0:02:32.520,0:02:37.590
their way of thinking is a little bit
different, and they don't really kind of
0:02:37.590,0:02:42.270
fit in with the rest of the group.
So they're a little bit strange okay?
0:02:42.270,0:02:47.790
So they're the black sheep of the group
or the black sheep of the family, for
0:02:47.790,0:02:52.470
example okay? All right so the
pronunciation, it's as you see it here
0:02:52.470,0:02:58.000
very easy, so please repeat after me:
He is the black sheep of the group.
0:02:58.060,0:02:59.360
Your turn.
0:03:01.680,0:03:04.560
All right very good.
Now after my question here:
0:03:04.620,0:03:08.360
Hey do you ever talk to the guy in the corner?
0:03:10.700,0:03:16.650
Okay. Never. Yes, he's the black sheep of
the group okay? All right so please
0:03:16.650,0:03:21.420
remember this for next time, okay? All
right our bonus question this week is
0:03:21.420,0:03:25.530
another way to say: "pace up." If you know
what the answer is, please leave it in
0:03:25.530,0:03:29.640
the comments below. If you don't know
what the answer is, but you are curious
0:03:29.640,0:03:35.580
well you are in luck because you can
find it in one of our previous Bizmates
0:03:35.580,0:03:39.160
for Beginners video lessons, so take a
look if you have the time.
0:03:39.660,0:03:40.760
Okay everyone
0:03:40.770,0:03:45.300
so that is it for me this week, thank you
very much for watching. As always enjoy
0:03:45.300,0:03:50.210
your weekend and I'll see you next time.
Thank you.
