2018.11.09
“Pick your brain”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 269
Pick your brain ってどういう意味？
Pick your brain は、「知恵を借りる」「お知恵を拝借」という意味で、ある事柄について自分より詳しい人から意見や情報をもらう時に “Can I pick your brain?” といった具合に使われます。
Pick your brain ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、携帯電話の調子が悪くて困っている同僚との会話の中で：
Justin: You know lots about technology. If you have time, can I pick your brain?
You: Of course! Anytime.
Justin: テクノロジーについてお詳しいですよね。お時間ある時に、知恵をお借りできますか？
You: もちろん！いつでもどうぞ。
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Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
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video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.150,0:00:13.860
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:13.860,0:00:21.240
week everyone, we are going to learn:
"to pick someone's brain." Alright so to
0:00:21.240,0:00:25.650
find out what this means and how to use
it, please stay tuned, but first everyone
0:00:25.650,0:00:30.779
do you remember last week's class? I hope
so because we are going to do a quick
0:00:30.779,0:00:36.420
review. Alright everyone, so
imagine you are having difficulties
0:00:36.420,0:00:42.600
charging your phone. You don't understand
why - why isn't my phone charging? So I say:
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you know your phone isn't charging
because the battery is too old. Okay so I
0:00:50.480,0:00:56.460
identified the problem very clearly. So
how do you say that? How do you respond
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using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
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Okay are you ready everyone?
Alright go!
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Alright and time is up. If you said:
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you hit the nail on the head, then
that's exactly right. Well done everyone
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and thank you for remembering last
week's class. Okay everyone so let's move
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on to "pick someone's brain." Alright now
this is what I sometimes hear... So I'm at
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my desk, I'm working and Taro, my good
friend and colleague, he comes over and
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he says: Hey, Justin! You know
lots about technology. So if you have
0:01:40.350,0:01:48.350
time, can I get more information from you?
And I said: Yeah, of course any time, Taro.
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Alright so this is fine. Taro is
asking me for more information because I
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know a lot maybe about a certain topic okay?
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Now although this is fine, you might hear
a native English speaker say something
0:02:03.930,0:02:09.679
like this: You know lots about technology.
If you have time, can I pick your brain?
0:02:09.679,0:02:16.019
Okay so if you
want to get more information about a
0:02:16.019,0:02:21.060
specific topic or something, alright,
you want to pick someone's brain.
0:02:21.060,0:02:25.680
You want to get more information from that
person okay?
0:02:25.680,0:02:33.299
Now generally speaking, the information
you want to get is fairly complex, okay?
0:02:33.299,0:02:41.280
It's fairly deep, so if it's a simple
question, so for example: how do I get to
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this station from here? Alright,
you wouldn't use "Excuse me, can I pick
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your brain? How do you get to the station
from here?" Okay, it's a pretty easy answer.
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So when you use this question "can I pick
your brain?" this typically involves, you
0:03:01.650,0:03:05.939
know, a fairly deep conversation that
might take some time. So you probably
0:03:05.939,0:03:11.819
want to, you know, discuss this over
coffee or discuss this over tea, okay?
0:03:11.819,0:03:16.430
So for example: You know a lot
about economics. You know a lot about
0:03:16.430,0:03:22.319
sales strategy. You know I'd love to pick
your brain. Okay? So something a little
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bit more deep like that, okay? So keep
that in mind when you use it. Alright
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so of course I would respond: Of course,
Taro, any time. Now the pronunciation here
0:03:32.909,0:03:37.500
is "pick your brain" -- alright pretty easy.
So please repeat after me everyone:
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Can I pick your brain?
Your turn.
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Alright very good.
Okay, so now try using your own
0:03:47.180,0:03:51.440
sentence okay? So maybe you know lots
about something and then if you have
0:03:51.449,0:03:55.699
time, can I pick your brain? So for
example: You know a lot about
0:03:55.699,0:03:59.939
management. You know I'd love to pick
your brain if you have time. Something
0:03:59.940,0:04:02.960
like that. So you try, try to make a
sentence.
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Okay did you get one? Alright
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good, so please try to use this in your
daily conversation and of course try to
0:04:12.959,0:04:18.449
remember this for our review next week
okay everyone? Alright so our bonus
0:04:18.449,0:04:23.729
question this week is another way to say:
"it is near." So for example: it is near the
0:04:23.729,0:04:28.720
station. How do you say that using
an expression that we covered from one
0:04:28.720,0:04:33.400
of our previous videos? Hopefully you
remember. If you don't remember, well you
0:04:33.400,0:04:37.000
can check it out because it's in one of
our videos. If you do remember, well don't
0:04:37.000,0:04:41.310
be shy, you can leave the answer or what
you think in the comments below, okay?
0:04:41.310,0:04:45.550
Alright everyone so that is it for me
this week. Thank you always for
0:04:45.550,0:04:50.500
watching. Have a great weekend everyone
and I will see you next time. Thank you.
Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.710,0:00:09.150
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.150,0:00:13.860
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:13.860,0:00:21.240
week everyone, we are going to learn:
"to pick someone's brain." Alright so to
0:00:21.240,0:00:25.650
find out what this means and how to use
it, please stay tuned, but first everyone
0:00:25.650,0:00:30.779
do you remember last week's class? I hope
so because we are going to do a quick
0:00:30.779,0:00:36.420
review. Alright everyone, so
imagine you are having difficulties
0:00:36.420,0:00:42.600
charging your phone. You don't understand
why - why isn't my phone charging? So I say:
0:00:42.600,0:00:50.480
you know your phone isn't charging
because the battery is too old. Okay so I
0:00:50.480,0:00:56.460
identified the problem very clearly. So
how do you say that? How do you respond
0:00:56.460,0:01:01.289
using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
0:01:01.289,0:01:04.180
Okay are you ready everyone?
Alright go!
0:01:08.100,0:01:11.320
Alright and time is up. If you said:
0:01:11.320,0:01:16.200
you hit the nail on the head, then
that's exactly right. Well done everyone
0:01:16.200,0:01:21.810
and thank you for remembering last
week's class. Okay everyone so let's move
0:01:21.810,0:01:29.400
on to "pick someone's brain." Alright now
this is what I sometimes hear... So I'm at
0:01:29.400,0:01:34.229
my desk, I'm working and Taro, my good
friend and colleague, he comes over and
0:01:34.229,0:01:40.350
he says: Hey, Justin! You know
lots about technology. So if you have
0:01:40.350,0:01:48.350
time, can I get more information from you?
And I said: Yeah, of course any time, Taro.
0:01:48.350,0:01:54.780
Alright so this is fine. Taro is
asking me for more information because I
0:01:54.780,0:01:58.920
know a lot maybe about a certain topic okay?
0:01:58.920,0:02:03.930
Now although this is fine, you might hear
a native English speaker say something
0:02:03.930,0:02:09.679
like this: You know lots about technology.
If you have time, can I pick your brain?
0:02:09.679,0:02:16.019
Okay so if you
want to get more information about a
0:02:16.019,0:02:21.060
specific topic or something, alright,
you want to pick someone's brain.
0:02:21.060,0:02:25.680
You want to get more information from that
person okay?
0:02:25.680,0:02:33.299
Now generally speaking, the information
you want to get is fairly complex, okay?
0:02:33.299,0:02:41.280
It's fairly deep, so if it's a simple
question, so for example: how do I get to
0:02:41.280,0:02:48.359
this station from here? Alright,
you wouldn't use "Excuse me, can I pick
0:02:48.359,0:02:52.819
your brain? How do you get to the station
from here?" Okay, it's a pretty easy answer.
0:02:52.819,0:03:01.650
So when you use this question "can I pick
your brain?" this typically involves, you
0:03:01.650,0:03:05.939
know, a fairly deep conversation that
might take some time. So you probably
0:03:05.939,0:03:11.819
want to, you know, discuss this over
coffee or discuss this over tea, okay?
0:03:11.819,0:03:16.430
So for example: You know a lot
about economics. You know a lot about
0:03:16.430,0:03:22.319
sales strategy. You know I'd love to pick
your brain. Okay? So something a little
0:03:22.319,0:03:26.909
bit more deep like that, okay? So keep
that in mind when you use it. Alright
0:03:26.909,0:03:32.909
so of course I would respond: Of course,
Taro, any time. Now the pronunciation here
0:03:32.909,0:03:37.500
is "pick your brain" -- alright pretty easy.
So please repeat after me everyone:
0:03:37.500,0:03:40.200
Can I pick your brain?
Your turn.
0:03:43.320,0:03:47.180
Alright very good.
Okay, so now try using your own
0:03:47.180,0:03:51.440
sentence okay? So maybe you know lots
about something and then if you have
0:03:51.449,0:03:55.699
time, can I pick your brain? So for
example: You know a lot about
0:03:55.699,0:03:59.939
management. You know I'd love to pick
your brain if you have time. Something
0:03:59.940,0:04:02.960
like that. So you try, try to make a
sentence.
0:04:06.680,0:04:08.920
Okay did you get one? Alright
0:04:08.920,0:04:12.959
good, so please try to use this in your
daily conversation and of course try to
0:04:12.959,0:04:18.449
remember this for our review next week
okay everyone? Alright so our bonus
0:04:18.449,0:04:23.729
question this week is another way to say:
"it is near." So for example: it is near the
0:04:23.729,0:04:28.720
station. How do you say that using
an expression that we covered from one
0:04:28.720,0:04:33.400
of our previous videos? Hopefully you
remember. If you don't remember, well you
0:04:33.400,0:04:37.000
can check it out because it's in one of
our videos. If you do remember, well don't
0:04:37.000,0:04:41.310
be shy, you can leave the answer or what
you think in the comments below, okay?
0:04:41.310,0:04:45.550
Alright everyone so that is it for me
this week. Thank you always for
0:04:45.550,0:04:50.500
watching. Have a great weekend everyone
and I will see you next time. Thank you.
