2019.05.31
“Red flag”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 296
Red flag ってどういう意味？
Red flag は「危険信号」という意味の表現です。
Red flag ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、仕事中の出来事に：
Justin: Fewer and fewer people are visiting our homepage.
You: That’s a red flag. We need to take some action.
Justin: ウェブサイトの訪問者がどんどん減ってきています。
You: それは危険信号ですね。なんとかしなければ。
Red flag の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
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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
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expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week,
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everyone, we are going to learn "red flag."
All right, so to find out what this means
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and how to use it, please stay tuned. But
first, everyone, let's start with a quick
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review of last week's lesson. OK
everyone. So imagine I say "Wow it's so
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noisy outside. I can't focus. And you
agree with my feelings. There's a lot of
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construction or something. So it's making
you feel really irritated. It's kind of
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driving you crazy, so-to-speak. So how do
you say that using the expression from
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last week? you've got five seconds. Are
you ready? OK and go. Alright, and time
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is up. If you said yes, it's driving me
bananas, so kind of similar to driving me
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crazy, OK it's "driving me bananas"
and that's exactly right. Well done. Thank
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you for remembering last week's class. OK everyone, let's move on to "red flag."
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Now this is what I sometimes hear. OK,
so I'm talking to my good friend and
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colleague Taro and we're monitoring.
We're checking how many people visit our
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company's site, all right? Each week, for
example, to see if we're making an impact.
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And I say "you know, recently, Taro, fewer
and fewer people are visiting our
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homepage. "we're still spending lots and
lots of money on marketing. But you know,
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fewer and fewer people are coming to see
our page. That's not good."
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Taro says "Yes, that's a dangerous
situation. We need to take some action."
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OK, yes it's not a great situation. In
fact, it's kind of a dangerous situation.
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So I agree. Now although this is fine,
you might hear a native English speaker
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use this phrase. That's right, "Yeah that's
a red flag. we need to take some action."
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OK, so whenever a situation isn't
going well; it's bad; it's kind of
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dangerous; it's a red flag. So for example,
you know, my computer - it keeps crashing.
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Yeah and that's a red flag. Something is
definitely wrong. Or we're getting more
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and more complaints. what's happening?
Well that's a red flag. Maybe we really
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need to review, let's say, our service or
our product or quality or something. okay
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So if it's a dangerous situation - if it's
bad, then it's a red flag. OK? That means
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"Stop! You need to know what's happening. We need to check what's going on." OK?
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All right, "red flag."
So please repeat after me everyone.
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"That's a red flag." Your turn. OK, now
after my sentence here. "You know, fewer
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and fewer people are visiting our
homepage." That's right. "Yeah, that's a red
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flag. We really need to take some kind of
action to improve those numbers." OK? All
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right. So remember this for next time.
OK everyone?
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All right. This week's bonus question is
another way to say "have an advantage." If
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you know what the answer is, you can
leave it in the YouTube comments below.
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If not, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
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lessons. OK? All right everyone. So that
is it for us this week. Thank you always
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for watching. Have a great weekend and
I'll see you next time. Thank you.
Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.470,0:00:09.269
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom phrase or
0:00:09.269,0:00:13.980
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week,
0:00:13.980,0:00:19.590
everyone, we are going to learn "red flag."
All right, so to find out what this means
0:00:19.590,0:00:24.390
and how to use it, please stay tuned. But
first, everyone, let's start with a quick
0:00:24.390,0:00:30.570
review of last week's lesson. OK
everyone. So imagine I say "Wow it's so
0:00:30.570,0:00:36.840
noisy outside. I can't focus. And you
agree with my feelings. There's a lot of
0:00:36.840,0:00:41.730
construction or something. So it's making
you feel really irritated. It's kind of
0:00:41.730,0:00:47.160
driving you crazy, so-to-speak. So how do
you say that using the expression from
0:00:47.160,0:00:56.579
last week? you've got five seconds. Are
you ready? OK and go. Alright, and time
0:00:56.579,0:01:02.820
is up. If you said yes, it's driving me
bananas, so kind of similar to driving me
0:01:02.820,0:01:07.380
crazy, OK it's "driving me bananas"
and that's exactly right. Well done. Thank
0:01:07.380,0:01:12.030
you for remembering last week's class. OK everyone, let's move on to "red flag."
0:01:12.030,0:01:17.729
Now this is what I sometimes hear. OK,
so I'm talking to my good friend and
0:01:17.729,0:01:24.150
colleague Taro and we're monitoring.
We're checking how many people visit our
0:01:24.150,0:01:30.090
company's site, all right? Each week, for
example, to see if we're making an impact.
0:01:30.090,0:01:35.549
And I say "you know, recently, Taro, fewer
and fewer people are visiting our
0:01:35.549,0:01:41.040
homepage. "we're still spending lots and
lots of money on marketing. But you know,
0:01:41.040,0:01:46.770
fewer and fewer people are coming to see
our page. That's not good."
0:01:46.770,0:01:52.759
Taro says "Yes, that's a dangerous
situation. We need to take some action."
0:01:52.759,0:01:57.899
OK, yes it's not a great situation. In
fact, it's kind of a dangerous situation.
0:01:57.899,0:02:03.479
So I agree. Now although this is fine,
you might hear a native English speaker
0:02:03.479,0:02:09.229
use this phrase. That's right, "Yeah that's
a red flag. we need to take some action."
0:02:09.229,0:02:15.250
OK, so whenever a situation isn't
going well; it's bad; it's kind of
0:02:15.250,0:02:21.370
dangerous; it's a red flag. So for example,
you know, my computer - it keeps crashing.
0:02:21.370,0:02:26.410
Yeah and that's a red flag. Something is
definitely wrong. Or we're getting more
0:02:26.410,0:02:31.120
and more complaints. what's happening?
Well that's a red flag. Maybe we really
0:02:31.120,0:02:37.810
need to review, let's say, our service or
our product or quality or something. okay
0:02:37.810,0:02:43.090
So if it's a dangerous situation - if it's
bad, then it's a red flag. OK? That means
0:02:43.090,0:02:48.430
"Stop! You need to know what's happening. We need to check what's going on." OK?
0:02:48.430,0:02:52.180
All right, "red flag."
So please repeat after me everyone.
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"That's a red flag." Your turn. OK, now
after my sentence here. "You know, fewer
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and fewer people are visiting our
homepage." That's right. "Yeah, that's a red
0:03:07.959,0:03:13.750
flag. We really need to take some kind of
action to improve those numbers." OK? All
0:03:13.750,0:03:16.360
right. So remember this for next time.
OK everyone?
0:03:16.360,0:03:22.090
All right. This week's bonus question is
another way to say "have an advantage." If
0:03:22.090,0:03:25.330
you know what the answer is, you can
leave it in the YouTube comments below.
0:03:25.330,0:03:30.400
If not, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:03:30.400,0:03:35.530
lessons. OK? All right everyone. So that
is it for us this week. Thank you always
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for watching. Have a great weekend and
I'll see you next time. Thank you.
