2014.03.14
Point 30 ”It’s no use” 初級ビジネス英会話
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第30弾は、”It’s no use” です。
「ショウガナーイ」って日本語で言いたくなる場面ってありませんか？
“I hate this project.” 「私はこのプロジェクトが嫌いなんだよ」
と、プロジェクトに対する不満を口にしているあなたの同僚に「そんなこと言っても仕方ないよ」
と、不満を諦めさせたい場合に、あなたなら何と声をかけますか？
“It is shikatanai.”
思わず日本語でこう言ってしまうかもしれませんが、
こんなときは、”It’s no use”「仕方ない、無駄である」 を使って、
“It’s no use complaining about it.”
と言ってみましょう。
いろいろな場面で使える表現ですので、ぜひ覚えておいてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is it's no use.
It's no use.
It's a common expression we use in English.
But first let's do our test OK.
So I see you have a lot of stress, you're upset.
And I say, hey is everything OK?
And you say,
Yeah I'm having a hard time with this report.
I'm having a hard time. Did you get that?
Yes? OK I hope so.
OK let's go on to today's phrase.
It's no use. What does this mean?
Well let me show an example.
Because it's a really useful one that we could use.
OK so let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
And I'm complaining.
And I say, I hate this project. I hate it!
I hate this project!
And Taro, he doesn't know what to say.
He says, Hika why, why are you complaining?
It's, it is shikatanai.
Yeah, I couldn't think of the English translation.
It's shikatanai OK.
Shoganai. Yeah. OK we like to use that in Japanese right?
Yeah, so why complain?
There's no point in complaining yeah.
It's shikatanai.
OK but, how can we say this in English?
Well, a natural way to say it is like this.
OK so I'm complaining.
And I say, yeah I hate this project. I hate it!
And he says, it's no use complaining about it.
It's no use complaining about it.
Yeah it's no use. It's a very useful expression OK.
All right let's look at pronunciation like this.
It's no use complaining aboutit.
Aboutit. You could connect those two together.
It's no use complaining aboutit.
You try.
OK let's try it with my sentence.
I hate this project.
Good. OK did you get that? OK.
Now for homework, next time we meet
I will say, I hate this project.
And you say, Hika it's no use complaining about it.
OK so please review this and
we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is it's no use.
It's no use.
It's a common expression we use in English.
But first let's do our test OK.
So I see you have a lot of stress, you're upset.
And I say, hey is everything OK?
And you say,
Yeah I'm having a hard time with this report.
I'm having a hard time. Did you get that?
Yes? OK I hope so.
OK let's go on to today's phrase.
It's no use. What does this mean?
Well let me show an example.
Because it's a really useful one that we could use.
OK so let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
And I'm complaining.
And I say, I hate this project. I hate it!
I hate this project!
And Taro, he doesn't know what to say.
He says, Hika why, why are you complaining?
It's, it is shikatanai.
Yeah, I couldn't think of the English translation.
It's shikatanai OK.
Shoganai. Yeah. OK we like to use that in Japanese right?
Yeah, so why complain?
There's no point in complaining yeah.
It's shikatanai.
OK but, how can we say this in English?
Well, a natural way to say it is like this.
OK so I'm complaining.
And I say, yeah I hate this project. I hate it!
And he says, it's no use complaining about it.
It's no use complaining about it.
Yeah it's no use. It's a very useful expression OK.
All right let's look at pronunciation like this.
It's no use complaining aboutit.
Aboutit. You could connect those two together.
It's no use complaining aboutit.
You try.
OK let's try it with my sentence.
I hate this project.
Good. OK did you get that? OK.
Now for homework, next time we meet
I will say, I hate this project.
And you say, Hika it's no use complaining about it.
OK so please review this and
we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
