2014.05.23
Point 40 “Way to go.” 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40弾は、“Way to go.” です。
今回は前回とは反対に、あなたの周りに良い報告があり、賞賛する気持ちを伝えたい場合に使えるフレーズです。
例えば、テストを受験したあなたの同僚が、
“I finally passed the test.”「ついにあのテストに合格したよ」と報告があった場合に、
あなたなら何と応えますか？
“Oh great.”
この言い方も間違っているわけではなく、賞賛する気持ちは相手にも伝わるのですが、
こんな場合には、もっと「おめでとう」「やったね」といったような常套句を使いたいですよね。
こんな時にはぜひ、
“Way to go.”
を使ってみて下さい。シンプルで非常によく使われるナチュラルなフレーズです。
Video を見て、発音も確認してみてくださいね。
ぜひこのフレーズを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 way to go.
Way to go.
Hmmm... it's this is a good phrase for good news.
OK but first let's do our test for bad news OK.
So I say, I didn't pass the test. I failed.
And you say...
That's right. Oh I'm sorry to hear that,
in a soft voice. OK I hope you got that.
OK so today's phrase, way to go.
What does this mean?
So let's imagine again, Taro and I are co-workers OK.
And this time, I have good news. Good news.
And I say, Taro, I finally passed the test!
I passed!
OK I don't know, promotion test or
some kind of test.
And he says, ah oh great.
Just OK, oh great.
Hmmm... but ah, we want a little bit more. You know,
you want to say, congratulations or something like this.
Good job! So way to go is like that.
OK so let's look at an example.
Again OK. So I say, yeah Taro, I finally passed the test!
I passed!
And he says, hey way to go.
Perfect. It means congratulations, good job.
You did it. Way to go.
It's a great phrase for good news.
OK and pronunciation is way ta go.
It's not way to go, but its way ta, way ta go.
Way ta go. You try.
OK with my sentence.
Yeah, I finally passed the test.
Yeah, thank you.
Like this. All right for homework, next time I see you,
I will say, I finally passed the test.
And you say, Hika way to go.
Way to go. OK please remember this.
OK we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is way to go.
Way to go.
Hmmm... it's this is a good phrase for good news.
OK but first let's do our test for bad news OK.
So I say, I didn't pass the test. I failed.
And you say...
That's right. Oh I'm sorry to hear that,
in a soft voice. OK I hope you got that.
OK so today's phrase, way to go.
What does this mean?
So let's imagine again, Taro and I are co-workers OK.
And this time, I have good news. Good news.
And I say, Taro, I finally passed the test!
I passed!
OK I don't know, promotion test or
some kind of test.
And he says, ah oh great.
Just OK, oh great.
Hmmm... but ah, we want a little bit more. You know,
you want to say, congratulations or something like this.
Good job! So way to go is like that.
OK so let's look at an example.
Again OK. So I say, yeah Taro, I finally passed the test!
I passed!
And he says, hey way to go.
Perfect. It means congratulations, good job.
You did it. Way to go.
It's a great phrase for good news.
OK and pronunciation is way ta go.
It's not way to go, but its way ta, way ta go.
Way ta go. You try.
OK with my sentence.
Yeah, I finally passed the test.
Yeah, thank you.
Like this. All right for homework, next time I see you,
I will say, I finally passed the test.
And you say, Hika way to go.
Way to go. OK please remember this.
OK we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
