2014.06.20
Point 44 “It’s beautiful out there” 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44弾は、“It’s beautiful out there.” です。
会話のきっかけで天気の話をすることってありますよね。
思わず外に出かけたくなるような、よく晴れた気持ちのよい日に、
「今日はいい天気だね」と伝える場合に、あなたなら何と言いますか？
“Hi. It’s a fine day.”
この表現は日本の教科書ではよく出てきますが、実は日常会話ではあまり聞くことはありません。
不自然な印象があります。
そこでこんな場面では、
“Hi. It’s beautiful out there.”
と、言ってみましょう。とてもナチュラルな表現です。
この表現をぜひ覚えておいてください。
ビデオを見て、発音の練習もしてみてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
It's beautiful out there.
It's beautiful out there.
What does this mean? We will find out.
OK, but first let's do our usual test.
OK, so we're colleagues and I say,
Hey, why did we cancel the meeting?
We had the meeting today why did we cancel it?
And you say?
That's right, it's my fault, I'm sorry.
I made a mistake, it's my fault.
OK, I hope you got that.
OK, let's go to today's phrase.
It's beautiful out there, OK.
Now let's imagine, that again.
Taro and I, we are colleagues and,
we are in the office.
And the sun is shining in my face. Right?
Or we're... and it's a beautiful day outside right?
And I say to Taro, hey good morning Taro.
This is in the morning, and in the office.
Good morning Taro. And he says,
Yeah Hi Hika. It's a fine day.
I say, yes it is.
It's a fine day.
OK, this does not, nothing is wrong with this sentence.
It's a fine day, but it does sound kind of,
Like a, like a textbook you know.
It's a fine day, it's a sunny day, it's a rainy day.
It's not so natural, yeah. OK.
So to make it sound a little bit more natural and smooth.
We can say this.
So if I say, hey good morning, Taro.
And he says,
Hey, Hi Hika. It's beautiful out there.
I say, yeah, it's really beautiful out there.
Perfect. OK.
So not, it's not a fine day.
It sounds like a textbook. OK.
It's beautiful out there.
Well, it's a lot more natural. OK.
Alright, so let's look at the pronunciation.
It's just, it's beautiful out there.
It's beautiful out there.
You try.
That's right, OK and with my sentence.
Hey good morning.
Yeah, it is.
It's really beautiful. Yeah, perfect.
Very natural.
OK so for homework,
Next time I will say to you, hey good morning.
And you can say, Hi Hika, it's beautiful out there.
Just like that, OK.
So please practice this.
And we'll see you in the next lesson.
OK thank you.
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is
It's beautiful out there.
It's beautiful out there.
What does this mean? We will find out.
OK, but first let's do our usual test.
OK, so we're colleagues and I say,
Hey, why did we cancel the meeting?
We had the meeting today why did we cancel it?
And you say?
That's right, it's my fault, I'm sorry.
I made a mistake, it's my fault.
OK, I hope you got that.
OK, let's go to today's phrase.
It's beautiful out there, OK.
Now let's imagine, that again.
Taro and I, we are colleagues and,
we are in the office.
And the sun is shining in my face. Right?
Or we're... and it's a beautiful day outside right?
And I say to Taro, hey good morning Taro.
This is in the morning, and in the office.
Good morning Taro. And he says,
Yeah Hi Hika. It's a fine day.
I say, yes it is.
It's a fine day.
OK, this does not, nothing is wrong with this sentence.
It's a fine day, but it does sound kind of,
Like a, like a textbook you know.
It's a fine day, it's a sunny day, it's a rainy day.
It's not so natural, yeah. OK.
So to make it sound a little bit more natural and smooth.
We can say this.
So if I say, hey good morning, Taro.
And he says,
Hey, Hi Hika. It's beautiful out there.
I say, yeah, it's really beautiful out there.
Perfect. OK.
So not, it's not a fine day.
It sounds like a textbook. OK.
It's beautiful out there.
Well, it's a lot more natural. OK.
Alright, so let's look at the pronunciation.
It's just, it's beautiful out there.
It's beautiful out there.
You try.
That's right, OK and with my sentence.
Hey good morning.
Yeah, it is.
It's really beautiful. Yeah, perfect.
Very natural.
OK so for homework,
Next time I will say to you, hey good morning.
And you can say, Hi Hika, it's beautiful out there.
Just like that, OK.
So please practice this.
And we'll see you in the next lesson.
OK thank you.
