2015.01.16
Point 74 ”on the dot” 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74弾は、”on the dot” です。
時間通り、ぴったりきっかりその時間からと伝えたい場合、皆さんはどんな表現をお使いですか？
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えばヒカは同僚のタロウに
“What time will the meeting start?”「会議は何時から？」と聞きました。
「3時ちょうどにスタートするよ。」と返答したい場合あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“We will start just 3pm.”「わたしたちは、3時にスタートします。」
でも意味は伝わるかもしれませんが不自然です。
そこで
“We will start at 3pm on the dot.”「3時ちょうどにスタートするよ。」
と言ってみましょう。自然な表現です。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hello welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners
video series. And today's idiom
is on the dot.
What does this mean? We will find out.
But let's do our test. So
let's imagine I am inviting you
to go drinking. So I say let's go
drinking tonight.
But you have no money now.
What do you say? Not I have no money
because it sounds like you are poor.
So you say. That's right. I'm short on
cash.
Sorry I'm short on cash. I hope you got
that.
OK let's go to today's idiom.
On the dot. OK so this is what
I usually hear. So imagine Taro
and I our colleagues. And I say Taro
what time will the meeting start? What
time?
And he says we will start
at just 3 p.m. Just
3 p.m. Hmmm.
It's a little bit strange. He wants to say
exactly
at 3 p.m. but in English we usually
don't use it
like this. Just at 3 p.m. OK.
Exactly 3 p.m. is OK. But a more natural
way
to say this is like this. So what time
will the meeting start?
And he says well we'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot. Very natural.
On the dot. Exactly
at 3 p.m. OK, so let's look at
pronunciation.
Its we'll start at we'll start at
3 p.m. on the dot. We'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot.
You try.
Good. One more time with my sentence
or my question.
What time will the meeting start. Perfect.
OK so for homework. Next time I will
ask you
what time will the meeting start. And you say
not just 3 p.m. We'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot. Please remember this and we
will see you next time.
Thank you.
beginners
video series. And today's idiom
is on the dot.
What does this mean? We will find out.
But let's do our test. So
let's imagine I am inviting you
to go drinking. So I say let's go
drinking tonight.
But you have no money now.
What do you say? Not I have no money
because it sounds like you are poor.
So you say. That's right. I'm short on
cash.
Sorry I'm short on cash. I hope you got
that.
OK let's go to today's idiom.
On the dot. OK so this is what
I usually hear. So imagine Taro
and I our colleagues. And I say Taro
what time will the meeting start? What
time?
And he says we will start
at just 3 p.m. Just
3 p.m. Hmmm.
It's a little bit strange. He wants to say
exactly
at 3 p.m. but in English we usually
don't use it
like this. Just at 3 p.m. OK.
Exactly 3 p.m. is OK. But a more natural
way
to say this is like this. So what time
will the meeting start?
And he says well we'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot. Very natural.
On the dot. Exactly
at 3 p.m. OK, so let's look at
pronunciation.
Its we'll start at we'll start at
3 p.m. on the dot. We'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot.
You try.
Good. One more time with my sentence
or my question.
What time will the meeting start. Perfect.
OK so for homework. Next time I will
ask you
what time will the meeting start. And you say
not just 3 p.m. We'll start at 3 p.m.
on the dot. Please remember this and we
will see you next time.
Thank you.
