2013.03.20
Tip 10 ”In retrospect” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第10弾は、“In retrospect” です。
例えば、”how did your presentation go?” 「プレゼンテーションはどうだった？」
と聞かれた際、「今にして思えば、もう少し短くすべきだった。」と伝えたい場合、あなたならどう言いますか？
この「今にして思えば」の意味に相当するのが、 “In retrospect” なんですね。
この “In retrospect” を文頭に持ってくる形にすると、すごく使いやすいと思います。
ですので、このシチュエーションの場合は、
“In retrospect, I should have made it shorter. ”
と言えばよいわけです。
ぜひ使えそうなシチュエーションを想像しながら練習してみてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and
phrases video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's expression is in retrospect.
Yeah, it sounds like a difficult word,
but it's actually not that difficult to use.
OK, I'll show you how it's used.
All right. But first, let's do our usual test.
And it was a difficult one.
I asked you, when did you weigh the pros
and cons before making a decision?
Was it when you rented your apartment?
When you took your vacation?
When you entered your company?
Sorry, or joined your company? OK? All right.
So now, let's go on to today's phrase, in retrospect.
I like the sound of this.
Retro, which means the past. You know, like retro
fashion. Uh, but how we use this is like this.
For example, let's imagine that
Taro gave a presentation yesterday.
So Taro had his very first English presentation
and he delivered it
and I say so, Taro, how did your presentation go?
How was it?
And he says, yeah, now that I think about,
I should have made it shorter. It was too long.
You see, he's thinking.
Now, that I'm thinking about it, now that it's
finished, I should have made it shorter.
So, he didn't think it was too short,
or he didn't think it was too long before.
But now he does because
it's already finished and he's thinking about it.
That's when we use retrospect.
But it's easy to use because we put it at the
beginning of the sentence most of the time.
You start with in retrospect, da dada.
So, it's quite easy to use.
Let me show you.
So, if I say, so how did your presentation go, Taro?
You can say, in retrospect,
I should have made it shorter.
Very natural. He sounds like
a high-level student by saying that.
Yeah, and it's in retrospect pause,
it's not I should have.
But I shouldave, I shouldave.
I shouldave madit madit shorter.
In retrospect, I shouldave madit shorter.
In retrospect, I shouldave madit shorter. You try.
And let's try it with the question.
How did your presentation go?
OK, good. And for homework.
This is a tough one.
In retrospect, you're thinking back, in retrospect,
if you could redo something, what would you redo?
If you could do it again, what would you redo?
In retrospect. Thinking back.
OK? So, give me an answer the next time we meet.
All right. See you soon. Thank you.
phrases video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's expression is in retrospect.
Yeah, it sounds like a difficult word,
but it's actually not that difficult to use.
OK, I'll show you how it's used.
All right. But first, let's do our usual test.
And it was a difficult one.
I asked you, when did you weigh the pros
and cons before making a decision?
Was it when you rented your apartment?
When you took your vacation?
When you entered your company?
Sorry, or joined your company? OK? All right.
So now, let's go on to today's phrase, in retrospect.
I like the sound of this.
Retro, which means the past. You know, like retro
fashion. Uh, but how we use this is like this.
For example, let's imagine that
Taro gave a presentation yesterday.
So Taro had his very first English presentation
and he delivered it
and I say so, Taro, how did your presentation go?
How was it?
And he says, yeah, now that I think about,
I should have made it shorter. It was too long.
You see, he's thinking.
Now, that I'm thinking about it, now that it's
finished, I should have made it shorter.
So, he didn't think it was too short,
or he didn't think it was too long before.
But now he does because
it's already finished and he's thinking about it.
That's when we use retrospect.
But it's easy to use because we put it at the
beginning of the sentence most of the time.
You start with in retrospect, da dada.
So, it's quite easy to use.
Let me show you.
So, if I say, so how did your presentation go, Taro?
You can say, in retrospect,
I should have made it shorter.
Very natural. He sounds like
a high-level student by saying that.
Yeah, and it's in retrospect pause,
it's not I should have.
But I shouldave, I shouldave.
I shouldave madit madit shorter.
In retrospect, I shouldave madit shorter.
In retrospect, I shouldave madit shorter. You try.
And let's try it with the question.
How did your presentation go?
OK, good. And for homework.
This is a tough one.
In retrospect, you're thinking back, in retrospect,
if you could redo something, what would you redo?
If you could do it again, what would you redo?
In retrospect. Thinking back.
OK? So, give me an answer the next time we meet.
All right. See you soon. Thank you.
