2014.12.15
Tip 124 ”on the ball” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第124弾は、”on the ball” です。
理解が早く、有能で頭が切れる方っていらっしゃいますよね。
今回はそんな方を表すフレーズを紹介します。
例えば、新しいマネジャーが他社から転職してきました。ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“The new manager doesn’t know anything.”「新しいマネジャー何にも分かってないじゃん。」と言いました。
「そんなことないよ。彼は有能な方ですよ。」と伝えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“No, he understands everything very well.”「そんなことないよ。彼は何でもよくわかってるよ。」
でも伝わりますが、より自然な表現があります。
そこで
“No, he’s on the ball.”「そんなことないよ。彼は有能な方ですよ。」
と言ってみましょう。よく使われるナチュラルなフレーズです。
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series
for business people. And today's idiom is
on that ball. On the ball. What does this
mean?
We will find out, but first let's do our
test. OK so last time we learned
let sleeping dogs lie.
So have you ever let sleeping dogs lie
at work? You know a situation where
there's a problem. It's not your problem but
there is a problem and you just ignore
it.
You forget about it because you don't
want to cause trouble.
Yeah, OK I hope you came up with a good
situation.
Let's go on to today's idiom, on the ball.
OK now here's what I often hear.
OK let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues and
we have a new manager who joined
from another company. From another
industry. OK.
And I say Taro, our new manager. We have a new manager.
He doesn't know anything. He doesn't know our market.
He doesn't know our business. He doesn't
know our industry.
He does't know our services and products and Taro says,
No, no. he understands
everything very well. Which is a perfect
sentence
but it's missing
that impact. OK Taro wants No Hika. You're wrong.
this new manager. He's smart. He understands the situation.
He has studied and he really knows our
business.
He knows our industry industry.
He wants to say this, but he understands
everything very well,
is kind of a weak sentence. OK. So
He can say this. So Taro you know
the new manager
doesn't know anything. And Taro says
no he's on the ball.
He's on the ball and I say
really? Oh I didn't know. OK so it means
very
ah... he understands this situation
really well. OK. He's done his homework. He's studied.
He's learned many things. He knows OK.
So let's practice pronunciation. So it's
no
he's on. He's on the ball. No
he's on the ball. You try. With my
sentence.
OK the new manager doesn't know
anything.
Really? He on the ball.
Like this. OK please
practice this. And for homework, tell me
someone
who is on the ball at your office.
who understands the situation
really really well. Tell me someone like that.
OK, we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
for business people. And today's idiom is
on that ball. On the ball. What does this
mean?
We will find out, but first let's do our
test. OK so last time we learned
let sleeping dogs lie.
So have you ever let sleeping dogs lie
at work? You know a situation where
there's a problem. It's not your problem but
there is a problem and you just ignore
it.
You forget about it because you don't
want to cause trouble.
Yeah, OK I hope you came up with a good
situation.
Let's go on to today's idiom, on the ball.
OK now here's what I often hear.
OK let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues and
we have a new manager who joined
from another company. From another
industry. OK.
And I say Taro, our new manager. We have a new manager.
He doesn't know anything. He doesn't know our market.
He doesn't know our business. He doesn't
know our industry.
He does't know our services and products and Taro says,
No, no. he understands
everything very well. Which is a perfect
sentence
but it's missing
that impact. OK Taro wants No Hika. You're wrong.
this new manager. He's smart. He understands the situation.
He has studied and he really knows our
business.
He knows our industry industry.
He wants to say this, but he understands
everything very well,
is kind of a weak sentence. OK. So
He can say this. So Taro you know
the new manager
doesn't know anything. And Taro says
no he's on the ball.
He's on the ball and I say
really? Oh I didn't know. OK so it means
very
ah... he understands this situation
really well. OK. He's done his homework. He's studied.
He's learned many things. He knows OK.
So let's practice pronunciation. So it's
no
he's on. He's on the ball. No
he's on the ball. You try. With my
sentence.
OK the new manager doesn't know
anything.
Really? He on the ball.
Like this. OK please
practice this. And for homework, tell me
someone
who is on the ball at your office.
who understands the situation
really really well. Tell me someone like that.
OK, we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
