2015.01.05
Tip 127 ”on a roll” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第127弾は、”on a roll” です。
ビジネスがうまくいっている、最近調子がいい等、いいこと続きのことってたまにはありますよね。
今回はそんな状況をを表すフレーズを紹介します。
例えばヒカは同僚のタロウと、最近の同僚のケンの状況について話しています。
“Wow, Ken got promoted, was named MVP, and now has a new girlfriend.”「ケンは昇格して、MVPもとって、新しいガールフレンドもできたんだって。」とヒカが言いました。
「そうだね、彼は最近調子がいいよね。」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？
“Yes, he has a good luck these days.”「そう。彼は最近幸運を持っています。」
でも意味は伝わるかもしれませんが不自然です。
そこで
“Yeah, he’s on a roll.”「そうだね、彼は最近調子がいいよね。」
と言ってみましょう。自然なフレーズです。
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. And today's idiom
is on a roll.
What does this mean? Well we will find
out. But first
let's do our test. Do you remember last
time
I asked you, are you and your boss
always on the same
page? Do you think alike?
Do you have the same way of thinking? Yes? No?
Okay hope you remember. All right so let's
go on to today's
idiom, on a roll. What does this mean?
Well this is what I usually hear okay.
So let's imagine Taro is my colleague
and there's another colleague, Ken. Okay, Ken.
and I say Taro, wow
Ken got promoted, was named
MVP of the company and now has a new
girlfriend.
And Taro says yes
he has a good luck these days. He has a
what?
Good luck. OK, I see, I see. So he's very
lucky.
He got promoted, MVP, new girlfriend.
Okay I understand. But this sentence
is a little strange.
One, it's grammatically incorrect.
Because luck is an uncountable noun. So
we don't say
a good luck. So he has good luck.
or he's had good luck. He has been
having good luck these days. Maybe that's
acceptable.
But you know it's
this luck is continuous. It's ongoing
right? One good thing. Another good thing.
A third good thing. We have a special way
to explain this.
And it should be like this. So if I say
Taro, wow Ken got promoted, was named MVP,
and now has a new girlfriend.
And Taro says, yeah, he's on a roll.
Very natural. You can kind of imagine
like
a rock that's rolling or snow
snowball that's rolling down a hill.
It's getting bigger and bigger and
faster and faster.
He's on a roll. OK? Everything is
going smoothly.
All these good things are happening. On
our role.
Okay, short medium. Really useful.
Let's practice pronunciation. So it's
yeah,
with the pause. He's on a.He's on a
role.
Yeah, he's on a roll. You try.
Good with my sentence. Wow Ken
got promoted, was named MVP and now has a new girlfriend.
Perfect. Just like that.
Okay, so for homework, okay I want you to
tell me
Who is on a role now? It could be you.
Are you on a roll? It could be your colleague. It could be someone in your company.
It could be someone famous. Many good
things are happening
or this person. Okay think about it and
tell me
next time. Thank you.
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is on a roll.
What does this mean? Well we will find
out. But first
let's do our test. Do you remember last
time
I asked you, are you and your boss
always on the same
page? Do you think alike?
Do you have the same way of thinking? Yes? No?
Okay hope you remember. All right so let's
go on to today's
idiom, on a roll. What does this mean?
Well this is what I usually hear okay.
So let's imagine Taro is my colleague
and there's another colleague, Ken. Okay, Ken.
and I say Taro, wow
Ken got promoted, was named
MVP of the company and now has a new
girlfriend.
And Taro says yes
he has a good luck these days. He has a
what?
Good luck. OK, I see, I see. So he's very
lucky.
He got promoted, MVP, new girlfriend.
Okay I understand. But this sentence
is a little strange.
One, it's grammatically incorrect.
Because luck is an uncountable noun. So
we don't say
a good luck. So he has good luck.
or he's had good luck. He has been
having good luck these days. Maybe that's
acceptable.
But you know it's
this luck is continuous. It's ongoing
right? One good thing. Another good thing.
A third good thing. We have a special way
to explain this.
And it should be like this. So if I say
Taro, wow Ken got promoted, was named MVP,
and now has a new girlfriend.
And Taro says, yeah, he's on a roll.
Very natural. You can kind of imagine
like
a rock that's rolling or snow
snowball that's rolling down a hill.
It's getting bigger and bigger and
faster and faster.
He's on a roll. OK? Everything is
going smoothly.
All these good things are happening. On
our role.
Okay, short medium. Really useful.
Let's practice pronunciation. So it's
yeah,
with the pause. He's on a.He's on a
role.
Yeah, he's on a roll. You try.
Good with my sentence. Wow Ken
got promoted, was named MVP and now has a new girlfriend.
Perfect. Just like that.
Okay, so for homework, okay I want you to
tell me
Who is on a role now? It could be you.
Are you on a roll? It could be your colleague. It could be someone in your company.
It could be someone famous. Many good
things are happening
or this person. Okay think about it and
tell me
next time. Thank you.
