2015.01.26
Tip 130 ”It’s not rocket science.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第130弾は、”It’s not rocket science.” です。
一見難しそうに見える事が、周りに聞いたり調べたりしてみると実は簡単だったということってありますよね。
今回はそんな際に使えるフレーズを紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“Wow, you are an Excel expert. You are so smart.”「おぉ、タロウはエクセルの達人だね。賢いなぁ。」と言いました。
「全然難しいことじゃないよ。」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？
“It’s not so difficult.”「そんなに難しくないです。」
でも伝わりますが、より英会話中上級者向けの表現があります。
そこで
“It’s not rocket science.”「全然難しいことじゃないよ。」
と言ってみましょう。よく使われるフレーズです。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series. And
today's phrase
is it's not rocket science. Rocket
science. What is this?
We will find out, but first let's do our
test.
Okay so ah I'm let's imagine were
colleagues
and I'm gonna say, hey do you know the
movie, The Untouchables?
It's my favorite movie. Do you know it?
Do you know the movie?
And you say, maybe I've heard it. No you say,
yeah it rings a bell. Yes do you remember?
Yeah it sounds familiar, The Untouchables.
I hope you got that. Okay let's go on
to today's phrase. It's not rocket
science.
When we say rocket science, it sounds like
something that's
really difficult, doesn't it? Rocket science.
Yeah you know rockets flying through the
air and studying
how to build and develop rockets. It's
a really difficult science.
OK so something that's not rocket
science
means well let's this is what I often
hear.
Okay so if I say Taro wow you are
an Excel expert. OK. Microsoft Excel. You are an
expert in Excel. You are so smart. You are as genius.
And he says I think it's not so .
It's not that difficult. Yeah.
Okay I can understand that. but if we
want to make that
very plain sentence sound a lot more
natural,
we could say this. So if I say
wow you're in Excel expert. You are so smart. You're a genius.
And he says Hika, it's not rocket science.
Very natural. OK so
especially something that many people
think is really really difficult, but
in actuality, it's not that difficult.
That's the perfect time
to say
well it's not rocket science. You know you
might think it's really really difficult,
but actually it's not. It's not rocket
science.
It's a great natural phrase. Okay let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not. It's not rocket science. It's
not rocket science.
You try. Good. Okay with my sentence.
Wow you are an Excel expert. You are so
smart.
Perfect.
Just like that. So for homework, Okay
please study this. Next time I'm gonna
say, wow you're an
Excel expert. You are so smart. And you
just say
not it's not so difficult, but it's not
rocket science.
Just like that. Please remember this and
we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series. And
today's phrase
is it's not rocket science. Rocket
science. What is this?
We will find out, but first let's do our
test.
Okay so ah I'm let's imagine were
colleagues
and I'm gonna say, hey do you know the
movie, The Untouchables?
It's my favorite movie. Do you know it?
Do you know the movie?
And you say, maybe I've heard it. No you say,
yeah it rings a bell. Yes do you remember?
Yeah it sounds familiar, The Untouchables.
I hope you got that. Okay let's go on
to today's phrase. It's not rocket
science.
When we say rocket science, it sounds like
something that's
really difficult, doesn't it? Rocket science.
Yeah you know rockets flying through the
air and studying
how to build and develop rockets. It's
a really difficult science.
OK so something that's not rocket
science
means well let's this is what I often
hear.
Okay so if I say Taro wow you are
an Excel expert. OK. Microsoft Excel. You are an
expert in Excel. You are so smart. You are as genius.
And he says I think it's not so .
It's not that difficult. Yeah.
Okay I can understand that. but if we
want to make that
very plain sentence sound a lot more
natural,
we could say this. So if I say
wow you're in Excel expert. You are so smart. You're a genius.
And he says Hika, it's not rocket science.
Very natural. OK so
especially something that many people
think is really really difficult, but
in actuality, it's not that difficult.
That's the perfect time
to say
well it's not rocket science. You know you
might think it's really really difficult,
but actually it's not. It's not rocket
science.
It's a great natural phrase. Okay let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not. It's not rocket science. It's
not rocket science.
You try. Good. Okay with my sentence.
Wow you are an Excel expert. You are so
smart.
Perfect.
Just like that. So for homework, Okay
please study this. Next time I'm gonna
say, wow you're an
Excel expert. You are so smart. And you
just say
not it's not so difficult, but it's not
rocket science.
Just like that. Please remember this and
we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
