2015.03.02
Tip 135 ”jump to conclusions” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第135弾は、”jump to conclusions” です。
結論を急ぎすぎて早とちりすることってありますよね。今回はそんな際に使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカはプロジェクトメンバーのタカについて
“Taka is late again. He doesn’t care about this project.”「タカがまた遅刻してるよ。プロジェクトの事、何も考えてないよな。」と同僚のタロウに言いました。
「決めつけない方がいいと思うよ。」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？
“You shouldn’t say that because we don’t know.”「私たちはわからないから言うべきではありません。」
でも伝わるかもしれませんが、より簡潔に伝わりやすい表現があります。
そこで
“We shouldn’t jump to conclusions.”「決めつけない方がいいと思うよ。」
と言ってみましょう。Jump to conlusionsは「はやとちり」や「結論を急ぐ」を意味する表現。より自然に聞こえます。
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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is jump to conclusions.
Jump to conclusions. What does this mean? We will find out.
But first let's do our test.
Okay so I say to you. You should quit
smoking. It's unhealthy.
What you say? I know
but it is easy to say, but doing is
difficult. No, it's a little unnatural.
Yes I know but it's easier said than
done.
Perfect. I hope you remember. Okay let's
go on to today's
idiom, jump to conclusions.
Okay here's what I sometimes hear. Okay
so Taro is my colleague.
And let's imagine we are working on a
project
together. And Taka is a member too.
And I say Taro, Taka is late again.
He doesn't care about this project.
And Taro says yeah yeah yeah, Hika, Hika.
You shouldn't say that because we don't
know
the facts. We don't know his reason for
being late.
You know you shouldn't say that. Okay.
It's understandable. He's he cares about Taka and he's trying to be fair.
Butl you know, you shouldn't say that.
This is kind of attacking me.
I feel what what me me? I'm bad. He's late.
Why am I bad? You know, so you shouldn't say that.
What's a more natural way to say this?
Okay we shouldn't you know judge him or
we shouldn't decide
without all the facts. Well, we could say this.
So if I say you know Taka is late again.
He doesn't care about this project. And
Taro says woah woah woah, Hika.
No we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Very
natural. And I'll say yeah. That's
that's true. maybe I am jumping to
conclusions. Let's
wait until Taka comes. We'll listen to his
reason for being late and then we can decide.
Okay very useful phrase.
Jump to conclusions. We shouldn't you
know
judge or evaluate someone or something
without all the facts. Don't jump to
conclusions.
Okay so let's look at pronunciation. So
it's we shouldn't, not jump to, but it's
we shouldn't jump to. We shouldn't jump
to conclusions. We shouldn't jump to
conclusions. You try.
Good Okay. With my sentence. Taka is late again.
he doesn't care about this project. Good.
Okay for homework. So next time
I'm going to say to you, Taka to is late
again.
He doesn't care about this project. And you
say,
hey you shouldn't jump to conclusions.
Just like that. Okay please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is jump to conclusions.
Jump to conclusions. What does this mean? We will find out.
But first let's do our test.
Okay so I say to you. You should quit
smoking. It's unhealthy.
What you say? I know
but it is easy to say, but doing is
difficult. No, it's a little unnatural.
Yes I know but it's easier said than
done.
Perfect. I hope you remember. Okay let's
go on to today's
idiom, jump to conclusions.
Okay here's what I sometimes hear. Okay
so Taro is my colleague.
And let's imagine we are working on a
project
together. And Taka is a member too.
And I say Taro, Taka is late again.
He doesn't care about this project.
And Taro says yeah yeah yeah, Hika, Hika.
You shouldn't say that because we don't
know
the facts. We don't know his reason for
being late.
You know you shouldn't say that. Okay.
It's understandable. He's he cares about Taka and he's trying to be fair.
Butl you know, you shouldn't say that.
This is kind of attacking me.
I feel what what me me? I'm bad. He's late.
Why am I bad? You know, so you shouldn't say that.
What's a more natural way to say this?
Okay we shouldn't you know judge him or
we shouldn't decide
without all the facts. Well, we could say this.
So if I say you know Taka is late again.
He doesn't care about this project. And
Taro says woah woah woah, Hika.
No we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Very
natural. And I'll say yeah. That's
that's true. maybe I am jumping to
conclusions. Let's
wait until Taka comes. We'll listen to his
reason for being late and then we can decide.
Okay very useful phrase.
Jump to conclusions. We shouldn't you
know
judge or evaluate someone or something
without all the facts. Don't jump to
conclusions.
Okay so let's look at pronunciation. So
it's we shouldn't, not jump to, but it's
we shouldn't jump to. We shouldn't jump
to conclusions. We shouldn't jump to
conclusions. You try.
Good Okay. With my sentence. Taka is late again.
he doesn't care about this project. Good.
Okay for homework. So next time
I'm going to say to you, Taka to is late
again.
He doesn't care about this project. And you
say,
hey you shouldn't jump to conclusions.
Just like that. Okay please remember this
and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
