2015.09.23
Tip 164 ”down the road” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第164弾は、”down the road” です。
日々の努力が報われる日はいつか。まだまだ先のことかもしれないけれど、将来のことについて話す機会ってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに自分達が勤務する会社について
“When are we going to become number 1?”「うちらはいつNo.1になるのかな？」と聞きました。
「これから10年先だね。」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？
“In the future, maybe 10 years later.”「将来、たぶん10年後かな。」
でも伝わりますが、より表現力の感じられる自然な言い回しがあります。
そこで
“That’s still 10 years down the road.”「これから10年先だね。」
と言ってみましょう。
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 idiom is "down the road." There's
the road... down down down the road. What does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test. So I say to you "I'm going to take my promotion test. I'm a
little bit nervous" and you say... that's right. Don't drop the ball, OK.
Don't drop the ball.
It's kind of a joke; kind of like good luck; don't make a mistake.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's idiom "down the road"
OK, so let's imagine Taro and I are
talking about the future. The future of
our company and I say to Taro: So when
are we going to become number one in
this industry? You know, we're number four, number five... when are we going to become
number one? And Taro says: In the future
maybe
10 years later. OK. This sentence is okay,
but to give it more of a really natural
sound; to make it into one smooth sentence we can say this. So I say to Taro: Well when
are we going to become number one in
this industry? And he says: Well that's still
ten years down the road.
Very natural! Ten years into the future.
We can become number one. That's still
ten years down the road. It's a real natural phrase. I think it's very difficult for students to
use this, but if you can use it you sound
really natural. That's still ten years down
the road.
OK let's look at pronunciation. That'still... you could put those words together.
That'still ten years down the road.
That'still ten years down the road. You
try... OK with my question: When are we
going to become number one?
Yeah, I think you're right. Perfect. OK for
homework next time, I will ask you: When
are we going to become number one? And you say:
That's still ten years down the road. Please remember this and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's idiom is "down the road." There's
the road... down down down the road. What does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test. So I say to you "I'm going to take my promotion test. I'm a
little bit nervous" and you say... that's right. Don't drop the ball, OK.
Don't drop the ball.
It's kind of a joke; kind of like good luck; don't make a mistake.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's idiom "down the road"
OK, so let's imagine Taro and I are
talking about the future. The future of
our company and I say to Taro: So when
are we going to become number one in
this industry? You know, we're number four, number five... when are we going to become
number one? And Taro says: In the future
maybe
10 years later. OK. This sentence is okay,
but to give it more of a really natural
sound; to make it into one smooth sentence we can say this. So I say to Taro: Well when
are we going to become number one in
this industry? And he says: Well that's still
ten years down the road.
Very natural! Ten years into the future.
We can become number one. That's still
ten years down the road. It's a real natural phrase. I think it's very difficult for students to
use this, but if you can use it you sound
really natural. That's still ten years down
the road.
OK let's look at pronunciation. That'still... you could put those words together.
That'still ten years down the road.
That'still ten years down the road. You
try... OK with my question: When are we
going to become number one?
Yeah, I think you're right. Perfect. OK for
homework next time, I will ask you: When
are we going to become number one? And you say:
That's still ten years down the road. Please remember this and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
