2015.09.28
Tip 165 ”get one’s feet wet” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第165弾は、”get one’s feet wet” です。
秋の訪れを感じる日々。
スキルアップや趣味のため、スクールに通い始めたり、勉強を始めたりする同僚も増えてきて、その話題で盛り上がったりする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。
ヒカの同僚のタロウがコンピュータースクールに通い始めたようです。
“So you’re now an expert IT guy.”「お前、ＩＴのエキスパートだな！」とヒカがタロウに言いました。
「いやいや、まだ始めたばかりさ。」と返答したいあなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“I’m just a beginner”「まだ初心者だよ。」
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。
” I just got my feet wet.”「まだ始めたばかりさ。」
と言ってみましょう。
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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 "get one's feet wet." OK. Get your feet
wet.
what does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test.
OK, so I'm going to ask you "Hey, when are we going to become number one in this
industry?" And you say... that's right. That's still ten years down the road.
Very natural phrase. OK, I hope you could use this one in your office.
ok let's go on to today's idiom "get
one's feet wet." OK let's imagine that
Taro joined a computer school, so he's
learning... Taro is learning about
computers OK and I say to Taro: So
you're now an expert I T guy. You've
started studying at an IT school. You're an expert. And he says: Yeah yeah yeah I'm
just a beginner. Yesterday was my first
class. I'm just a beginner is a perfect
sentence. So what's another way to say "I
just started something new." I've just
started a new hobby or started to learn
a new skill. I'm just a beginner at this
skill or task. I'm just a beginner. Well
we can say this -- so I say: So Taro,
you're now an expert IT guy. You're studying in an IT school or
computer school. And Taro says: Yeah I
just got my feet wet. Yesterday was my
first class. Very natural.
I just got my feet wet. OK it's like
learning how to swim
you know, the first step is to put your
feet in the water, right? In the water.
OK so it means "I just started I can't
swim yet." I'm not an expert swimmer. My
feet has just gotten wet, I just started
and still a beginner. OK great idiom. OK
let's look at pronunciation. So there are
a lot of "T"s in this idiom. I jusT goT
my feeT weT. But, we don't really need to
pronounce those "T"s. OK so it's -- I jus(t) go(t)
my fee(t) we(t). I just go' my fee(t) we(t).
Yesterday was my firs(t) class. I just got my
feet wet. Yesterday was my first class.
You try... very natural!
OK with my sentence: So you're now an expert IT guy...
Oh OK. Perfect! For homework next time I'm going to say: So you're our new IT guy. And you
say... I just got my feet wet. Yesterday
was my first class. Perfect! OK please
remember this we will see you next time.
Thank you.
So for homework, next time that I see you,
I'm gonna say, hey good morning.
I won't call you Taro, just hey good morning.
And you say, good morning Hika. After you. OK.
All right. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
is "get one's feet wet." OK. Get your feet
wet.
what does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test.
OK, so I'm going to ask you "Hey, when are we going to become number one in this
industry?" And you say... that's right. That's still ten years down the road.
Very natural phrase. OK, I hope you could use this one in your office.
ok let's go on to today's idiom "get
one's feet wet." OK let's imagine that
Taro joined a computer school, so he's
learning... Taro is learning about
computers OK and I say to Taro: So
you're now an expert I T guy. You've
started studying at an IT school. You're an expert. And he says: Yeah yeah yeah I'm
just a beginner. Yesterday was my first
class. I'm just a beginner is a perfect
sentence. So what's another way to say "I
just started something new." I've just
started a new hobby or started to learn
a new skill. I'm just a beginner at this
skill or task. I'm just a beginner. Well
we can say this -- so I say: So Taro,
you're now an expert IT guy. You're studying in an IT school or
computer school. And Taro says: Yeah I
just got my feet wet. Yesterday was my
first class. Very natural.
I just got my feet wet. OK it's like
learning how to swim
you know, the first step is to put your
feet in the water, right? In the water.
OK so it means "I just started I can't
swim yet." I'm not an expert swimmer. My
feet has just gotten wet, I just started
and still a beginner. OK great idiom. OK
let's look at pronunciation. So there are
a lot of "T"s in this idiom. I jusT goT
my feeT weT. But, we don't really need to
pronounce those "T"s. OK so it's -- I jus(t) go(t)
my fee(t) we(t). I just go' my fee(t) we(t).
Yesterday was my firs(t) class. I just got my
feet wet. Yesterday was my first class.
You try... very natural!
OK with my sentence: So you're now an expert IT guy...
Oh OK. Perfect! For homework next time I'm going to say: So you're our new IT guy. And you
say... I just got my feet wet. Yesterday
was my first class. Perfect! OK please
remember this we will see you next time.
Thank you.
So for homework, next time that I see you,
I'm gonna say, hey good morning.
I won't call you Taro, just hey good morning.
And you say, good morning Hika. After you. OK.
All right. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
