2015.10.12
Tip 167 ”Don’t let this get you down” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第167弾は、”Don’t let this get you down” です。
仕事でミスをしてしまった同僚を励ましたりすることってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
ヒカは昨日のプレゼンでミスをしてしまったようです。そこで同僚のタロウに言いました。
“I can’t believe I made such a silly mistake. So stupid stupid stupid.”
「ああもう！なんであんなくだらないミスをしてしまったんだ！俺って本当にバカだなぁ。。」
「そんなに落ち込むなよ！！」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？
“Don’t be unhappy.”
これだとちょっと不自然で変な感じがします。
“Don’t let this get you down.”
と言ってみましょう。とても自然ですし、相手も励まされるはずです！
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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series and today's
phrase and idiom is "don't let this get you
down."
Don't let this get you down. What does it
mean? We will find out but first let's do
our test. OK so I say "Hey, I'm going to
make my big presentation now." And you
say... that's right. Go get 'em. OK I hope
you got that. OK let's go on to today's
phrase "don't let this get you down." Down
means depressed. Sad. Unhappy.
So let's imagine that Taro and I are
colleagues and I had my presentation
yesterday, BUT it wasn't very good.
OK, I'm really sad and I say: I can't believe
I made such a silly mistake. So stupid
stupid stupid and Taro says: Hika, don't be unhappy. It'll be okay. okay so, "it'll be OK"
is okay, but "don't be unhappy" is kind of a
strange sentence to say. It's a little bit unnatural.
Don't be unhappy. OK, so we need a better
sentence for that, OK? So he wants to
cheer me up, right? he wants me to become happy. Well he can say this: I can't
believe I made such a silly mistake in
my presentation, oh no! And Taro says:
Don't let this get you down. It'll be OK.
Very natural. It means don't be
sad. Don't be unhappy. Be strong. Fightback
Don't let this get you down.
Don't lose to this mistake. Overcome
this mistake. OK but it's a
really... it's a sensitive situation
because I'm sad and using an idiom like
this just makes it... it's like soft,
warm advice. It's a good idiom.
OK let's look at pronunciation. So a lot
of "T"s in this idiom again. It's NOT don'T
leT this geT, ok but it's "Don' le' this ge' you down."
Don't let this get you down. It'll be OK.
You try... Good! OK with my sentence:
I can't believe I made such a silly mistake... Yeah, maybe you're right thanks for the advice.
Perfect! OK. Don't let this get you down.
OK for homework next time I'm going to
say "I can't believe I made such a silly
mistake" and you say... Don't let this get
you down. It'll be OK. Please
remember this and we will see you next
time. Thank you.
phrase and idiom is "don't let this get you
down."
Don't let this get you down. What does it
mean? We will find out but first let's do
our test. OK so I say "Hey, I'm going to
make my big presentation now." And you
say... that's right. Go get 'em. OK I hope
you got that. OK let's go on to today's
phrase "don't let this get you down." Down
means depressed. Sad. Unhappy.
So let's imagine that Taro and I are
colleagues and I had my presentation
yesterday, BUT it wasn't very good.
OK, I'm really sad and I say: I can't believe
I made such a silly mistake. So stupid
stupid stupid and Taro says: Hika, don't be unhappy. It'll be okay. okay so, "it'll be OK"
is okay, but "don't be unhappy" is kind of a
strange sentence to say. It's a little bit unnatural.
Don't be unhappy. OK, so we need a better
sentence for that, OK? So he wants to
cheer me up, right? he wants me to become happy. Well he can say this: I can't
believe I made such a silly mistake in
my presentation, oh no! And Taro says:
Don't let this get you down. It'll be OK.
Very natural. It means don't be
sad. Don't be unhappy. Be strong. Fightback
Don't let this get you down.
Don't lose to this mistake. Overcome
this mistake. OK but it's a
really... it's a sensitive situation
because I'm sad and using an idiom like
this just makes it... it's like soft,
warm advice. It's a good idiom.
OK let's look at pronunciation. So a lot
of "T"s in this idiom again. It's NOT don'T
leT this geT, ok but it's "Don' le' this ge' you down."
Don't let this get you down. It'll be OK.
You try... Good! OK with my sentence:
I can't believe I made such a silly mistake... Yeah, maybe you're right thanks for the advice.
Perfect! OK. Don't let this get you down.
OK for homework next time I'm going to
say "I can't believe I made such a silly
mistake" and you say... Don't let this get
you down. It'll be OK. Please
remember this and we will see you next
time. Thank you.
