2015.12.14
Tip 176 ”bring something to the table”無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第176弾は、”bring something to the table.” です。
皆さん日常的にビジネスミーティングなど行われていますよね。
今回は、そんな時にとても役立つ表現をご紹介します。
ヒカとタロウはこれからミーティングをしようとしています。
“OK, we’re ready to start the meeting.”
「では、ミーティングを始めようか。」とヒカがタロウに言いました。
「どんな提案を持ってきてくれた？」と言いたい場合、
あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
”What ideas do you have?”
これでも伝わりますが、もっと自然な表現があります。
そこで、
“OK, what ideas have you brought to the table?”
（どんな価値のあるアイディアを提示してくれる？）
と言ってみましょう。まるでネイティブスピーカーのようですよ！
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
bring something to the table.
Bring something to the table. OK, what
does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test.
So I'm very detailed and I say:
Maybe we should use a smaller font size
here.
and you say...
Perfect. That's right.
You're splitting hairs. The font size is fine.
Don't worry.
OK let's go on to today's idiom
bring something to the table.
This is a great business idiom.
OK but here's what I sometimes hear.
Let's imagine Taro and I are having a meeting.
Let's say many people are having a meeting
and I say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
and Taro says:
What ideas do you have?
Perfect sentence by the way. This is perfect.
What ideas do you have?
Nice and simple...
But if you want to use a cool idiom like this
you could say
bring something to the table
OK it just means "What value can you add?"
in this case, ideas.
What ideas did you bring to this meeting?
like this let me show you
So I say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
And Taro says:
OK, what ideas have you brought to the table?
Natural! That is natural.
He sounds like a native speaker.
You know, what ideas have you brought to the table?
OK, so if you... it means to add something valuable.
Usually something valuable
like ideas, suggestions, advice, skills
What can you bring to the table?
And the "table" doesn't just mean the meeting table
it could be a project team.
What can this new guy bring to the table?
He can bring English and Japanese skills.
He speaks both fluently.
You can bring that to the team.
So it really means "to add value."
So what ideas have you brought to the table?
OK. So let's look at pronunciation. It's
Whatideas have you brough' to the table?
What ideas have you brought to the table?
You try...
OK with my question, or sentence:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting...
Perfect.
OK, so for homework, next time I will say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
And you say...
What ideas have you brought to the table?
Please remember this and we
will see you next time. thank you
and today's idiom is
bring something to the table.
Bring something to the table. OK, what
does this mean? We will find out but
first let's do our test.
So I'm very detailed and I say:
Maybe we should use a smaller font size
here.
and you say...
Perfect. That's right.
You're splitting hairs. The font size is fine.
Don't worry.
OK let's go on to today's idiom
bring something to the table.
This is a great business idiom.
OK but here's what I sometimes hear.
Let's imagine Taro and I are having a meeting.
Let's say many people are having a meeting
and I say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
and Taro says:
What ideas do you have?
Perfect sentence by the way. This is perfect.
What ideas do you have?
Nice and simple...
But if you want to use a cool idiom like this
you could say
bring something to the table
OK it just means "What value can you add?"
in this case, ideas.
What ideas did you bring to this meeting?
like this let me show you
So I say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
And Taro says:
OK, what ideas have you brought to the table?
Natural! That is natural.
He sounds like a native speaker.
You know, what ideas have you brought to the table?
OK, so if you... it means to add something valuable.
Usually something valuable
like ideas, suggestions, advice, skills
What can you bring to the table?
And the "table" doesn't just mean the meeting table
it could be a project team.
What can this new guy bring to the table?
He can bring English and Japanese skills.
He speaks both fluently.
You can bring that to the team.
So it really means "to add value."
So what ideas have you brought to the table?
OK. So let's look at pronunciation. It's
Whatideas have you brough' to the table?
What ideas have you brought to the table?
You try...
OK with my question, or sentence:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting...
Perfect.
OK, so for homework, next time I will say:
OK, we're ready to start the meeting.
And you say...
What ideas have you brought to the table?
Please remember this and we
will see you next time. thank you
