2016.03.28
Tip 191 ”keep your eye on the ball.”無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第191弾は、”keep your eye on the ball.” です。
締切間際の仕事を抱えたヒカは、同僚のタロウに言いました。
“The deadline is coming soon and I still have so much work. What do I do? ”
「締切はもうすぐなのに、まだやることがたくさんあるよ。どうしたら良い？」
「あと一息だよ！このまま集中して。」
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？
“We’re almost there.Stay focused. Concentrate.”
これでも完璧ですが、
“We’re almost there, Hika. Keep your eye on the ball.”
と言ってみましょう。とても自然な表現です。
※Keep an eye on the ball.
もともとは、「（スポーツなどで）ボールから目を離すな」という意味から来ています。
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 keep your eye on the
ball. Great idiom, especially if you play sports.
OK but first let's do our test. So
imagine we are colleagues. You are
wearing a nice new suit and I say wow
you look great today. And you say that's
right. Thank you. It's important to get
dressed for success. If you want to be
successful in business, you have to dress
successful first. OK let's remember that.
Let's go on to today's idiom, keep your
eye on the ball.
Do you play baseball or tennis or some
kind of ball sport? Well, we know that to
be a good baseball player or tennis player,
you need to be watching that ball very
carefully right. You gotta focus on the ball.
OK well that's what it kind of means.
It means to stay focused.
OK let's look at what I sometimes hear.
So I'm talking to Taro.
I have a lot of stress right now and
I say Taro, the deadline is coming soon
and I still have so much work. What do I do?
And he says we're almost there.Stay focused. Concentrate.
OK, good advice.
Good advice. Stay focused. Nothing is
wrong with this. But if you like
sports, and you wanna you know make it
sound a little more natural. OK you can
say this. So I say Taro, the deadline
is coming soon and I still have so much
work. What do I do?
And Taro says we're almost there, Hika. Keep your eye on the ball.
Very natural. OK so
you know like the baseball is coming and
there's a lot of noise from the fans.
There're a lot of distractions, but I need to
focus on the ball and swing. Same with
business right. There might be a lot of
distractions but no problem.
I'm going to stay focused on the project
goals or whatever the assignment is. OK.
So let's look at pronunciation. It's
we're almost there.
That "T" is silent. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. You try. Good.
OK with my sentence.
The deadline is coming soon and I still have so much work.
OK, thanks for your advice. Perfect. OK.
So for homework next time I will say the
deadline is coming soon and I still have
so much work. And you just say.
That's right. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. OK please
remember this and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's idiom is keep your eye on the
ball. Great idiom, especially if you play sports.
OK but first let's do our test. So
imagine we are colleagues. You are
wearing a nice new suit and I say wow
you look great today. And you say that's
right. Thank you. It's important to get
dressed for success. If you want to be
successful in business, you have to dress
successful first. OK let's remember that.
Let's go on to today's idiom, keep your
eye on the ball.
Do you play baseball or tennis or some
kind of ball sport? Well, we know that to
be a good baseball player or tennis player,
you need to be watching that ball very
carefully right. You gotta focus on the ball.
OK well that's what it kind of means.
It means to stay focused.
OK let's look at what I sometimes hear.
So I'm talking to Taro.
I have a lot of stress right now and
I say Taro, the deadline is coming soon
and I still have so much work. What do I do?
And he says we're almost there.Stay focused. Concentrate.
OK, good advice.
Good advice. Stay focused. Nothing is
wrong with this. But if you like
sports, and you wanna you know make it
sound a little more natural. OK you can
say this. So I say Taro, the deadline
is coming soon and I still have so much
work. What do I do?
And Taro says we're almost there, Hika. Keep your eye on the ball.
Very natural. OK so
you know like the baseball is coming and
there's a lot of noise from the fans.
There're a lot of distractions, but I need to
focus on the ball and swing. Same with
business right. There might be a lot of
distractions but no problem.
I'm going to stay focused on the project
goals or whatever the assignment is. OK.
So let's look at pronunciation. It's
we're almost there.
That "T" is silent. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. You try. Good.
OK with my sentence.
The deadline is coming soon and I still have so much work.
OK, thanks for your advice. Perfect. OK.
So for homework next time I will say the
deadline is coming soon and I still have
so much work. And you just say.
That's right. We're almost there.
Keep your eye on the ball. OK please
remember this and we'll see you next time. Thank you.
