2016.08.15
Tip 211”at first glance” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第211弾は、”at first glance.” です。
ヒカとタロウの会社では、新しいコンピューターシステムが導入されました。
まだ使い方に慣れない社員達は皆、少し戸惑っています。
ヒカもまた同様に、ちゃんと使いこなせるか心配しているようです。
“How’s the new computer system?”
「新しいシステム、どうだい？」
とタロウに聞きました。
「最初は難しいと思ったけど、慣れてくれば大丈夫だよ。」
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？
“Well first you know I think it’s difficult but later it’s not.”
「最初は難しいと思ったけど、慣れてくると大丈夫だよ。」
これでも良いのですが、こんな時もっと自然な表現があるんです。
そこで、
“At first glance you know it looks complicated, but it’s really not. ”
と言ってみましょう！とても自然な表現です。
※At first glance：「一見すると」「見た感じ」「見た限りでは」「表向きには」
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hi everyone. Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series.
And today's natural natural idiom is "at first glance."
At first glance. What does this mean?
We will find out, but first let's do our review test.
OK, so let's imagine that we're talking about some company.
OK, we're talking about a famous company.
We're talking and I say hey I thought it was a Japanese company.
It's not a Japanese company? And you say...
You have five seconds.
Go. Time's up. The answer.
That's right.
It's as American as apple pie.
It's a typical American company.
As American as apple pie. I hope you got that.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom, "at first glance."
OK, glance just means like to look look very quickly.
OK, so what does this mean? The first look.
OK, well here's what I sometimes hear.
OK so imagine that our company has gotten a new computer system.
You know this happens a lot right? A company gets a new computer system
and everyone's kind of afraid to use this new system
because we don't know about it so well.
And you know, my colleague Taro... I ask Taro,
"How's the new computer system?"
You know, is it good? And he says
"Well first you know I think it's difficult but later it's not."
OK so first I think it's difficult but later it's not.
OK so when you first used this new system, it was... it seemed
or looked difficult but after using it, it became very easy. OK.
That makes sense, but it's not really natural to say it like this.
A really natural way to say it is of course to use this idiom,
like this. So I say
Taro,how's the new computer system?
You know is it a difficult to use?
And Taro says
"At first glance you know it looks complicated, but it's really not. "
Very natural.
At first glance, when you take a quick look at this system,
yeah it looks complicated but it's
really not. Perfect. OK, at first glance...
When you the first time you see it... Yeah
it's just a natural way to say that.
OK so let's look at pronunciation. Very simple.
At first glance with a pause.
It looks complicated and you can make kind
of a complicated face.
You know at first glance it looks complicated, but it's
really not. OK and then when you say
it's really not, you give a little smile
OK for more impact.
At first glance, it looks complicated, but it's really not.
You try. OK great. With my question.
So how's the new computer system?
OK well maybe I'll try it. Thanks.
Perfect OK. So for homework, next time I'm going to say hey how's the computer
system. The new computer system and you just say at first glance, it looks
complicated but it's really not. All
right. I hope you remember this and we
will see you next time.
Thank you.
And today's natural natural idiom is "at first glance."
At first glance. What does this mean?
We will find out, but first let's do our review test.
OK, so let's imagine that we're talking about some company.
OK, we're talking about a famous company.
We're talking and I say hey I thought it was a Japanese company.
It's not a Japanese company? And you say...
You have five seconds.
Go. Time's up. The answer.
That's right.
It's as American as apple pie.
It's a typical American company.
As American as apple pie. I hope you got that.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom, "at first glance."
OK, glance just means like to look look very quickly.
OK, so what does this mean? The first look.
OK, well here's what I sometimes hear.
OK so imagine that our company has gotten a new computer system.
You know this happens a lot right? A company gets a new computer system
and everyone's kind of afraid to use this new system
because we don't know about it so well.
And you know, my colleague Taro... I ask Taro,
"How's the new computer system?"
You know, is it good? And he says
"Well first you know I think it's difficult but later it's not."
OK so first I think it's difficult but later it's not.
OK so when you first used this new system, it was... it seemed
or looked difficult but after using it, it became very easy. OK.
That makes sense, but it's not really natural to say it like this.
A really natural way to say it is of course to use this idiom,
like this. So I say
Taro,how's the new computer system?
You know is it a difficult to use?
And Taro says
"At first glance you know it looks complicated, but it's really not. "
Very natural.
At first glance, when you take a quick look at this system,
yeah it looks complicated but it's
really not. Perfect. OK, at first glance...
When you the first time you see it... Yeah
it's just a natural way to say that.
OK so let's look at pronunciation. Very simple.
At first glance with a pause.
It looks complicated and you can make kind
of a complicated face.
You know at first glance it looks complicated, but it's
really not. OK and then when you say
it's really not, you give a little smile
OK for more impact.
At first glance, it looks complicated, but it's really not.
You try. OK great. With my question.
So how's the new computer system?
OK well maybe I'll try it. Thanks.
Perfect OK. So for homework, next time I'm going to say hey how's the computer
system. The new computer system and you just say at first glance, it looks
complicated but it's really not. All
right. I hope you remember this and we
will see you next time.
Thank you.
