2016.10.17
Tip 220 ”file 13” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第220弾は、”file 13″ です。
とある日のオフィス。
“Where should I put this document?”
「この書類、どこに入れて置いたら良い？」
とヒカは同僚タロウに聞きました。
もういらない書類だったので、
「ゴミ箱に捨てといてくれる？」
と答えるタロウ。
こんな時、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Can you put it in the garbage?”
これでも良いのですが、”garbage”だと
「生ゴミ」「残飯」のようなイメージで、
今回のシチュエーションにはちょっと不向きです。
そこで
“It goes to file 13.”
と言ってみましょう。
もともとは米軍用語で、あまり一般的ではないですが、
ハリウッド映画などで時々耳にする表現です。
※”file 13″ :ゴミ箱・
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。
Hey, everyone! Welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series
and today's idiom is
file 13.
Kind of sounds important, doesn't it?
File 13.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our review test.
So last time, we learned
behind the eight ball, okay?
This means a time where you are in trouble.
A difficult situation for you.
So, tell me a time you were
behind the eight ball.
Okay, you got five seconds, tell me...
Whoa! That's a bad situation.
What did you do?
OK, good. So please remember this
behind the eight ball.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom:
file 13.
This is an American idiom; it comes from the US military, okay
and maybe you won't hear this
outside the US
but you will hear this in like Hollywood movies.
OK, so it's good to know -- file 13.
Now here's what I sometimes hear:
So let's imagine I'm talking to my colleague, Taro
and I say:
Where should I put this document?
Where should I put it?
You know, some paper... piece of paper.
Maybe it's a resume or some meeting minutes,
or whatever.
I say:
Where should I put this document?
And Taro says:
Can you put it in the garbage?
This is okay, "put it in the garbage."
Throw it away,
Nothing's wrong.
But "garbage" is, you know...
it's kind of a boring word and it's dirty.
Garbage. I don't know, it just sounds dirty,
right? Like fish bones and vegetables,
half-eaten food...
So another way to say "garbage"
is this...
So if I say:
Taro, where should I put this document?
He says:
It goes to file 13.
Oh, that's so cool i just love this idiom.
It goes to file 13.
It just means "the garbage."
It means throw it away.
But because "garbage" is kind of a dirty word, you know,
we kind of hide it, you know.
Instead of garbage, it's file 13. just
It just sounds cleaner.
And if you say it like this...
It goes to file 13.
I don't know, it just sounds important.
Okay? So, let's look at pronunciation, it's just
It goes to file 13.
You try...
Perfect. OK, with my question:
Where should I put this document?
File 13. OK, gotcha. File 13, okay.
Just like that. You can even use
this idiom as a verb.
You could say
Can you file 13 it for me?
Can you file 13 it? means throw it away.
Okay, great idiom.
Alright, so for homework next time
I will ask you, I'll say:
Where should I put this document?
And you just say...
Not in the garbage.
It goes...
It goes to file 13.
Okay? Say it like that.
Okay, so please remember this
and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series
and today's idiom is
file 13.
Kind of sounds important, doesn't it?
File 13.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our review test.
So last time, we learned
behind the eight ball, okay?
This means a time where you are in trouble.
A difficult situation for you.
So, tell me a time you were
behind the eight ball.
Okay, you got five seconds, tell me...
Whoa! That's a bad situation.
What did you do?
OK, good. So please remember this
behind the eight ball.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom:
file 13.
This is an American idiom; it comes from the US military, okay
and maybe you won't hear this
outside the US
but you will hear this in like Hollywood movies.
OK, so it's good to know -- file 13.
Now here's what I sometimes hear:
So let's imagine I'm talking to my colleague, Taro
and I say:
Where should I put this document?
Where should I put it?
You know, some paper... piece of paper.
Maybe it's a resume or some meeting minutes,
or whatever.
I say:
Where should I put this document?
And Taro says:
Can you put it in the garbage?
This is okay, "put it in the garbage."
Throw it away,
Nothing's wrong.
But "garbage" is, you know...
it's kind of a boring word and it's dirty.
Garbage. I don't know, it just sounds dirty,
right? Like fish bones and vegetables,
half-eaten food...
So another way to say "garbage"
is this...
So if I say:
Taro, where should I put this document?
He says:
It goes to file 13.
Oh, that's so cool i just love this idiom.
It goes to file 13.
It just means "the garbage."
It means throw it away.
But because "garbage" is kind of a dirty word, you know,
we kind of hide it, you know.
Instead of garbage, it's file 13. just
It just sounds cleaner.
And if you say it like this...
It goes to file 13.
I don't know, it just sounds important.
Okay? So, let's look at pronunciation, it's just
It goes to file 13.
You try...
Perfect. OK, with my question:
Where should I put this document?
File 13. OK, gotcha. File 13, okay.
Just like that. You can even use
this idiom as a verb.
You could say
Can you file 13 it for me?
Can you file 13 it? means throw it away.
Okay, great idiom.
Alright, so for homework next time
I will ask you, I'll say:
Where should I put this document?
And you just say...
Not in the garbage.
It goes...
It goes to file 13.
Okay? Say it like that.
Okay, so please remember this
and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
