2016.11.07
Tip 223 ”That doesn’t sound right.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第223は、”That doesn’t sound right” です。
先月の数字の振り返りをしているヒカとタロウ。
“Hey, Taro, we were under budget by 30% last month.
Isn’t that great? Unbelievable.”
「ねぇタロウ、僕たち先月、予算の30％も下回っているよ。すごくない？信じられないよ。」
「何かおかしくない？」
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？
“Something is funny.”
「おかしい」というと”funny（こっけいな、おもしろおかしい）”という単語を
思い浮かべてしまう方もいるかもしれませんが、
この場合はジョークでも何でもなく、むしろ深刻なシチュエーションですよね。
そこで、
“That doesn’t sound right.”
と言ってみましょう。
ネイティブも良く使う自然な表現です!
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 phrase is:
That doesn't sound right.
That doesn't sound right.
Okay? Sounds wrong.
What does this mean? We'll find out --
It's a really natural phrase. Actually, I use
this phrase a lot.
OK, you could ask my colleagues. I say it
all the time.
So I hope you can use this one too.
Alright, so let's have our review test first.
So tell me a time that was tough,
but you soldier on. You were able to get through it.
It could be a difficult project...
something, okay? I hope you came up with an example.
Five seconds. Tell me.
OK, time's up!
Did you come up with a good example?
Like you had a difficult project but you were
able to soldier on; or your company
went through some financial difficulties
and they did some restructuring, but your
company, you know, soldiered on --
your company was able to recover.
It could be used with a person, a company
and yourself. It could be something personal. You know,
"I broke up with my girlfriend,"
It could be something like that.
OK, so anyway let's go on to today's phrase:
That doesn't sound right.
OK, here's what I sometimes hear:
So, let's imagine i'm talking to Taro and
I'm explaining our budget for last month and I say:
Hey, Taro, we were under budget by 30% last month.
Isn't that great?
Unbelievable.
And Taro says:
Something is funny.
Funny? It's a joke? Why is it funny?
So Taro wants to say
Something is strange.
Or "I don't think it's right."
OK, but "something is funny"
it's kind of
strange to use that in this situation.
Something is funny is a joke.
It makes you laugh.
This is something pretty serious.
OK, so that doesn't sound right.
How about this one...
So I say:
You know, we were under budget by 30% last month.
And Taro says:
That doesn't sound right.
Okay? That sounds strange.
Something is wrong.
It's a great phrase to use in that situation.
You know, when your friends or
your colleagues are giving you facts or
telling you giving you some information
and you think "wait a second...
something is not right."
In that situation, you can say
That doesn't sound right.
OK, very natural phrase. Let's look at pronunciation,
so it's just:
that doesn't sound right.
That doesn't sound right.
And you can make kind of a confused look.
That doesn't sound right.
You try.
Good! Okay, with my sentence:
Hey, we were under budget by 30% last month.
Really? Well, let me check again.
Perfect. Just like that.
OK, so for homework, I want you to tell me
a time where something didn't sound right.
What did you do about it?
So it could be at work, it could be at home,
it could be with your friends.
OK, you got some information, and you
thought something is wrong with this information.
Tell me a situation like that.
Okay and we'll see you next time.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's phrase is:
That doesn't sound right.
That doesn't sound right.
Okay? Sounds wrong.
What does this mean? We'll find out --
It's a really natural phrase. Actually, I use
this phrase a lot.
OK, you could ask my colleagues. I say it
all the time.
So I hope you can use this one too.
Alright, so let's have our review test first.
So tell me a time that was tough,
but you soldier on. You were able to get through it.
It could be a difficult project...
something, okay? I hope you came up with an example.
Five seconds. Tell me.
OK, time's up!
Did you come up with a good example?
Like you had a difficult project but you were
able to soldier on; or your company
went through some financial difficulties
and they did some restructuring, but your
company, you know, soldiered on --
your company was able to recover.
It could be used with a person, a company
and yourself. It could be something personal. You know,
"I broke up with my girlfriend,"
It could be something like that.
OK, so anyway let's go on to today's phrase:
That doesn't sound right.
OK, here's what I sometimes hear:
So, let's imagine i'm talking to Taro and
I'm explaining our budget for last month and I say:
Hey, Taro, we were under budget by 30% last month.
Isn't that great?
Unbelievable.
And Taro says:
Something is funny.
Funny? It's a joke? Why is it funny?
So Taro wants to say
Something is strange.
Or "I don't think it's right."
OK, but "something is funny"
it's kind of
strange to use that in this situation.
Something is funny is a joke.
It makes you laugh.
This is something pretty serious.
OK, so that doesn't sound right.
How about this one...
So I say:
You know, we were under budget by 30% last month.
And Taro says:
That doesn't sound right.
Okay? That sounds strange.
Something is wrong.
It's a great phrase to use in that situation.
You know, when your friends or
your colleagues are giving you facts or
telling you giving you some information
and you think "wait a second...
something is not right."
In that situation, you can say
That doesn't sound right.
OK, very natural phrase. Let's look at pronunciation,
so it's just:
that doesn't sound right.
That doesn't sound right.
And you can make kind of a confused look.
That doesn't sound right.
You try.
Good! Okay, with my sentence:
Hey, we were under budget by 30% last month.
Really? Well, let me check again.
Perfect. Just like that.
OK, so for homework, I want you to tell me
a time where something didn't sound right.
What did you do about it?
So it could be at work, it could be at home,
it could be with your friends.
OK, you got some information, and you
thought something is wrong with this information.
Tell me a situation like that.
Okay and we'll see you next time.
Thank you.
