2017.01.09
Tip 229 ”left, right and center” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第229弾は、”left, right and center” です。
外回り中のヒカとタロウ。
喉が渇いたヒカは、
“Taro,is there a vending machine near here? I want something to drink.”
「この辺に自動販売機ないかな？喉が渇いちゃって。」
とタロウに聞きました。
「ヒカ、どこに目を付けているんだい？あっちにもこっちにもあるじゃないか。」
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？
“They’re everywhere. There are many vending machines. What are you talking about? ”
これでも良いのですが、こんな時もっとインパクトのある表現があるんです。
そこで、
“Hika, you can find them left, right and center.They’re everywhere!”
と言ってみましょう！とても自然な表現です。
“People are getting the flu left, right and center.”
「インフルエンザがあちこちで流行っているね。」
“There are dangerous places left, right and center.”
「危険な場所が四方八方にある。」
など、色々な場面で使えます。是非使ってみて下さい。
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Hey, everyone! Welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series and today's idiom is "left, right and center".
Left, right and center.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
OK, so Kenji has not come to the office for a few days,
so I'm a little bit worried and I asked you.
I say: What happened to Kenji?
and you want to say "he has depression."
He's suffering from this illness, but we don't say "depression." What do you say?
Five seconds...
Did you get it?
That's right. He had a nervous breakdown.
Or he had a breakdown.
Yeah, he couldn't take the stress.
OK, I hope you got that.
OK and now let's go on to today's idiom left right and center.
Now...
here's what I sometimes hear:
OK so let's imagine that I'm looking for a vending machine. I want to buy a drink.
And I say: Taro,is there a vending machine near here? I want something to drink.
And Taro says:They're everywhere. There are many vending machines.
What are you talking about? there's one there, there, there,
there, there... everywhere!
Okay? And he says there are many vending machines.
OK now this sentence --"there are many vending machines"--
it's OK but it doesn't have that impact.
Taro wants to say "they're everywhere."
Open your eyes, Hika. They're everywhere.
OK in that case he can say this...
So I say:
Is there a vending machine near here?
And Taro says:
Hika, you can find them left, right and center.
They're everywhere!
Very natural! OK so if something is everywhere,
or if something is happening to everyone,
we use this word...idiom "left, right and center."
For example, you know, the flu... influenza. The flu is popular now, right?
It's common now. Many people are becoming sick. So you can say...
People are getting the flu left, right and center is OK too.
It's happening to everyone, or something is everywhere.
Left, right and center. Okay?
You got to be careful when you visit that area.
There're bad people left, right and center.
There are dangerous places left, right and center.
Okay? So use it like that.
Let's look at pronunciation.
So you can say
You can find'em... find'em
left, right an' center.
You can find'em you left, right an' center.
You can find them left, right and center.
You try...
Good. OK and with my question:
Is there a vending machine near here?
Oh really they're everywhere?
OK thanks. Perfect. OK so for homework,
tell me what can you find around your neighborhood left, right and center.
Okay? So around your neighborhood...
they're everywhere What can you find left, right and center?
Please remember this and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series and today's idiom is "left, right and center".
Left, right and center.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
OK, so Kenji has not come to the office for a few days,
so I'm a little bit worried and I asked you.
I say: What happened to Kenji?
and you want to say "he has depression."
He's suffering from this illness, but we don't say "depression." What do you say?
Five seconds...
Did you get it?
That's right. He had a nervous breakdown.
Or he had a breakdown.
Yeah, he couldn't take the stress.
OK, I hope you got that.
OK and now let's go on to today's idiom left right and center.
Now...
here's what I sometimes hear:
OK so let's imagine that I'm looking for a vending machine. I want to buy a drink.
And I say: Taro,is there a vending machine near here? I want something to drink.
And Taro says:They're everywhere. There are many vending machines.
What are you talking about? there's one there, there, there,
there, there... everywhere!
Okay? And he says there are many vending machines.
OK now this sentence --"there are many vending machines"--
it's OK but it doesn't have that impact.
Taro wants to say "they're everywhere."
Open your eyes, Hika. They're everywhere.
OK in that case he can say this...
So I say:
Is there a vending machine near here?
And Taro says:
Hika, you can find them left, right and center.
They're everywhere!
Very natural! OK so if something is everywhere,
or if something is happening to everyone,
we use this word...idiom "left, right and center."
For example, you know, the flu... influenza. The flu is popular now, right?
It's common now. Many people are becoming sick. So you can say...
People are getting the flu left, right and center is OK too.
It's happening to everyone, or something is everywhere.
Left, right and center. Okay?
You got to be careful when you visit that area.
There're bad people left, right and center.
There are dangerous places left, right and center.
Okay? So use it like that.
Let's look at pronunciation.
So you can say
You can find'em... find'em
left, right an' center.
You can find'em you left, right an' center.
You can find them left, right and center.
You try...
Good. OK and with my question:
Is there a vending machine near here?
Oh really they're everywhere?
OK thanks. Perfect. OK so for homework,
tell me what can you find around your neighborhood left, right and center.
Okay? So around your neighborhood...
they're everywhere What can you find left, right and center?
Please remember this and we will see you next time.
Thank you.
