2017.01.30
Tip 232 ”knock your socks off” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第232弾は、”knock your socks off” です。
ヒカとタロウの会社では、間もなく新商品を発売予定です。
発売日までもうあと僅か。
まだ実物を見ていないヒカは、同僚タロウに聞きました。
“How’s the new product? You saw it, right?”
「うちの新商品、どんな感じ？もう見たんだろう？」
「素晴らしいよ！！」
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？
“It’s excellent.”
これでも良いのですが、
こんな時、より感激や衝撃を伝えられる表現があるんです。
そこで
“It’ll knock your socks off.”
と言ってみましょう。
度肝を抜かれるほど素晴らしい！！いう時にピッタリの表現です。
発音もビデオでチェック！
是非この表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hey, everyone! Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series
and today's idiom is an exciting one.
It's a great one and it's
knock your socks off
So you can imagine like the socks on your feet are flying off...
they're being knocked off.
OK, what does this mean? We'll find out
but first let's do our review test.
So last time we learned "make a killing"
which means to make a lot of money.
So name someone who makes a killing.
name like three people.
OK, you got five seconds.
Go...
Could be an actor, yeah. Could be a singer...
someone famous, sure...
OK, time's up! I hope you named a few people who make a killing.
Okay? Not me, not me.
Hika doesn't make a killing.
Okay, it just means to make a lot of money.
Alright let's go on to our idiom today
knock your socks off.
Here's what I sometimes hear:
So let's imagine that our company has a brand-new product
and I haven't seen it yet. So I asked Taro:
How's the new product?
You saw it, right?
and he says:
It's excellent.
OK, this answer is okay. Yeah, it's excellent.
Its outstanding, it's amazing, it's wonderful, it's fantastic...
there are many words that we could use to say something is "amazing" or "great."
But to sound a little bit more natural,
instead of just using one word, if you use an idiom, it just sounds natural and
it has more of an impact like this...
OK, so I say:
So how's the new product, Taro?
and he says:
It'll knock your socks off.
Very natural! So you can imagine that the product is so good that
you will be amazed and your socks will fly off because it's so amazing!
That's what it means, okay?
Knock your socks off.
So it could be anything, like...
Oh, did you see the new movie?
It'll knock your socks off. It means that it's great. Or his presentation...
it will knock your socks off.
Just like that. Okay?
Anything that's amazing.
Alright, let's look at pronunciation, it's...
It'll knock your... socksoff.
It'll knock your socksoff.
And say it with... you know,
have energy when you say it.
It will knock your socks off.
You try...
Good! Okay, with my question:
How's the new product?
Really? Well, I want to see it.
Perfect. OK, so for homework, I want you to tell me something that
knocked your socks off.
Could be someone, could be something,
could be some news...
Okay? So think about it and come up with an answer for our next lesson,
okay and we'll see you next time.
Thank you.
and today's idiom is an exciting one.
It's a great one and it's
knock your socks off
So you can imagine like the socks on your feet are flying off...
they're being knocked off.
OK, what does this mean? We'll find out
but first let's do our review test.
So last time we learned "make a killing"
which means to make a lot of money.
So name someone who makes a killing.
name like three people.
OK, you got five seconds.
Go...
Could be an actor, yeah. Could be a singer...
someone famous, sure...
OK, time's up! I hope you named a few people who make a killing.
Okay? Not me, not me.
Hika doesn't make a killing.
Okay, it just means to make a lot of money.
Alright let's go on to our idiom today
knock your socks off.
Here's what I sometimes hear:
So let's imagine that our company has a brand-new product
and I haven't seen it yet. So I asked Taro:
How's the new product?
You saw it, right?
and he says:
It's excellent.
OK, this answer is okay. Yeah, it's excellent.
Its outstanding, it's amazing, it's wonderful, it's fantastic...
there are many words that we could use to say something is "amazing" or "great."
But to sound a little bit more natural,
instead of just using one word, if you use an idiom, it just sounds natural and
it has more of an impact like this...
OK, so I say:
So how's the new product, Taro?
and he says:
It'll knock your socks off.
Very natural! So you can imagine that the product is so good that
you will be amazed and your socks will fly off because it's so amazing!
That's what it means, okay?
Knock your socks off.
So it could be anything, like...
Oh, did you see the new movie?
It'll knock your socks off. It means that it's great. Or his presentation...
it will knock your socks off.
Just like that. Okay?
Anything that's amazing.
Alright, let's look at pronunciation, it's...
It'll knock your... socksoff.
It'll knock your socksoff.
And say it with... you know,
have energy when you say it.
It will knock your socks off.
You try...
Good! Okay, with my question:
How's the new product?
Really? Well, I want to see it.
Perfect. OK, so for homework, I want you to tell me something that
knocked your socks off.
Could be someone, could be something,
could be some news...
Okay? So think about it and come up with an answer for our next lesson,
okay and we'll see you next time.
Thank you.
