2013.07.26
Tip 47 ”It’s back to the drawing board.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第47弾は、”It’s back to the drawing board.” です。
とても一生懸命作ったプランなのに、決裁者にダメだしされて
最初から作り直さなければならない、という経験は皆さんお持ちではないでしょうか。
今回学ぶのは、その「最初からやり直す」ことを表現したビジネスイディオムです。
例えば、予算の承認を得るために役員に説明をした後に、PJメンバーから
“Did the executives approve our budget?” 「役員は予算を承認してくれた？」
と聞かれた際に、「もう一度最初から作りなおしだよ。」と答えようとする場合、
あなたならどう言いますか？
状況をそのまま伝えるのであれば
“No, we have to make the plan one more time.”
といった答え方になるのではないでしょうか。
もちろん、これでも意味は伝わります。
でも、今回学ぶビジネスイディオムをつかって、よりナチュラルな表現にするなら、
“No, it’s back to the drawing board.”
と言えるようになりましょう！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a little bit long.
It's it's back to the drawing board.
A really great phrase that we use in business.
OK, so let's find out what this means.
But first we're going to do our little test.
OK, so my question last time was...
What do you do by the book?
Did you come up with a good example?
By the rule book, by the manual, you do every step.
What do you do by the book?
Do you do all your work by the book?
Yes? OK just some of the important things right?
OK, so let's go on to today's phrase.
It's back to the drawing board.
What does it mean?
Well let me show you how we don't use it first.
OK, so if I say to Taro,
and Taro and I are working together on a project.
We have a budget. It needs to be approved by the executives.
And I say, Taro, did the executives approve our budget?
Did they say yes? And he says, No,
we have to make the plan one more time.
We have to start from the beginning one more time.
OK, which is OK. It's a perfectly... It's a perfect phrase.
You know make the plan one more time.
But to give it a more natural feel,
to use this business idiom, you could use this instead.
So if I say, Taro, did the executives approve our budget?
Did they say yes?
And he says, No, it's back to the drawing board.
And he kinda says it in a funny way, you know,
No, it's back to the drawing board.
We have to start over from the beginning again.
Back to the drawing board. We start from stage one.
OK, great phrase, we hear it a lot in the office workplace
if there are non-Japanese working with you.
OK, let's look at pronunciation. It's no with a pause,
and it's back to the, back to the drawing board.
OK, no, it's back to the drawing board.
And you could kinda say it with a little giggle,
with a little laugh. No, it's back to the drawing board.
OK, so you try.
One more time.
No, it's back to the drawing board.
OK, let's try it with my question.
Did the executives approve our budget?
Oh, back to the drawing board again.
OK, just like that.
OK, so for homework.
When did you have to go back to the drawing board?
OK, I... because sometimes we have to start from the
beginning again because we made some kind of mistake.
You tell me your experience,
when did you have you have to go back to the drawing board?
OK, so I look forward to seeing you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a little bit long.
It's it's back to the drawing board.
A really great phrase that we use in business.
OK, so let's find out what this means.
But first we're going to do our little test.
OK, so my question last time was...
What do you do by the book?
Did you come up with a good example?
By the rule book, by the manual, you do every step.
What do you do by the book?
Do you do all your work by the book?
Yes? OK just some of the important things right?
OK, so let's go on to today's phrase.
It's back to the drawing board.
What does it mean?
Well let me show you how we don't use it first.
OK, so if I say to Taro,
and Taro and I are working together on a project.
We have a budget. It needs to be approved by the executives.
And I say, Taro, did the executives approve our budget?
Did they say yes? And he says, No,
we have to make the plan one more time.
We have to start from the beginning one more time.
OK, which is OK. It's a perfectly... It's a perfect phrase.
You know make the plan one more time.
But to give it a more natural feel,
to use this business idiom, you could use this instead.
So if I say, Taro, did the executives approve our budget?
Did they say yes?
And he says, No, it's back to the drawing board.
And he kinda says it in a funny way, you know,
No, it's back to the drawing board.
We have to start over from the beginning again.
Back to the drawing board. We start from stage one.
OK, great phrase, we hear it a lot in the office workplace
if there are non-Japanese working with you.
OK, let's look at pronunciation. It's no with a pause,
and it's back to the, back to the drawing board.
OK, no, it's back to the drawing board.
And you could kinda say it with a little giggle,
with a little laugh. No, it's back to the drawing board.
OK, so you try.
One more time.
No, it's back to the drawing board.
OK, let's try it with my question.
Did the executives approve our budget?
Oh, back to the drawing board again.
OK, just like that.
OK, so for homework.
When did you have to go back to the drawing board?
OK, I... because sometimes we have to start from the
beginning again because we made some kind of mistake.
You tell me your experience,
when did you have you have to go back to the drawing board?
OK, so I look forward to seeing you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
