2013.08.05
Tip 50 ”Let’s call it a day.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第50弾は、”Let’s call it a day.” です。
ミーティングを終わらせたいときに、使える表現です。
例えば、一緒にミーティングをしているメンバーから
“Shall we move on to the next point?” 「次のポイントに進みましょうか？」
と言われた際に「もう切り上げましょう。」と伝えたい場合、あなたならどう言いますか。
多くの日本人は、
“Let’s stop our meeting.”
などと言ってしまうかもしれません。
もちろんこれでも意味は伝わるのですが、突然このように伝えると相手から「何か怒っているのかな？」
と少し不安な気持ちにさせてしまう可能性もあるのですね。
このような場面では、
“Let’s call it a day.” 「今日はここまでにしましょう。」
と伝えてください
すごくナチュラルな表現になります！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is let's call it a day.
Let's call it a day, such a natural expression.
We use it all the time.
What does it mean?
Let's find out.
But first, let's do our test.
Tell me someone who stands out in your company.
There's always one.
Who's that person that everyone notices?
Because of his charisma, because of his leadership,
because of his fashion, I don't know, they stand out.
OK, do you stand out?
OK, all right.
So let's call it a day.
What does this mean?
OK, so if we're in a meeting, it's one of those
meeting phrases you could use to end the meeting.
So imagine we're in this long meeting, it's been 2-3 hours.
Everyone is getting tired and I say,
Taro, shall we move on to the next point?
And Taro says, let's stop our meeting.
Everyone's like what, stop our meeting already?
It's OK? OK great and we go home.
OK, so he stop the meeting which is good, everyone's happy,
but it was just all of a sudden. Let's stop our meeting.
Is he angry, is he you know, what's the problem?
OK, so it doesn't have that natural sound.
So how do we finish the meeting or anything,
the day, how do we finish the day?
Well, you could use this expression.
So If I say to Taro, shall we move on to the next point?
And he says, ah let's call it a day,
and everyone's like yes... because we worked really hard,
and everyone's tired so let's end today.
That's let's call it a day.
Yeah, we want to finish the day.
OK, very natural expression, very soft.
It's used in business, It's used in general situations.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
And it's let's callita, see that?
callita, let's callita day. You try.
One more time,
Let's callita day.
OK, with my question now.
Shall we move on to the next point?
Good idea, yeah, let's call it a day.
OK, I hope you were able to do that.
OK, for homework next time we meet,
I'm... we're gonna imagine we're having a long day.
And I say, shall we move on to the next point?
And you say, yeah, let's call it a day.
OK, so practice that a few times at home.
Let's call it a day, let's call it a day.
And use it next time we meet.
OK, we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is let's call it a day.
Let's call it a day, such a natural expression.
We use it all the time.
What does it mean?
Let's find out.
But first, let's do our test.
Tell me someone who stands out in your company.
There's always one.
Who's that person that everyone notices?
Because of his charisma, because of his leadership,
because of his fashion, I don't know, they stand out.
OK, do you stand out?
OK, all right.
So let's call it a day.
What does this mean?
OK, so if we're in a meeting, it's one of those
meeting phrases you could use to end the meeting.
So imagine we're in this long meeting, it's been 2-3 hours.
Everyone is getting tired and I say,
Taro, shall we move on to the next point?
And Taro says, let's stop our meeting.
Everyone's like what, stop our meeting already?
It's OK? OK great and we go home.
OK, so he stop the meeting which is good, everyone's happy,
but it was just all of a sudden. Let's stop our meeting.
Is he angry, is he you know, what's the problem?
OK, so it doesn't have that natural sound.
So how do we finish the meeting or anything,
the day, how do we finish the day?
Well, you could use this expression.
So If I say to Taro, shall we move on to the next point?
And he says, ah let's call it a day,
and everyone's like yes... because we worked really hard,
and everyone's tired so let's end today.
That's let's call it a day.
Yeah, we want to finish the day.
OK, very natural expression, very soft.
It's used in business, It's used in general situations.
OK, let's look at pronunciation.
And it's let's callita, see that?
callita, let's callita day. You try.
One more time,
Let's callita day.
OK, with my question now.
Shall we move on to the next point?
Good idea, yeah, let's call it a day.
OK, I hope you were able to do that.
OK, for homework next time we meet,
I'm... we're gonna imagine we're having a long day.
And I say, shall we move on to the next point?
And you say, yeah, let's call it a day.
OK, so practice that a few times at home.
Let's call it a day, let's call it a day.
And use it next time we meet.
OK, we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
