2013.08.12
Tip 52 ”full of energy” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第52弾は、”full of energy” です。
「張り切っている」状態を伝えたい際に使えるフレーズです。
例えば、
“I’m excited about the launch of our new product.” 「新製品発売でワクワクしています。」
と興奮気味に話す人に対し「今日はとても張り切っているね。」と伝えたい場合、あなたならどういいますか？
日本人は「ハイテンション」という言葉をよく使うので、英語でも
“You have high tension today.”
と言う人がいます。
でもこの “high tension” はジャパニーズイングリッシュなので、
ネイティブは意味を理解することができません。
こんな時には、”full of energy” をつかって、
“You’re just full of energy today.”
と言いましょう。
ぜひ覚えておいてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is full of energy.
I like this one. Energy, it's such a positive word.
Full is such a positive word.
Full of energy, OK what does it mean?
You could probably imagine, right?
OK but first let's do our test.
Tell me something bad that happened that was inevitable.
You couldn't avoid it. Tell me your story.
OK, I hope you came up with a good example.
OK, an inevitable situation.
OK, now let's go to today's phrase.
Full of energy.
Yes, great phrase,
but this is what I often hear.
You know if I'm really excited and this is true about me,
I'm always full of energy so I say,
I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
Yes, yes, it's coming.
And Taro says, You have high tension today.
It's like what? I have high tension?
Tension, what do you mean?
To be honest, I can't understand this.
High tension. OK people won't understand.
It's Japanese English.
Your tension is very high, yeah OK.
So we should say this instead.
If I say, I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
It's coming soon.
And he says, wow you're just full of energy today.
Great phrase, OK.
Not tension, skip that.
You're just full of energy today, OK.
Let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not you're just full of...
It's your just fullof with the t silent,
it's fullof, you're jus fullof energy today.
You could say that with kind of a half laugh.
OK, you're jus fullof energy today.
Which means control your energy.
Calm down Hika, OK.
So let's practice pronunciation.
You're jus fullof energy today.
One more time.
You're jus fullof energy today.
OK, let's try it with my phrase.
I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
Yeah, of course I'm excited.
OK, just like that.
OK, for homework,
maybe you're not... you're more of a quiet person,
but tell me when are you full of energy?
Sure, maybe on a Friday night you're full of energy?
And then on Monday night you become you know, no energy.
I don't know, tell me you story in the next lesson.
When are you full of energy?
OK, thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is full of energy.
I like this one. Energy, it's such a positive word.
Full is such a positive word.
Full of energy, OK what does it mean?
You could probably imagine, right?
OK but first let's do our test.
Tell me something bad that happened that was inevitable.
You couldn't avoid it. Tell me your story.
OK, I hope you came up with a good example.
OK, an inevitable situation.
OK, now let's go to today's phrase.
Full of energy.
Yes, great phrase,
but this is what I often hear.
You know if I'm really excited and this is true about me,
I'm always full of energy so I say,
I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
Yes, yes, it's coming.
And Taro says, You have high tension today.
It's like what? I have high tension?
Tension, what do you mean?
To be honest, I can't understand this.
High tension. OK people won't understand.
It's Japanese English.
Your tension is very high, yeah OK.
So we should say this instead.
If I say, I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
It's coming soon.
And he says, wow you're just full of energy today.
Great phrase, OK.
Not tension, skip that.
You're just full of energy today, OK.
Let's look at pronunciation.
So it's not you're just full of...
It's your just fullof with the t silent,
it's fullof, you're jus fullof energy today.
You could say that with kind of a half laugh.
OK, you're jus fullof energy today.
Which means control your energy.
Calm down Hika, OK.
So let's practice pronunciation.
You're jus fullof energy today.
One more time.
You're jus fullof energy today.
OK, let's try it with my phrase.
I'm excited about the launch of our new product.
Yeah, of course I'm excited.
OK, just like that.
OK, for homework,
maybe you're not... you're more of a quiet person,
but tell me when are you full of energy?
Sure, maybe on a Friday night you're full of energy?
And then on Monday night you become you know, no energy.
I don't know, tell me you story in the next lesson.
When are you full of energy?
OK, thank you.
