2013.10.28
Tip 64 ”There’s no telling…” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第64弾は、”There’s no telling…” です。
予想もつかないような質問をされた際に、どう受け答えすればナチュラルな表現になるのでしょうか？
例えば同僚から、
“Who will be transferred overseas next?” 「次に海外赴任するのは誰だろうね？」
と言われた際に「全く予想することができないよ。」と答えたい場合、あなたならどう言いますか？
直訳したような形で答えようとすると
“It is impossible to guess who will be transferred.”
といった言い方になるかもしれません。
文法も正しいですし、特に間違った言い方ではありません。
でも、ナチュラルな表現とはいえません。
こんな時には、”There’s no telling…” ＝ 「～について予想がつかない（何とも言えない）」
という意味のフレーズをつかって、
“There’s no telling who will be transferred.”
というようにしましょう。
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
there is not telling.
You could probably understand the individual words,
there's no telling, but what does it mean?
Well, let's find out.
OK, but first we'll do our usual test.
What did you hear through the grapevine?
Remember in a company, the grapevine
is all the gossip that's going around.
What did you hear through the grapevine?
You tell me.
OK, I hope you came up with a good answer.
OK, let's go on to today's phrase.
There's not telling, OK what does it mean?
Well, here's what I often hear.
OK, so if I ask Taro a question, you know Taro,
Who will be transferred overseas next?
You know, Mr. Tanaka was transferred last month.
Who will be transferred overseas next?
And Taro, doesn't know the answer.
He doesn't know.
So he says yeah Hika,
It is impossible to guess who will be transferred.
I don't know. It's OK.
It's a perfect sentence. The grammar is OK.
It's impossible to guess who will be transferred,
It's just it's not natural. It's missing that natural sound that we like.
Yeah, OK so what can you say?
Well you could say this.
If I say, Taro, who will be transferred overseas next?
Do you know?
And he says, yeah Hika,
there's not telling who will be transferred.
There is not telling who will be transferred.
Right, I guess you're right, yeah just like that.
Same meaning, it's just impossible to guess.
OK, there's no telling.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation.
There'sno telling, there'sno.
There'sno telling who will be transferred.
You try.
OK, with my question.
Who will be transferred overseas next?
OK, were you able to get that?
I hope so, OK.
For homework, I'm gonna ask you the same question.
I'll say who will be transferred overseas next?
And you just say,
Hika, there's no telling who will be transferred next.
Just like that, OK.
We'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is
there is not telling.
You could probably understand the individual words,
there's no telling, but what does it mean?
Well, let's find out.
OK, but first we'll do our usual test.
What did you hear through the grapevine?
Remember in a company, the grapevine
is all the gossip that's going around.
What did you hear through the grapevine?
You tell me.
OK, I hope you came up with a good answer.
OK, let's go on to today's phrase.
There's not telling, OK what does it mean?
Well, here's what I often hear.
OK, so if I ask Taro a question, you know Taro,
Who will be transferred overseas next?
You know, Mr. Tanaka was transferred last month.
Who will be transferred overseas next?
And Taro, doesn't know the answer.
He doesn't know.
So he says yeah Hika,
It is impossible to guess who will be transferred.
I don't know. It's OK.
It's a perfect sentence. The grammar is OK.
It's impossible to guess who will be transferred,
It's just it's not natural. It's missing that natural sound that we like.
Yeah, OK so what can you say?
Well you could say this.
If I say, Taro, who will be transferred overseas next?
Do you know?
And he says, yeah Hika,
there's not telling who will be transferred.
There is not telling who will be transferred.
Right, I guess you're right, yeah just like that.
Same meaning, it's just impossible to guess.
OK, there's no telling.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation.
There'sno telling, there'sno.
There'sno telling who will be transferred.
You try.
OK, with my question.
Who will be transferred overseas next?
OK, were you able to get that?
I hope so, OK.
For homework, I'm gonna ask you the same question.
I'll say who will be transferred overseas next?
And you just say,
Hika, there's no telling who will be transferred next.
Just like that, OK.
We'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
