Tip 75 ”I have mixed feelings about this.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第75弾は、”I have mixed feelings about this.” です。

相反する感情が入り混じった複雑な心境ってありますよね。

例えば、昇進したあなたに対して同僚から、
“Are you happy about new position?” 「新しい役職につけて幸せ？」
と質問され、「幸せな面もあればそうでない面もあるし、複雑な心境だね」
と伝えたい場合、あなたならどう言いますか？

よい表現が思い浮かばないと、

“I have both happy and unhappy feeling.”
といった言い方になってしまうかもしれませんが、これだと少し不自然な英語に聞こえてしまいます。

こんな際には、”have mixed feelings” ＝「複雑な心境である」
という意味のフレーズをつかって

“I have mixed feelings about this.”
と言うと、とてもナチュラルな表現になります。

ぜひこちらの表現を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 a really useful one.
I have mixed feelings about this.

Our feelings are mixed.
What does it mean?

Maybe you've kinda imagine.
Well, let's find out in just a minute.

But first, let's do our usual test.
What drives you crazy?

OK? Who or who drives you crazy?
Your boss? Your colleague?

Some computer program?
This project that you're working on?

Some global project that you're working on?
It drives you crazy. You tell me.

OK, I hope you had a good example.
OK, now we're gonna go on to this phrase.

I have mixed feelings about this.
What does it mean?

Well here's what I often hear.
OK, so let's imagine that Taro

got promoted. He got his new position.
Or he got his new responsibility.

And I say, so, Taro, are you happy about
your new position? Are you happy?

And he says, yeah
I have ah both happy and unhappy feeling.

Happy and unhappy feel Oh OK,OK. So some parts you're happy about;
some parts you're not happy about.

OK, I get it. I get it.
Doesn't sound very natural OK.

And you know, this is a useful phrase because
there are many things that were not

hundred percent positive about
or a hundred percent negative about.

So we have both feelings
happy and unhappy.

And that's when we use this phrase.
So, are you happy about your new position?

And he says, yeah
I have mixed feelings about this.

OK, yeah of course, you know we have
mixed feelings about everything.

Yeah, really natural phrase.
And I might say so,

So what's good about this?
What's bad about this?

OK, so you could use it in a lot of places.
Let's look at pronunciation.

I have, it's not mixed but it's
I have mixed feelingsabout. I have mixed feelingsabout this.

I have mixed feelingsabout this
You try.

I have mixed feelingsabout this.

OK, were you able to get that?
Mixed feelings.

So now, tell me, what do you have
mixed feelings about?

Happy feelings and not so happy feelings
about something.

What do you have mixed feelings about?
You tell me in the next lesson cause I wanna know.

OK. Thank you.