2014.03.31
Tip 86 ”After you.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第86弾は、”After you” です。
「お先にどうぞ」と相手に先を譲る、こういった相手を気遣う行為は、
欧米ではマナーとして考えられ、ビジネスの場でも非常に大切なことです。
例えば、朝、出社し、会社の入口でばったり出会った同僚と、
“Good morning.”
と挨拶を交わした後で、入口の扉を押さえて「お先にどうぞ」と先を譲ろうとした場合、
あなたなら何と言いますか？
“Good morning. Please go first.”
シンプルで分かり易く、間違いもありませんが、これでは「先を譲られた」というよりは
「先に行くようにお願いされた」という印象を受けるかもしれません。
こんな時はぜひ、
“Good morning. After you.” と言ってみてください。
ビジネスの場でもよく使われる非常にナチュラルなフレーズです。
この表現をぜひ覚えておいてくださいね。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is after you.
Maybe a lot of you know this you know.
If you work with non-Japanese with foreigners,
they they use this a lot.
But if not, well we'll learn this today.
But first, let's do our little test.
So what's another example of
comparing apples to oranges?
Do you have a good example?
Two completely different things you can't compare.
What's another example?
OK.
OK. So after you.
What does this mean?
OK, well let's imagine,
that Taro and I, we're colleagues OK.
And you know, we come to the office
and there's a door OK.
And Taro opens the door OK. And we're both
about to go in together.
I say, hey good morning Taro. And he says,
hey good morning, Hika. Ah please, please go first.
Oh OK, well thank you. Then I'll go.
Simple.
Good morning, Hika. Please go first.
Yeah he's a gentleman. Nothing's wrong with that.
But please go first,
that's not how a gentleman speaks.
OK, it's just a little bit strange.
So, how could we polish this, a little bit?
OK this is what you should say. So if I say,
hey good morning, We're at the door.
Taro opens the door and he says,
Good morning, Hika. After you.
Oh thank you, then I'll go in.
Very natural. Very polite.
Sounds good. After you.
Yeah, very simple right? OK.
And you know, if there are a lot of people,
You could just say, after you, after you.
And ah you know, if a close friend comes, you know.
You could say, oh not you, after me. And then you go first.
Great joke. But only do it with people
you know very well OK. After me.
OK. So let's look at pronunciation.
If I say, so good morning Hika, after you.
Very simple. Yeah good morning, Hika.
After you. OK, you try.
OK let's try it with my sentence.
Hey, good morning.
Oh, thank you.
Perfect. Did you get that? OK.
So for homework, next time that I see you,
I'm gonna say, hey good morning.
I won't call you Taro, just hey good morning.
And you say, good morning Hika. After you. OK.
All right. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is after you.
Maybe a lot of you know this you know.
If you work with non-Japanese with foreigners,
they they use this a lot.
But if not, well we'll learn this today.
But first, let's do our little test.
So what's another example of
comparing apples to oranges?
Do you have a good example?
Two completely different things you can't compare.
What's another example?
OK.
OK. So after you.
What does this mean?
OK, well let's imagine,
that Taro and I, we're colleagues OK.
And you know, we come to the office
and there's a door OK.
And Taro opens the door OK. And we're both
about to go in together.
I say, hey good morning Taro. And he says,
hey good morning, Hika. Ah please, please go first.
Oh OK, well thank you. Then I'll go.
Simple.
Good morning, Hika. Please go first.
Yeah he's a gentleman. Nothing's wrong with that.
But please go first,
that's not how a gentleman speaks.
OK, it's just a little bit strange.
So, how could we polish this, a little bit?
OK this is what you should say. So if I say,
hey good morning, We're at the door.
Taro opens the door and he says,
Good morning, Hika. After you.
Oh thank you, then I'll go in.
Very natural. Very polite.
Sounds good. After you.
Yeah, very simple right? OK.
And you know, if there are a lot of people,
You could just say, after you, after you.
And ah you know, if a close friend comes, you know.
You could say, oh not you, after me. And then you go first.
Great joke. But only do it with people
you know very well OK. After me.
OK. So let's look at pronunciation.
If I say, so good morning Hika, after you.
Very simple. Yeah good morning, Hika.
After you. OK, you try.
OK let's try it with my sentence.
Hey, good morning.
Oh, thank you.
Perfect. Did you get that? OK.
So for homework, next time that I see you,
I'm gonna say, hey good morning.
I won't call you Taro, just hey good morning.
And you say, good morning Hika. After you. OK.
All right. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
