2014.04.28
Tip 90 “Let me give you a hand with that.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第90弾は、”Let me give you a hand with that.” です。
困っている人を見かけたらぜひ一声かけて手伝いたいところですが、
その時の声のかけ方を誤って、逆に相手に不快な思いをさせてしまう、
なんてこともありますよね。
例えば、
“Oh boy, this box is heavy.”
「まったく、この箱は重いなぁ」と、あなたの同僚が困っているところを見かけ、
「よし、手伝うよ」と声をかけたい場合に、あなたなら何と言いますか？
“I will help you.”
特に間違った言い方ではないのですが、”will” を使ったこの言い方だと、
少々「上から目線」な印象を与えてしまい、相手に不快に思われてしまうこともあるんです。
もちろんトーンを変えれば、冗談っぽくも聞こえますが、
こういう場合に使えるもっといい表現があります。
こんな時はぜひ、
“Let me give you a hand with that.”
を使ってみてください。
とてもナチュラルな表現で、相手もきっと、快くあなたの提案を受け入れてくれるはずです。
こ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 little bit long.
Let me give you a hand with that.
Have you ever heard that phrase before
give someone a hand?
Yeah, it means to help them. But we use it like this.
Let me give you hand with that.
OK. So let's learn this today.
But first, let's do our test.
I'm gonna say, hey,
don't you have a meeting now?
And you're surprised.
What do you say?
Oh my goodness! That's why you don't say oh my Ga,
you don't wanna say that other word.
OK, just oh my goodness.
OK. I hope you got that.
OK. So let's go on to today's phrase.
Let me give you a hand with that.
What does this mean?
OK. So here's what I often hear.
OK, if a there's a big box and I have to carry it.
And I say, oh boy. This box is so heavy.
And Taro says, I will help you.
Hmm, OK. Which is OK. He's being polite.
But, I will help you. It sounds like, hey
I will help you. I have decided to help you.
You know it's, it's sounds like top-down kind of.
I don't have to do this but yeah I will help you.
Well it doesn't make me feel good. And I'll say,
no, it's okay. I'll do it myself yeah.
So, let's not use this I will help you.
Unless you say, I'll help you. Ah I'll help you.
If he changed the tone a little bit
and make it I'll, then it's okay.
But a more natural style is this one.
So if I have a big box and I say, oh boy this box is heavy.
You can say, hey let me give you hand with that.
Just like that.
Let me give you a hand with that. Great phrase.
It's friendly, doesn't sound top-down.
OK. And the pronunciation.
We got a lot of little words that we put together.
So it's not let me but it's leme.
Leme giveya,
Leme giveya ahand with that. It's not that.
But, leme giveya ahand with tha. You try.
One more time.
Leme giveya ahand with that.
OK. So with my sentence.
Oh boy, this box is heavy.
OK. Were you able to get that? OK.
So for homework, next time,
I'm gonna say,
oh boy this box is heavy.
And you just say, hey let me give you a hand with that.
But say it in a nice pronunciation.
OK. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a little bit long.
Let me give you a hand with that.
Have you ever heard that phrase before
give someone a hand?
Yeah, it means to help them. But we use it like this.
Let me give you hand with that.
OK. So let's learn this today.
But first, let's do our test.
I'm gonna say, hey,
don't you have a meeting now?
And you're surprised.
What do you say?
Oh my goodness! That's why you don't say oh my Ga,
you don't wanna say that other word.
OK, just oh my goodness.
OK. I hope you got that.
OK. So let's go on to today's phrase.
Let me give you a hand with that.
What does this mean?
OK. So here's what I often hear.
OK, if a there's a big box and I have to carry it.
And I say, oh boy. This box is so heavy.
And Taro says, I will help you.
Hmm, OK. Which is OK. He's being polite.
But, I will help you. It sounds like, hey
I will help you. I have decided to help you.
You know it's, it's sounds like top-down kind of.
I don't have to do this but yeah I will help you.
Well it doesn't make me feel good. And I'll say,
no, it's okay. I'll do it myself yeah.
So, let's not use this I will help you.
Unless you say, I'll help you. Ah I'll help you.
If he changed the tone a little bit
and make it I'll, then it's okay.
But a more natural style is this one.
So if I have a big box and I say, oh boy this box is heavy.
You can say, hey let me give you hand with that.
Just like that.
Let me give you a hand with that. Great phrase.
It's friendly, doesn't sound top-down.
OK. And the pronunciation.
We got a lot of little words that we put together.
So it's not let me but it's leme.
Leme giveya,
Leme giveya ahand with that. It's not that.
But, leme giveya ahand with tha. You try.
One more time.
Leme giveya ahand with that.
OK. So with my sentence.
Oh boy, this box is heavy.
OK. Were you able to get that? OK.
So for homework, next time,
I'm gonna say,
oh boy this box is heavy.
And you just say, hey let me give you a hand with that.
But say it in a nice pronunciation.
OK. So we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
