2014.06.23
Tip 98 “jot it down” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第98弾は、”jot it down” です。
電話番号やメールアドレスを聞く場合、口頭でのやり取りは結構大変ですよね。
例えば、電話番号が新しくなった同僚から、
“My new number is 090…”
と、言われた際に、「ちょっと紙に書いてくれない？」とメモをお願いするときに、
あなたなら何と言いますか？
“Can you write it on a piece of paper?”
この言い方は間違いではないのですが、少々長いですよね。
こんな場面では、
“Can you jot it down?”
を使ってみましょう。「ちょっと書いて」という、とても簡潔な表現です。
ぜひビデオで発音もチェックしてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a really natural phrase that we use.
Jot it down. Jot it down.
Maybe a lot of you haven't heard of this before.
It's a little bit kinda slang but it's often used in in business.
OK, let me show you.
But first, let's do our test.
OK. So I'm gonna say, yeah
I'm not sure if I can come to the party tonight.
And you can't catch it so you say...
Come again? That's right.
Did you get that? Come again?
OK. So let's go on to today's phrase.
Jot it down. Jot it down.
OK. So let's imagine that I've got a new phone,
a new cellphone and I'm gonna tell Taro the number.
And I say,
hey Taro my new number is 090...
And he says,
can you write it on a piece of paper?
OK, I'm sorry. Yeah I'll write it on a piece of paper,
which is a perfectly normal phrase.
Can you write it on a piece of paper?
It's a little bit long. OK.
If you wanna say this a little bit more naturally,
a little bit shorter. You could say this.
OK. So Taro, my new cellphone,
my new number is 090...
And he says,
oh can you jot it down?
Oh yeah yeah sure, I'll write it down.
Here you go.
Just like that. Can you jot it down?
Instead of can you write it on a piece of paper.
Simple. OK.
OK. So let's look at pronunciation.
So it's can you jotit, jotit down.
Can you jotit down? You try.
One more time.
Can you jotit down?
Let's try it with my sentence.
I've got a new phone. My new number is 090...
Oh yeah yeah sure, I'll write it down.
Here you go.
Just like that. Can you jot it down?
OK, so let's remember that.
And for homework,
I'm gonna show you my new phone
and I'm gonna say,
my new number is 090...
And you say, oh can you jot it down?
Because I'm gonna forget.
OK, so please try that and
we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a really natural phrase that we use.
Jot it down. Jot it down.
Maybe a lot of you haven't heard of this before.
It's a little bit kinda slang but it's often used in in business.
OK, let me show you.
But first, let's do our test.
OK. So I'm gonna say, yeah
I'm not sure if I can come to the party tonight.
And you can't catch it so you say...
Come again? That's right.
Did you get that? Come again?
OK. So let's go on to today's phrase.
Jot it down. Jot it down.
OK. So let's imagine that I've got a new phone,
a new cellphone and I'm gonna tell Taro the number.
And I say,
hey Taro my new number is 090...
And he says,
can you write it on a piece of paper?
OK, I'm sorry. Yeah I'll write it on a piece of paper,
which is a perfectly normal phrase.
Can you write it on a piece of paper?
It's a little bit long. OK.
If you wanna say this a little bit more naturally,
a little bit shorter. You could say this.
OK. So Taro, my new cellphone,
my new number is 090...
And he says,
oh can you jot it down?
Oh yeah yeah sure, I'll write it down.
Here you go.
Just like that. Can you jot it down?
Instead of can you write it on a piece of paper.
Simple. OK.
OK. So let's look at pronunciation.
So it's can you jotit, jotit down.
Can you jotit down? You try.
One more time.
Can you jotit down?
Let's try it with my sentence.
I've got a new phone. My new number is 090...
Oh yeah yeah sure, I'll write it down.
Here you go.
Just like that. Can you jot it down?
OK, so let's remember that.
And for homework,
I'm gonna show you my new phone
and I'm gonna say,
my new number is 090...
And you say, oh can you jot it down?
Because I'm gonna forget.
OK, so please try that and
we'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
