2015.04.27
Tip 143 ”a lost cause” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第143弾は、”a lost cause” です。
新たな取り組み、プロジェクトなど、うまくいかないことってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“How’s the new system?”「新しいシステム、どう？」と聞きました。
「見込みなし。もう諦めたよ。」と伝えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“It is too bad. I give up.”「悪すぎます。諦めています。」
でも伝わるかもしれませんが、不自然です。
そこで
“It’s a lost cause. I’ve given up.”「見込みなし。もう諦めたよ。」
と言ってみましょう。よく使われる自然な表現です。
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series.
And today's idiom is a lost
cause. What is a lost cause?
We will find out but first let's do our
test. Okay so I have my revised report.
And I give it to you. And I say how's
my revised report?
Is it better? And you say not
right direction. But there you go.
Hmm,
you're on the right track. Just like that.
I hope you got that. Okay let's go on
to today's idiom, a lost cause. Okay.
So here's what I often hear. So let's
imagine that our company has
some new system. It can be any kind of system.
Okay and the system is having many
problems.
A lot of problems. And I ask Taro, how's
the new system?
And he says oh, it is too bad.
I give up. OK, it is too
bad. I give up. So Taro wants to
say
there is no hope for this system. There's no hope.
Okay no future. So he gives up.
It's a little bit strange. It is too bad.
I give up. Okay so what's a more natural
way
to say this? Like this. So I say
Taro how's the new system? And he
says
it's a lost cause. I've given up.
Very natural, a lost cause.
So a lost cause is something or
it could be someone that has no hope.
We can't improve it. Okay so we give up.
That's a lost cause. Okay so
let's practice pronunciation. So it's
it's a lost cause. It's not lost
cause. But it's a lost cause. I've
given up. I've given up. It's a lost
cause.
I've given up. You try.
Good okay with my question. How's the new system.
Oh, really? That's too bad.
Just like that. Okay so for homework,
I'm going to ask you next time. How's the
new system?
And you say not it's too bad but
it's a lost cause. I've given up.
Please remember this and we will see you
next time.
Thank you.
words and phrases video series.
And today's idiom is a lost
cause. What is a lost cause?
We will find out but first let's do our
test. Okay so I have my revised report.
And I give it to you. And I say how's
my revised report?
Is it better? And you say not
right direction. But there you go.
Hmm,
you're on the right track. Just like that.
I hope you got that. Okay let's go on
to today's idiom, a lost cause. Okay.
So here's what I often hear. So let's
imagine that our company has
some new system. It can be any kind of system.
Okay and the system is having many
problems.
A lot of problems. And I ask Taro, how's
the new system?
And he says oh, it is too bad.
I give up. OK, it is too
bad. I give up. So Taro wants to
say
there is no hope for this system. There's no hope.
Okay no future. So he gives up.
It's a little bit strange. It is too bad.
I give up. Okay so what's a more natural
way
to say this? Like this. So I say
Taro how's the new system? And he
says
it's a lost cause. I've given up.
Very natural, a lost cause.
So a lost cause is something or
it could be someone that has no hope.
We can't improve it. Okay so we give up.
That's a lost cause. Okay so
let's practice pronunciation. So it's
it's a lost cause. It's not lost
cause. But it's a lost cause. I've
given up. I've given up. It's a lost
cause.
I've given up. You try.
Good okay with my question. How's the new system.
Oh, really? That's too bad.
Just like that. Okay so for homework,
I'm going to ask you next time. How's the
new system?
And you say not it's too bad but
it's a lost cause. I've given up.
Please remember this and we will see you
next time.
Thank you.
