Tip 218 ”I beg to differ” 無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第218弾は、”I beg to differ” です。

ビジネス場面で相手と意見が分かれてしまう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ご紹介します。

“I think the yen is going to get stronger. ”
「円が強くなってきているよね。」

とヒカは同僚タロウに言いました。

「僕はそうは思わないな。」

と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか?

“You’re wrong.”

この言い方では、相手に対してとても失礼でし、ビジネスシーンでは
もう少し丁寧な言い方をしたいですよね。

そこで
“Well, Hika, I beg to differ.”

と言ってみましょう。

むやみに相手と対立するのではなく、相手を尊重しつつも自分の意見は違う、
ということを伝えることができます。

※I beg to differ:「失礼ですが同意できません」「お言葉を返すようですが私は違う考えです」

発音もビデオでチェック!
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hey, everyone! Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series

and today's phrase is
I beg to differ.

Well, you know "differ," "different," and "beg..."
please, please, please...

So what happens when
we put these two words together?

I beg to differ.

OK, well first let's do our review test.
So last time I asked you this:

Tell me about a time that you were out
of line at work

We've all done it before. We kind of, you know,
go beyond the rules.

We might bend a rule or break a rule,
and get in trouble

Tell me about that time, okay?
Five seconds. Go!

I see. Bad boy

We've all done it, right? And our boss
kind of puts us back in line.

OK, so please remember that idiom
be out of line.

OK, so let's go on to today's phrase
I beg to differ.

Now here's what I sometimes hear:

OK, so let's imagine I'm making a comment
and giving my opinion and I say:

I think the yen is going to get stronger.
You know, the yen is strong now

well I think it's going to get stronger.
And Taro says:

You're wrong.

It'll get weaker. OK, now this actually
happened at my office, so i'm using it as

an example where I make a comment and
someone says "Hika, you're wrong."

OK, if you disagree with me

it's OK, you know, you say
You know, I disagree. I think this...

But to tell somebody that they are wrong. "You're wrong."

That's not good. That's rude, right?

so we don't want to tell somebody that
they are wrong

when they're just expressing their opinion.
So a better way to do this is like this,

so if I say:
You know I think the yen is going to get stronger.

Yeah, I think so.
And Taro says:

Well, Hika, I beg to differ.
I think...

Perfectly fine. It's not rude.

Taro just disagrees with me. Cool.

OK, so let's remember that phrase.
If someone makes a comment like an opinion

and you disagree you could say
Well, I big to differ.

Okay? Kind of a polite way to disagree.
OK, pronunciation it's not "I be-GG to

differ" but it's I be(g) to differ.
That G is really, really soft.

I beg to differ. I beg to differ.
Alright, you try...

Good. OK, with my sentence:

So I think the yen is going to get stronger.

OK, you think so. I see.
Perfect.

OK, so for homework next time I will say:
I think the yen is going to get stronger

and you just say...

I beg to differ.

OK, please remember that and we will
see you next time. Thank you.

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