2020.03.13
“Shift into High Gear”の意味と使い方 Bizmates 初級ビジネス英会話 Point 335
Shift into high gear ってどういう意味？
Shift into high gear は、車の「ギアを上げる」から転じて「（活動などを）本格化する」「加速する」「本腰を入れる」という意味の英語表現です。
Shift into high gear ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: The deadline is next week!
You: We need to shift into high gear!
Justin: 期限は来週です！
You: 本腰を入れる必要がありますね。
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Hello everyone! Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
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video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
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expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation.
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This week everyone let's learn:
Shift Into High Gear.
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Alright, so anyone who is a fan of cars
or driving, probably can guess what this
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means. But let's find out what it means
in more detail a bit later. But first
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let's do a quick review of last week's
class. Alright everyone, so imagine I ask
0:00:33.450,0:00:40.469
you: How are the new recruits? And well
they're a little bit difficult to
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control. Maybe they have too much energy
or something. So how do you say that
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using the expression from last week?
You've got five seconds. Are you ready? Okay go!
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Alright and time is up. If you
said: Well, they are a handful! Then that's
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exactly right. Good job everyone! And
thank you for remembering last week's
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class. Okay, let's move on to: Shift Into
High Gear. Now this is what I sometimes
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hear. Okay, so Taro, my good colleague and friend,
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we are working on a project. But
the deadline is coming soon. In fact, I
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say: Taro, the deadline is next week! So we
don't have much time.
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Taro says: That's right, so we need to
pace up! Pace up, okay so I've heard this
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a few times and the first time I heard
it, I wasn't exactly sure about the
0:01:41.070,0:01:46.290
meaning. But now I understand it means to
speed up. Now this is okay, but you might
0:01:46.290,0:01:53.340
hear a native English speaker say: We
need to shift into high gear! So okay, for
0:01:53.340,0:01:59.250
those of you who don't really know much
about cars or driving you have low gear.
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Okay? And this will maybe mean lower
speeds, in some cases and you have high
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gear so when you shift into high gear,
you can go quicker, you can go faster.
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Alright? So you can say shift into high gear.
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You can even use a different verb. You
can say: We need to get into high gear, or
0:02:18.290,0:02:23.840
we you can say: we need to move into high
gear. There are a few options but shift
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into high gear is the one that I've
heard most commonly used. Okay? So we need
0:02:29.599,0:02:34.420
to speed up, we need to work more quickly,
we need to shift into high gear. Okay?
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Alright so pronunciation please repeat
after me everyone: Shift into high gear.
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Shift into high gear. Okay your turn.
Please try good.
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Okay, now please after the sentence here: So the deadline is next week! What should we do? You say:
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Yep, we need to shift into high gear.
Okay? So please remember this for next time.
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Okay, our bonus question is another way to
say: Can I get some more information from you?
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You know? Okay, so you're asking someone
maybe for advice or something and you
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want to know the information that is
inside their head. So you want to... Okay!
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I hope you know what the answer is. If not,
we covered it in one of our previous
0:03:26.299,0:03:31.310
video lesson so take a look if you have
the time. Okay? Alright everyone, so that is
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it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching! Take care everyone and I'll see you
0:03:36.260,0:03:37.820
next time. Bye bye!
Hello everyone! Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:03.959,0:00:08.130
video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:08.130,0:00:12.599
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation.
0:00:12.599,0:00:17.010
This week everyone let's learn:
Shift Into High Gear.
0:00:17.010,0:00:23.189
Alright, so anyone who is a fan of cars
or driving, probably can guess what this
0:00:23.189,0:00:28.109
means. But let's find out what it means
in more detail a bit later. But first
0:00:28.109,0:00:33.450
let's do a quick review of last week's
class. Alright everyone, so imagine I ask
0:00:33.450,0:00:40.469
you: How are the new recruits? And well
they're a little bit difficult to
0:00:40.469,0:00:45.719
control. Maybe they have too much energy
or something. So how do you say that
0:00:45.720,0:00:50.940
using the expression from last week?
You've got five seconds. Are you ready? Okay go!
0:00:56.320,0:01:01.340
Alright and time is up. If you
said: Well, they are a handful! Then that's
0:01:01.350,0:01:04.949
exactly right. Good job everyone! And
thank you for remembering last week's
0:01:04.949,0:01:11.310
class. Okay, let's move on to: Shift Into
High Gear. Now this is what I sometimes
0:01:11.310,0:01:15.270
hear. Okay, so Taro, my good colleague and friend,
0:01:15.270,0:01:21.750
we are working on a project. But
the deadline is coming soon. In fact, I
0:01:21.750,0:01:27.450
say: Taro, the deadline is next week! So we
don't have much time.
0:01:27.450,0:01:34.200
Taro says: That's right, so we need to
pace up! Pace up, okay so I've heard this
0:01:34.200,0:01:41.070
a few times and the first time I heard
it, I wasn't exactly sure about the
0:01:41.070,0:01:46.290
meaning. But now I understand it means to
speed up. Now this is okay, but you might
0:01:46.290,0:01:53.340
hear a native English speaker say: We
need to shift into high gear! So okay, for
0:01:53.340,0:01:59.250
those of you who don't really know much
about cars or driving you have low gear.
0:01:59.250,0:02:04.110
Okay? And this will maybe mean lower
speeds, in some cases and you have high
0:02:04.110,0:02:09.360
gear so when you shift into high gear,
you can go quicker, you can go faster.
0:02:09.360,0:02:13.310
Alright? So you can say shift into high gear.
0:02:13.310,0:02:18.290
You can even use a different verb. You
can say: We need to get into high gear, or
0:02:18.290,0:02:23.840
we you can say: we need to move into high
gear. There are a few options but shift
0:02:23.840,0:02:29.599
into high gear is the one that I've
heard most commonly used. Okay? So we need
0:02:29.599,0:02:34.420
to speed up, we need to work more quickly,
we need to shift into high gear. Okay?
0:02:34.420,0:02:41.260
Alright so pronunciation please repeat
after me everyone: Shift into high gear.
0:02:41.260,0:02:45.860
Shift into high gear. Okay your turn.
Please try good.
0:02:48.800,0:02:55.440
Okay, now please after the sentence here: So the deadline is next week! What should we do? You say:
0:02:58.000,0:03:03.019
Yep, we need to shift into high gear.
Okay? So please remember this for next time.
0:03:03.019,0:03:08.930
Okay, our bonus question is another way to
say: Can I get some more information from you?
0:03:08.930,0:03:15.230
You know? Okay, so you're asking someone
maybe for advice or something and you
0:03:15.230,0:03:22.070
want to know the information that is
inside their head. So you want to... Okay!
0:03:22.070,0:03:26.299
I hope you know what the answer is. If not,
we covered it in one of our previous
0:03:26.299,0:03:31.310
video lesson so take a look if you have
the time. Okay? Alright everyone, so that is
0:03:31.310,0:03:36.260
it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching! Take care everyone and I'll see you
0:03:36.260,0:03:37.820
next time. Bye bye!
