“Have a change of heart”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 311

Have a change of heart ってどういう意味?

Have a change of heartは、心境に変化があったこと、気が変わったことを表す英語表現です。

 

Have a change of heart ってどういう場面で使うの?

たとえば、職場での会話で:

Justin: I heard you have decided on the  name of our new product!
You: Actually, I had a change of heart. I need more time to think about it.

Justin:新商品の名称が決まったと聞きました!
You: いえ、実は気が変わってしまって、もう少し考えようと思います。

 

Have a change of heart の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ

こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。

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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
introduce 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 to
"have a change of heart".

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Okay. So, to find out what this means and
how to use it, stay tuned. But first, as always,

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let's kick it off with a review
of last week's class. All right, everyone.

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So imagine, I asked you: "So who is going to be the project leader?" and you think

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I should be the project leader. So, how do
you say that using the expression from last week?

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I'll give you 5 seconds to think about it.
Are you ready? Okay, go!

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All right, everyone. And time is up. If you
said: "Actually, I think you should take the wheel on this one."

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Then well done. Good job and thank you for remembering last week's class.

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All right, everyone. Let's move on to

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"have a change of heart"
Now, this is what I sometimes hear. Okay, again,

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I'm talking to my good friend and
colleague, Taro, and I say:

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"Taro, I hear you decided on the name of our new product."

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So, we are creating and launching a new product soon.

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So, Taro, as the project leader, he has decided on the name of the product.

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But Taro says: "Well actually, I changed my mind. I changed my decision.

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and I need more time to think about it."

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Okay, I understand. Yeah, thinking about a
product name isn't easy. All aright.

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So, I understand. Maybe you need more time or you want to change your mind because you want to think of a better idea.

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So, this is easy to understand. I changed my mind. But, you might hear a native English speaker saying:

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"Well actually, I had a change of heart. I need more time to think about it."

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Okay. So, whenever you change your decision,

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change your mind, or change the way you want to do something,

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you "have a change of heart". So, for example,

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Maybe I decided I wanted to transfer to
a different section. I wanted to move

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from, let's say, the sales department to
the marketing department.

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But I changed my mind. So, I say: "Well actually, I had a change of heart. I want to stay in the sales team."

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Okay? For example. All right,
everyone. So, pronunciation: "had a change of heart."

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Okay? It's as you see it here, so please repeat after me: "Actually, I had a change of heart."

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Your turn.

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All right, very good. Now after my sentence here, so:

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"Hey, I hear you decided on the name of
our new product. What is it?"

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You say:

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Right. "Well actually, I had a change of heart. I need more time to think about it." Okay?

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All right, everyone, please remember
this for our review next week.

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Okay, our bonus question today is another way to say:
"a big failure".

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So, if you know a better way of saying this, please leave it in the comments below;

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if not, you can find out what the answer is in one of our previous Bizmates For Beginners video lessons,

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so take a look if you have the time.

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All right, everyone. So, that is it for us
this week. Thank you always for watching.

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Have a great week, everyone, and I will
see you next time.

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Thank you.

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