2016.02.05
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 129 ”line of work”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第129弾は、”line of work” です。
「どんなお仕事をされているのですか？」
と聞かれたり、または聞いたりする機会ってよくありますよね。
今回は、そんな場面で使える表現をご紹介します。
ヒカは同僚のタロウに聞きました。
“What does your brother do?
「君のお兄さんってどんな仕事をしているの？」
「僕らと同じ業種だよ。」と言いたい場合、あたながタロウなら何と言いますか？
“We do the same kind of business. ”
これでも良いのですが、こんな時、”line of work”を使うとより自然な表現になります。
そこで、
“We’re in the same line of work.”
と言ってみましょう！
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。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
line of work.
Line of work. OK?
Line... of work.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first
let's do our test.
So, Yuji is our colleague and I say:
Hey, did you see Yuji's tie today?
And you say:
That's right.
He has poor taste in fashion.
OK, so I hope you got that.
Let's go on to today's idiom
line of work.
Now, let's imagine that
Taro -- my colleague --
and I were talking about his family.
Taro's family, and I asked Taro:
So, you have a brother.
What does your brother do?
What's his business?
and Taro says:
We do the same kind of business.
The sentence is OK...
it sounds a little bit unnatural
We do the same kind of business.
Maybe it's OK
but a more natural style is to use
line of work
which just means business.
Your area of business.
OK, so for example if I say:
So, what does your brother do?
What's his business?
And Taro says:
We're in the same line of work.
Very natural!
We're in the same line of work.
When you ask someone
about their job
instead of saying
What's your job? or
What's your business?
It's very natural to say
What's your line of work?
What's your area...?
What do you specialize in?
Well, my line of work is teaching.
My line of work is engineering.
My line of work is
the electronics industry.
It could be like an area of business.
It's a very useful business idiom.
OK, let's look at pronunciation, it's
we'rein... we'rein...
the same lineof work.
We'rein the same lineof work.
You try...
Good!
OK, with my sentence:
What does your brother do?
Oh, so he's in marketing too. I see.
Perfect!
OK, for homework next time, I'll ask you:
So, what does your brother do?
And you just say:
Well, we're in the same line of work.
Perfect.
Please remember this and
will see you next time. Thank you.
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
line of work.
Line of work. OK?
Line... of work.
What does this mean?
We will find out but first
let's do our test.
So, Yuji is our colleague and I say:
Hey, did you see Yuji's tie today?
And you say:
That's right.
He has poor taste in fashion.
OK, so I hope you got that.
Let's go on to today's idiom
line of work.
Now, let's imagine that
Taro -- my colleague --
and I were talking about his family.
Taro's family, and I asked Taro:
So, you have a brother.
What does your brother do?
What's his business?
and Taro says:
We do the same kind of business.
The sentence is OK...
it sounds a little bit unnatural
We do the same kind of business.
Maybe it's OK
but a more natural style is to use
line of work
which just means business.
Your area of business.
OK, so for example if I say:
So, what does your brother do?
What's his business?
And Taro says:
We're in the same line of work.
Very natural!
We're in the same line of work.
When you ask someone
about their job
instead of saying
What's your job? or
What's your business?
It's very natural to say
What's your line of work?
What's your area...?
What do you specialize in?
Well, my line of work is teaching.
My line of work is engineering.
My line of work is
the electronics industry.
It could be like an area of business.
It's a very useful business idiom.
OK, let's look at pronunciation, it's
we'rein... we'rein...
the same lineof work.
We'rein the same lineof work.
You try...
Good!
OK, with my sentence:
What does your brother do?
Oh, so he's in marketing too. I see.
Perfect!
OK, for homework next time, I'll ask you:
So, what does your brother do?
And you just say:
Well, we're in the same line of work.
Perfect.
Please remember this and
will see you next time. Thank you.
