2017.12.01
“A long shot”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 221
A long shot ってどういう意味？
A long shot は、「期待薄」という意味になります。何かの達成の見込みが低い際に、この表現を使います。球技を遊ぶ際に、相手チームのゴールからだいぶ離れた場所からシュートを決めようとする場面を思い浮かべると、この表現のニュアンスがわかると思います。
A long shot ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、新規顧客と大きな契約が結べるか同僚と話している時に：
Justin: Are we going to get the contract?
You: I don’t know… it’s a long shot.
Justin: 契約は取れそうですか？
You: わかりません・・・期待薄です。
A long shot の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
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Hello everyone, Justin here and welcome
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson where every week I
introduce a new idiom or expression to
help you with your daily business
conversation. OK so today everyone, we
are going to learn the expression: "a
long shot." So let's find out what that
means and how to use it, but first as
always let's do a quick review of last
week's class. OK everyone so imagine I say:
Some people don't like my decision.
They don't agree with my choice. So I'm
feeling a little bit uncomfortable, I
don't really have a lot of confidence. So
what do you say? OK so you support me
no matter what happens, you are going to
support me and my decision. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
week? I'll give you five seconds okay, you
ready?
Alright go.
OK, everyone time is up.
If you said "don't worry I have your back"
meaning I will always support you no
matter what happens, then that's exactly
right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
last week's expression. OK so let's
move on to "a long shot." Now this is what
I sometimes hear: OK I'm talking with
my colleague, Taro, and recently we've
been negotiating with another company.
We're trying to make a contract together,
so I asked him: Are we going to get the contract?
And Taro he says: Yeah, Justin, I
don't know... It is a low chance. So it
doesn't seem like it's going to go very
well or it's going to happen, so the
chance is very low. Now although this is
okay, it's not too bad, we can use
something a little bit more natural in
this case, and that is... yes that's right.
I don't know... it's a long shot.
So whenever the possibility of success,
the chance of success is low, it's "a long
shot" okay? So for example, imagine I'm
really, really busy and my boss asks me:
Hey, Justin can you finish the report by
tomorrow? And I don't have so much
confidence, I don't think I can do it
tomorrow. The chance of me completing it
by tomorrow is very low. So I say:
Yeah, that's a bit of a long shot. Okay?
Alright everyone, so now pronunciation
it's as you see it here. "Long shot." OK
so nothing special, so please repeat
after me... it's a long shot.
Your turn.
Alright very good.
OK now after my question: What do you
think, are we going to get the contract?
Right. OK, I don't know... it's a long shot.
Alright so please remember this for
your daily conversation and for our
review next week.
OK everyone our bonus question this
week is another way to say: "forever."
If you know what that is, you can leave it
in the comments below. If you don't know
what it is, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
lessons. Alright everyone, so thank you so
much for watching. That is it for me this
week, have a great weekend, I'll see you
next Friday. Thank you.
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson where every week I
introduce a new idiom or expression to
help you with your daily business
conversation. OK so today everyone, we
are going to learn the expression: "a
long shot." So let's find out what that
means and how to use it, but first as
always let's do a quick review of last
week's class. OK everyone so imagine I say:
Some people don't like my decision.
They don't agree with my choice. So I'm
feeling a little bit uncomfortable, I
don't really have a lot of confidence. So
what do you say? OK so you support me
no matter what happens, you are going to
support me and my decision. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
week? I'll give you five seconds okay, you
ready?
Alright go.
OK, everyone time is up.
If you said "don't worry I have your back"
meaning I will always support you no
matter what happens, then that's exactly
right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
last week's expression. OK so let's
move on to "a long shot." Now this is what
I sometimes hear: OK I'm talking with
my colleague, Taro, and recently we've
been negotiating with another company.
We're trying to make a contract together,
so I asked him: Are we going to get the contract?
And Taro he says: Yeah, Justin, I
don't know... It is a low chance. So it
doesn't seem like it's going to go very
well or it's going to happen, so the
chance is very low. Now although this is
okay, it's not too bad, we can use
something a little bit more natural in
this case, and that is... yes that's right.
I don't know... it's a long shot.
So whenever the possibility of success,
the chance of success is low, it's "a long
shot" okay? So for example, imagine I'm
really, really busy and my boss asks me:
Hey, Justin can you finish the report by
tomorrow? And I don't have so much
confidence, I don't think I can do it
tomorrow. The chance of me completing it
by tomorrow is very low. So I say:
Yeah, that's a bit of a long shot. Okay?
Alright everyone, so now pronunciation
it's as you see it here. "Long shot." OK
so nothing special, so please repeat
after me... it's a long shot.
Your turn.
Alright very good.
OK now after my question: What do you
think, are we going to get the contract?
Right. OK, I don't know... it's a long shot.
Alright so please remember this for
your daily conversation and for our
review next week.
OK everyone our bonus question this
week is another way to say: "forever."
If you know what that is, you can leave it
in the comments below. If you don't know
what it is, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
lessons. Alright everyone, so thank you so
much for watching. That is it for me this
week, have a great weekend, I'll see you
next Friday. Thank you.
