Point 71 ”just around the corner” 初級ビジネス英会話

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第71弾は、”just around the corner” です。

今回は、何か楽しみにしていることや、試験など、予定がすぐそこまできている際に使える表現を紹介します。

例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“I’m so stressed out.”「ストレスがたまってるんだけど。」と言いました。
「もうすぐ休暇に入るじゃないですか。」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？

“The holidays will come soon.”「休暇がすぐきます。」
でも意味は伝わるかもしれませんが、もう少し自然な言い回しがあります。

そこで、
“The holidays are just around the corner.”「もうすぐ休暇に入るじゃないですか。」
と言ってみましょう。自然なフレーズです。

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 just around the corner.

Just around the corner. What does this
mean?

OK, we will find out but let's do our
test.

Do you remember I will ask you, how late

is that coffee shop open and you say

not it's open every day all day.

It's open 24/7.

That's right. OK did you get that?

I hope so. OK let's look at today's

idiom, just around the corner.

OK so let's imagine Taro is my
colleague

and I say ah Taro oh I'm so stressed
out.

I am so tired. Help me. And Taro says

Yeah yeah yeah, Hika the holidays will come soon.

The holidays will, ah yes yes, the New Year holidays. Yeah.

Now it's December. Yes we have a long
holiday.

It's OK. The holidays will come soon.

Yeah I understand, but maybe a more
natural way to say this

is like this. So if I say I'm so stressed
out, Taro. Help me.

And he says, yeah yeah Hika, the holidays

are just around the corner. Yeah

it will come soon. Just around the corner.

It's just over there. The holiday is coming
coming coming.

Just around the corner. Very very natural.

OK so please remember this. Let's
look at pronunciation.

The holidays are. The holidays are

just around just around.

The corner the holidays are just around
the corner. You try.

OK with my sentence.

I am so stressed out. Perfect. OK so for
homework,

next time I will say ah I'm so stressed out.

And you say, the holidays you can say no
problem.

The holidays are just around the corner.

OK please remember this and we will
see you next time.

Thank you.