Point 76 ”Let’s wait and see.” 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76弾は、”Let’s wait and see.” です。

しばらくの間、様子を見てから何かを決定すること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紹介します。

例えば、天候は下り坂、ヒカは友人のタロウに
“I think the picnic will be cancelled.”「ピクニックキャンセルになると思うよ。」と言いました。
「どうなるか様子見よう。」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？

“We should wait and decide later.”「待ってから、後で決めましょう。」
でも伝わりますが、よりシンプルで伝わりやすい表現があります。

そこで
“Let’s wait and see.”「どうなるか様子見よう。」
と言ってみましょう。非常によく使われる自然な表現です。

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。

Welcome to this Bizmates for beginners

video series. And today's phrase

is let's wait and see.

Let's wait and see. What does this mean?

We will find out but first let's do our
test.

So we are talking and I say,

Woo, it's so cold today. What do you say?

Not I agree with you. It's a little bit
too

serious or formal. You should say,

that's right. You can say that again. You
can see that again.

Did you get that? I hope so.

Okay let's go to today's phrase.

Let's wait and see. Very useful phrase.

So let's imagine that Taro and I

are friends and I say ahh...

it's raining. I think the picnic will be
cancelled.

You know we have a picnic plan but

it's raining. So mean I think the picnic
will be cancelled.

tomorrow. And Taro says,

yeah we should wait

and decide later or decide tomorrow.

We should wait and decide

later. It's a little bit long.

It's not, the English is OK, but it just
doesn't sound very natural.

We should wait and decide

later. I understand. But what's a good
phrase that's short

and a simple. Like this.

Okay so I say I think the picnic

will be cancelled. It's raining so maybe
tomorrow it will be cancelled.

He says Hika Hika let's wait and see.

Very natural. Let's wait

and check tomorrow

and decide. Let's wait and see.

Very natural. Okay, let's look at
pronunciation.

So it's let's wait and. Wait and see.

Let's wait and see. You try. Good with my
sentence.

I think the pic it will be cancelled I'm

Perfect. Okay for homework.

So next time I will say, yeah I think the
picnic will be canceled. It's raining.

And you say, not we should wait and decide later. But

let's wait and see. Okay please remember
this.

We will see you next time. Thank you.