2013.10.18
Point 9 ”What do you think of … ?” 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9弾は、”What do you think of … ?” です。
例えば同僚に対して、「このポスターについてどう思う？」と尋ねて相手の意見を聞きたい時に、
あなたならどう言いますか？
「・・・についてどう思う？」を直訳する感覚から、
“How do you think about this poster?”
と言う日本人は多いです。
でも、これは英語としては正しくない表現なのです。
正しくは
“What do you think of this poster?”
となります。
間違えないようにしてくださいね！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's question is very useful.
It's what do you think of...?
What do you think of...? OK.
Let's practice this. But first, let's do our test.
So I will ask you,
how long have you worked for your company?
And you say...
I joined my company 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Did you get that?
Not enter, entered my company.
I joined, OK.
So today's question is what do you think of...?
Hmmm... very useful OK.
So imagine, Taro and I are colleagues.
And Taro asks me for my opinion.
He says tell me your opinion. And he says,
Hika, how do you think about this poster?
Imagine there's a poster.
How do you think about this poster?
Hmm... now I say, yeah, I think it's really good.
OK, but it's a strange question.
How do you think about this poster?
It's a mistake OK. We don't say that.
What we should say if you want to know
their opinion, you say this one.
What do you think of this poster?
That's right. OK?
So Taro can say,
what do you think of this poster?
And I'll say, yeah, I think it's really good.
Very natural. Very useful because you can ask anyone.
What do you think of this watch?
What do you think of this shirt?
OK. All right. Let's practice pronunciation.
It's not what, but it's wha doya thinkof
wha doya thinkof, wha doya thinkof
wha doya thinkof this poster? You try.
One more time.
Wha doya thinkof this poster?
OK. So you ask me and I will answer OK?
1, 2, 3 go.
I think it's really good.
Just like that. OK.
So for homework, you can ask me.
What do you think of this poster?
And I will say,
yeah, I think it's really good.
OK, so we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's question is very useful.
It's what do you think of...?
What do you think of...? OK.
Let's practice this. But first, let's do our test.
So I will ask you,
how long have you worked for your company?
And you say...
I joined my company 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Did you get that?
Not enter, entered my company.
I joined, OK.
So today's question is what do you think of...?
Hmmm... very useful OK.
So imagine, Taro and I are colleagues.
And Taro asks me for my opinion.
He says tell me your opinion. And he says,
Hika, how do you think about this poster?
Imagine there's a poster.
How do you think about this poster?
Hmm... now I say, yeah, I think it's really good.
OK, but it's a strange question.
How do you think about this poster?
It's a mistake OK. We don't say that.
What we should say if you want to know
their opinion, you say this one.
What do you think of this poster?
That's right. OK?
So Taro can say,
what do you think of this poster?
And I'll say, yeah, I think it's really good.
Very natural. Very useful because you can ask anyone.
What do you think of this watch?
What do you think of this shirt?
OK. All right. Let's practice pronunciation.
It's not what, but it's wha doya thinkof
wha doya thinkof, wha doya thinkof
wha doya thinkof this poster? You try.
One more time.
Wha doya thinkof this poster?
OK. So you ask me and I will answer OK?
1, 2, 3 go.
I think it's really good.
Just like that. OK.
So for homework, you can ask me.
What do you think of this poster?
And I will say,
yeah, I think it's really good.
OK, so we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
