2014.10.13
Tip 114 ”I didn’t see that coming.” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第114弾は、”I didn’t see that coming.” です。
突然、全く考えてもみなかったことが起こることってありますよね。
今回は予期せぬ事を知った際に使えるフレーズです。
例えば、社長退任のニュースを知った同僚のヒカは、
“Our president just resigned.”「社長が退任されるって。」とタロウに言いました。
「え！そんなこと思ってもみなかった。」と返答したい場合、あなたなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Wow, I didn’t think it.”「え！そう思わなかった。」
と言ってしまいそうですが、ネイティブスピーカーには意味が伝わらないかもしれません。
そこで
“Wow, I didn’t see that coming.” 「え！そんなこと思ってもみなかった。」
予期せぬ驚きのニュースを耳にした際には、このフレーズを使ってみましょう。
ぜひビデオを見て発音のチェックもしてみてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is I didn't see that coming.
I didn't see that coming.
What does this mean?
We will find out.
But first let's do our usual test.
OK. So when did you
turn it up a notch in your work?
We had a problem so you had to
turn it up a notch and you worked on Saturdays.
Ah, there was a problem so you stayed
until midnight every day for two weeks.
You turned it up a notch. I don't know,
something like that.
OK. Bring it up a level.
OK. So today's phrase I didn't see that coming.
OK. What does this mean?
Well, let's look at what I often hear first.
OK. So let's imagine I've got some big news.
I go to Taro, who's my colleague.
And I say, Taro, Taro, our President just resigned.
There's an announcement, there's a memo. Oh my goodness.
And Taro says,
wow, I, I didn't think it.
I'm like, what? You didn't think it?
To be honest, I have no idea what Taro wants
to say here. But maybe, Taro was thinking, oh my goodness!
That's ah, it was unexpected for me.
I didn't know about this. I couldn't even imagine it.
OK. So, I didn't think it.
OK. But it sounds really unnatural,
it's just gonna confuse the other person.
So in that case, what you could say,
is this.
If I say, Taro, our President just resigned.
There's an announcement.
And he says,
wow, I didn't see that coming.
So it hit him hard. He had no idea
that this was going to happen.
He didn't see it from a distance. Oh here comes
the resignation, it's coming, it's coming, not like that.
It just suddenly hit him, like that.
I didn't see it coming.
Great phrase. If you're really surprised
about some kind of news,
you could use this.
I didn't see that coming.
OK. Let's look at pronunciation.
It's wow with a pause.
Wow, I didn't see that coming.
It's not that, but I didn't see that coming.
You try.
OK. Let's try it with my sentence.
Hey, our President just resigned.
Yeah I know, me neither. I'm shocked.
Just like that.
OK. So for homework.
Tell me a time
when you didn't see it coming.
Something just came and hit you.
And you were shocked.
OK. So tell me a time when that happen.
OK. We'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese business people.
And today's phrase is I didn't see that coming.
I didn't see that coming.
What does this mean?
We will find out.
But first let's do our usual test.
OK. So when did you
turn it up a notch in your work?
We had a problem so you had to
turn it up a notch and you worked on Saturdays.
Ah, there was a problem so you stayed
until midnight every day for two weeks.
You turned it up a notch. I don't know,
something like that.
OK. Bring it up a level.
OK. So today's phrase I didn't see that coming.
OK. What does this mean?
Well, let's look at what I often hear first.
OK. So let's imagine I've got some big news.
I go to Taro, who's my colleague.
And I say, Taro, Taro, our President just resigned.
There's an announcement, there's a memo. Oh my goodness.
And Taro says,
wow, I, I didn't think it.
I'm like, what? You didn't think it?
To be honest, I have no idea what Taro wants
to say here. But maybe, Taro was thinking, oh my goodness!
That's ah, it was unexpected for me.
I didn't know about this. I couldn't even imagine it.
OK. So, I didn't think it.
OK. But it sounds really unnatural,
it's just gonna confuse the other person.
So in that case, what you could say,
is this.
If I say, Taro, our President just resigned.
There's an announcement.
And he says,
wow, I didn't see that coming.
So it hit him hard. He had no idea
that this was going to happen.
He didn't see it from a distance. Oh here comes
the resignation, it's coming, it's coming, not like that.
It just suddenly hit him, like that.
I didn't see it coming.
Great phrase. If you're really surprised
about some kind of news,
you could use this.
I didn't see that coming.
OK. Let's look at pronunciation.
It's wow with a pause.
Wow, I didn't see that coming.
It's not that, but I didn't see that coming.
You try.
OK. Let's try it with my sentence.
Hey, our President just resigned.
Yeah I know, me neither. I'm shocked.
Just like that.
OK. So for homework.
Tell me a time
when you didn't see it coming.
Something just came and hit you.
And you were shocked.
OK. So tell me a time when that happen.
OK. We'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
