2015.01.12
Tip 128 ”rain or shine” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第128弾は、”rain or shine” です。
ビジネスでの方向性、イベントの参加等、何かを明確にする必要がある場面ってありますよね。
今回はそんな際に、何があっても実行することを伝えるフレーズを紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに重要なイベントに来てほしいと考えています。
“Are you absolutely sure you can come?”「本当に来れる？」とヒカが言いました。
「何があっても行くよ。」と伝えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“I will go 100%”「100%行きます。」
でも意味は伝わりますが、より説得力をもった表現があります。
そこで
“I’ll be there rain or shine.”「何があっても行くよ。」
と言ってみましょう。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series and
today's
idiom is to rain or shine.
Of course shine is better, but it has a
different meaning.
But before we look at this, let's do our
test.
So last time we learned on a roll. So tell
me
who is on a roll? Okay who is
having, you know, something good happen.
Another thing could happen. Many good
things happening.
Who is like that? You? Are you on a roll?
Is your colleague on a roll?
Okay I hope you came up with a good answer. Let's go on to today's idiom,
rain or shine. OK now let's imagine
that Taro and I are colleagues and I
want
Taro to come to a really important
event. It could be a party. It could be
meeting. I want him to come.
And I say Taro, are you absolutely sure
you can come? I need you to come and Taro says
yeah I will go 100 percent. Okay this is
good,
but I still feel like,
but maybe if there's some problem or if
he has an accident or some trouble,
maybe he won't come. So it's not really
convincing.
I will go a hundred percent. Okay so if
you want to tell
the other person, I don't care what
problems I have, what trouble I have.
I will be there. Then we could say this,
Okay so if I say, so are you
absolutely sure you can come? Are you
sure?
He says I'll be there rain or shine.
Ahhh..., very strong.
Now I believe him. If he has a car
accident, no problem. He will be there.
If he's sick, no problem. He will be there.
Under
any kind of circumstance, he will come.
That's what it means, rain or shine.
Okay so let's look at pronunciation.
It's I'll be there rain or
shine. Rain or shine. I'll be there
rain or shine. You try. Good with my
with my question. Are you absolutely sure
you can come?
Perfect just like that. Okay so
for homework. Next time I'm going to say,
are you absolutely sure you can come?
And you you say, not I will go 100
percent,
but I'll be there rain or shine.
Okay please remember that, and we'll see
you
in the next lesson. Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's
idiom is to rain or shine.
Of course shine is better, but it has a
different meaning.
But before we look at this, let's do our
test.
So last time we learned on a roll. So tell
me
who is on a roll? Okay who is
having, you know, something good happen.
Another thing could happen. Many good
things happening.
Who is like that? You? Are you on a roll?
Is your colleague on a roll?
Okay I hope you came up with a good answer. Let's go on to today's idiom,
rain or shine. OK now let's imagine
that Taro and I are colleagues and I
want
Taro to come to a really important
event. It could be a party. It could be
meeting. I want him to come.
And I say Taro, are you absolutely sure
you can come? I need you to come and Taro says
yeah I will go 100 percent. Okay this is
good,
but I still feel like,
but maybe if there's some problem or if
he has an accident or some trouble,
maybe he won't come. So it's not really
convincing.
I will go a hundred percent. Okay so if
you want to tell
the other person, I don't care what
problems I have, what trouble I have.
I will be there. Then we could say this,
Okay so if I say, so are you
absolutely sure you can come? Are you
sure?
He says I'll be there rain or shine.
Ahhh..., very strong.
Now I believe him. If he has a car
accident, no problem. He will be there.
If he's sick, no problem. He will be there.
Under
any kind of circumstance, he will come.
That's what it means, rain or shine.
Okay so let's look at pronunciation.
It's I'll be there rain or
shine. Rain or shine. I'll be there
rain or shine. You try. Good with my
with my question. Are you absolutely sure
you can come?
Perfect just like that. Okay so
for homework. Next time I'm going to say,
are you absolutely sure you can come?
And you you say, not I will go 100
percent,
but I'll be there rain or shine.
Okay please remember that, and we'll see
you
in the next lesson. Thank you.
