2015.03.09
Tip 136 ”raise the bar” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第136弾は、”raise the bar” です。
仕事の目標や、自己目標等、達するべき水準レベルを引き上げることってありますよね。
今回はそんな際に使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、営業部のヒカはタロウに
“My target is now 2 million dollars this year.”「今年の営業目標が200万ドルなんだよ。」と言いました。
「そうだよね、会社は毎年目標値を引き上げるんだよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Yes, the company makes high expectation every year.”「そうだよね、会社は毎年高い期待値をつくるんだよ。」
でも伝わりますが、より簡潔に伝わりやすい表現があります。
そこで
“Yes, the company raises the bar every year.”「そうだよね、会社は毎年目標値を引き上げるんだよ。」
と言ってみましょう。より自然に聞こえます。
高跳びのように、目標をクリアするたびにハードルをあげるようなイメージです。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is raise the bar. What kind of bar
is this? Okay we will find out, but first
let's do
our test. Okay so
I'm gonna say, you know Taka is late
again.
He doesn't care about this project. What do you say?
Not you shouldn't say that because we
don't know
the facts. But we shouldn't
jump to conclusions. I hope you got that.
Okay we shouldn't judge him without all
the facts right?
Okay let's go on to today's idiom, raise
the bar. Okay so let's imagine
Taro and I are colleagues and I'm
complaining.
I say my target
Imagine I'm a sales rep. Sales. My target
is now
two million dollars this year. I have to
sell
two million dollars. Amd Taro says
yes you know the company makes
high expectation every year. Yes
they make high expectation every year.
Which is OK. Um yeah you know, we achieve a target. And the company
raises it. That's what he wants to say.
You know that's natural. Every company
does this. You know we have
higher expectations every year. If you
achieve your goals, it's higher.
So but make high expectation every year,
it just doesn't sound very natural. So how
can we say this
more naturally? Well we can say this. So I
say,
yeah you know Taro, my target is now two
million dollars this year.
I don't think I could do this. And Taro
says,
yes the company raises the bar every
year.
That's life. You know, they raise the bar.
Okay very natural and you can imagine
like in high jump. You know like
in sports, the high jump. You have to jump
over the bar.
Once you jump over the bar, they raise
that bar a little bit higher.
You jump over, they raise it again okay.
So just like that, raise the bar okay.
So let's get pronunciation. It's yes with
a pause.
The company raises the bar.
The. It's a really soft the. The bar, every
year.
Yes the company raises the bar every
year.
You try. Good okay with my sentence.
My target is two million dollars this
year. Perfect. Okay for homework.
I'm gonna say my target is now two
million dollars this year.
And you just say, yes the company
not makes high expectation every year.
Raises the bar every year. Okay please
remember this
and we will see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is raise the bar. What kind of bar
is this? Okay we will find out, but first
let's do
our test. Okay so
I'm gonna say, you know Taka is late
again.
He doesn't care about this project. What do you say?
Not you shouldn't say that because we
don't know
the facts. But we shouldn't
jump to conclusions. I hope you got that.
Okay we shouldn't judge him without all
the facts right?
Okay let's go on to today's idiom, raise
the bar. Okay so let's imagine
Taro and I are colleagues and I'm
complaining.
I say my target
Imagine I'm a sales rep. Sales. My target
is now
two million dollars this year. I have to
sell
two million dollars. Amd Taro says
yes you know the company makes
high expectation every year. Yes
they make high expectation every year.
Which is OK. Um yeah you know, we achieve a target. And the company
raises it. That's what he wants to say.
You know that's natural. Every company
does this. You know we have
higher expectations every year. If you
achieve your goals, it's higher.
So but make high expectation every year,
it just doesn't sound very natural. So how
can we say this
more naturally? Well we can say this. So I
say,
yeah you know Taro, my target is now two
million dollars this year.
I don't think I could do this. And Taro
says,
yes the company raises the bar every
year.
That's life. You know, they raise the bar.
Okay very natural and you can imagine
like in high jump. You know like
in sports, the high jump. You have to jump
over the bar.
Once you jump over the bar, they raise
that bar a little bit higher.
You jump over, they raise it again okay.
So just like that, raise the bar okay.
So let's get pronunciation. It's yes with
a pause.
The company raises the bar.
The. It's a really soft the. The bar, every
year.
Yes the company raises the bar every
year.
You try. Good okay with my sentence.
My target is two million dollars this
year. Perfect. Okay for homework.
I'm gonna say my target is now two
million dollars this year.
And you just say, yes the company
not makes high expectation every year.
Raises the bar every year. Okay please
remember this
and we will see you next time. Thank you.
