2015.04.06
Tip 140 ”over one’s head” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第140弾は、”over one’s head” です。
難しい話や興味のない話って、右の耳から左の耳へ抜けるかのように頭に入ってこないことよくありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、同僚のタロウが参加したアカウンティングセミナーの感想を聞きたいヒカは
“So how was the accounting lecture yeasterday?”「昨日のアカウンティングセミナーどうだった？」と聞きました。
「全然頭に入ってこなかったよ。」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？
“It was too difficult, I can’t understand anything.”「難しすぎたよ。何もわからない。」
でも伝わりますが、より自然な表現があります。
そこで
“It was over my head.”「全然頭に入ってこなかったよ。」
と言ってみましょう。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下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is over one's
head. Over someone's head.
What does this mean? We will find out but
first
let's do our test. Okay.
So remember last time. I'm gonna give you
an option
or two options. So shall we go with
option
a or b? Which one is better? And you say
not please give me time...
but that's right.
Let me sleep on it. I hope you got
that.
Okay let's go on to today's idiom, over
one's
head. Okay so here's what I
often hear. So let's imagine
that that Taro, my colleague, he went to
a lecture or seminar yesterday
to learn about accounting. To study
accounting. And I say Taro how was the
accounting lecture yesterday?
Did you learn many things? And he says
yeah
it was too difficult. I can't understand
anything.
Okay this is okay. I understand.
It was too difficult. I couldn't
understand anything is better, right? But
a more natural way to say this, to say
that
I didn't understand anything. It was just
completely
you know meaningless or didn't make
sense to me
at all, we can use this. So I say
So Taro, how was the accounting lecture
yesterday?
Did you learn many things? And he says it was over my
head. Very natura.lIit was
woo over my head. Went in one ear, out
the other.
Okay just like that. I didn't understand
anything.
Let's look at pronunciation. So
it was over. It was over my
not head, but head. It was over my head.
It was over my head. You try. Good, okay
with my question.
So how was the accounting lecture
yesterday? Oh, it was difficult. I see.
Very natural. Okay so in the next lesson
for homework. I'm going to ask you so how
was the accounting lecture
yesterday? And you say not it was too
difficult but
it was over my head. Okay please remember this.
And we will see you next time. Thank
you.
words and phrases
video series. And today's idiom
is over one's
head. Over someone's head.
What does this mean? We will find out but
first
let's do our test. Okay.
So remember last time. I'm gonna give you
an option
or two options. So shall we go with
option
a or b? Which one is better? And you say
not please give me time...
but that's right.
Let me sleep on it. I hope you got
that.
Okay let's go on to today's idiom, over
one's
head. Okay so here's what I
often hear. So let's imagine
that that Taro, my colleague, he went to
a lecture or seminar yesterday
to learn about accounting. To study
accounting. And I say Taro how was the
accounting lecture yesterday?
Did you learn many things? And he says
yeah
it was too difficult. I can't understand
anything.
Okay this is okay. I understand.
It was too difficult. I couldn't
understand anything is better, right? But
a more natural way to say this, to say
that
I didn't understand anything. It was just
completely
you know meaningless or didn't make
sense to me
at all, we can use this. So I say
So Taro, how was the accounting lecture
yesterday?
Did you learn many things? And he says it was over my
head. Very natura.lIit was
woo over my head. Went in one ear, out
the other.
Okay just like that. I didn't understand
anything.
Let's look at pronunciation. So
it was over. It was over my
not head, but head. It was over my head.
It was over my head. You try. Good, okay
with my question.
So how was the accounting lecture
yesterday? Oh, it was difficult. I see.
Very natural. Okay so in the next lesson
for homework. I'm going to ask you so how
was the accounting lecture
yesterday? And you say not it was too
difficult but
it was over my head. Okay please remember this.
And we will see you next time. Thank
you.
