2015.09.07
Tip 162 ”Take for granted” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第162弾は、”Take for granted…” です。
どなたかが亡くなられた際、
自分がこうして生きていられることは本当に幸せなことだなぁと改めて思いますよね。
今回はそんな時に使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“I can’t believe he passed away. He was so young.”「彼が亡くなったなんて信じられないよ。まだ若かったのに。」と言いました。
「本当だね。僕達、生きているだけで幸せということを忘れてはいけないね。」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？
“We mustn’t forget that we are lucky to live.”「僕達、生きているだけで幸せだということを忘れてはいけないね。」
でも伝わりますが、少々不自然な表現に聞こえます。
そこで
“We shouldn’t take life for granted.” 「生きていることを当たり前と思ってはいけないね。」
と言ってみましょう。
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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series
and today's idiom is "take for
granted." Take for granted. A great idiom
which we will learn today but first
let's do you our test. Okay
so we are on the same project and I say:
Hey can we raise the budget? Can we increase the budget?
and you say -- not I can't decide that --
but... that's right.
I'm not in a position to make that
decision. Okay I hope you got that
all right let's go on to today's idiom
take for granted. Now here's what I
sometimes
hear. So let's imagine this is a sad
situation let's imagine that a
our colleague a young man died
he passed away and I say: I can't believe
he passed away you know he was so young
only thirty-five years old. And
Taro says: You know, yes, we mustn't
forget
that we are lucky to live. We mustn't
forget that we are lucky to live
and this is a very true sentence you
know
we often forget that being alive
is, you know, is easy. It's
every you know it's it's so easy to be a
life but
it's... we are so lucky to have that
life is such a great thing we are lucky
to have life
that's what Taro wants to say. We
mustn't forget
that we are lucky to live. But one, it's
a very heavy sentence
and
it just doesn't sound so natural
okay and it's a very sensitive sentence
so it's important for it to sound
natural
so a more natural way to say this
is like this, so I say:
I can't believe he passed away. He was so
young
And Taro says: Yeah,
we shouldn't take life for granted. Very
natural.
and it really hits the heart. Yeah I
feel that. We shouldn't take
like for granted. Life is such a
special thing. And it could be used for many
other things
like come for example water in Japan
you know you could go to the sink open
up the tap and drink the tap water
its drinkable but in many countries you
can't do that
you know you have to buy bottled water
you have to put
chemicals in it or you know you have to
walk
you know 2 kilometers to get
water
drinkable water from somewhere. So you
can say we shouldn't take
water for granted. We shouldn't take
the air that we breathe for granted. We
shouldn't take our jobs
for granted. It's used it for many
situations
OK, it's a great idiom. Okay so let's look at pronunciation
it's "We shouldn' take we shouldn't take
life for granted.
We shouldn't take life for granted. You
try... Good okay
with my sentence: I can't believe he
passed away
he was so young.
Yeah you're right.. Okay, just like that
okay so for homework I'm going to say "I
can't believe he passed away. He was so
young.
And you say "We shouldn't take life for
granted."
okay please remember this and we will
see you
next time. Thank you.
and today's idiom is "take for
granted." Take for granted. A great idiom
which we will learn today but first
let's do you our test. Okay
so we are on the same project and I say:
Hey can we raise the budget? Can we increase the budget?
and you say -- not I can't decide that --
but... that's right.
I'm not in a position to make that
decision. Okay I hope you got that
all right let's go on to today's idiom
take for granted. Now here's what I
sometimes
hear. So let's imagine this is a sad
situation let's imagine that a
our colleague a young man died
he passed away and I say: I can't believe
he passed away you know he was so young
only thirty-five years old. And
Taro says: You know, yes, we mustn't
forget
that we are lucky to live. We mustn't
forget that we are lucky to live
and this is a very true sentence you
know
we often forget that being alive
is, you know, is easy. It's
every you know it's it's so easy to be a
life but
it's... we are so lucky to have that
life is such a great thing we are lucky
to have life
that's what Taro wants to say. We
mustn't forget
that we are lucky to live. But one, it's
a very heavy sentence
and
it just doesn't sound so natural
okay and it's a very sensitive sentence
so it's important for it to sound
natural
so a more natural way to say this
is like this, so I say:
I can't believe he passed away. He was so
young
And Taro says: Yeah,
we shouldn't take life for granted. Very
natural.
and it really hits the heart. Yeah I
feel that. We shouldn't take
like for granted. Life is such a
special thing. And it could be used for many
other things
like come for example water in Japan
you know you could go to the sink open
up the tap and drink the tap water
its drinkable but in many countries you
can't do that
you know you have to buy bottled water
you have to put
chemicals in it or you know you have to
walk
you know 2 kilometers to get
water
drinkable water from somewhere. So you
can say we shouldn't take
water for granted. We shouldn't take
the air that we breathe for granted. We
shouldn't take our jobs
for granted. It's used it for many
situations
OK, it's a great idiom. Okay so let's look at pronunciation
it's "We shouldn' take we shouldn't take
life for granted.
We shouldn't take life for granted. You
try... Good okay
with my sentence: I can't believe he
passed away
he was so young.
Yeah you're right.. Okay, just like that
okay so for homework I'm going to say "I
can't believe he passed away. He was so
young.
And you say "We shouldn't take life for
granted."
okay please remember this and we will
see you
next time. Thank you.
