Tip 65 ”I’m feeling a bit under the weather.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第65弾は、”I’m feeling a bit under the weather.” です。

誰しもが突然具合が悪くなることってありますよね。

例えば、同僚から
“Are you OK? You don’t look too well.” 「大丈夫？具合が悪そうに見えるけど。」
と言われた際に「ちょっと具合が悪いんだよね。」と伝えたい場合、あなたならどういいますか？

日本人は「病気」＝”sick” を連想しがちなため、

“I’m sick.”
と言う人は多いと思います。

もちろん文法的に全く問題ありません。

ただ、”sick” には、「病気」という意味以外にも、「変態」という意味を表す場合がありますので

シチュエーションによっては使い方を気をつける必要があります。

こんなときにナチュラルな表現で「ちょっと具合が悪い状態」を伝えるなら、

“I’m feeling a bit under the weather.”
と答えるようにしましょう。

ぜひ覚えておいてください！

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.

And today's phrase is I'm feeling a bit under the weather
It's kind of a strange phrase, isn't it? Weather. Under the weather.

What does it mean?
We're gonna find out in just a minute.

But first, let's do our usual test.
OK, do you remember what we learned last time?

I'm going to say, so who will be transferred overseas next?
Do you know?

You say, there's no telling
who will be transferred next.

There's no telling. There's no way to know. It's impossible to know.
OK, I hope you were able to get that.

All right, let's go on to today's phrase
I'm feeling a bit under the weather. Feeling. Weather.

OK, so here's what I often hear.
So if I say, if I see Taro, he doesn't look too well.

So I say, Taro, are you OK, Taro?
You don't look too well.

And he says, I'm sick.
OK, Oh stay away from me.

OK, now first of all, I'm sick which is grammatically correct.
It's perfect, but it has a double meaning, OK.

It could mean, you know I have cold I'm not feeling too well.
But it also means I'm kind of a strange person.

I'm sick, OK so stay away from me.
I'm you know, I'm insane.

OK, so it's best not to say that you know,
I'm sick.

A better way to say this, is like this.

So if I ask,
Are you OK, Taro? You don't look too well.

You could say,
Yeah, I'm feeling a bit under the weather.

Ah, that's too bad. Well, you know go home OK.
I'll do your job. Go home.

OK? So a very natural phrase. I'm feeling a bit under the weather.
It means I'm sick

Like I have a cold or a stuffy nose or a sore throat.
But I don't feel so well.

OK, let's look at pronunciation. It's I'm feelingabit,
I'm feelingabit under. It's not 'the', but it's 'the', it's a soft 'the'.

I'm feelingabit under the weather.
I'm feelingabit, I'm feelingabit under the weather. You try.

One more time,
I'm feeling a bit under the weather.

OK, did you get that?
OK, practice it a few times.

All right, so for homework,
OK I'm gonna ask you next time that we meet,

I'm gonna say,
Hey are you OK?

You don't look too well.
And you just say,

Well, I'm feeling a bit under the weather.
Just like that.

OK, so we'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.