2016.04.25
Tip 195 ”a heavyweight”無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第195弾は、”a heavyweight” です。
オフィスで誰かと話をしている社長。何だか重々しい雰囲気です。
それを見たヒカは、タロウに聞きました。
“Taro, who’s that guy speaking to our president?”
「社長と話している人、誰？」
「政界の大物だよ。」
と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“He’s a very powerful person in the Government.”
これでも良いのですが、こんな時もっと適した表現があります。
“He’s a heavyweight in the Government.”
と言ってみましょう！ とても自然な表現です。
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, welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series
and today's word is
a heavyweight.
The heavyweight champion of the world.
That heavyweight.
What does this mean?
We'll find out but first let's do our test.
OK, so I'm talking to you
and I say:
Wow, our colleague, Yuki, got another big
contract. She's great. And you say...
That's right.
Yes, she's a go-getter.
I hope you got that.
OK, let's go into today's word
heavyweight. What's a heavyweight?
OK, here's what I sometimes hear...
So imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
We' re in the office and we see our president
OK? Our company president
speaking to another man
We don't know who this other guy is.
So I say:
Taro, who's that guy speaking to our president?
Who is he? And Taro says:
He's a very powerful person in the Government.
Some politician. OK, this is okay.
He's a powerful person in the Government.
Someone who can change laws.
You know, has a lot of connections
but more natural way to say this -- someone with power in the Government or in a company --
We can say this... so if I say:
who's that guy speaking to our president?
And Taro says:
He's a heavyweight in the Government.
Oh, I see.
OK, he has a lot of power. It's a really
natural expression.
He's a heavyweight the Government.
OK? Someone who has authority.
Power. They can change things.
Move things.
OK? And you could see this is a company.
You know, "Well yeah, you know, he's not a
director, but he is a heavyweight in the
company.
It's OK. He's got a lot of power to move people. OK?
Now you have to be
careful with this word because
if you say just "he's a heavyweight"
that's all -- or "she's a heavyweight"
It could mean that they are overweight.
He's a heavyweight.
So it has that meaning too. So be careful.
You should add, you know...
He's a heavyweight in the company.
He's a heavyweight in this industry.
He's a heavyweight, you know, in the
committee.
OK? Like this. OK let's look at prounciation.
So it's: He'sa heavy -- not WEIGHT -- but
He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.
He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.
You try...
Good, with my sentence:
So who's that guy speaking to our president?
I see. OK.
Perfect.
So for homework next time I will ask:
Who's that guy speaking to our president?
And you just say...
He's a heavyweight in the Government.
OK, please remember this and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases video series
and today's word is
a heavyweight.
The heavyweight champion of the world.
That heavyweight.
What does this mean?
We'll find out but first let's do our test.
OK, so I'm talking to you
and I say:
Wow, our colleague, Yuki, got another big
contract. She's great. And you say...
That's right.
Yes, she's a go-getter.
I hope you got that.
OK, let's go into today's word
heavyweight. What's a heavyweight?
OK, here's what I sometimes hear...
So imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
We' re in the office and we see our president
OK? Our company president
speaking to another man
We don't know who this other guy is.
So I say:
Taro, who's that guy speaking to our president?
Who is he? And Taro says:
He's a very powerful person in the Government.
Some politician. OK, this is okay.
He's a powerful person in the Government.
Someone who can change laws.
You know, has a lot of connections
but more natural way to say this -- someone with power in the Government or in a company --
We can say this... so if I say:
who's that guy speaking to our president?
And Taro says:
He's a heavyweight in the Government.
Oh, I see.
OK, he has a lot of power. It's a really
natural expression.
He's a heavyweight the Government.
OK? Someone who has authority.
Power. They can change things.
Move things.
OK? And you could see this is a company.
You know, "Well yeah, you know, he's not a
director, but he is a heavyweight in the
company.
It's OK. He's got a lot of power to move people. OK?
Now you have to be
careful with this word because
if you say just "he's a heavyweight"
that's all -- or "she's a heavyweight"
It could mean that they are overweight.
He's a heavyweight.
So it has that meaning too. So be careful.
You should add, you know...
He's a heavyweight in the company.
He's a heavyweight in this industry.
He's a heavyweight, you know, in the
committee.
OK? Like this. OK let's look at prounciation.
So it's: He'sa heavy -- not WEIGHT -- but
He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.
He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.
You try...
Good, with my sentence:
So who's that guy speaking to our president?
I see. OK.
Perfect.
So for homework next time I will ask:
Who's that guy speaking to our president?
And you just say...
He's a heavyweight in the Government.
OK, please remember this and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.
