Point 79 ”short-tempered” 初級ビジネス英会話

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第79弾は、”short-tempered” です。

気が短く、怒りっぽい方っていらっしゃいますよね。
今回はそんな方を表現する単語を紹介します。

例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“How is the new manager?”「新しいマネジャーはどう?」と聞きました。
「彼は気が短いんだよ。」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?

“He gets angry very fast.”「彼は、早く怒ります。」
でも伝わるかもしれませんが、不自然です。

そこで
“He’s short-tempered.”「彼は気が短いんだよ。」
と言ってみましょう。よく使われる表現です。

発音もビデオでチェック!
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
for beginners

video series. And today's word

is short-tempered. Short-

tempered. What does this mean? We will
find out but first let's do our usual

test.

Okay so I'm gonna ask you

how often do you visit your grandparents?

Once a week? Once a month? Once a year?

And you say not they died. It's too strong.

They passed away many years ago.

much softer. Okay. I hope you remember.

Okay let's go on to today's word,

short-tempered. OK here's what I usually
hear.

So imagine we have a new manager

in the office. And I say、Taro how is the new manager? Is he a nice guy?

Nice guy? And Taro says, yeah

he gets angry very fast.

He gets angry very fast.

OK. I see. I understand. But it's a little bit
unnatural.

He gets angry very fast. There's

one word to describe this. OK like this

so I say So Taro, how's the new manager? Is he a nice guy?

And you say he's short-tempered.

That's right. He's short-tempered. Very
natural.

He gets angry, like this. I make one
mistake

Boom. He's angry, short-tempered. Okay
let's practice pronunciation.

So it's he's, not short

tempered. There's only one T sound.

He's short-tempered. he's short

tempered. He short-tempered. You try.

Good Okay.

With my question. Wow's the new manager?

Good like this. Okay so for homework.
Next time I will ask you,

how is the new manager? You say

not he gets angry.

He's short-tempered. Okay please remember this.

Okay and we'll see you in the next
lesson. Thank you.

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