2016.01.29
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 128 ”poor taste in”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第128弾は、”poor taste in” です。
“taste”は、動詞では「おいしい」という表現に使われますが、
名詞では「趣味、好み、センス」という意味になります。
そこで今回は、「○○の趣味が悪い」という表現をご紹介します！
ヒカとタロウは、同僚ユウジの服装について噂しています。
“Taro, did you see Yuji’s tie today?”
「ユウジの今日のネクタイ見たかい？」 ヒカはタロウに聞きました。
「ああ、ファッションセンスがないよね。」と言いたい場合、あたながタロウなら何と言いますか？
“He has no fashion sense.”
これだと、意味は通じますがいわゆる「ジャパニーズイングリッシュ」になってしまいます。
そこで、
“He has poor taste in fashion.”
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ください。
Hello and welcome to this bizmates for
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
poor taste in
OK, this is not about food.
It's not about money
Poor... rich... taste... OK?
It has a special meaning.
But we will first do our test.
So let's imagine that I bought a new
phone and I asked you:
Do I need to download voice recorder for my phone?
And you say...
That's right!
It's equipped with a voice recorder.
Oh, it's equipped with one. OK thank you.
Perfect.
OK let's go on to today's idiom
poor taste in
Now, let's imagine that Taro and I are colleagues.
And we have another colleague, Yuji.
Yuji wears the strangest clothes.
He wears like a yellow tie and a green shirt, and white suit...
He has very strange color combinations. And I say:
Taro, did you see Yuji's tie today?
And Taro says:
He has no fashion sense.
This is kind of Japanese English --
He has no fashion sense.
OK, I understand the meaning,
but it sounds a little strange.
So, to sound natural,
you could say this
So I say:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
Yellow and green shirt.
And Taro says:
He has poor taste in fashion.
Very natural!
He has poor taste in fashion.
You could say he has poor taste in music, or
poor taste in art...
in anything, really.
It's like the Japanese meaning of
no sense.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation
He has poor tastein fashion.
He has poor tastein fashion.
You try...
Good!
OK, with my question:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
Poor taste.
Perfect.
OK, so for homework next time
I will say:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
And you say... that's right
He has poor taste in fashion.
OK, please remember this and
we will see you next time. Thank you.
beginners video series
and today's idiom is
poor taste in
OK, this is not about food.
It's not about money
Poor... rich... taste... OK?
It has a special meaning.
But we will first do our test.
So let's imagine that I bought a new
phone and I asked you:
Do I need to download voice recorder for my phone?
And you say...
That's right!
It's equipped with a voice recorder.
Oh, it's equipped with one. OK thank you.
Perfect.
OK let's go on to today's idiom
poor taste in
Now, let's imagine that Taro and I are colleagues.
And we have another colleague, Yuji.
Yuji wears the strangest clothes.
He wears like a yellow tie and a green shirt, and white suit...
He has very strange color combinations. And I say:
Taro, did you see Yuji's tie today?
And Taro says:
He has no fashion sense.
This is kind of Japanese English --
He has no fashion sense.
OK, I understand the meaning,
but it sounds a little strange.
So, to sound natural,
you could say this
So I say:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
Yellow and green shirt.
And Taro says:
He has poor taste in fashion.
Very natural!
He has poor taste in fashion.
You could say he has poor taste in music, or
poor taste in art...
in anything, really.
It's like the Japanese meaning of
no sense.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation
He has poor tastein fashion.
He has poor tastein fashion.
You try...
Good!
OK, with my question:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
Poor taste.
Perfect.
OK, so for homework next time
I will say:
Did you see Yuji's tie today?
And you say... that's right
He has poor taste in fashion.
OK, please remember this and
we will see you next time. Thank you.
