2016.05.13
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 143 ”Achilles’ heel”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第143弾は、”Achilles’ heel” です。
“Achilles’heel”「アキレス腱」と言えば足の腱の名称ですが、英語だとまた違った意味をもちます。
本日は、”Achilles’heel”の意外な使い方をご紹介します。
タロウは英語でレポートを書いています。
普段は仕事も早くて頭も切れるタロウですが、一番の弱点である英語のライティングには
かなり苦戦しているようです。
そんなタロウを見かねて同僚のヒカが言いました。
“Hey, Taro, do you need help with your English report?”
「タロウ、手伝おうか？」
「うん。英語のライティングが僕の弱点なんだ。」
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？
“Yes, Hika. It’s my weakness. ”
これでも伝わりますが、こんな時には是非
“Yes, it’s my Achilles’ heel.”
と言ってみましょう！とても自然な表現です。
※Achilles’ heel⇒ 弱点
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hello welcome to this Bizmates
for beginners video series
and today's idiom is
Achilles' heel.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
OK, so I asked you:
Hey, do I really need IT's approval?
It's necessary?
And you say...
Yes, it's a must.
Yes, you have to do it.
OK, but instead of saying "you have to..."
you could say "it's a must." It's needed.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's idiom "Achilles' heel."
This sounds like a difficult word but it's not, OK?
Here's what I sometimes hear
So let's imagine Taro needs to write an
English report. Taro has to write a report in
English. So he has a lot of stress, and I say:
Taro, do you need help with your
English report?
And Taro says:
Yes, Hika. It's my weakness.
Writing in English is my weakness.
Which is perfect, OK?
Because Taro is a good worker. He's
smart. He works fast.
But his biggest weakness is writing in English.
That's his Achilles' heel, we say. Like this...
OK, so I say: Hey, Taro,
do you need help with your English report?
And he says:
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
Very natural.
It's my main weak point.
Almost like my only... not only weak point
but my biggest weak point.
My Achilles' heel. I'm good at this, this, this, this...
but not writing in English.
Achilles' heel. OK, the origin is...
Achilles is a Greek god.
And this god could run, he could jump,
he could fight. He had everything.
But he had one weak point, and that was his leg.
Imagine this is his foot, and his leg
right here. The heel...
that was his weak point.
If you hit him here
he loses. OK?
So we call our "Achilles' heel" our like
main weak point. OK, our biggest weakness.
All right, so that's all it means.
My main weak point -- weakness.
So let's look at pronunciation, so it's
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
It's my main weak point.
You try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Hey, do need help with your English report?
I can help you write it.
OK, well no problem.
Perfect, like this.
So next time, OK, for homework
I'm gonna ask you:
Hey, do you need help with your English report?
And you just say...
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
It's my weakness. It's my main weakness.
OK, please remember this and
we'll you see you next time. Thank you.
for beginners video series
and today's idiom is
Achilles' heel.
What does this mean? We will find out,
but first let's do our test.
OK, so I asked you:
Hey, do I really need IT's approval?
It's necessary?
And you say...
Yes, it's a must.
Yes, you have to do it.
OK, but instead of saying "you have to..."
you could say "it's a must." It's needed.
OK, I hope you got that. Let's go on to
today's idiom "Achilles' heel."
This sounds like a difficult word but it's not, OK?
Here's what I sometimes hear
So let's imagine Taro needs to write an
English report. Taro has to write a report in
English. So he has a lot of stress, and I say:
Taro, do you need help with your
English report?
And Taro says:
Yes, Hika. It's my weakness.
Writing in English is my weakness.
Which is perfect, OK?
Because Taro is a good worker. He's
smart. He works fast.
But his biggest weakness is writing in English.
That's his Achilles' heel, we say. Like this...
OK, so I say: Hey, Taro,
do you need help with your English report?
And he says:
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
Very natural.
It's my main weak point.
Almost like my only... not only weak point
but my biggest weak point.
My Achilles' heel. I'm good at this, this, this, this...
but not writing in English.
Achilles' heel. OK, the origin is...
Achilles is a Greek god.
And this god could run, he could jump,
he could fight. He had everything.
But he had one weak point, and that was his leg.
Imagine this is his foot, and his leg
right here. The heel...
that was his weak point.
If you hit him here
he loses. OK?
So we call our "Achilles' heel" our like
main weak point. OK, our biggest weakness.
All right, so that's all it means.
My main weak point -- weakness.
So let's look at pronunciation, so it's
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
It's my main weak point.
You try...
Good. OK, with my question:
Hey, do need help with your English report?
I can help you write it.
OK, well no problem.
Perfect, like this.
So next time, OK, for homework
I'm gonna ask you:
Hey, do you need help with your English report?
And you just say...
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
It's my weakness. It's my main weakness.
OK, please remember this and
we'll you see you next time. Thank you.
