2016.04.18
Tip 194 ”a go-getter”無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第194弾は、”a go-getter” です。
何でも進んで取り組み、敏腕でやり手な人。
今回は、そんな人のことを表す表現をご紹介します。
ヒカはタロウに言いました。
“Wow, Yuki got another big contract.She’s a super saleswoman.”
「ユキがまた大きな契約を取ってきたぞ。彼女はスーパーセールスマンだね。」
「彼女はやり手だからね。」
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, she’s aggressive.”
日本語では「アグレッシブ」というと前向きな表現になりますが、
英語では「攻撃的」という意味にも捉えられます。
そこで
“Yes, she’s a go-getter.”
と言ってみましょう！ 「やり手」「敏腕」「実力派」といった意味の、実行力・実現力のある自発的にものごとに取り組む人のことを指す、とても自然な表現です。
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello, everyone. Welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series and
today's idiom is
go-getter
Go-getter. What does this mean?
We will find out but
first let's do our test.
So I have a bit of a problem
OK, I say: Hey there's something wrong
with the code in this program
I have to look through all these pages to find it. And you say...
Yeah, there you go.
It'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It's impossible to find.
OK, I hope you got that.
A needle in a haystack.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom.
a "go-getter."
Here's what I sometimes hear --
so let's imagine I'm talking to my
colleague, Taro, and there's another
colleague, Yuki. And I say to Taro:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
She's a super saleswoman.
And Taro says:
Yes, she's aggressive.
OK, I often hear this, you know, from my students.
He's aggressive or "she's aggressive"
and they want to see it in a good way like
they work hard and they're hungry, you
know, to succeed. But aggressive also has...
it has that meaning, but it also has like someone who wants to fight -- that
kind of meaning. Like an angry dog
is aggressive. You know, they bite.
They want to... you know, someone who wants to
fight a lot, or verbally or physically
fight, we say they're aggressive. OK, so
it's not used so commonly in this case.
Like Yuki's a very hard-working, hungry
business person.
OK, in that case we can say this --
So I say:
Taro, wow, Yuki got another big contract.
She's great!
And Taro says:
Yes, she's a go-getter.
OK, that's nice. So she's hungry,
you know, she gets results.
But she doesn't fight. So "go-getter"
is more suitable in that situation.
Are you a go-getter? I'm a go-getter.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation
it's yes -- with a pause and -- she'sa
go-getter.
Yes, she'sa go-getter.
Yes, she'sa go-getter. You try...
OK, with my sentence:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
Yeah, I think you're right.
Perfect.
OK, so for homework next time I will say:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
And you just say:
She's a go-getter.
Please remember this, and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's idiom is
go-getter
Go-getter. What does this mean?
We will find out but
first let's do our test.
So I have a bit of a problem
OK, I say: Hey there's something wrong
with the code in this program
I have to look through all these pages to find it. And you say...
Yeah, there you go.
It'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It's impossible to find.
OK, I hope you got that.
A needle in a haystack.
OK, let's go on to today's idiom.
a "go-getter."
Here's what I sometimes hear --
so let's imagine I'm talking to my
colleague, Taro, and there's another
colleague, Yuki. And I say to Taro:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
She's a super saleswoman.
And Taro says:
Yes, she's aggressive.
OK, I often hear this, you know, from my students.
He's aggressive or "she's aggressive"
and they want to see it in a good way like
they work hard and they're hungry, you
know, to succeed. But aggressive also has...
it has that meaning, but it also has like someone who wants to fight -- that
kind of meaning. Like an angry dog
is aggressive. You know, they bite.
They want to... you know, someone who wants to
fight a lot, or verbally or physically
fight, we say they're aggressive. OK, so
it's not used so commonly in this case.
Like Yuki's a very hard-working, hungry
business person.
OK, in that case we can say this --
So I say:
Taro, wow, Yuki got another big contract.
She's great!
And Taro says:
Yes, she's a go-getter.
OK, that's nice. So she's hungry,
you know, she gets results.
But she doesn't fight. So "go-getter"
is more suitable in that situation.
Are you a go-getter? I'm a go-getter.
OK, so let's look at pronunciation
it's yes -- with a pause and -- she'sa
go-getter.
Yes, she'sa go-getter.
Yes, she'sa go-getter. You try...
OK, with my sentence:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
Yeah, I think you're right.
Perfect.
OK, so for homework next time I will say:
Wow, Yuki got another big contract.
And you just say:
She's a go-getter.
Please remember this, and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.
