Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 148 ”He has an attitude”

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第148弾は、”He has an attitude” です。

“How’s your new assistant? Is he a hard worker? A nice guy? ”
「君の新しいアシスタントはどう？頑張っている？いい人かい？」

とヒカは同僚のタロウに聞きました。

「あの人、態度が悪いんだよね。」
と答えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“His attitude is very bad.”

これでも良いのですが、
こんな時”very bad”を使わずに伝える表現があるんです。

そこで、
“He has an attitude.”

と言ってみましょう！シンプルで明確な表現です。

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 everyone. Welcome to this Bizmates
for beginners video series

and today's lesson is
He has an attitude.

Is this a good meaning or a bad meaning?
We will find out but first let's do our test.

OK, so I asked you:
Hey, is the copier broken?

Is the photocopier broken?
And you say...

I'm afraid so. That's right. Nice, soft way
of saying "yes it is."

I hope you got that.
OK, let's go on to today's phrase

He has an attitude.
OK here's what I sometimes hear...

So imagine Taro is my colleague
and I asked Taro:

How's your new assistant? Is he a hard worker?
A nice guy? And Taro says:

His attitude is very bad.

OK, perfect sentence
his attitude is very bad.

His attitude is very good
Nice and simple.

but we don't need to say "very bad," OK?

Another way to use the word "attitude"
is like this...

So I say:
Taro, how's your new assistant?

And he says:
He has an attitude.

I see. Very clear. It means
his attitude is very bad.

But we don't need to use the word "bad"
just "he has an attitude" equals

he has a bad attitude.
OK, nice and simple.

So let's look at pronunciation,
He hasan... attitude.

He has an attitude.
You try...

Good. With my question:
How's your new assistant?

I see. That's too bad.

OK, so please remember this.
For homework I will ask you:

How's your assistant? Your new assistant?
And you just say...

He has an attitude.
OK, just like that.

Please remember this and we will
see you next time. Thank you.