2015.02.20
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.
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.
