2015.04.03
Point 85 ”portly” 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85弾は、”portly” です。
面識のない方にお会いする場合、事前にどんな外見の方かを確認することってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“What does Mr.Sasaki look like?”「佐々木さんの見た目ってどんな感じ？」と聞きました。
「かっぷくの良い人だよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“He’s a fat man.”「太った人です。」
でも伝わりますが、ネガティブな表現ですので気を付けましょう。
そこで、
“He’s a portly man.”「かっぷくの良い人だよ。」
と言ってみましょう。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 word
is portly. Portly. A very short word.
What does this mean? We will find out but
first
let's do our test. Okay so
let's imagine you broke your smartphone.
It's broken.
And you're a little bit embarrassed. Okay
maybe you put it in the washing machine
and the smart phone broke. Maybe.
You don't want to tell me the reason or how. Okay so I say how did you break your
smartphone?
What do you say?
That's a right. I'd rather not say. Okay.
If someone asks you a question. You don't
want to answer it.
You could say, I'd rather not say. I hope
you got that.
Okay let's go on to today's word,
which is very short, portly. Okay.
Here's what I often hear. So I'm talking to Taro
and I'm looking for Mr. Sasaki. Okay
I've never met
Mr. Sasaki before. So I say Taro.
What does Mr. Sasaki look like? Is he
tall? Is he short?
And Taro says he's a fat man.
Okay he's a fat man.
Hmm, not so good. Okay. It's it's
no one likes to be called fat.
Right? Okay so this is not a good word.
So we can say this. I say ah,
Taro what does Mr. Sasaki look
like? Tall? Short?
And Taro says
he's a portly man. Yes that means a
little bit round.
A portly man. Okay so it's better than
saying
fat. We say portly. Okay.
Let's remember this. He's a portly man.
And let's practice pronunciation.
So it's he's a. He's a portly man. And
you have a pause there.
He's a portly man. OK you try.
Good okay with my question.
Um, what does Mr. Sasaki look like? Ah,
ok ok I'll find him. Thank you. Like this.
Okay for homework. So I'm going to ask you next time,
what does Mr. Sasaki look like? And you
say,
not he's a fat man, but he's a portly
man. And you have a pause. He's a portly man.
Okay it's not rude. Okay please remember
this.
We will see you next time. Thank you.
beginners
video series and today's word
is portly. Portly. A very short word.
What does this mean? We will find out but
first
let's do our test. Okay so
let's imagine you broke your smartphone.
It's broken.
And you're a little bit embarrassed. Okay
maybe you put it in the washing machine
and the smart phone broke. Maybe.
You don't want to tell me the reason or how. Okay so I say how did you break your
smartphone?
What do you say?
That's a right. I'd rather not say. Okay.
If someone asks you a question. You don't
want to answer it.
You could say, I'd rather not say. I hope
you got that.
Okay let's go on to today's word,
which is very short, portly. Okay.
Here's what I often hear. So I'm talking to Taro
and I'm looking for Mr. Sasaki. Okay
I've never met
Mr. Sasaki before. So I say Taro.
What does Mr. Sasaki look like? Is he
tall? Is he short?
And Taro says he's a fat man.
Okay he's a fat man.
Hmm, not so good. Okay. It's it's
no one likes to be called fat.
Right? Okay so this is not a good word.
So we can say this. I say ah,
Taro what does Mr. Sasaki look
like? Tall? Short?
And Taro says
he's a portly man. Yes that means a
little bit round.
A portly man. Okay so it's better than
saying
fat. We say portly. Okay.
Let's remember this. He's a portly man.
And let's practice pronunciation.
So it's he's a. He's a portly man. And
you have a pause there.
He's a portly man. OK you try.
Good okay with my question.
Um, what does Mr. Sasaki look like? Ah,
ok ok I'll find him. Thank you. Like this.
Okay for homework. So I'm going to ask you next time,
what does Mr. Sasaki look like? And you
say,
not he's a fat man, but he's a portly
man. And you have a pause. He's a portly man.
Okay it's not rude. Okay please remember
this.
We will see you next time. Thank you.
