Tip 195 ”a heavyweight”無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第195弾は、”a heavyweight” です。

オフィスで誰かと話をしている社長。何だか重々しい雰囲気です。
それを見たヒカは、タロウに聞きました。

“Taro, who’s that guy speaking to our president?”
「社長と話している人、誰?」

「政界の大物だよ。」
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?

“He’s a very powerful person in the Government.”
これでも良いのですが、こんな時もっと適した表現があります。

“He’s a heavyweight in the Government.”
と言ってみましょう! とても自然な表現です。

発音もビデオでチェック!
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。

Hello, welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series

and today's word is
a heavyweight.

The heavyweight champion of the world.
That heavyweight.

What does this mean?
We'll find out but first let's do our test.

OK, so I'm talking to you
and I say:

Wow, our colleague, Yuki, got another big
contract. She's great. And you say...

That's right.
Yes, she's a go-getter.

I hope you got that.
OK, let's go into today's word

heavyweight. What's a heavyweight?
OK, here's what I sometimes hear...

So imagine Taro and I are colleagues.
We' re in the office and we see our president

OK? Our company president
speaking to another man

We don't know who this other guy is.

So I say:
Taro, who's that guy speaking to our president?

Who is he? And Taro says:
He's a very powerful person in the Government.

Some politician. OK, this is okay.
He's a powerful person in the Government.

Someone who can change laws.
You know, has a lot of connections

but more natural way to say this -- someone with power in the Government or in a company --

We can say this... so if I say:
who's that guy speaking to our president?

And Taro says:
He's a heavyweight in the Government.

Oh, I see.

OK, he has a lot of power. It's a really
natural expression.

He's a heavyweight the Government.
OK? Someone who has authority.

Power. They can change things.
Move things.

OK? And you could see this is a company.
You know, "Well yeah, you know, he's not a

director, but he is a heavyweight in the
company.

It's OK. He's got a lot of power to move people. OK?

Now you have to be
careful with this word because

if you say just "he's a heavyweight"
that's all -- or "she's a heavyweight"

It could mean that they are overweight.
He's a heavyweight.

So it has that meaning too. So be careful.
You should add, you know...

He's a heavyweight in the company.
He's a heavyweight in this industry.

He's a heavyweight, you know, in the
committee.

OK? Like this. OK let's look at prounciation.
So it's: He'sa heavy -- not WEIGHT -- but

He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.
He'sa heavyweigh' in the Government.

You try...

Good, with my sentence:
So who's that guy speaking to our president?

I see. OK.
Perfect.

So for homework next time I will ask:
Who's that guy speaking to our president?

And you just say...

He's a heavyweight in the Government.

OK, please remember this and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.

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