Welcome back to Business English Pod for our final lesson on ビジネス英語イディオム 食べ物に関係するもの.

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve looked at a lot of different 英語のイディオム connected to food. It should be no surprise that so many expressions are related to eating and drinking. 結局, we do it three times a day, or more. Food is not just a necessity, it’s a big part of life and culture.

When you’re looking at idioms, it’s important to remember that they are fixed expressions where the words don’t have a literal meaning. So when you hear that someone is “in a pickle,” you have to understand that there’s no actual pickle. It just means that someone’s in a difficult situation. You have to figure it out from the context, because there’s not really an obvious connection between pickles and difficult situations.

レッスン中, we’ll rejoin a conversation between three colleagues. Jessie has been trying to convince Luke and Ben to join her in starting a business together. 今日, we’ll hear them talking about the possible challenges of running their own business.

リスニングの質問

1. What example does Ben give of a possibly difficult business situation?
2. What does Jessie say is one important benefit of running your own business?
3. According to Jessie, what is necessary for people to have a good business partnership?

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おかえりなさい ビジネス英語ポッド! In today’s lesson we’re going to take another look at 英語のイディオム 食べ物に関係するもの.

What do you think when someone says that another person is “out to lunch?” もちろん, it might mean that the person is actually out of the office, at a restaurant, eating a nice sandwich. But it might have nothing to do with actually eating. “Out to lunch” can mean acting crazy, not paying attention, or not understanding reality. 言い換えると, “out to lunch” is an English idiom.

An idiom is any expression where one thing actually means something else, like when “out to lunch” means crazy. English has a huge variety of idioms for every situation. And many of those idioms are related to food. Some are related to meals, のように “to put food on the table” そして “to sing for your supper.” And others are related to specific foods, のように “cool as a cucumber” そして “small potatoes.” Learning idioms like these is a great way to improve your English.

今日のレッスンで, we’ll continue listening to a conversation among three colleagues. Jessie has just told Luke and Ben about her idea to start a business. She wants them to consider joining her in the new venture. 彼らの議論の間, they use many English idioms related to food.

リスニングの質問

1. After saying he likes Jessie’s idea, what does Ben say he’s concerned about?
2. How does Luke feel about managing people?
3. What does Jessie think about the fact that they are always talking about how bad their workplace is?

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今日のレッスンのためのビジネス英語ポッドへようこそ ビジネス英語イディオム 食べ物に関係するもの.

食は生活と文化の重要な部分です. そして、食べていないときでも, 食べ物の話とか, それはイディオムの形で私たちの会話に紛れ込みます. 私が言うとき、私は何を意味しますか “熟語?” あることが実際に別のことを意味する特別な表現を意味します. 例えば, 私たちにはイディオムがあります “バナナに行く,” バナナとは全く関係ありませんが、. その意味は “狂ってしまうこと。”

英語には特定の食べ物に由来するイディオムがあります, バナナのように, バター, ベーコン, そしてパン. また、 英語のイディオム 食事や言葉から来るもの “食べ物” 自体. これらの慣用句の中には、人々や活動を説明するものもあります, 他の人は状況を説明しますが、, 人間関係, とアイデア. これらのイディオムの使い方を学ぶと非常に役立ちます “スパイスを加える” あなたの英語での会話.

今日のレッスンで, 3人の同僚の会話が聞こえます: ジェシー, ルーク, そしてベン. 彼らは一般的な仕事の状況と、ジェシーが自​​分の会社を立ち上げるという考えについて話し合っています。. 彼らの議論の間, 彼らは食べ物に関連した便利な慣用句をたくさん使います.

リスニングの質問

1. ベンはイアンと仕事をすることについてどう感じましたか?
2. ルークが仕事への取り組み方についてイアンに文句を言うつもりはないと言うのはなぜですか?
3. ルークはジェシーがいつもストレスを感じていることについて何と言っていますか?

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