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Well, I've become CEO three and a half years ago, and we've taken some aggressive steps to restructure the organization, get out of profitable businesses,

and turn the businesses around category by category.

As a matter of fact, for example, the TV business, which we were unprofitable for the last 10 years,

we were able to turn on last fiscal year.

And so a lot of the restructuring and the things

that we've put in place over the past three years have really started to bear fruit

and I think the Sony organization just overall is headed in the right direction.

I know your mission is to just overhaul the company into this more focused and profitable company.

So is it fair to say that movies,

music, video games, image sensors are all going to be at the top of the resource of food chain?

TVs and smartphones will be at the bottom or spun out or sold off when you can cut them or reorganize them.

So let me address a second point first.

We are not selling off our TV business or our smartphone business.

Our TV business is now a fully -owned subsidiary.

The smartphone business has always been a fully -owned subsidiary.

We were able to turn the TV business around to profitability last fiscal year.

We are well on our way to doing a necessary restructuring

to turn the business for the smartphone business to profitability this fiscal year and next fiscal year and beyond.

And as you mentioned, the growth areas for Sony really are going to be driven by our image sensor business,

our entertainment businesses, and our video game business.

So that point that you mentioned is absolutely the important pillars, if you will, for Sony's growth going forward.

Okay, so speaking of the gaming, and I know you have a particular area of expertise in this, how do you think that

Sony's PlayStation is going to compete with Microsoft Xbox or Nintendo Wii in this all -important holiday season?

I think that based on the past performance of the PlayStation 4 console vis -a -vis our competitors,

not just in the US market but in Europe, in Japan and elsewhere.

We're very confident about being able to keep our leadership position with PlayStation 4 in all those territories.

And we have a lot of great games

that are coming up between now and the end of the year and certainly beyond that, which promises very well for the console.

Not to mention the fact that we are talking about our foray into virtual reality with PlayStation VR.

That's a product that's coming out next year.

And I heard you talk about virtual reality.

Do you see any kind of application for this technology,

whether it's in gaming, but I'm more interested in beyond when you see some of the products that you're pitched?

You have a large vision.

Do you see where the average person is going to be using these, not just gamers?

I think first of all, because it is coming from our PlayStation business, the video game applications are going to be first and foremost.

But at the same time, there are other image related applications or entertainment content.

A lot of discussions are already happening with the folks down at Sony Pictures Entertainment for television and motion picture content.

And also, if you look at other business applications, whether it's in, for example, in the manufacturing field or other consumer applications,

there are a lot of different areas in which the application or the technology can be used broadly.

But we want to make sure that we first start out with video game content

and then move on to movie and television content first.

So, Mr. Hari, Michael Rogers, the NSA director, spoke recently and said that

Sony did a great job handling the now infamous hack.

Did you ever find out if there was a disgruntled employee involved with that?

I think that based on all the reports that we've gotten from the FBI and other authorities,

that this was not something that was perpetrated by a disgruntled employee.

And that, in fact, it was actually an attack from a nation state.

And that's the information that we've gotten, and I think that's the information that I think the members of the media have as well.

Incidents like these are issues, unfortunately, that is a part of life, part of business going forward.

And whether it's

Sony, whether it's anybody else, it's not a question of if, but it's more of a question of when.

So rather than trying to say that this is never going to happen again, it's more making sure that if,

unfortunately, these incidents happen, that we are able to deal with it in a proactive and a very quick manner.

So, Mr. Harai, before we let you go, the one surprise, the biggest element that has made you readjust in these past three years,

what is it?

You know, I think that, you know, one of the things that really inspires me is the fact that,

you know, Sony is a worldwide organization with more than 140 ,000 employees.

Now, we've been able to really rally around the cause of restructuring the organization to make it a more profitable

and more strong organization going forward.

And the past three and a half years has been just a great journey in making sure that we undertake that path.

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このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「『これが聞き取れたら英語上級者』元ソニーCEOの平井一夫さんからハイレベルビジネス英語を学ぼう！」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：Sony, application, Playstation, organization, smartphone。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が61文、単語が911語あります。音声の長さは4:53です。話す速さは速く、1分あたり約187語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。単語の86%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
smartphone 名詞	/ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/	スマートフォン, スマートホン
profitable 形容詞	/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/	有益な, 利益になる
virtual 形容詞	/ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/	事実上の
sensor 名詞	/ˈsɛn.sɚ/	センサー, センサ
element 名詞	/ˈɛləmənt/	要素, エレメント
pitch 名詞	/pɪt͡ʃ/	投球
compete 動詞	/kəmˈpiːt/	争う, 競う
resource 名詞	/ɹɪˈzɔːs/	資源, 資産
spin 動詞	/spɪn/	回転する
rally 名詞	/ˈɹæli/	大会, 集会
aggressive 形容詞	/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/	侵略的な, 攻撃的な
expertise 名詞	/ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/	専門的知識
competitor 名詞	/kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/	競争者
infamous 形容詞	/ˈɪn.fə.məs/	悪名高い
undertake 動詞	/ˌʌndəˈteɪk/	取り掛かる

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	発音	意味
sell off 動詞		売り払う, 売り飛ばす
come out 動詞	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	出る
come up 動詞		上がる, 登る
find out 動詞		見出す, 調べる

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	I've become · we've put · has always been
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる	is headed · be driven · was perpetrated

注意したい発音

話し手はwe've, I'm, I'veなど、短縮形や弱形を9回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: subsidiary /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, profitability /ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, unprofitable /ʌnˈpɹɑf.ɪ.təbl̩/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: profitable /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/, virtual /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/, elsewhere /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/, rally /ˈɹæli/, broadly /ˈbɹɔːdli/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: virtual /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/, aggressive /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/, overhaul /ˈəʊvəˌhɔːl/, proactive /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fiscal /ˈfɪskəl/, smartphone /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/, profitable /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/, folk /foʊk/, foremost /ˈfɔː.məʊst/

この動画での練習方法

まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。smartphone, profitable, virtualなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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