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Part 3.
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You will hear a business studies student called Edward talking to his tutor about some research he is doing on product development.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
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Hello, Edward.
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Sit down.
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Thanks.
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I need some advice on my presentation about product development.
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Right.
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Have you decided what to focus on?
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Yes.
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The product I've chosen is a particular type of mosquito net.
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Any reason for choosing that?
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Hmm.
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I spent last summer travelling round Africa with a friend.
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He's studying medicine, so when we were in a region where mosquitoes cause malaria, we visited a medical centre.
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I chatted to an administrator while my friend talked to one of the doctors,
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and I found out they've had far fewer cases of malaria since these mosquito nets became available locally.
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That made me interested in them.
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Hmm, OK.
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Mosquito nets have quite a long history, don't they?
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I believe they'd been used in Japan for centuries.
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That's right.
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Though apparently Queen Cleopatra slept under one in ancient Egypt.
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That was probably where they were invented.
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And much later nets were used in China, so perhaps they were invented there independently.
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Originally they were made of silk, but later cotton was used, and nowadays they're mainly synthetic.
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It wasn't until the middle of the 20th century that they developed nets treated with insecticides for use by the military, and that was a major step forward.
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They used an insecticide called DDT, but it was later found that this could be harmful to people as well as mosquitoes.
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Is that still a problem with modern nets?
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Oh, no. The chemicals used nowadays are safe, even if people sleep under them every night.
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And the nets work, and they're odour-free.
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But they have to be treated fairly often with the chemical, which the owners need to do themselves.
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Hmm.
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Presumably distribution of the chemical can be a problem in remote areas?
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I mean, people may not be able to get hold of it easily.
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That's right.
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Hmm.
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OK, tell me about this net you're going to talk about.
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Well, the brand name is Olliset, and the product was invented by a Japanese company.
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These nets are an improvement on the alternatives because the insecticide is contained inside the fibre and released gradually.
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It's not coated on the outside as with ordinary nets.
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So the chemicals don't have to be replaced?
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Right.
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And Oli-set nets are also tougher and don't tear as easily.
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They give protection for at least five years compared with a year or two for other nets.
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Well, it sounds interesting.
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But for your seminar presentation, will you provide the bigger picture as well?
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Yes.
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It'll be a case study of product development.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
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I thought I'd introduce my presentation by describing the background to the new product, the general context.
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You mean the business context?
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Where the investment's coming from and that sort of thing?
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Well, I was thinking I'd talk first about insect-borne diseases, particularly malaria
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and why there's such an urgent need for new ways of fighting it.
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Some people might not know much about it.
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Yes, that's a good idea.
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I've got some statistics about the numbers of people worldwide who get the disease each year.
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I thought I'd show those.
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They're quite staggering.
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I can imagine.
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It's one of the world's biggest health problems, after all.
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It'd also be useful if you could find some statistical information on how malaria affects countries' economic output and present that too.
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OK, I'm sure I can find something.
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After that, I'll talk about mosquito nets.
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First, the historical development, just briefly, and then I'll introduce the Ollyset mosquito net.
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Yes, keep it simple.
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You could just present a bulleted list of its characteristics, the things that make it different from other types of net, and talk that through.
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Right.
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Then I thought I'd outline the production process.
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Fine.
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Should I give some information about where the money for the project has come from?
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There are lots of government and private sponsors.
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Definitely.
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That's a very important aspect of any product development.
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Where are the nets being manufactured, by the way?
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Oh, over half are made in Tanzania by a company called A-Z.
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They got an interest-free loan to buy in the necessary machinery.
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Well, I'd say a bit about the company profile as well, and then present figures about numbers of staff and the kinds of people they're employing on the Ollyset project,
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if you can find the details.
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Hmm, OK.
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I haven't included any information about marketing.
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I've got a lot of notes about it, but I'm not sure how to present them.
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I wouldn't mention that if I were you.
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You've only got a short time for your presentation and you've got quite a lot of material here already.
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But you should provide some figures about output.
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Have you found out from the company's website how many nets they actually produce?
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Yes, it's over 30 million a year.
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Right.
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Then I'm not sure how to finish off.
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What do you think about including something on potential...
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That is the end of part three.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part three.
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Thank you.

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この動画で英語シャドーイングを練習する理由

ビジネス研究の学生と教師の会話は、実践的な英語表現を学ぶのに最適なコンテキストです。「商品開発」というテーマは、学術的な議論から日常的な説明まで幅広い表現が含まれており、YouTubeで英語学習をする際の理想的な教材です。シャドーイングを通じて、自然なスピードとイントネーションを身につけるだけでなく、専門用語や論理的な展開方法も習得できます。特にマラリア対策の蚊帳についての説明は、具体的な事例を使った説明力向上にも役立ちます。

文脈の中の文法と表現

  • 「It wasn't until... that...」:「~になってから初めて...」という構文で、歴史的な出来事を表すのに使われます。例えば「It wasn't until the middle of the 20th century that they developed nets treated with insecticides」は、「20世紀半ばになってから初めて殺虫剤処理の蚊帳が開発された」と訳されます。
  • 比較表現「compared with」:「~と比べて」という意味で、製品の優位性を説明する際に重要です。「They give protection for at least five years compared with a year or two for other nets」は、「他の蚊帳の1~2年に比べて、少なくとも5年間保護効果があります」となります。
  • 原因を表す「That made me interested in them」:「それが私をそれらに興味を持たせた」という表現で、経験から興味が湧いた理由を自然に伝えます。日常生活でもよく使われるので、シャドーイングで慣れておきましょう。

発音の注意点

英語の発音を良くするためには、以下の単語の発音に注意が必要です。「mosquito」は「モスキート」ではなく「マスキート」と発音し、「insecticide」は「インセクティサイド」ではなく「インセクティサイド」(最後の「e」は発音しない)が正しいです。また、「Olliset」というブランド名は、強勢が最初の音节にあります。シャドーイングサイトで繰り返し練習することで、これらのトラップを克服できます。

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文型動画での表現
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were invented · were made · be treated
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Have you decided · I've chosen · they've had

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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