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6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Pippa.
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Whatever you think of social media,
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in less than a generation it has changed the internet.
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Facebook, Twitter and in the early days MySpace used to be places to post messages to friends friends
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or share photos of your breakfast.
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But with the rise of AI,
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the fun of connecting with friends changed into something much stranger,
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as Tristan and Asma, presenters of BBC World Service programme The Global Story, found out.
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Oh, what is this?
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I think it's a man who's supposed to look like Jesus.
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It's a man who looks a bit like...
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Who also looks like his dog.
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He's been AI'd, right?
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Has to be AI'd.
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He's holding his dog and his face looks like his dog,
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so he's half Jesus, half dog.
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A half-dog, half-Jesus photo is generated by AI and posted online.
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It's an example of how the use of AI in social media has evolved
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so much that today it's hard to know what's created by humans and what's not.
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In this episode, we'll discuss how social media is changing in the age of AI and,
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as usual, we'll learn some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary along with a transcript on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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But first, I have a question for you, Pippa.
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You mentioned MySpace as one of the earliest social media platforms,
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but the first electronic message was actually sent much earlier,
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in 1844, using a series of dots and dashes tapped out by hand on a telegraph wire.
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So what was this new form of communication called?
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Was it a semaphore, b dial-up, or c morse code?
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I think Morse code.
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OK, we'll find out the answer later.
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The introduction of AI has turned some users away from social media.
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Indeed, a recent report found that social media activity peaked in 2022 and has been going down ever since.
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Millennial and digital native Kyle Chaker is a writer specialising in social media.
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He spoke about the problem to Tristan Redmond for BBC World Service programme The Global Story.
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Okay, Carl, was there a moment for you when you felt like social media changed?
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Oh man, I mean, in 2015,
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2016, I think, in the United States,
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when Twitter became the hub of election discourse,
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it kind of shattered the illusion
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that the internet was a space you could go to just like have fun
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and express yourself and finds cool friends and discuss the latest cultural happenings.
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Kyle uses the informal expression, Oh man! an exclamation showing excitement or enthusiasm.
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He remembers the internet in 2016,
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when Twitter was full of angry political debate about the US elections.
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For Kyle, this shattered the illusion that the internet was fun.
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If something shatters your illusions,
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it destroys a false belief you hold,
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making you realise an unpleasant truth.
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Kyle thinks social media was friendlier before – an online space to make friends,
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have fun and discuss the latest cultural happenings.
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A cultural happening is an event that embodies the values and interests of a particular group at a particular time in history.
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For example, the hit television show Game of Thrones was a cultural happening for millennials in the 2010s.
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So, what's the future of social media?
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Will the amount of AI-generated content continue to grow?
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Here's Kyle Chaker again sharing his thoughts with BBC World Service's The Global Story.
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We see the large social networks and the tech behemoths leaning into generated content.
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And I think users don't actually want that.
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I think it's a novelty for now and people will drift away from it.
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So instead, I see people gravitating towards smaller online spaces,
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connecting more closely with individual voices like creator types,
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and just posting less in general.
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Kyle thinks the tech behemoths,
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meaning large and powerful companies, will continue pushing AI.
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However, many people want content which is more personal and meaningful.
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They think AI is a novelty,
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something which is new and unusual and therefore exciting,
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but which probably won't last.
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Instead, Kyle thinks people will gravitate towards smaller online communities.
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If you gravitate towards something,
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you are naturally drawn or attracted to it.
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Social media has changed fast and is still in motion.
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It's come a long way from the first electronic messages of 1844,
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which you mentioned in your question, Neil.
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So, did I get the correct answer?
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I asked what this new form of communication was and you said that it was C,
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Morse code, and that, Pippa, is the correct answer.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned,
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starting with the exclamation, oh man,
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used to show excitement or enthusiasm.
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To shatter an illusion is to destroy someone's misconceptions,
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causing them to realise an unpleasant reality.
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A cultural happening is an event that embodies the values and interests of a particular social group at a particular time.
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A behemoth is an extremely large and powerful company or organisation.
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A novelty is something which is new and unusual and therefore exciting.
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And finally, if you gravitate towards something,
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you are naturally attracted to it.
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Once again, our six minutes are up,
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but if you're still using the internet,
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head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com where you'll find a worksheet and quiz for this episode.
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See you again soon, but for now it's goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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このビデオで話す練習をする理由
この「6 Minute English」ビデオでは、ソーシャルメディアの変遷とAIの影響について話されています。このトピックは、今日の文化や社会に関する理解を深めるのに非常に役立ちます。また、英語を話す練習をする際には、実際の対話を通じてリアルな表現や語彙を学ぶことができるため、効果的です。
英語シャドーイングの方法として、このビデオを使うことで、リスニング力や発音の向上に繋がります。それに加えて、話しの内容が身近なテーマであるため、非常に実践的な学習が可能です。YouTubeで英語学習をサポートするこの形式は、耳に残るフレーズを体に染み込ませ、自分のものにするのに役立ちます。
文法と文脈における表現
- 過去形の使用: 「シャッターを壊す」など、瞬間の変化について話す際の過去形が重要です。
- 感情を表す表現: 「Oh man!」のようなカジュアルな表現は、話者の感情を強調します。こうした表現は、友人との会話で役立ちます。
- 疑問文の構造: 質問形式で話すことで、対話を促進する手法が学べます。「何か変わった瞬間はありましたか？」のように。
- 比喩の使用: 実際の体験を比喩的に表現することで、より興味深くコミュニケーションを行える方法が示されています。
これらの構造を使用して、shadow speakの練習を繰り返すことで、より自然な英語を話す能力を高めましょう。
一般的な発音のトラップ
- AI: この言葉は「エーアイ」と発音されますが、日本語ではかたくなりがちなので注意が必要です。
- 「social media」: このフレーズはリズムが重要です。急いで言うと、言葉が曖昧になることがありますので、ゆっくり練習しましょう。
- 「illusion」: この単語の発音には気を付けるべきです。特に「イリュージョン」の部分が、他の言葉と混同されやすいです。
これらのトラップを意識して練習することで、より正確な発音を身につけ、shadow speechにおける自信を高めることができます。実際の発音をビデオで確認して、効果的な英語の話し方を習得しましょう。
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。