シャドーイング練習: READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 5A GLOBAL CITIES - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Unit 5.
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A Global Cities A New York City is a star, the city of cities, wrote author John Gunther.
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But what makes a city great?
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To answer this question, the creators of the Global Cities Index looked at the following.
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Business.
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How many global companies are in the city?
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Does the city do a lot of international business?
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People.
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People.
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Does the city attract talented people from around the world?
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Are the city's universities good?
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How many residents have college degrees?
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Media Is it easy to get information from different sources?
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TV, radio, internet?
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How many residents have internet access?
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Entertainment Does the city have many entertainment options?
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Museums, sports, music and different types of restaurants?
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Politics How many embassies and international organisations are in the city?
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Future leaders.
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B. As the graph on the previous page shows, most cities on the Global Cities Index are strong in certain areas.
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Beijing's strength, for example, is business, while Los Angeles' strength is people.
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New York, London and Paris are at the top because they are strong in all five areas.
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See which cities will become more powerful in the future.
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Creators of the Global Cities Index predict the most growth in the following places.
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Asia, Beijing and Shanghai are both business centres and will continue to grow.
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In a few years, they will be as powerful as New York.
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Other Chinese cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen will also grow.
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Indian cities such as Mumbai and New Delhi have a lot of business potential too.
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South America, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina and Bogota in Colombia will become more powerful.
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In these cities, the middle class is growing and life for many people is improving.
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The Middle East, Istanbul in Turkey, Cairo in Egypt and the cities of the United Arab Emirates, UAE, such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi,
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will hold more power in international politics and business, especially in helping East and West work together.
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d.
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In 10 years the top cities on the index may be different, but one thing is certain.
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With over 50% of the world's people now living in urban areas, tomorrow's global cities will be more powerful than ever.
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- resident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/ (名詞) — 居住者, 住民. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- creator /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ (名詞) — 造物主, 作り主. Something or someone which creates or makes something.
- talented /ˈtæləntɪd/ (形容詞) — 多才, 才能のある. Endowed with one or more talents.
- attract /əˈtɹækt/ (動詞) — 引きつける. To pull toward without touching.
- embassy /ˈɛmbəsi/ (名詞) — 大使館. The function or duty of an ambassador.
- predict /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ (動詞) — 予言する. To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of…
- graph /ɡɹæf/ (名詞) — グラフ, 図表. A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or…
- index /ˈɪndɛks/ (名詞) — 索引, インデックス. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- entertainment /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/ (名詞) — 娯楽, エンタメ. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as…
- restaurant /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ (名詞) — レストラン, 食堂. An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- urban /ˈɝ.bən/ (形容詞) — 都市の. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when…
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- 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, entertainment /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/
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