Unit 10 : Responsible Production and Consumption
この章では、Circular Economy (循環型経済)について考えてみます。Sustainableな社会を目指してResponsible Production and Consumptionを実践するためには、生産者が作った商品を消費者が使ったのち、単に廃棄するだけではなく、どうやってreuse(再利用)できるかというのを考え、生産者がそれを商品設計段階から取り入れて商品開発をすることが非常に重要とされています。現在みなさんがよく見るケースとしては、ペットボトルやカン、食品トレーなどのreuseですが、Readingの中では他の事例も紹介されています。どのような事例か紹介されているか、また自身ではどういう取り組みをしていけるか、一緒に考えてみましょう。
次の語句に最も適切な定義や同義語を選んで記号で答えましょう。
1. Discard (a) to take in
2. Assume (b) a process of removing something
3. Infinite (c) rock or soil containing a valuable metal
4. Absorb (d) something that uses a lot more time, energy, and land than another
5. Ore (e) limitless
6. Capture (f) a material supplied to a machine or plant
7. Manufacture (g) income
8. Resource- and Energy-intensive (h) to throw away
9. Revenue (i) lack
10. Extraction (j) to accept something to be true
11. Feedstock (k) to catch
12. Scarcity (l) to make something on a large scale
https://nbs.net/what-is-a-circular-economy-and-how-does-it-work/
Why is Circular Economy Important? までを読んで答えなさい。
(1) What happens to Smartphones in the United States?
(a) They are reused before they are broken.
(b) They are replaced with new ones before they arebroken.
(a) They are broken before they are reused.
(b) None of the above.
(2) In the third paragraph, what does the author mean by “This approach has real cost”?
(a) All our waste, such as cellphones, still has a lot of value.
(b) All our waste needs to be landfilled
(c) The cost of landfill is very high.
(d) A tonne of gold ore has 300 times more gold than a tonne of iPhones.
(3) What is most likely true about the linear economy?
(a) It tries to keep resources for as long as possible.
(b) The resources are taken from landfills.
(c) Resources are thrown away even if we can still use them.
(d) We use resources in a linear production line.
(4) What is true about the Circular Economy?
(a) Companies should make money by making their products last longer.
(b) Only the company should act to achieve the circular economy.
(c) In the circular economy, recycling resources is the most important.
(d) An important idea of the circular economy is how we can reduce resources.
(5) According to the passage, what is true about resources human can use?
(a) In a circular economy, 8.6% of resources are discarded.
(b) The goods we make is about the same weight as all the creatures combined.
(c) Composting is one way to reuse our resources.
(d) Companies have less profit by making products from waste.
Checking Your Understanding
今回は、相手から聞いた意見をきちんと自分が理解できているかどうか確認する方法を学びます。
Circular Economyについて、自分が協力できると思うことを発表してみよう。
(1) 日本語で意見を言ってみよう。
(2) 英語で意見を言い合い、相手の言ったことを言い換えまたはリピートして、自分がきちんと理解できているか確認してみよう。
項目
理解の確認 (3ステップ)
意味の確認
自分の意見をより詳しく説明
理解していることを伝える一言
フレーズ
1. Can I check my understanding?
2. 下記からどれかを選ぶ
Did you say that you would return your cell phone to the manufacturer(製造会社)before you buy a new one?
You mean, “you will return your cell phone to the manufacturer” before you buy a new one?
So you think that you should return your cell phone to the manufacturer before you buy a new one
3. Is that correct / right?
Yes, that’s right.
Exactly.
Not exactly, I meant, “AFTER I buy a new phone.”
Actually, I said, “AFTER I buy a new phone.”
I see.
I got it.
Oh. Okay.
会話例:
S1: I am not sure but perhaps, I should return my cell phone to the manufacturer after I buy a new one. It’s one thing I can do to help circular economy before doing something else.
S2: Can I check my understanding? You mean, “You will return your cell phone before you buy a new one?”
S1: Actually, I said, “AFTER I buy a new one.”
S2: I got it.
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