Unit 8 : Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, innovation and infrastructure (Goal 9)
Discuss with your classmates
1. What are examples of “innovation”?
2. What are examples of “infrastructure”?
VOCABULARY
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. Investment (a) something that is considered more important than other things
2. Productivity (b) the process of developing industries
3. Electricity (c) a business or company
4. Enterprise (d) a form of energy used for lighting, heating and providing power to machines
5. Priority (e) the action or process of putting money for profit
6. Industrialization (f) quality, state or fact of being able to generate or create goods and services
Video Viewing
Watch the video with the playback speed of 0.75 to 1.00. View 2 or 3 times.
TRUE OR FALSE
今視聴したビデオについて、下記の質問に答えてみよう。
(1) We cannot increase productivity if we do not have investment and infrastructure. T / F
(2) A similar number of people as the Chinese population do not have access to electricity. T / F
(3) Spending money on infrastructure is the most important to support technological development. T / F
Dictation
1の動画を使ってディクテーションをしてみましょう。
Investments and infrastructure are ___________ for the success of sustainable development. Without them, we could not increase our ____________ and income. Transport, irrigation, energy and ___________ ______________ are all essential, but some countries still lack basic infrastructure such as roads. Did you know the _____________ hundred million people, twice the population of China, do not have full-time access to ____________ . We are growing rapidly and need new investments in sustainable facilities. From providing financial services to small scale ___________, especially in developing countries, to supporting the development of national technologies, investments in infrastructure must be one of our top ______________. We want to grant universal access to information technologies. We want to boost industrial contributions to the employment sector and to the gross domestic product (GDP) doubling that support in the least ____________ countries. We want to build sustainable infrastructure, promote clean _______________ and encourage innovation by reaching all these goals. We are building a better world. How would you like to contribute?
ディクテーションの後、もう一度最初から聞いてみましょう。
ペア、または、グループで以下について話し合いましょう。
先進国による財政支援には限りがある中、企業(産業)による途上国への技術支援やインフラ支援を行う方法としてどのようなことが考えられるでしょうか。(英語または日本語)
将来、あなたがなり得る職業の立場で考えた時に、先進国・非先進国を問わず、どのような形で産業や技術、インフラの発展に貢献できると思いますか。(英語または日本語)
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