Y_NT4_Lesson-6-1_Expert

PART A_1

We will read aloud the words below. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.

単語を音読します。講師に続いて読みましょう。講師は発音を確認します。

(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART A_2

valuable	価値のある
consumer	消費者
popularity	人気
network	ネットワーク
necessarily	必ずしも
economic	経済的
inconvenient	不便な
reflection	反射

PART A_3

Now, let’s review some words from part A_2.

ではいくつかの単語を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part A_2.)

PART A_4

PART B_1

Please read aloud the passage below. I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

文章を読みます。講師が発音、イントネーションについて確認します。

(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART B_2

Generally, the reason why products and services become popular is that they are better than others. However, there are cases where the quality of the products or services does not depend on its popularity rather, it depends more on the number of its consumers. An increase in the number of consumers who use a product means more benefits for the consumers. This effect is known in economic terms as the network effect. One of the best examples is the telephone. Owning a telephone would be useless if no other people use it, but the more consumers the network has, the more valuable it becomes because there are more people to talk to on the phone. As it gains more and more subscribers, its value continues to increase which reaches to the point where not subscribing on the telephone becomes inconvenient for people. Various services such as discounted price plans are being offered as a telephone network’s number of consumers increases which indirectly makes the network’s value increase even more.

The network effect has two major types. One of them is the number of consumers of a service or product which affects its value directly. It applies to communication services such as telephones, fax machines, the Internet, and e-mail. For instance, e-mail service will be worthless if there are no other e-mail users with whom the user can communicate with. However, under the network effect, the value of the product or service is not necessarily its quality’s reflection.

PART B_3

Now, let’s review some words and sentences from part B_2.

ではいくつかの単語、文章を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and sentences from part B_2.)

PART B_4

PART B_5

I will ask the following questions. Please answer based on the passage. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.

講師が以下の質問をします。読んだ内容をもとに答えましょう。講師は文法と完全な文章で答えられているかを確認します。

(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART B_6

1.	What is the general reason why products and services become popular?
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2.	What does an increase in the number of consumers who use a product mean?
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3.	What is one of the best examples of the network effect?
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4.	What happens as the telephone gains more and more subscribers?
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5.	What is one of the network effect’s two major types?
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PART B_7

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART B_8

PART C_1

Please construct sentences using each word below.

以下の言葉を使って文章を作りましょう。

PART C_2

valuable		.
consumer		.
popularity		.
necessarily		.
inconvenient		.

PART C_3

Now, let’s review some words from part C_2.

ではいくつかの単語を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part C_2.)

PART C_4

PART D_1

I will ask the following questions. Please answer based on your opinion. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.

講師が以下の質問をします。あなたの意見をもとに答えましょう。講師は文法と完全な文章で答えられているかを確認します。

(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART D_2

1.	Do you think the quality of the product is more important than its price?
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2.	Do you think the popularity of the product is important when buying one?
Answer:		.
3.	What things should people consider when buying a product?
Answer:		.
4.	What is the reason why the quality of a product or service is important?
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5.	What is your opinion about companies who spend more on advertisements rather than the quality of their products?
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6.	What is the reason why most people like quantity over quality when buying products?
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7.	What is the reason why most companies become valuable despite the high price of their products?
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PART D_3

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART D_4