Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Are you using a 4G network in your country?
- How do you feel whenever you cannot get a cellphone signal?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- goal /gohl/
- involve /in-VOLV/
- arrival /arrival/
- improve /im-PROOV/
- engineering /en-juh-NEER-ing/
[noun] – an aim or purpose
My goal is to speak English fluently within two years.
[verb] – If an activity, situation, etc. involves something, that thing is a part of the activity, etc.
The trip that he had involved visiting a famous museum.
[noun] – the fact of arriving somewhere
People gathered to wait for the boxer’s arrival at the airport.
[verb] – to (cause something to) get better
She thought the best way to improve her English was to live in America.
[adjective] – the work of an engineer, or the study of this work
The building is a marvelous work of engineering and construction.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
It is bothersome if you cannot get a cell phone signal when you roam around the neighborhood: NASA and Nokia are going to put a 4G network on the moon. NASA gave $370 million to exceeding a dozen firms to place technology on the moon to complete its 2028 goal to erect a lunar station and finally support human presence there. The innovations involve a more protected arrival, robotics, cryogenic freezing, remote power generation, and 4G. Furthermore, NASA says that 4G could give more longer-distance contact and stability than the wireless standards that are on the moon today.
Meanwhile, the 4G network that is used now on Earth will be improved to 5G soon. NASA gave $14.1 million to Nokia’s (NOK) Bell Labs for the plan. Bell labs that was once controlled by AT&T, will act with spaceflight engineering company Intuitive Machines to offer the 4G-LTE network.
John Oliver announced that 4G would presumably run better on the moon than it did on Earth because it wouldn’t have any trees, buildings, or TV signals to interfere with the 4G signal. And also, the moon’s cellular network will be devised to endure the peculiarities of the moon’s environment: radiation, space’s vacuum, and extreme temperature. It will still be working while there are landings and launches, despite spacecraft significantly rocking the moon’s surface.
Meanwhile, the 4G network that is used now on Earth will be improved to 5G soon. NASA gave $14.1 million to Nokia’s (NOK) Bell Labs for the plan. Bell labs that was once controlled by AT&T, will act with spaceflight engineering company Intuitive Machines to offer the 4G-LTE network.
John Oliver announced that 4G would presumably run better on the moon than it did on Earth because it wouldn’t have any trees, buildings, or TV signals to interfere with the 4G signal. And also, the moon’s cellular network will be devised to endure the peculiarities of the moon’s environment: radiation, space’s vacuum, and extreme temperature. It will still be working while there are landings and launches, despite spacecraft significantly rocking the moon’s surface.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- NASA and Toshiba are going to put a 4G network on the moon.
- John Oliver announced that 5G would presumably run better on the moon than it did on Earth.
- It is bothersome if you cannot get a cell phone signal when you roam around the neighborhood.
- The 4G network that is used now on Earth will be improved to 5G soon.
- The innovations involve a more protected arrival, robotics, cryogenic freezing, remote power generation, and 5G.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| goal | involve | arrival | improve | engineering |
- Because of _____, the structure of the building looked better.
- The famous actor’s _____ was caught on camera by the people at the airport.
- The scuba diving training that I have attended _____ a lot of breathing exercises.
- NASA’s _____is to locate a 4G network on the moon.
- Andrew practices English everyday to _____ .