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。
- Do you use Twitter?
- What is your idea of “tipping”?
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。
- select /si-LEKT/
- method /METH-uhd/
- journalist /JUR-nl-ist/
- control /kuhn-TROHL/
- personal /PUR-suh-nl/
[adjective] – chosen from a number or group
The medicine is tested to a select number of people only.
[noun] – a way of doing something
She discovered a faster method to make bread.
[noun] – someone who collects and writes news stories and articles for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
Sarah’s husband was a freelance journalist.
[verb] – to be in charge of something or someone and have the power to make decisions relating to them
Brian is from a different group, so he cannot control ours.
[adjective] – private or relating to someone’s private life
His latest novel is written from personal experience.
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。
Twitter added its “tip jar” feature to a select group of users on May 8. This function allows Twitter users to support others by sending money through different payment methods such as PayPal, CashApp, and Venmo. The tip jar option is only available using mobile phones, and to content creators such as artists, journalists, experts, and non-profits. However, security expert Rachel Tobac pointed out a privacy concern about the feature. Receivers can see the senders’ postal addresses when sending money using PayPal. Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour said that they cannot control how PayPal handles personal information. PayPal then recommended using the “friends and family” option to hide personal details instead of the “goods and services” option because it shows shipping information. The tip jar function will soon be available to more, but users are worried about its privacy issues.
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。
- As of now, Twitter’s tip jar feature is available to all users.
- The tip jar option can only be used on mobile phones.
- Tobac pointed out a privacy issue when sending money through CashApp.
- PayPal recommends using the “family and friends” option to hide personal information.
- PayPal’s “goods and services” option does not show personal data.
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。
| select | method | journalist | control | personal |
- What other payment _______ do you have?
- The SNS can show _______ information to others.
- The police took _______ of the situation.
- Only a _______ group of people were invited to their wedding.
- My friend works as a _______ for a local newspaper.