#１: Writing Exercise: [ Do you like Starbucks? What do you usually order there?, スターバックスが好きですか。スタバで、普段、何を注文しますか。] Write your answer in Japanese.

①Instruction for Writing Practice

 

こんにちは。Motoです。For writing practice, I am introducing the following method. You can apply my method to your Japanese Writing Practice.

1: I pick up one question from “Discussion/Further Discussion” on the DMM英会話Daily News. This time, the question is 

“Do you like Starbucks? What do you usually order there?, スターバックスが好きですか。スタバで、普段、何を注文しますか”

2: I try to write answer sentences to “The Question” in English.

3: Usually, I will ask ChatGPT to correct my answer and compare the original one and corrected one.

4: For someone learning Japanese, I will leave my answer and its Japanese translation as example. (I will translate my answer loosely in Japanese, not literally.)

5: Now, your turn. try to write your answer in Japanese to “The Question”. You can refer to my translated answer in Japanese as example.

6: Put the question and your Japanese sentences in ChatGPT and get a correction.

7: if you like, post your original sentences and corrected sentences. I will check your sentences and leave comments.

 

②Notes

1: Many mistakes are necessary for improvement. It is OK to write just simple and short sentences.

2: Try to think about appropriate sentence structure and logical flow (this part is the most important).

3, In a comment section (Blog, Twitter, Reddit etc.), post your answer in Japanese in“48 hours” from posting this thread. Sometimes, I cannot respond to all (especially, off topic) because I have limitation of time but I try to check your writing.

4: If you add explanation and English translation, it will be helpful to understand and check your sentences more accurately.

 

③The Question

 Here is the question.

“Do you like Starbucks? What do you usually order there?, スターバックスが好きですか。スタバで、普段、何を注文しますか。”

 

④Example Answer in Japanese and English

This is a just example. If you are Beginner or Intermediate level learners, it is OK to write just simple and short sentences.

私はスタバが好きじゃありません。なぜならスタバのコーヒーの味が嫌いだからです。ローストし過ぎで美味しくないし、値段が高いからです。友達と集まるのに、他のカフェが見つからない場合のみ、スタバに行きますが、普段は他のカフェに行きます。

 (Corrected by ChatGPT: I don't particularly like Starbucks because I'm not a fan of the flavor of their coffee. It's too roasted for my taste, and I find it a bit expensive. If I can't find any other cafes to have a gathering my friends, I might go there, but I usually prefer other cafes.)

私(わたし)はスタバが好（す）きじゃありません。なぜならスタバのコーヒーの味（あじ）が嫌（）きらいだからです。ローストし過（す）ぎで美味（おい）しくないし、値段（ねだん）が高（たか）いからです。友達（ともだち）と集（あつ）まるのに、他（ほか）のカフェが見（み）つからない場合（ばあい）のみ、スタバに行（い）きますが、普段（ふだん）は他（ほか）のカフェに行（い）きます。

 

⑤Reference

DMM Eikaiwa 2023, “How Starbucks Changed the Way We Order Coffee”,

https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/how-starbucks-changed-the-way-we-order-coffee/uC0BtEaNEe68HtvU-i3lfg

 

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#16 Moto Writing Doujou: Topic: Topic: Are there any foods that you have for your health and please explain why do you eat on a daily basis?自分の健康のために、食べている食品はありますか。なぜそれらを日常的に食べていますか。

納豆ご飯

①Aim of Practice　

I think one of important things to improve writing is to write a lot. Thus, I think it is better for us to have co-learning online.

First, I will give you a question “Are there any foods that you have for your health and please explain why do you eat on a daily basis? 自分の健康のために、食べている食品はありますか。なぜそれらを日常的に食べていますか。”. I referred to a question “Are there any foods or drinks that you try to avoid? Why? Why not?” from　an article　“Olive Oil May Be Good for Heart Health” in DMM Eikaiwa. I have partially changed this question for our writing practice.

Try to come up with appropriate logical structure (I think this part is the most important) and write your answer. If you like, share your writing on the comment section in Reddit, Facebook or YouTube. I will correct it in natural Japanese.

②Instruction of Practice: What will we do?　

1, Try to think of appropriate structure of writing to answer the given question.

2, Write your answer with appropriate expressions.

3, If you like, share your writing on the comment section in Reddit, Facebook or YouTube.

If you have difficulty to use Kanji, only using Hiragana and Katakana is also OK. This is just practice so don’t hesitate and just try. If you also have difficulty to read Kanji, use this web site put Kanji and push “ひらがな”.

https://www.webtoolss.com/hiragana.html

③Question

“Are there any foods that you have for your health and please explain why do you eat on a daily basis? 自分の健康のために、食べている食品はありますか。なぜそれらを日常的に食べますか。”.

④Example Answer：

私が日常的によく食べているのは、日本の発酵食品です。

特に納豆が好きなので、いつもスーパーに行ったときは必ず買って、冷蔵庫に常備しています。

納豆を食べると、免疫力が上がり、骨も丈夫になると聞いたことがあるので、日常的に食べています。

健康にもいいですが、私が個人的に思う、納豆の良いところは、お腹が減った時、料理する必要がなく、すぐ食べられる点にあります。

他には、鯖や、鰯などの青魚の缶詰も良く買います。

青魚はDHAやEPAなどの成分が含まれていて、特に血液に良かったり、認知能力の維持に役立つそうです。

鯖の味噌煮の缶詰などは、もう料理されているので、缶を開けて熱々のご飯の上に出のせて食べるのは最高だと思います。

 鯖（さば）

For Intermediate Level Learner

If you want to write something about another topic, try to do following practice.

(1) I introduce an article “Olive Oil May Be Good for Heart Health” from DMM Eikaiwa. DMM Eikaiwa is a web site for Japanese people learning English. I try to apply this web site to Japanese writing activity.

To understand topic, read the introduced article in DMM Eikaiwa. News Article sometimes has Japanese Translation but sometimes does not have Japanese Translation. This is not reading practice so if you cannot understand Japanese translation, it is OK to just read English sentences to understand the topic.

Link: DMMEikaiwa

https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/olive-oil-may-be-good-for-heart-health/p-m0FsH6Eeq94-9aGwBjsQ

(2) Under the news article in DMM Eikaiwa, you can find out “Questions”, “Discussion” and “Further Discussion”. We do not use “Questions”. This is because “Questions” is made up of easy questions and it seems to be designed for reading activity. Thus, please choose one question from “Discussion” or “Further Discussion” for your writing. 

(3) Try to write your answer sentences and if you like, share on the comment in Reddit. Facebook or Reddit. To make sure which question you chose, it is better to write the question that you referred to in “Discussion” or “Further Discussion”

⑤Question and Comment

If you have some questions about topic or some Japanese expressions to write question and answer, ask me in the comment section on Reddit, Facebook or YouTube. If you ask me something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in Japanese. That might be good practice in writing. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.

⑥Practice

Now, your turn. Try to write answers and share your writings in the comment section on Reddit, Facebook or YouTube.

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#2 Moto Writing Doujou, "McDonald's to Offer Rice Burgers in Japan マクドナルド、日本でごはんバーガーを提供"

①Aim of Japanese Writing Club　

I am learning English and I want to improve more. Thus, making video or writing blog with English translation is a good practice for me.

On the other hand, I’m also interested in introducing how to practice Japanese. Thus, I am writing blog or making video about learning Japanese.

As you know, one of important things to improve writing is to write a lot.

Thus, I think it is better for us to have co-learning online that we check an article, we try to write question sentence, write its answer as writing practice and share them on Reddit.

②Writing Practice: What will we do?　

(1) To understand topics, read the introduced article in my Blog. This is not reading practice so if you cannot understand Japanese translation, it is OK to just read English sentences to understand the topic.

If you have difficulties to read some Kanji in the article, use below web site to change Kanji to hiragana. Copy and paste Kanji and push ひらがな button.

https://www.webtoolss.com/hiragana.html

(2) From the article, pick up some words. This is just preparation to come up with ideas to make a question sentence. I will show you how to do that in Blog.

(3) Come up with a question sentence, write a question sentence and answer by yourself. You do not have to make a question sentence strictly related to article’s topic. It is also OK to make a question that you just use key words introduced in the article. I will show you examples in Blog.

☆(4) If you like, share your question and answer sentences in the comment section on Reddit. (It is also OK for you to respond to someone’s question)

☆（5） If you have questions about topic or some Japanese expressions in the article, please ask me in the comment section on Reddit. It is also OK to ask Japanese culture or current situation related to introduced article. If you ask me something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in Japanese. That might be good practice in writing. Although I cannot respond to all because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.

③Read Article

Non () Japanese is original translation introduced in DMM Eikaiwa. （）Japanese is my version of translation.

DMM Eikaiwa is a web site for Japanese guy learning English so original translation might be intentionally understandable for them. That’s why some Japanese expressions might be not natural. Thus, I add my version.

Let’s read the article below.

------------------------Start here news article ------------------------

McDonald's to Offer Rice Burgers in Japan

マクドナルド、日本でごはんバーガーを提供

McDonald's will sell burgers with buns made of rice – or "gohan burgers" – in its restaurants in Japan from February 5 until mid-May 2020.

マクドナルドは、お米できたバンズを使用したバーガーである「ごはんバーガー」を、2020年2月5日から5月中旬まで日本の店舗で販売する。

CNN Business reports that the rice burger buns will be made with rice grown in Japan and soy sauce.

ごはんバーガーのバンズは日本で育った米と醤油で作られる、とCNNビジネスは報じる。

（CNNによると、ごはんバーガーには日本産の米と醤油が使われる予定である。）

There will be three types of rice bun burger for customers to choose from: the Bacon Lettuce Burger, the Teriyaki McBurger and the Chicken Filet O'.

顧客が選べる3種類のごはんバーガーがあり、ベーコンレタスバーガー、てりやきマックバーガー、チキンフィレオだ。

（ごはんバーガーは３種類あり、ベーコンレタスバーガー、てりやきマックバーガー、チキンフィレオから選べる。）

The new burgers will be part of the fast food restaurant's "Night Mac" menu, which customers can buy from 5 p.m. to closing time.

新しいバーガーは、ファストフードレストランの「夜マック」メニューの一部となり、顧客は午後5時から閉店時間まで購入できる。

（新しいバーガーは、「夜マック」メニューの一部として販売され、午後5時から閉店時間まで購入できる。）

SoraNews24 says that before McDonald's announced the rice burgers, it sent a tweet just saying, "Ahh, I want to eat rice …"

マクドナルドのごはんバーガーの発表前、同社は「あぁー、、、お米たべたい」とだけツイートした、とソラニュース24は述べる。

（ごはんバーガーの発表前、マクドナルドは「あぁー、、、お米たべたい」とだけツイートした、とソラニュース24は報じている。）

This got people on the internet trying to guess what it meant, with some thinking that McDonald's was going to put the rice and breaded pork cutlet it sold in the 1990s back on the menu.

これによりインターネット上の人々はその意味を予想しようとし、マクドナルドが1990年代に販売されたごはんとトンカツをメニューに戻すつもりだと考えた人もいた。

（これをうけて、ネットユーザーはこのツイートが何を意味するか予想しようした。90年代に販売されたごはんとトンカツのメニューを再販売するつもりだと予想した人もいた。）

"People didn't know there was going to be a new product so it created a lot of suspense. Everyone had a lot of hope for what it would be," Kokoro Toyama from McDonald's Japan told CNN Business.

「人々は新しい商品が出ることを知らなかったので、多くのそわそわ感を生んだ。 それが何かについて誰もが多くの期待を抱いた」と日本マクドナルドのココロ・トヤマはCNNビジネスに語った。

日本マクドナルドのトヤマ・ココロ氏はCNNビジネスのインタビューに次のように答えた。“新商品についての情報を部分的にしか出さなかったので、お客様の間に期待感を生んだと思います。”

Toyama also explained that McDonald's had found out that Japanese people in their 30s and 40s preferred rice to bread with dinner, but still wanted to enjoy the burgers they ate when they were younger.

さらに、30代と40代の日本人は夕食にパンよりもご飯を好むが、依然として若い時に食べたハンバーガーを楽しみたいと思っていることにマクドナルドは気づいた、とトヤマは説明した。

（トヤマ氏はそれに加えて、次のように説明した。“30代と40代の日本人は夕食にパンよりもご飯を好むが、依然として若い時に食べたハンバーガーも楽しみたいと思っていることに弊社は気が付きました。”）

McDonald's isn't the first company to make a rice bun burger, however. Japanese burger restaurant MOS Burger has had one since 1987.

しかし、マクドナルドはごはんバーガーを作った最初の会社ではない。 日本のハンバーガーレストランであるモスバーガーには、1987年からそれが存在する。

（ただ、マクドナルドが日本でごはんバーガーを作った最初の会社ではなく、 モスバーガーは、1987年から既に販売している。）

------------------------Until here news article -------------------------

Reference

DMM Eikaiwa 2020, McDonald's to Offer Rice Burgers in Japan マクドナルド、日本でごはんバーガーを提供 https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/mcdonalds-to-offer-rice-burgers-in-japan/inwdXELYEeqaRKf2AN_hIA

③’Pick up some words as preparation　

I try to pick up some words because some words might be clues to come up with question and answer sentence.

Example Expressions

マクドナルド　MacDonald’s

ハンバーガー hamburger

メニュー　menu

ファストフード fast food

ごはん　rice

パン bread

販売する　sell

売る

発売　start to sell

日本産　items produced in Japan

種類　type

購入する buy

買う

ネットユーザー　internet user

再販売　resale, sell something again

期待感　expectation

④Example Question sentence & Answer

If we make a question asking too much detail, and requiring special knowledge, only limited number of people can answer. That is not good question for practice. Thus, I try to make simple question.

Example:

Now I try to make simple questions. The topic for the article is McDonald's and McDonald's is of course fast food restaurant so I chose “fast food” as a topic for question like this.

Q: どのファストフードレストランによく行きますか。それはなぜですか。

I think asking “why” is　really important leading to exciting discussion.

A: 家の近くにマックとバーガーキングがありますが、私はバーガーキングのほうによくいきます。 There are Macdonald’s and Burger King near my house. I prefer Burger King to McDonald's.

私が住んでいるエリアでは、バーガーキングのコーヒーは少しマックより高いですが、バーガーキングのコーヒーはマックのコーヒーより美味しいので、それがよく行く理由です。　In my town, the coffee price of Burger King is little more expensive than that of Mac but I think Burger King’s coffee is much more tasty than that of Mac. That’s why I often go to Burger King.

あと、バーガーキングのフライドポテトは、おそらく注文が入ってから揚げる方式だと思うので、ポテトも、マックより美味しいと思います。なので、バーガーキングへよく行きます。In addition to that, I think Burger King’s fried potato is fried to order. Thus, I think its potato is more tasy than that of Mac. That is also one of reasons.

⑤Practice

Now, your turn. If you want to practice, try to pick up words, come up with question, answer by yourself, share your writings in the comment section on Reddit or YouTube.　It is also good for you to respond to questions posted by other guys.

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⑥Ending

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Reference

DMM Eikaiwa 2020, McDonald's to Offer Rice Burgers in Japan マクドナルド、日本でごはんバーガーを提供 https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/mcdonalds-to-offer-rice-burgers-in-japan/inwdXELYEeqaRKf2AN_hIA

#1 Moto Writing Doujou, "Smart Carts Could Change How We Shop スマートカート、買い物方法を変える可能性"

①Aim of Japanese Writing Club　

I am learning English and I want to improve more. Thus, making video or writing blog with English translation is a good practice for me.

On the other hand, I’m also interested in introducing how to practice Japanese. Thus, I am writing blog or making video about learning Japanese.

As you know, one of important things to improve writing is to write a lot.

Thus, I think it is better for us to have co-learning online that we check an article, we try to write question sentence, write its answer as writing practice and share them on Reddit or YouTube comment.

②Writing Practice: What will we do?　

(1) To understand topics, read the introduced article in my Blog. This is not reading practice so if you cannot understand Japanese translation, it is OK to just read English sentences to understand the topic.

If you have difficulties to read some Kanji in the article, use below web site to change Kanji to hiragana. Copy and paste Kanji and push ひらがな button.

https://www.webtoolss.com/hiragana.html

(2) From the article, pick up some words. This is just preparation to come up with ideas to make a question sentence. I will show you how to do that in Blog.

(3) Come up with a question sentence, write a question sentence and answer by yourself. You do not have to make a question sentence strictly related to article’s topic. It is also OK to make a question that you just use key words introduced in the article. I will show you examples in Blog.

☆(4) If you like, share your question and answer sentences in the comment section on Reddit. (It is also OK for you to respond to someone’s question)

☆（5） If you have questions about topic or some Japanese expressions in the article, please ask me in the comment section on Reddit. It is also OK to ask Japanese culture or current situation related to introduced article. If you ask me something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in Japanese. That might be good practice in writing. Although I cannot respond to all because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.

(6) If I find a good sentence or good mistakes in your shared writing,

☆☆☆I might introduce your writing in another video or blog next time.☆☆☆

because they might be useful for other learners. Thus, if you don’t want to be introduced, please write “紹介しないでね！I don’t wanna my writing to be introduced” with your writing.

③Read Article

Non () Japanese is original translation introduced in DMM Eikaiwa. （）Japanese is my version of translation.

DMM Eikaiwa is a web site for Japanese guy learning English so original translation might be intentionally understandable for them. That’s why some Japanese expressions might be not natural. Thus, I add my version.

Let’s read the article below.

------------------------Start here news article ------------------------

Smart Carts Could Change How We Shop

スマートカート、買い物方法を変える可能性

"Smart" shopping carts that register your items as you shop, recognize your face, and help you find products are being tested in supermarkets.

買い物の際に商品を記録し、顔を認識し、商品を探すのを　手伝う「スマート」ショッピングカートがスーパーマーケットで試験導入されている。  

（買い物の際に商品を記録し、顔を認識し、商品を探すのを　手伝う「スマート」ショッピングカートがスーパーマーケットで試験的に導入されている。）    

One company leading the way is Caper in New York. Its Smart Carts allow people to scan products as they shop and pay for them by card.

先頭を行く1つの企業はニューヨークのケイパーだ。 スマートカートにより、買い物の際に商品をスキャンし、カードでの支払いが可能になる。

(この分野で先頭を行く企業はニューヨークを拠点とするケイパーである。スマートカートにより、買い物の際に商品をスキャンし、カードでの支払いが可能になる。)

It also lets supermarkets send customers discounts and suggest items as they shop, with Caper saying that communicating with shoppers this way means people buy an average of 18% more per shopping trip.

さらに、それによってスーパーマーケットは顧客に割引を送ったり、買い物の際に商品を提案したりすることができ、このように顧客とのコミュニケーションを取ることで、人々は1回の買い物あたり平均で18％多く購入することになる、とケイパーは述べる。

(さらに、スマートカートによって、スーパーマーケットは顧客に割引の情報を送ったり、買い物の際におすすめの商品を提案したりすることができる。このような顧客とのコミュニケーションを取ることで、買い物客は1回の買い物あたり平均で18％多く購入することになる、とケイパーは述べている。)

Supermarket business Sobeys in Canada is trying Caper's Smart Cart in one of its Ontario stores, Supermarket News reports.

カナダにあるスーパーマーケット企業のソビーズは、オンタリオ州の店舗の1つでケイパーのスマートカートを試している、とスーパーマーケット・ニュースは報じる。

（スーパーマーケット・ニュースによると、カナダでスーパーマーケットを経営する企業、ソビーズは、オンタリオ州の店舗の1つでケイパーのスマートカートを試験的に導入している。）

Mathieu Lacoursiere from Sobeys said that this is a way of testing new technology to improve the shopping experience, and give store staff more time to talk with customers and answer questions about products.

これはショッピング体験を向上させるための新技術を試験導入する手段で、顧客と話し、商品に関する質問に答える時間を店員にさらに与えることになる、とソビーズのマチュー・ラコーシエールは述べた。

（ソビーズのマチュー・ラコーシエールは次のように述べている。

“ショッピングの体験の質を向上させるために試験的に導入しています。これにより、我社のスタッフは、商品に関する質問に答えたり、お客様ともっとコミュニケーションを取る時間が増えると思われます。”）

Supermarket News also says that the screens on the carts will one day be able to help Sobeys customers find items in stores, and that as the technology gets better, they won't even have to scan items – the cart will know what they are as they go in.

スーパーマーケット・ニュースはさらに、いずれカートの画面によって、ソビーズの顧客は店内の商品を見つけることができるようになり、技術が向上すれば、カートは入ってくるものが何かが分かるので、商品をスキャンする必要さえなくなると述べる。

（スーパーマーケット・ニュースは加えて、いずれカートに搭載された画面によって、ソビーズの顧客は店内の商品を見つけることができるようになり、技術が向上すれば、カートは入ってくるものが何かが分かるので、商品をスキャンする必要さえなくなるとと報じている。）

In Beijing, high-tech supermarket 7Fresh in the Dazu Plaza Shopping Center has its own smart carts.

北京の大族広場ショッピングセンター内にあるハイテク・スーパーマーケットのセブンフレッシュには、独自のスマートカートがある。

（北京のダズプラザショッピングセンター内にあるハイテク・スーパーマーケットのセブンフレッシュは、すでに独自のスマートカートを導入している。）

These carts follow shoppers around the store while they fill them. At the end of the shopping trip, customers can show their face to a camera that recognizes them and takes the payment.

これらのカートは顧客がその中に入れていく間、後について店内を回る。 買い物の最後に、顧客は認識カメラに自分の顔を見せ、支払いが行われる。

（このスマートカートは、顧客が商品を入れていく間、顧客の後を自動的について回る。買い物が終わる際に、買い物客は自分の顔を、カメラに認識させ、代金を払うことができる。）

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Reference

DMM Eikaiwa 2020, Smart Carts Could Change How We Shopスマートカート、買い物方法を変える可能性, https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/smart-carts-could-change-how-we-shop/_QtTwja-Eeq3eAeSOQTuFA

③’Pick up some words as preparation　

I try to pick up some words because some words might be clues to come up with question and answer sentence.

Example Expressions

スーパーマーケット

Supermarket

買い物かご

Shopping basket

買い物カート

Shopping cart

買い物カートが商品を記録する。

Shopping cart registers your items.

カードで支払いもできる。（メリット）

Customer can pay for the items by credit card. (advantage for customer)

カートが割引の情報を送ってくる。（メリット）

Shopping cart sends discount to customer. (advantage for customer)

商品の情報を送ってくる。（メリット）

Shopping cart sends information about items to customer. (advantage for customer)

新技術のおかげで、一人あたりの売上が上がる。（店のメリット）

Thanks to new technology, sales per customer increase. (advantage for shops)

将来、商品を探すのを手伝ってくれる。（客のメリット）

In the future, high tech cart will help customerｓ find out items in a store.

将来は、スキャンする必要もなくなる。

In the future, customer will not need to scan items.

北京のスーパーでは、顔認識の技術で、支払いができる。（新技術）

In Beijing’s supermarket, people can pay for items by facial recognition system. (New technology, Sideway)

④Example Question sentence & Answer

If we make a question asking too much detail, and requiring special knowledge, only limited number of people can answer. That is not good question for practice. Thus, I try to make simple question.

Example:

In above introduced essay, while I was trying to pick up words, I realized it introduces only advantages. Thus, I think it might be more exciting to make question that let us think not only advantages but also disadvantages.

I just simply ask “advantage and disadvantage”.

Q１、将来、ハイテクショッピングカートが導入されると、どんなメリット、デメリットがあると思いますか。

If we introduce high tech shopping cart in the future, what kind of advantage and disadvantage will we have?

Now, I try to answer the question by myself for practice.

A１、メリットは買い物の時間が短縮できることだと思います。デメリットは災害があって、大規模に停電した場合、もしスマートカートのシステムに依存していたら、何も買えなくなるかもしれないことです。

An advantage is to save time in shopping. When it comes to disadvantage, when we have natural disaster, that could bring large scale of power cut. In this situation, people cannot buy anything if they depend on smart cart system.

北海道では２０１８年の地震の際に、スマートフォンを使ったオンライン決済のシステムが一部で使えなくて物が買えなかったという報告があったので,　社会の安全インフラとして、ある程度はアナログな方法も残しておいたほうがいいと思います。

Hokkaido experienced earthquake in 2018. At that time, people reported that although they wanted to buy food and water right after earthquake, they could not use cashless online payment by smart phone because of blackout. Therefore, I think it might be good to remain conventional way as security infrastructure.

Going to sideway

I think there might be other strategy to make questions like “Going to sideway”.

We do not have to adhere to make question strictly related to “smart cart” so we can make question by using other key words introduced in the article such as “supermarket”, “facial recognition system”.

For example, “What kind of differences does your country’s supermarket have compared with other country’s supermarkets?”

Q:あなたの国のスーパーは他の国のスーパーに比べてどんな違いがありますか。

As you see,　I try to make simple question and little bit going to sideway while I use a keyword introduced in the article.

Another example,

Q:将来、様々な分野で、顔認識システムが使われることについてどう思いますか。

“What do you think about introduction of facial recognition system in various fields in the future?”

That also looks combination “simple question” and “going to sideway”.

⑤Practice

Now, your turn. If you want to practice, try to pick up words, come up with question, answer by yourself, share your writings in the comment section on Reddit or YouTube.　It is also good for you to respond to questions posted by other guys.

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⑥Ending

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Reference

DMM Eikaiwa 2020, Smart Carts Could Change How We Shopスマートカート、買い物方法を変える可能性, https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/smart-carts-could-change-how-we-shop/_QtTwja-Eeq3eAeSOQTuFA