LET'S SHADOW MICHIEL LANGEZAAL IN FULL!
What's my background? / I'm CEO / and founder of Fastned. // Fastned / builds charging stations. // Like this. // Just like a / regular gas station. // They're situated along the highway. // And / you can just / exit the highway, / go into the charging station, / put the plug in the car, / press start / and 20 minutes later / the car is full. // What that will do / is that will give / electric vehicles drivers the freedom to drive wherever they like, / just like a gasoline car. //Why do you buy a car? / You buy a car because / it gives you freedom. // That's why you want it. // And that's what we're going to do. // Basically the same as Shell or BP that puts on / gasoline stations. // So / why do I think / that this industry is headed towards this Kodak moment? // Kodak is the / classical example of / the photography industry being disrupted by the digital camera. //And / what we see here, / what we see happening with the electric car is / to some extent the same. // We see cars becoming electric. // It's becoming an electric appliance. // And it follows / a totally different course and experience curve / than we are used to from mechanical products like / the current fossil fuel car that we know. // And / this, / this electric appliance, / it just goes through a cost curve that you know / from the LCD TV that you have at home, / from the improvement that we've seen in digital cameras. // Year on year / these products get better and better and better. // And / that is disruptive. // That's highly disruptive.//
LET'S UNDERSTAND!
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What service does FastNed offer?
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Where are the charging stations situated?
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According to the speaker, why do people buy a car?
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What is the speaker's purpose of the speech?
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Would you rather buy a gas car or electric car? Why?
LET'S RECAP!
1. Which new words/phrases were easiest to remember? Give three.
どの語句/文が覚えやすかったですか?3つ挙げてください。
2. Which words/phrases were you having a hard time to speak/understand? Give three.
どの語句/文が話したり理解するのに難しかったですか?3つ挙げてください。
situated
[ 'sich-oo-ey-tid ]
adjective
Our apartment is situated in the city center.
disrupt
[ dis-'ruhpt ]
verb
The angry CEO disrupted the meeting.
to some extent
phrase
I agree with you to some extent.
head towards
phrase
I headed towards the entrance because I thought it was you!
classic example
phrase
A classic example of a country with many small companies is Italy.