Let's try a tech-related TOEIC problem!
First, read the following conversation.
会話を読んで、最も適切な解答を選択肢から選びましょう！
Person 1) I don't get the ___________ of NFTs. Do you?
I mean, if you buy a real painting you can put it on your wall.
An NFT isn't even tangible.
Person 2) I guess for some people it's just another investment.
They want to get in early on a new technology
with the hope of getting rich when demand goes up.
A) desire
B) attract
C) appeal
D) like
What does the conversation mean? Let's translate it.
I don't get the ___________ of NFTs.
→ NFTの魅力がわかりません。
※ NFT (Non-fungible token) = 非代替性トークン
Do you?
→ あなたは（わかりますか）？
I mean, if you buy a real painting you can put it on your wall.
→ だって、本物の絵を買うなら、壁に貼ることができます。
An NFT isn't even tangible.
→ NFTは触ることもできません。
I guess for some people it's just another investment.
→ もうひとつの投資だとしか考えていない人が多いでしょう。
They want to get in early on a new technology
with the hope of getting rich when demand goes up.
→ 早い段階から新しいテクノロジーに参入して、
需要が高まったときにお金持ちになることを期待しています。
What do the choices mean?
A) desire = 欲望
B) attract = 引き付ける
C) appeal = 魅力
D) like = 好きである
You can easily see the answer is C) appeal!
〇 I don't get the appeal of NFTs.
→ NFTの魅力がわかりません。
Did you get it?
A) could work if "of" was replaced by "for".
I don't get the desire for NFTs.
→ NFTへの欲求がわかりません。
B) and D) are verbs (動詞) and don't work grammatically (文法の面では合わない).
What about you? Do you get the appeal of NFTs?
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