Describe an advertisement you remember.
記憶に残る広告(社会・メディア)— Part2のキューカードです。2分間の回答を組み立てる練習に使えます。
キューカード(話すべきこと)
- what it advertised
- where you saw it
- what happened in it
- and explain why you remember it
使えるコロケーション
| 表現 | 日本語訳 |
|---|---|
| catchy | 耳に残る・覚えやすい |
| a slogan | キャッチコピー |
| tug at the heartstrings | 心の琴線に触れる |
| go viral | ネットで爆発的に広まる |
| the target audience | 想定ターゲット層 |
| brand image | ブランドイメージ |
| subtle | さりげない・巧妙な |
| stick in my mind | 記憶に焼き付く |
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
The advertisement I remember best is a Japanese TV commercial for a instant noodle brand that aired around New Year several years ago — and interestingly, it barely showed the product at all.
I first saw it at my parents' house during the holidays, which turned out to be the perfect setting. The ad follows a young woman working alone in Tokyo who decides at the last minute not to go home for New Year because of work. Her mother says it's fine on the phone, in that way mothers do. Then a parcel arrives: a box of instant noodles, and buried among them, handwritten notes and photos from home. The daughter eats the noodles alone at midnight, crying and laughing at the notes. The product logo appears for maybe two seconds at the end.
It went viral almost immediately, and I completely understand why. Instead of shouting about flavour or price, it attached the brand to the single strongest emotion in Japanese culture — the pull of home. It tugged at the heartstrings so precisely that I, a grown adult, sat there blinking hard in front of my own mother.
I remember it because it taught me what great advertising actually does: it doesn't sell an object, it borrows a feeling you already have and quietly writes its name on it.
Part3につながる質問(4問)
- How does advertising influence what people buy?
- Is advertising aimed at children acceptable?
- Are online ads more effective than TV ads?
- Should some products be banned from advertising?
モデル回答 — まず自分で話してから開く
質問
How does advertising influence what people buy?
モデル回答
Far more deeply than most of us admit — and mostly not through information. Classic advertising works by association: pair a car with freedom, a drink with friendship, repeat for years, and the feeling attaches to the brand. Nobody consciously believes the beer creates the beach party, yet at the shelf, the warm glow tips the hand. Online advertising adds targeting — it catches you at the exact moment of vulnerability. We all claim immunity, which is precisely the problem: influence you can't feel is the hardest kind to resist.
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