シャドーイング練習: 1 Kaizen MAIN - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hi, this is AJ with your next lesson.
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The rest of the lessons are going to be a little bit different than what you've had up till now.
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In the rest of these lessons, I'm going to talk about some book or article or idea.
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I'll probably read a little bit of it just
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so you can get the general idea of the topic and then I'll talk about that topic.
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And of course we'll have our same mini-stories.
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We're going to have our vocabulary lessons and we're going to add one more kind of lesson, the point of view lesson.
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The point of view lesson is really great for learning grammar in an intuitive way.
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Alright, so let's get started.
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This lesson is called The Kaizen Way.
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We're going to talk about a book.
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The book is called The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.
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Now, kaizen is a Japanese word, although we use it in English now a little bit.
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Especially in business, you find it a lot, kaizen.
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Kaizen, as our Japanese students already know, means small improvements over time.
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It really means constant and never-ending improvement.
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But it has this idea of making little tiny improvements again and again and again and again for one week,
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for one month, for one year, forever.
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So Kaizen is kind of the opposite of innovation.
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Innovation means a sudden big change, a sudden big improvement.
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And that's a great way to learn and improve.
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For example, you could study English very intensely for one month or two months and you would make a big, sudden improvement.
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That's the innovation idea.
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But there's another way you can improve and that is the Kaizen way.
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And the Kaizen way means maybe you just listen to English or read English or study English.
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Maybe you just do it 20 minutes every day.
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And every day you improve just a little bit.
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But the key, the secret is you do it every single day.
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Every day you make one little improvement.
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Well, after one week, one month, one year, two years, five years,
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you will make a huge change just by making little tiny improvements over time.
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That's the idea of Kaizen.
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So I'm going to read a little bit from the Kaizen way, this book, just a couple paragraphs and then I'll talk about it more.
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Okay, so here's a section.
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It's called Kaizen Tip and this is from Robert Maurer, M-A-U-R-E-R.
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That's his last name.
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Okay, Kaizen Tip.
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You want to do something creative.
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Write a story or a song.
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Paint a picture.
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Time up your perfect career, learn something, or come up with a zinger of a solution to an office problem.
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But you have no idea where to start.
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Your mind keeps coming up empty.
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During times like these, Kaizen can help you summon your powers of inspiration.
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Although you can't force your brain to cough up creative ideas on demand,
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you can program it to launch the imaginative process simply by asking yourself a small question.
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Here are some of the most popular small questions my clients use for creativity.
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Feel free to come up with your own.
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Whatever question you use, your challenge is to ask it with a gentle and patient spirit.
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When you use harsh or urgent tones with yourself, fear will clog the creative process.
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So here are some questions you can ask yourself.
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Number one, what's one thing I wish to contribute to the world with my project or idea?
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Number two, whom could I ask for help or inspiration?
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Number three, what is special about my creative process, about my talents, about my team?
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Number four, what type of work would excite and fulfill me?
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Number five, what small, tiny change could I make now, today, to improve?
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Remember, if you repeat the question for several days or weeks, or however long it takes,
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the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain that stores information, will have no choice but to address it.
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And in its own way, on its own timetable, the brain will begin giving you answers.
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Okay, that's the section from the Kaizen way.
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So this is very interesting from Robert Morrow here.
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This technique of asking small questions to yourself is very powerful.
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You can use it for anything.
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You could use it for learning English, of course.
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You could ask yourself small questions every day.
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For example, how could I improve today just a little bit?
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Or, how could I improve my pronunciation 2% this week?
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The important part of asking these questions, they must be small questions.
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So don't say, how could I be totally perfect with English in one month?
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That's a huge question and often you'll feel stress or worry or fear if you ask this gigantic huge question.
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You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?
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But if you ask a very small question, it seems so small, so easy, your brain will say, oh, I can do that, that's easy.
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And then you will start to take action.
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And of course, action is the most important part.
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Action is what we need.
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So if you try to ask big questions, you're trying to improve very fast and you're feeling stress, maybe you can change your strategy.
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Try the Kaizen way.
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Instead, ask yourself little small questions.
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How could I improve just a little bit?
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How could I learn just one new word each day?
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How could I improve my pronunciation?
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Just a tiny bit each week.
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Ask yourself these little questions.
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And another point from this article, you need to repeat the questions again and again and again.
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You have to ask the same question or questions
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every day for one week or two weeks or maybe even a couple months.
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By asking yourself these questions again, again, every day you're asking the same question.
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Your brain must come up with an answer.
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Your brain must find an answer.
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It will find answers.
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Keep asking questions, your brain will give you answers.
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It will give you better and better answers the more you ask these small questions.
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So anytime you have some big goal,
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some big project that seems so difficult, try the Kaizen way.
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Try to approach this problem with little, small, tiny improvements.
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Ask yourself little, small, easy questions every day again and again and again.
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Your brain will get more energy.
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It will find the answers.
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You'll get momentum.
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You'll start to take action.
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And then after one month, you'll take bigger actions.
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After two, three months, bigger actions, bigger actions.
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Actually, these improvements start to grow.
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The improvements get bigger and faster and faster.
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That's the magic of the Kaizen way.
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It seems so small and tiny, seems so easy, but over time it builds, it grows stronger and stronger.
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So try this.
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Try this method.
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Try the Kaizen way.
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And again the book title is The Kaizen Way, that's K-A-I-Z-E-N, Kaizen.
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The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.
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All right, and remember, of course, keep your psychology strong, keep your physiology strong.
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I hope you're smiling right now.
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I hope those shoulders are back.
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Chin up!
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Lots of energy.
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Don't forget that.
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Every single lesson.
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You must be smiling.
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You must be moving.
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You must have energy in your body.
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That's how you're going to learn English much, much faster.
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Okay, I will see you next time.
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Bye-bye.
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Thank you.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「1 Kaizen MAIN」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：kaizen, improvement, lesson, improve, brain。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が125文、単語が1257語あります。 音声の長さは9:18です。 話す速さは1分あたり約135語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の88%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。
この動画の重要語彙
動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
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| kaizen 名詞 | /ˈkaɪˌzən/ | 改善 |
| pronunciation 名詞 | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | 発音, 読み |
| excite 動詞 | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | 興奮させる |
| hippocampus 名詞 | /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/ | 海馬 |
| timetable 名詞 | /ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/ | 時刻表, 時間表 |
| summon 動詞 | /ˈsʌmən/ | 召集する |
| intuitive 形容詞 | /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ | 直感的 |
| physiology 名詞 | /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | 生理, 生理学 |
| gigantic 形容詞 | /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ | 巨大な |
| vocabulary 名詞 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 語彙, 語彙力 |
| fulfill 動詞 | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | 遂行する, 実施する |
| chin 名詞 | /ˈt͡ʃɪn/ | 頤, 顎 |
| creativity 名詞 | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | 創造性, 創造力 |
| paragraph 名詞 | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | 段落 |
| momentum 名詞 | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | 運動量 |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| come up 動詞 | 上がる, 登る |
繰り返し練習したい文
動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。
- Alright, so let's get started.
- We're going to talk about a book.
- You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?
- How could I improve just a little bit?
- How could I improve my pronunciation?
注意したい発音
話し手はyou're, you'll, don'tなど、短縮形や弱形を23回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, physiology /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: physiology /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, fulfill /fʊlˈfɪl/, cough /kɔf/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, intensely /ɪnˈtɛnsli/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。kaizen, pronunciation, exciteなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。