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So, Chantal, you were saying that you grew up in a small town and had a very rustic life, but then you moved overseas to Italy, correct?
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Yes, I moved to Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Wow, that's such a huge transition.
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What was that like?
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And why did you move to Italy?
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Oh, wow.
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So, I moved to Italy because I was studying abroad during my junior year at university,
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and so I was to do a immersion program at the University of Bologna
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which means all of my classes were in Italian, all of my homework, all of my exams,
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everything was completely in Italian and I also had to find my own housing
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which was also the first time I found housing on my own
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because I had always lived in the university dorms at my university in the United States And so,
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yeah, to navigate, one, a new city,
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a city in general, and then finding my first apartment and learning how to survive a new university system,
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it was exhilarating and very exciting.
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And, yeah, I loved it.
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That's so cool.
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So what was it like when you first got to Italy?
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Did you have culture shock?
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I mean, because you came from a small town environment and now you're living in a big city in Europe.
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I think my friends would probably say that I was very quick to trust everyone.
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As I mentioned before, growing up in a small town, I knew all my neighbors and I was very trusting of strangers and very welcoming.
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And I still am.
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But in hindsight, when I moved to Italy, I think I was maybe a little too naive sometimes.
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And especially not knowing the language, it was easy to sort of put my trust or my faith in someone when I needed help,
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because I needed help often, whether for translating or even just grocery shopping.
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And so sometimes I think I look back and I'm like, oh, maybe I should have walked away a little bit sooner or something like that.
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Yeah.
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So, I mean, compare life in Italy to life in the States.
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What was it like?
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How was it different?
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Life in Italy feels so much slower.
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People are still very productive and they're very passionate and they go to their jobs and they go to work.
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But there's just this sense of how important it is to enjoy your time
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and to enjoy your time with family and with friends.
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So, for example, I feel like in the United States, people, and this is very general,
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but I feel like people have their jobs and they work really hard
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and to the point where maybe they're so tired they go home
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And they just want to watch Netflix or watch TV and relax.
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And that's their way of relaxing is being at home.
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And in Italy, it feels like the way people recharge
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and the way that they relax
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and get their energy back is being in the company of their friends and being in the company of their family.
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So they'll finish work and everyone will meet up for a drink in the center of town.
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And it's it's not to drink a lot.
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It's really just to have a glass of wine, eat some delicious food and just sit and talk.
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But about nothing, really.
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Just enjoy the time.
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And eventually people decide to go home, but it'll be hours later, even though they're exhausted from work.
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But that's the that's how they relax
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and that's how they get their energy back and they go to work the next day and are productive.
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And I really enjoyed that the most.
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I can relate to that.
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I was in Spain for about two months just traveling around.
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And the one thing that I still remember the most is
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that I would go into a little pub or a bar late at night, 10 o 'clock at night, and there would be old people.
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And I'm not talking like 50 or 60.
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I'm talking like 75 years old maybe.
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And they're well -dressed.
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And they're sitting at a table with their friends and I could never imagine that happening in the United States.
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And it was so impressive.
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I was so impressed by that, that people really in the later years of their life still had that social spirit.
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They go out, they socialize, they have a good time.
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And we're talking late at night, like 10 o 'clock.
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You would never see that in America, ever.
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Yeah, I completely agree, and it's very similar in Italy too.
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So what about the food?
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I hear the food is fantastic.
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Everyone, you know, raves about Italian food.
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Yes, it is so good.
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And I probably, wow, where to begin with food?
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I love the cheeses.
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There's just so many different kinds of cheese and I'm a huge.
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cheese meat um jam person and so the combination of of having all of
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that available in italy and especially the different regions are known for different foods
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so sometimes you can't even eat a specific type of food unless you're in
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that city and
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or otherwise you'd have to pay a lot to get it
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at a different part of this of this of the country
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so yeah i i mean pizzas were delicious too i know it's stereotypical
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but the pizzas were awesome and they're so different than the u .s they're
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so thin super super thin there's no like deep dish pizza in italy
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or or double crust or cheese filled crust
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that doesn't exist exactly like it melts in your mouth right yeah yeah
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and it's it's so delicious and pastas of course are great and their wines are delicious too and And,
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yeah, I miss Italian food a lot, a lot.
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Well, I am thinking of going there, so you'll have to give me some tips.
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I would love to.
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文脈の中の文法と表現
- 「I moved to Italy because...」:理由を述べる基本構文で、「~のでイタリアに引っ越しました」という自然な繋がり。会話では「because」を使うと、話が流れやすくなります。
- 「it was exhilarating and very exciting」:2つの形容詞を並べて感情を強調。「刺激的でとても楽しかった」という表現は、体験談を伝える際に効果的です。
- 「people have their jobs and they work really hard and to the point where...」:「~するほどに」という「to the point where」の使い方。比較表現で生活スタイルの違いを説明する時に使えます。
発音の注意点
動画内の「Bologna」はイタリア語の発音で「ボローニャ」となり、英語風に「ボログナ」と発音すると間違いです。また、「exhilarating」の「ex」は「エグザ」ではなく「エクス」と軽く発音しましょう。shadow speechの練習時は、スピーカーのアクセントに合わせてリズムを捉えることが重要です。
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話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作 | were saying · was studying · was exhilarating |
| 現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていること | you're living · is being · I'm not talking |
| 「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測 | they'll finish · it'll be · you'll have |
| 義務:must / have to / need to 何かが必要であることを伝える | had to find · have to pay · have to give |
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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。





























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