シャドーイング練習: 22.9 Traffic - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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1. Are you going to take the bus downtown, or are you going to take your bike?
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I think there's too much traffic on the road today to go by bike.
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It's not safe to ride in traffic.
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I guess there's so much traffic because of the big football game.
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Well, look, I'm driving downtown.
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Can I give you a ride?
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Hey, thanks.
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So, do you use your bike very often?
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Not during the week, but I ride it pretty often on the weekend.
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2. How are you going to get downtown?
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Are you going to drive?
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I don't think so.
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I just heard the traffic report on the radio.
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It seems there is a traffic jam on the freeway.
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They said a couple of buses have broken down.
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I guess it will be quicker to take the subway.
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Absolutely.
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3. Gosh, I wonder how much longer we'll have to wait for a bus.
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We've waited half an hour already.
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Do you think we should go back and get the car?
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Oh, no. I hate driving at night.
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Let's take a taxi.
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I don't want to be late for the movie.
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Good idea.
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I'll call for one on my cell phone.
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They usually come pretty quickly.
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Four.
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How are you going to get home from the restaurant on Sunday, Harry?
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Oh, I can just take a bus or a taxi.
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There are usually plenty of taxis around that area at night.
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Yes, but not on a Sunday night.
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You might wait for a long time.
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Why don't you ask Kevin to drive you home?
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He's having dinner with us, and he lives near you.
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That's right.
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I'll ask him.
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5. What's the traffic like downtown today?
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It's pretty bad.
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One of the traffic lights is broken, so all the traffic is backing up.
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Oh, how should I get to my doctor's appointment?
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Drive?
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Take a taxi?
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A taxi won't be any faster than driving.
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Well then, I'll probably take the subway to the station and then walk from there.
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Yeah, today I think that's the fastest way.
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Six.
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How do you plan to get to your friend's house?
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Do you need a ride?
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How's the weather?
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It's really nice out.
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Oh, thanks anyway, but I'll ride my bike.
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I was going to take the bus, but I need to get some exercise.
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All right, but be careful of the traffic.
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1. In my town, public transportation was never very good.
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You had to drive everywhere, so there was always traffic.
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The government wanted to make public transportation easier than driving cars.
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They bought some nice new buses, for example, and they added air conditioning to the ones we already had.
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They also began offering lower bus fares on the weekends, so more people would be encouraged to try the new buses They raised taxi fares,
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too I guess they figure that if taxis cost more,
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people might think about using buses more often Two Well,
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the problem was that thousands of people drove into the city centre every day
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And there weren't enough parking spaces So the government wanted to make parking easier But they didn't build more parking garages.
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Instead, they tried to keep cars out of the city centre.
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Recently, they started making people who drive their cars downtown pay a daily fee.
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You have to pay $10 if you want to drive your car into the centre between 8am and 6pm.
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At the same time, they have raised the parking lot rates, so people think twice before they drive their car into the city.
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3. Traffic was a real problem around here.
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It moved so slowly.
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Last year, the government turned a bunch of streets downtown into one -way streets.
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This helped the traffic move more quickly.
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Special lanes on roads just for buses were built at the same time.
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If you're caught driving your car in a bus lane, you have to pay a fine.
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And it's a really high fine.
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Also, they passed a law last year that says you can only drive your car downtown three days a week.
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You have to display a special pass in your car that says which days you're allowed to drive downtown.
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4. Air pollution in our city was a huge problem, and we really needed to lower it.
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I guess that's why the government started putting special bicycle lanes on the streets downtown.
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That way, people can ride their bikes to work instead of using their stinky cars they also made a rule
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that says there must be at least two people in your car if you want to drive downtown during the week
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they also ordered these amazing new pollution -free buses they use electricity so they don't put anything bad into the air

この動画のスピーキング目標

日常の交通手段に関する会話を自然に使いこなすことが目標です。「混雑している」「渋滞」「タクシーを呼ぶ」などの実用的な表現を使って、相手と意思疎通を図る能力を鍛えます。特にIELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ、リアルなシチュエーションでの応答力を向上させます。

フレーズバンク

  • too much traffic(交通量が多い)
  • traffic jam(渋滞)
  • traffic report(交通情報)
  • give you a ride(車で送る)
  • call for a taxi(タクシーを呼ぶ)
  • traffic lights are broken(信号が壊れている)
  • backing up(渋滞する)

弱点を直そう

この動画では、「traffic」「jam」「subway」などの単語の発音と、会話のリズムを練習できます。特に「shadow speak」(シャドースピーク)の技法を使って、ネイティブの発音やイントネーションを真似ることで、自然なスピーキングが身につきます。「shadowspeaks」や「shadow speech」の練習を繰り返すことで、会話の流れに合わせてスムーズに発言できるようになります。また、疑問文の調子や省略表現の使い方も注目して、日常会話の自然さを引き出しましょう。

この動画の文法

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
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているhave broken · We've waited · have raised
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるis broken · would be encouraged · were built
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞hate driving · started making · started putting
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるshould go · should I get

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。

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