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This is a story from a recent past.
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In a city, there lived a little beautiful girl.
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It was New Year's Eve, and the girl was walking on the roadside with bundles of matches in her hands.
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She had a few of them in the pockets of her apron too.
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There was snowfall which had covered her hair and the beautiful curls around her neck.
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She was walking since the morning but couldn't sell a single matchbox.
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She approached people walking on the road
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but nobody purchased a single match from her as everybody was enjoying the eve out there.
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Walking through the footpath, the girl saw many shops full of cakes and various foods.
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She saw many restaurants with people eating different foods with candles
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burning on their tables The girl too was very hungry as she had had nothing since morning
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She ignored the sight and walked ahead.
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She was shivering as it was night and the cold was quite piercing
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She was unable to walk properly as she was barefoot
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During daytime when she was at home sitting beside her ill grandmother Mary,
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would you please go out today to sell the matches?
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We could get some food if you could sell a few of them.
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No, Mother.
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It's too cold out there.
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Go, you silly girl.
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Go and sell all those matches by evening.
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And don't come home unless you sell them all.
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Oh, go, dear.
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Or else he will hit you again.
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I feel so sorry to have such a cruel son.
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Don't cry, Grandma.
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I'll go.
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Mary put some matches in her apron, wore her mother's slippers, and left.
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She tried her best, approaching people to buy the matches from her, but no one responded.
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It was getting dark, and Mary was very hungry, But she remembered her father's threat
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and she started walking again at the corner of the road She bumped on a group of people.
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Oh Sorry I'm fine.
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Would you like to purchase any matches?
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Sorry little angel.
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I don't need any and
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They went on Mary then felt that she is barefoot She realized that one of her slippers is broken
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She searched for another one and found it in the gutter.
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She couldn't take it out from there.
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Mary decided to walk barefoot.
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Before moving on, she checked if her matches were safe.
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She met many people but failed to sell any match.
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Tired, she found a corner between two houses and decided to sit there for a while.
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The cold was getting bitterer.
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The girl with the matches in her hands thought, If I burn a matchstick, I can get some warmth.
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Again, a thought came in her mind.
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If father came to know about it, he would be very angry.
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But the shivering forced her to think.
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How would he know if I burnt just one stick?
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She dared to take out a matchstick and burn it on a wood stick nearby.
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And what a surprise!
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The matchstick turned into an iron stove!
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The girl felt warm.
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She put her hand near the iron stove
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and tried to grasp the warmth she was very happy
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but soon in a few moments a snowdrop fell on the matchstick
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and the flame went out she was very disappointed in a while she started shivering again.
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She thought for a moment and took out the matchbox.
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She picked out another matchstick and burnt it against the wall adjacent to her.
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Ah, to her surprise, the wall turned transparent.
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She could see through the wall now.
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The house was very beautiful and well decorated.
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There was fire and light as many candles were burning.
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The family living there was having their food.
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She could see ample food
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and cakes kept on the dining table where the family members were chatting and discussing something sitting around the table.
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Mary saw a roasted goose kept in a plate on the table.
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All of a sudden, the goose started staring at Mary.
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She was surprised again.
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The very next moment, she saw the goose coming towards her.
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As she was very hungry, she felt happy to see the goose coming to her.
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The goose came near the wall.
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Mary was about to insert her hand in the wall and hold the goose.
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Just then, the flame of the matchstick went off, and everything vanished at once.
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Now there wasn't any transparent wall anymore.
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Mary was very disappointed.
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She looked at the sky, pleading God to help her.
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Oh, God!
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Please take me out of the situation.
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Just then, she saw a star falling down.
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A thought struck her mind.
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They say, when a star falls, someone dies.
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My grandma is very sick.
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Does it mean that I've lost my grandma?
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Oh, she loved me the most.
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Crying, she took out another matchstick and burnt it.
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She was not surprised to see her grandmother standing in front.
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Oh, Grandma, you're here?
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Yes, my child.
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I'm here for you.
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Mary was pleased to see her grandmother, but got scared the next moment.
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She thought her grandmother also will disappear.
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She took out more sticks from the match and put them on the burning stick.
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And there was a light, a light as bright as the sunlight.
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In that hour of night, there was a bright sunlight around Mary and her grandmother.
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Mary looked upon at her grandmother grandmother.
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She was looking very beautiful in her new white gown.
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Grandmother was looking at Mary, smiling.
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Grandma, I am too scared to stay here anymore.
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Please take me with you, please.
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Yes dear, I'll take you with me.
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Give me your hand.
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The grandmother held Mary's hand and lifted her in her arms.
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They both started flying upwards.
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Mary was so pleased that she started clapping.
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How are you feeling now, my little angel?
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Now, Grandma, I don't feel hungry or cold or scared anymore.
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I'm feeling very light.
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The grandmother smiled at her, and they both flew to the heaven.
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There was an innocent smile on Mary's face, and the sun rays lightened her face in the morning.
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There were many people gathered around her.
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All of them were watching Mary, lying down in the corner, between the two houses.
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They all felt pity for her.

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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

繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:Mary, grandmother, matches, matchstick, goose。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が112文、単語が1050語あります。 音声の長さは7:36です。 話す速さは1分あたり約138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83%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
grandmother 名詞/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/お婆さん, お婆ちゃん
goose 名詞/ɡus/鵝鳥, 雁
hungry 形容詞/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/空腹な, 飢えた
scare 動詞/skɛɚ/威かす, 驚かす
angel 名詞/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/天使, 天の使い
disappointed 形容詞/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/失望した
flame 名詞/fleɪm/炎, 火炎
transparent 形容詞/tɹænsˈpæɹənt/透明
candle 名詞/ˈkæn.dəl/蝋燭
sunlight 名詞/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/日光, 太陽光
warmth 名詞/wɔɹmθ/暖かさ, 温かみ
stove 名詞/stoʊv/ストーブ, 暖炉
ignore 動詞/ɪɡˈnɔː/無視する, 忽略する
pocket 名詞/ˈpɑ.kɪt/ポケット, 懐中
innocent 形容詞/ˈɪnəsənt/無邪気な

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
take out 動詞取り出す
go out 動詞出る
fall down 動詞/fɔl ˈdaʊn/落ちる
see through 動詞見通す, 透視する

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。

  • Would you like to purchase any matches?
  • How would he know if I burnt just one stick?
  • Does it mean that I've lost my grandma?
  • Yes dear, I'll take you with me.
  • How are you feeling now, my little angel?

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
過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作was walking · was enjoying · was shivering
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started walking · started shivering · started staring
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測will hit · I'll go · will disappear

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, couldn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を14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。

  • 「th」の音: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, footpath /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: shiver /ˈʃɪvɚ/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。grandmother, goose, hungry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。

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