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Track 3, Unit 4, Exercise 4.
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Track 3, Unit 4, Exercise 4.
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You will hear a zookeeper called Helena Tompkins talking about her work.
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For questions 1 to 10,
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complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at the questions.
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Thank you.
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Hello.
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Thank you for inviting me here to talk to you today.
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I've wanted to work with animals ever since I was four or five years old.
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What really interested me was not looking after cats or dogs like other children,
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but lying in the long grass watching insects.
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That interest in nature stayed with me throughout my childhood,
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and when fairly young, I decided to become a zookeeper.
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In order to achieve my aim,
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I had to work hard to get into university.
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I did biology,
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though for my job you can do a variety of different degrees as long as they have some connection with animals.
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Things like zoology, obviously, and psychology and animal science are fine too.
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When you're appointed as a zookeeper,
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you generally work with just one species of animal.
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I worked with the sea lions for a couple of years,
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but for the last few months I've been in charge of the pandas,
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which is particularly exciting as they're an endangered species and we have a special breeding programme in place.
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There are some downsides to being a zookeeper.
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We sometimes have to work quite long hours,
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sometimes all night, especially in the hospital when an animal's sick.
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But I don't really mind that as it's part of the job.
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What does get me, however, is the rain.
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It's quite hard to make yourself go outside when it's wet.
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Even the animals don't like it.
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My typical day usually starts around seven o'clock.
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I guess the main task I have in the morning is getting the food ready.
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I don't clean out the enclosures,
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someone else is responsible for that.
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Then in the afternoon I write up health reports or assist with any medical procedures.
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On Saturdays and Wednesdays I also do talks,
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but that's only in the summer when we have a lot of visitors.
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In the winter it's obviously much quieter and I can get more involved in research projects.
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The animals I look after can be dangerous,
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so you need to take care when you were around them.
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Early on in my career,
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a monkey bit my finger,
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but I only needed a few stitches.
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Someone else I worked with had his arm bitten by a tiger,
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so I've been lucky.
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That sort of thing doesn't happen very often,
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though, I'm pleased to say.
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I don't have to carry a stick or anything to protect myself
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but what you do have to have with you is a radio
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and if we get on that someone will come running immediately.
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It's always good to know that there are other people around to give you a hand
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if things get difficult with an animal.
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The visitors are usually great, especially the children.
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The people who do irritate me though are sometimes the teachers who bring their class to the zoo.
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They often don't spend enough time talking to their pupils,
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explaining about each animal.
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I think they see it as a day out, really.
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It's a pity as it's a missed opportunity, I always think.
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As to the future, you do get attached to the animals you're looking after,
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so it would be hard for me to leave them at the moment.
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However, there are a couple of things I might do in the future.
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I've been offered the chance to go to China next spring to see how my animals behave in the wild.
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There's also a possibility of going to the USA to work on a breeding project,
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but that's not going to happen for a few years yet.
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I do hope what I've told you has given you some insight into what I do.
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I can definitely recommend being a zookeeper.
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このレッスンについて
このレッスンでは、動物園の飼育員であるヘレナ・トンプキンズの仕事についてのインタビューを通して、英語での聞き取り能力と会話力を磨きます。彼女の仕事の内容や日常生活、特に絶滅危惧種であるパンダに関わることについて話すエピソードを通じて、関連語彙やフレーズを学びながら、英語の発音を良くするための効果的なシャドーイングのテクニックも身につけられます。
重要な語彙とフレーズ
- カリキュラム (curriculum) - 大学での学びの計画やコース。
- 動物学 (zoology) - 動物に関する学問。
- 繁殖プログラム (breeding program) - 特定の動物種の繁殖を目的とした計画。
- 雇われる (appointed) - 職に就くこと。
- 健康報告 (health reports) - 動物の健康状態を記録する文書。
- 危険 (dangerous) - 危険性があること。
- ラジオ (radio) - 通信機器として使うデバイス。
- 外に出る (go outside) - 屋外に出ること。
練習のヒント
このレッスンの内容をシャドーイングする際は、まずヘレナの話すペースやトーンに注目しましょう。彼女の話は比較的落ち着いていますが、時折感情がこもった表現もあります。このような部分を特に注意して、リアルな発音を習得するために、何度も聞きながら声に出して練習してください。
シャドーイングは、発音やイントネーションを改善するための強力な練習法です。特に、この動画のスピードに慣れることが大切です。ゆっくりとしたスピードで繰り返すことで、自分の発音も自然なものになっていきます。様々なフレーズを繰り返しリッスンし、理解を深めながら声を合わせて話すことで、英語の発音を良くする手助けになります。
また、この内容を扱うシャドーイングサイトで、彼女のインタビューを再度視聴し、自分のペースで練習を続けることが重要です。自信を持って話せるようになるまで、繰り返し練習しましょう。
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。