シャドーイング練習: 915 Ron Abilities V1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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I'm Mari from Japan.
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I'm here with Ron from Hawaii.
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Today we're going to be talking about abilities.
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So let's start with food.
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Can you cook?
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I can't cook well, but I do cook.
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So I think the reason why I can't cook well is because I can eat anything.
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So I don't try very hard to make it taste good.
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What do you like to cook?
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I like to barbecue outside on the grill.
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What do you put on your barbecue?
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When I cook meat, I don't put much.
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Only salt, pepper, and a little bit of seasoning.
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Okay, good.
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Uh, next.
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Do you think you're a good dancer?
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No, I don't think I'm a good dancer, and I don't really try to be a good dancer either.
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Do you not like to dance?
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I don't like to dance. At all?
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Right.
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I heard that you're a good line dancer.
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I would like to learn how to line dance, and I do like country music, but I haven't officially been taught how to line dance.
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So you don't dance at all?
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No. Okay.
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Next, are you a good singer?
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No, I'm not a good singer, but I do enjoy going to karaoke.
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What do you like to sing?
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In Hawaii, when I go to karaoke, I enjoy singing Hawaiian music.
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If I'm in Japan, I like to sing other English songs that they have, usually country music or 80s or 90s music.
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Good, that's good.
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Do you think you're a good student?
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I don't know if I'm a good student.
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Growing up, I was not a good student, but now I'm trying harder to be a good student.
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How were you not a good student growing up?
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I didn't enjoy going to school, and I didn't try very hard in school.
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Now I try a little harder.
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I make an effort.
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Can you talk more about your effort?
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What do you do to try to be a good student?
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I try to listen to the teachers now instead of doing my own thing
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and I try to complete everything with good quality.
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That's good.
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And last, do you think that you're a good athlete?
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Growing up, I was a good athlete.
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I played a few sports.
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Now I don't play any sports anymore because I'm old, but growing up I think I was a good athlete.
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What sports did you play?
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I played American football, baseball, and soccer.
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Which one is your best sport?
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I would say football.
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American football is my best sport.
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How long did you play?
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I played since I was 11 until age 22.
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So for 11 years and you played when you were in university?
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I played at the University of Hawaii.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が55文、単語が455語あります。 音声の長さは3:16です。 話す速さは1分あたり約139語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は80%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

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13語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
dancer 名詞/ˈdænsəɹ/ダンサー, 舞踊家
athlete 名詞/ˈæθ.liːt/陸上競技の選手, 陸上選手
soccer 名詞/ˈsɑk.ɚ/サッカー, 蹴球
pepper 名詞/ˈpɛp.ə/胡椒
grill 名詞/ɡɹɪl/グリル
karaoke 名詞/ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/カラオケ, ノレバン
cook 動詞/kʊk/料理する, 作る
sing 動詞/ˈsɪŋ/歌う, 鳴く
singer 名詞/ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/歌手
teach 動詞/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/教える
meat 名詞/mit/肉, 身
salt 名詞/sɒlt/塩
baseball 名詞/ˈbeɪs.bɔl/野球, ベースボール

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
grow up 動詞成長する, 大人に成る

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を26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。

  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/

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。dancer, athlete, soccer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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