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

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The trouble with goats.
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How hard could it be to take care of one little goat, Kelly thought.
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Mrs. Smith was going on vacation and needed someone responsible to take care of her very loved and very pampered goat, Elmer.
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Kelly did not know much about goats, but Elmer was adorable.
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He was small, mostly black with a gray patch over one eye, and his short legs were white, so it looked like he was wearing socks.
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Kelly just needed to feed him, give him water, and spend time with him so he would not get lonely.
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Kelly was excited to be trusted with this responsibility, and as a bonus, Mrs. Smith was going to pay her $25.
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Kelly clutched the instructions that Mrs. Smith had written for her as she approached Elmer's pen.
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Step 1.
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Get Elmer's food from the red bucket by his pen.
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Only feed him one scoop three times a day.
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Kelly scooped some fragrant alfalfa pellets into a bowl.
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When Elmer heard her, he began to bleat in excitement.
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Hi, Elmer.
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Easy boy, she greeted him.
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Elmer got more excited and leapt into the air, twisting his body from side to side.
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Kelly unlatched the gate and carefully stepped into the pen.
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Now for step two.
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She tried to read the next instructions but accidentally dropped the paper.
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She was bending over to pick it up when something bumped against her.
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Ouch! she cried as she lost her balance and landed in the dirt, spilling pellets all around her.
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Elmer stood innocently beside her and seemed to be smiling.
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Elmer, you knocked me over!
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Elmer kicked his back feet in the air playfully.
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That was when Kelly noticed something white in Elmer's mouth.
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It was the instructions.
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Elmer, no. Kelly tried to pull the paper out of his mouth, but he had already eaten half of it.
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She held up a soggy scrap of paper and read what was left.
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Step two.
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Don't ever turn your back to Elmer.
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He will headbutt you.
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That would have been a good thing to know in advance, Kelly thought.
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Kelly was cleaning up the spilled food when she noticed that Elmer was strangely quiet it.
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She glanced up and discovered that the gate was wide open, and Elmer was gone.
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Kelly raced out of the pen and looked up and down the street.
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Finally, she spotted him in the middle of Mrs. Ware's yard, munching on her prized flower garden.
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No, not the petunias, Kelly yelled.
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Elmer looked at her and ran in the opposite direction.
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He was speedy for a goat with such short legs.
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He trotted directly toward Mr. Johnson's fancy red car and ran right over the top of it, his little hooves clicking and scraping on the metal hood.
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That goat was fast, and he was getting farther and farther away from his home.
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Kelly did not know what to do.
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How would she get him back to his pen?
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All she knew was to feed him three times a day, give him water, and never turn her back on him.
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Then, Kelly had an idea.
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Maybe her cleverest idea ever.
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Elmer, she called out.
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Elmer turned to look at her curiously.
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Kelly turned her back to him and waited.
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She checked behind her and saw him charging toward her.
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Elmer could not resist trying to headbutt her from behind.
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Kelly ran as fast as she could, and Elmer chased her all the way back to his pen.
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The second he was inside, Kelly slammed the gate shut.
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Elmer looked at the closed gate, looked at Kelly, bleated loudly, and then gave her another goat smile.
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That goat was trouble, but he was still adorable.

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:Kelly, Elmer, goat, pen, looked。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が55文、単語が619語あります。 音声の長さは4:08です。 話す速さは1分あたり約150語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の77%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
goat 名詞/ɡoʊt/ヤギ, 山羊
gate 名詞/ˈɡeɪ̯t/門, 大門
instruction 名詞/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/指示
adorable 形容詞/əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/可愛い
spill 動詞/spɪl/零れる, 零す
scoop 名詞/skup/シャベル, スコップ
carefully 副詞/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/じっくり, 慎重に
bonus 名詞/ˈbəʊ.nəs/おまけ
gray 形容詞/ɡɹeɪ/灰色, 鼠色
chase 動詞/t͡ʃeɪs/追いかける, 追跡する
flower 名詞/ˈfloʊɚ/花
vacation 名詞/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/休暇, 休み
discover 動詞/dɪˈskʌvə/発見する, 見つける
knock 動詞/nɑk/ノックする, 叩く
lonely 形容詞/ˈloʊnli/寂しい

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
clean up 動詞掃除する
look up 動詞/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/見上げる

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
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be trusted · was left
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 going · was wearing · was bending

注意したい発音

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, curiously /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/, innocently /ˈɪnəsəntli/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/, strangely /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/, curiously /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, discover /dɪˈskʌvə/, clever /ˈklɛv.ɚ/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/, flower /ˈfloʊɚ/, fancy /ˈfæn.si/, alfalfa /ælˈfælfə/, fragrant /ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/

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. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。goat, gate, instruction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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