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

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This recording is from the British Council.
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So you've got a few minutes to discuss with your partner.
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So, as far as I know, the main similarity between Mars and Earth is that they can both support human life.
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Yeah, but do we know that's actually true?
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I mean, Mars is much colder than Earth, isn't it?
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It says here it's about minus 55 degrees most of the time, whereas on Earth, only places like Antarctica get that cold.
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True.
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Well then, I suppose you could say both planets are a similar distance from the Sun.
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No way!
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Mars is much further away.
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It says here it's about 228 million kilometers, while Earth is about 150 million.
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Yes, but in space that's not that far.
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Jupiter is like almost 780 million kilometers.
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That's why we use astronomical units when we talk about distance in space.
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Earth is one astronomical unit from the Sun and Mars is 1.3.
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The difference doesn't sound so big when you look at it that way.
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I see what you mean.
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Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units, so I guess you're right.
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What other similarities are there between the two planets?
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Let's see.
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Not the colour, obviously.
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Yeah.
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Earth is called the blue planet and Mars is called the red planet for pretty obvious reasons.
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Their sizes are pretty different.
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Mars is about half the size of Earth.
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What about this?
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It looks like the days on both planets are almost the same length.
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Earth's day is 24 hours, but Mars' is about half an hour longer.
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You're right.
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Okay.
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Any other things they both share?
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Um, I suppose you could say they have water in common. Could you?
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How?
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Well, Earth is 70% water, and Mars probably had huge oceans in the past.
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It's just that most of the water there now is probably frozen.
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Ah, I see.
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I don't think we can say the air is the same, though.
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Most of Earth's air is nitrogen and oxygen. But Mars...
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Mars doesn't really have air, not compared with Earth.
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It's got about 1% as much air as Earth.
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Right, and it's mostly carbon dioxide.
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Gravity is another difference.
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I didn't know this, but Mars has higher gravity than the Moon.
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But it's much less than on Earth, of course.
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Oh, yes.
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It says Mars has about 38% of Earth's gravity.
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Okay, let's see what you've found.
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This recording is from the British Council.
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To find more activities to practice your English, visit www.britishcouncil.org.

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「A student discussion」を使って、シャドーイングで英語を練習しましょう。

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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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