シャドーイング練習: Adam Levine's New Girlfriend - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Just like the rest of us, our first guest was heartbroken to hear that Adam Levine got married.
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Take a look.
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- I don't want you to be too sad, but I was gonna tell you, Adam Levine got married.
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- No. - He did.
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- No way! No, he didn't, Mommy!
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Mommy, he didn't.
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- Oh, man.
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I know.
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So, please welcome three-year-old Mila and her mom Emily.
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So you've been wanting to marry Adam for a long time?
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- Yeah. - He's, like, your boyfriend?
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- Yeah. - Have you ever talked to him or anything?
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- Mm...no. - Well, you will, I mean, if he's your boyfriend at some point you will. - Yeah.
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- - Did you think-- How did you know that she was-- I mean, obviously, you knew she loved him, but when did you know that she'd react that way?
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- We were in the grocery store and I think I said, "Oh, Adam. Adam got married." And meltdown, so...
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"Okay no. Let's go over here-- change the subject." And then, I felt really bad, but I told her again and I filmed it.
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- You are s-- - And...and yeah, so...
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- But then she got over it really fast, right?
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- Yeah, we turned on the radio.
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We started singing and, you know, 3-year-old style...moved on. - Yeah.
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- You just moved on? - But she still loves him?
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- Yeah, you still love him a whole lot, right?
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- Yeah. - Do you like him or do you love him? - I love him.
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- You love him. audience: Aww.
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- Well, if he ever met you he would love you, too.
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Is he married?
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Or he's not married, right, Mila?
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- He--yeah.
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- He is or he is not?
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- Um...he's not. - He is married?
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He's not married.
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Good, okay. 'Cause--'cause, so...
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but you're gonna marry him. - Yeah.
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- Mm-kay, good. - - When do you think you will marry him, and at what age?
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- I don't know.
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- You're gonna wait for a little while?
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'Cause you're too young now, right?
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So you think you'll wait till you're like 7 or 8?
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Yeah, good.
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All right, well, I have an outfit for you that I think you're gonna love a whole lot, and it says...
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- - - That...yeah. - Look at what's on there.
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- And then you have pictures of him all over.
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- Yeah. - Oh, my gosh, Mila.
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- Isn't that cute? - Yeah.
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- It's adorable. - Yeah.
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- What do you say? - Thank you.
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- You're welcome. - - Okay, and I got you something else that--it's not in this bag.
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Where is it? It's over there, I think.
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- And I know I said it a million times But I'll only stay with you one more night Try to tell you no But my body keeps on telling you yes Try to tell you stop but your lipstick-- - Look who it is.
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What do you say to Adam? - Can I have a hug? - Thank you.
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- Give him a hug. - Can I have a hug?
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- Aw.
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- Thank you so much.
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- I still love you.
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I still love you.
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I think she's changed his mind. I don't know what happened.
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- She is-- - She is over it.
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- Yeah. It's, uh, you know...
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- It's--I mean, it's a lot.
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It's a lot to meet the love of your life all of a sudden. - Yeah.
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- - What'd you do--I called you, I asked if you saw the video and you said you'd seen it.
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What did you think when you saw it?
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- It was kind of heartbreaking, like-- But it was so unbelievably cute and every single person that I know in my entire life... - Sent it to you?
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- Sent it to me. - I think the first two people were my wife--sorry, earmuffs.
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And then my mother, and they're like, "This is so cute," and then we spoke...
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- Yeah. - And here we are.
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- And I think-- - And she's clearly transfixed.
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- Yeah. I hate to tell you, but I think it was Emily's plan to get you here for Emily to meet you, I-- That's what I think. - Aha.
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- All right. - But yeah, she's, like, the cutest person. - Well, this is very exciting, and she's gonna be excited later on.
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- Hi. - Hi.
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- How you doing? - - Who is it--Mila, do you know who this is?
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Who is this?
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- Usher. - All right. Well, we'll take a break, and do you-- - Oh, my gosh.
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- Do you still want this? - I have the same outfit.
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- I thought you did. - Go take your outfit.
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- All right. - Get your outfit.
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We will, uh--I think... audience: Aww.
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- No, Mila's seeing someone else, I think.
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- - She's--she has moved on, so...
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- All right. She's moved on.

このビデオで話す練習をする理由

このビデオは、子供の純真さと夢を通して会話の楽しさを感じることができます。例えば、小さなミラちゃんはアダム・レヴィーンとの結婚を夢見ており、その反応はとても愛らしいです。このような日常的な会話の中で、英語の発音やリズムを学ぶことができるのは、非常に貴重な経験です。シャドースピーキング(shadowspeak)の手法を使って、リスニング力を高め、発音を改善することが可能です。身近な会話に触れながら、自然な英語のリズムを体得しましょう。

文法と表現の文脈

このビデオで使われる特に注目すべき文法構造や表現をいくつか見ていきましょう:

  • "I don't want you to be too sad." - この表現は感情に寄り添う姿勢を表し、人とのコミュニケーションにおいて大変重要です。
  • "He's, like, your boyfriend?" - ここでの "like" は会話におけるカジュアルな表現として使われ、青年語の一部でもあります。
  • "I mean, if he's your boyfriend at some point you will." - 条件文を用いたこの表現により、未来の状況を考えさせることができます。

これらの表現を取り入れながら、英会話を鍛えることができます。「英語の発音を良くする」ために、ぜひこのビデオで学んだ表現を使ってみてください。

一般的な発音の罠

このビデオの中で注意すべき発音やアクセントについて掘り下げます:

  • 「married」- この単語は「メリー」と発音するのではなく、正しくは「マリード」となります。頭に注意を払いましょう。
  • 「hug」- この単語の発音は、特に日本人には難しいかもしれません。声を出して練習してみてください。
  • 「boyfriend」- この単語におけるリズムと音の連結をしっかりと意識して、自然な流れで発音する練習が必要です。

これらの発音を意識することで、シャドースピーチ(shadow speech)の効果を最大限に引き出し、英語の流暢さを向上させることができます。

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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