シャドーイング練習: aj hoge mini story 15 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hi, this is AJ.
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Welcome to the mini story for Slow Burn. Are you ready?
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Are you standing up?
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Are you moving your body?
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Are you smiling?
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Are you breathing?
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Good.
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Let's start.
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There was a girl.
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Her name was Tiffany.
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And Tiffany had 29 cats.
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How many cats did Tiffany have?
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She had 29 cats.
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Did she have 47 cats? Of course not.
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She did not have 47 cats.
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She had 29 cats. Who had 29 cats?
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Tiffany.
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Tiffany had 29 cats.
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cats.
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What did she have?
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Cats.
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She had 29 cats.
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But as always, she had a problem.
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She needed one more cat.
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She wanted to have 30 cats.
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But she needed a special cat.
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She needed A purple cat.
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How many more cats did Tiffany need?
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Well, only one.
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Tiffany needed only one more cat.
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What kind of cat did she need?
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A purple cat.
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Tiffany needed a purple cat.
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How many cats did Tiffany want total?
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Well, she wanted to have 30 cats totally, right?
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Total.
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She wanted to have 30.
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And how many did she have already?
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29. She already had 29.
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She wanted to have 30 total.
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So she needed just one more cat.
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But, did she need one more purple cat or one more purple dog?
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She needed one more cat and she wanted a purple cat this time.
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Did she already have a purple cat?
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No, she didn't.
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All her other cats were brown or white or black.
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So she wanted her last cat to be special.
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She wanted a purple cat.
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But purple cats are very expensive.
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Are purple cats cheap or are purple cats expensive?
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Well, they're expensive.
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In fact, they're very, very expensive.
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cats cost $12,500,000 each.
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How much does a purple cat cost?
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Well, purple cats cost $12,500,000 each.
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Of course, everybody knows that.
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And so, Tiffany set aside money every day to save for a new purple cat.
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What did she do?
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She set aside money every day.
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She saved money every day.
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Who set aside money every day?
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Well, Tiffany.
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Tiffany set aside money every day.
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Why did she set aside money every day?
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Well, she set aside money every day to save for a new purple cat.
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Did she set aside a little money or a lot of money every day?
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Oh, she set aside a lot of money every day.
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In fact, she ate only a little bit because she didn't want to spend too much money on food.
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She wanted all her money to be set aside for the new purple cat.
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In fact, Tiffany allocated all her savings for the purpose of buying a purple cat.
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What did she allocate for buying a purple cat?
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She allocated all of her savings.
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All of her extra money she allocated for the purpose of buying a purple cat.
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Who allocated all of her savings for the purpose of buying a purple cat? Of course, Tiffany.
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Tiffany allocated all of her savings.
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She allocated all of her extra money to buying a purple cat.
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She saved every day.
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She set aside money.
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All that money was allocated for buying a purple cat.
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She would not use that money for any other reason.
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Not for food, not for rent, nothing.
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All of her extra money was set aside just to buy the special, expensive purple cat.
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Finally, one day, she did it.
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She saved $12,500,000.
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She went to the store to buy the purple cat.
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But they were sold out of purple cats.
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They had just sold the last Purple Cat.
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Oh, no. How much money did Tiffany save?
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Tiffany saved $12,500,000. Where did she go?
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She went to the pet store to buy a purple cat.
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Did she buy a purple cat with her $12,500,000?
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No, she didn't.
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Why didn't she buy a purple cat?
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Because they were sold out.
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They had already sold their last purple cat.
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Who, or what, was sold out?
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Well, the store was sold out of purple cats.
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No more purple cats.
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Tiffany was very, very upset.
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But then she thought, I'll go to another pet store.
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So she sprinted across the city to another pet store. Did she run slowly?
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No, she sprinted across the city.
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She ran super fast across the city. Where did she sprint?
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She sprinted across the city. Did she sprint home?
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No, she didn't run home.
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She sprinted across the city to another pet store.
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Who sprinted across the city to another pet store?
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Tiffany, of course.
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Tiffany sprinted across the city to another pet store.
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Why did she sprint to another pet store?
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Well, to find a purple cat and buy it.
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She sprinted across the city to another pet store to buy a purple cat.
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she arrived at the other pet store with $12,500,000 in a big bag.
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She said, I want the purple cat!
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And the pet store said, I'm sorry, we're sold out.
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Oh no!
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Tiffany was very upset, so she sprinted to another pet store.
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She arrived and said, I want a purple cat.
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But they were sold out.
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Every pet store in the city was sold out of purple cats.
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No purple cats anywhere
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Tiffany cried I want a purple cat I need a purple cat
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She cried and she cried for 27 days and five hours How long did she cry?
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She cried for 27 days and 5 hours.
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Did she laugh for 27 days and 5 hours?
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No, no, no, she cried.
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She cried for 27 days and 5 hours.
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Why did she cry for 27 days and 5 hours?
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Because she couldn't buy a purple cat.
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Finally, after 27 days and 5 hours,
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she relinquished her dream of getting a purple cat.
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Did she hold on to her dream or did she let go of her dream?
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She let go of her dream.
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She relinquished her dream of getting a purple cat.
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What did she relinquish?
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What did she let go of?
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She relinquished her dream of getting a purple cat.
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She decided, I don't need a purple cat, I guess.
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Who relinquished the dream of getting a purple cat?
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Tiffany of course, Tiffany relinquished her dream of getting a purple cat.
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She said, oh well, I guess I don't need a purple cat.
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So instead, Tiffany bought a beautiful, happy, little pink cat.
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She bought a little pink cat, and she loved it.
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She loved her little pink cat.
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And Tiffany was very happy because now she had 30 cats, including a very cute and beautiful little pink cat.
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Tiffany and all her cats were very happy.
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And that is the end of our mini-story for Slow Burn.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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Listen to this story many, many times.
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Always have energy in your body when you listen to these stories.
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Always shout your answers when you listen to these stories.
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If you're in a bus or train, maybe you can't do that.
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But you know, maybe you can.
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I don't know.
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Try it.
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I'll see you next time.
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Bye-bye.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このA2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「aj hoge mini story 15」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:cat, purple, Tiffany, store, pet。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が157文、単語が1147語あります。 音声の長さは13:27です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約85語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の81%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。 全157文のうち41文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

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15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
purple 名詞/ˈpɝ.pl̩/紫
sprint 名詞/spɹɪnt/スプリント, 短距離走
arrive 動詞/əˈɹaɪv/着く, 到着する
breathe 動詞/bɹiːð/呼吸する, 息をする
shout 動詞/ʃaʊt/叫ぶ
allocate 動詞/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/取り置く
relinquish 動詞/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/放棄する
aside 副詞/əˈsaɪd/傍らに, わきへ
cry 動詞/kɹaɪ/泣く
saving 名詞/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/節約
pink 名詞/ˈpɪŋk/ナデシコ
upset 動詞/ʌpˈsɛt/引っ繰り返す
laugh 動詞/læf/笑う
cute 形容詞/kjuːt/可愛い, キュートな
smile 動詞/ˈsmaɪl/微笑む, 笑う

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
sold out 形容詞売り切れ
stand up 動詞立ち上がる

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Are you standing up?
  • Are you moving your body?
  • Why didn't she buy a purple cat?
  • I'll see you next time.

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 set · was allocated · was set
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることAre you standing · Are you moving · Are you smiling
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測I'll go · I'll see

注意したい発音

話し手はdidn't, don't, I'llなど、短縮形や弱形を17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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: shout /ʃaʊt/, relinquish /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, saving /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: sprint /spɹɪnt/, breathe /bɹiːð/, relinquish /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/, cry /kɹaɪ/, pink /ˈpɪŋk/

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。purple, sprint, arrive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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