シャドーイング練習: Alien Contact. | 6 Minute English. - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello, I'm Rob and this is 6 Minute English.
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I'm joined today by Alice.
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Hello Alice.
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Hi Rob.
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Today we're talking about alien life form and who on planet Earth would aliens speak to if they one day made contact.
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Alien life form.
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This is something that's written about in science fiction books but nobody has actually discovered anything extraterrestrial yet.
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Extraterrestrial.
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That's something that's not from our planet.
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Now, Alice, I've got a question for you.
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OK.
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What was the year that man first walked on the moon?
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Hmm, I'm not sure.
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Can I have a think? Of course.
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You can give me the answer at the end of the programme.
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But back to the subject of contact from aliens.
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If someone from another planet did land on Earth, what do you think they might say?
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Would they say, take me to your leader?
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That's a nice thought.
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But who would our leader be?
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Who would be the first person they should speak with?
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That's difficult.
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Maybe the President of the United States of America?
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The leaders of China or Russia?
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What about me?
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Well, the answer, according to one expert, is a space ambassador.
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A space ambassador.
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What would they do?
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Well, they would be the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with us.
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So they would be the first person to talk to, a point of contact.
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And would they meet and greet these aliens when they land in their UFOs, their unidentified flying objects?
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Not exactly.
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A space scientist called Professor John Zanicki, who has suggested the idea of a space ambassador, can explain.
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He thinks it's unlikely to be a face-to-face meeting.
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The likelihood is not that aliens will suddenly appear in Guildford or Manchester or somewhere like that.
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The contact, if it does happen, is most likely to be through radio signals.
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Because, you know, in the last decade we've discovered something like 500 planets orbiting other stars like our sun.
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So it's no longer fanciful to think about the possibility of life on distant planets.
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Ah, so Professor Zanecki doesn't think aliens will land in a town or a city.
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Our contact will be through radio signals.
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Yes, radio signals.
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We will pick up some kind of sound.
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He believes it might really happen one day and the idea is no longer fanciful.
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Fanciful.
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That's something that's unreal or imagined.
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But, he says, this is no longer fanciful.
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Yes, that's because in the last decade, 500 new planets orbiting other stars have been discovered.
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So it's no longer fanciful to think that there may be life on distant planets.
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I see.
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So he wants us to be prepared for a possible contact from aliens.
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Yes.
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And who might this space ambassador be?
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Well, next week a meeting at the Royal Society in London will be discussing the appointment of someone, and a likely candidate is an astrophysicist called Maslan Othman.
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She already heads the Office of Outer Space Affairs for the United Nations.
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So the UN has an Office of Outer Space Affairs.
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It deals with issues that are literally out of this world.
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That's right.
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Professor Zaneki can explain a bit more about the things it looks after.
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There are laws and regulations
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that have been signed up by many countries about what we can and can't do on the moon, you know, who owns the moon,
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and also concerning the non-proliferation of weapons in outer space.
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So the Office of Outer Space Affairs oversees laws and regulations about which activities can take place on the moon,
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who owns it, and also the non-proliferation of weapons in outer space.
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Non-proliferation.
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That's a limit on the use of weapons in space and keeping it a peaceful place.
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Well, having a space ambassador seems like a good idea, but they may have a lot of waiting to do.
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Hmm, possibly.
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Professor Zaneki says alien contact could happen next week, next year, next century or maybe even never.
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But it would be really unfortunate to miss their call.
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Now Alice, what's the first thing you would say if you were contacted by aliens?
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I would ask them if they knew the answer to your question.
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What year did man first walk on the moon?
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And what do you think their answer might be?
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1969?
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Yes, that's correct.
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American Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969.
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And what do you think he said?
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After such a long journey, I'd like a cup of tea.
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No, not quite.
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His famous words were, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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It really was a big step, but he didn't encounter any aliens.
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OK, Alice, we've taken a small step in learning English today.
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Could you remind us of some of the words that we've learnt, please? Of course.
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Alien life form Science fiction Extraterrestrial Ambassador
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Fanciful Orbiting Appointment Non-proliferation
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Weapons Thank you.
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That's all we've got time for today, so thanks for joining us and see you next time.
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Bye!
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That was 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Alien Contact」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：alien, space, contact, planet, fanciful。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が88文、単語が861語あります。 音声の長さは6:06です。 話す速さは1分あたり約141語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の85%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88文のうち17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
動画の中で特に難しい単語13語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| proliferation 名詞 | /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | 増殖 |
| extraterrestrial 形容詞 | /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/ | 地球外 |
| orbit 名詞 | /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ | 軌道 |
| unreal 形容詞 | /ʌnˈɹi.əl/ | 非現実的な |
| unidentified 形容詞 | /ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/ | 未確認の |
| greet 動詞 | /ɡɹiːt/ | 挨拶する, 出迎える |
| mankind 名詞 | /mænˈkaɪnd/ | 人類, 人間 |
| likelihood 名詞 | /ˈlaɪklihʊd/ | 可能性 |
| leap 動詞 | /ˈliːp/ | 飛躍する, 跳躍する |
| unfortunate 形容詞 | /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ | 不幸 |
| communicate 動詞 | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | 伝える |
| scientist 名詞 | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | 科学者 |
| encounter 動詞 | /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ | 出会う, 遭遇する |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| pick up 動詞 | 拾う, 拾い上げる |
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。
- That's something that's not from our planet.
- Can I have a think?
- Would they say, take me to your leader?
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 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | has actually discovered · has suggested · we've discovered |
| 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 | have been discovered · be prepared · have been signed |
| 「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないこと | might say · might really happen · may be |
| 「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測 | will suddenly · will land · will be |
注意したい発音
話し手はwe've, I'm, can'tなど、短縮形や弱形を13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）: proliferation /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, extraterrestrial /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, unidentified /ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
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: proliferation /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, extraterrestrial /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/, unreal /ʌnˈɹi.əl/
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fanciful /ˈfænsɪfl̩/, proliferation /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, unidentified /ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: proliferation /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, extraterrestrial /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/, distant /ˈdɪstənt/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, greet /ɡɹiːt/
この動画での練習方法
- 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。
- 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。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。proliferation, extraterrestrial, orbit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。