シャドーイング練習: Amanda McKenna - 11 Things You Miss Most About Being a Kid, Part 1 - 11 Points Countdown - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Welcome to the 11 points countdown!
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Today we are counting the 11 things you miss most about being a kid as voted by 4,000 readers on 11 points.
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I'm Sam, joined today by Amanda McKenna, YouTube sensation of a completely different generation than me.
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So we're going to talk about two very different experiences of being a kid.
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Okay, awesome, I'm so ready.
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The number 11 thing you miss most about being a kid, the ease of making new friends.
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Friends when I was a kid either I was like six
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or like six years old I just had I had a science down to making friends
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and I would go up to someone I would just keep my hand out and I would be like hi.
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I'm Amanda.
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I go to this not elementary school You wanna be my friend and then they say yes.
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Are you still in touch with any of those people?
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No, no Wasn't the best relationships I was creating at
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that age all right the number 10 thing you miss most
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about being a kid going to toy Stores I think it's easier going to toy stores now
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because now I have money to spend but I just feel guilty spending it on toys.
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I feel like there aren't as many toy stores around anymore.
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There's not.
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There's Toys R Us, but a little overrated.
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Very disappointing.
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A little bit.
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The number nine thing you miss most about being a kid, feeling rich if you had $10.
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Yes.
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Well, I remember when I was a kid, I really wanted, I had to be eight years old and I wanted this scooter.
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Like, the scooter was everything to me.
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And I remember it was $70, but I had, and those big bucks back there.
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That's a lot of bucks.
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A little bit now, it's pretty a lot, too.
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I remember I had an allowance and it was every Friday I got paid $10 by my parents.
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I remember thinking, well, I just have to wait seven weeks and then I have the scooter.
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So did you get the scooter?
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I never got the scooter.
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I just probably spent on toys as I did.
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You could not long-term save.
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Mm-hmm.
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The number eight thing you miss most about being a kid being basically unbreakable.
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But I think I was a kid, I got way more hurt than I did now.
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I think I've just learned from my mistakes because I was just inherently clumsy.
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I had this one friend when I was a kid and he was always in a wheelchair.
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He would be doing like wheelies in his wheelchair.
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That's amazing!
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So I was always coordinated individuals and it just didn't...
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You were less coordinated than the guy in the wheelchair?
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Yes!
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I didn't understand.
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Like, oh, I'm not...
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No one told me.
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I have an older sibling because I'm an only child.
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So no one told me like, you can't do these things, Nemo.
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Like, just don't, so.
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I was also an only child.
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Look at that, we had that in common.
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We found each other.
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There, finally, we finally got there.
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All right.
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Number seven thing you miss most about being a kid, no bills.
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I got to, I mean, all the bills I have to pay, I mean, laundry mat list.
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So what bills do you pay these days?
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All of the bills.
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Do you pay car insurance?
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Yeah, I don't drive.
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Okay.
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Would you pay car insurance?
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It's, you know, it's the struggle.
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Alright, I hear ya.
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But I mean, I know I'll be watching this years from now just thinking I had it all, so...
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Yep, you didn't have any bills.
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The number six thing you miss most about being a kid, watching cartoons on Saturday morning.
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Yeah, I used to wake up and watch like, the Smurfs.
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And then I transitioned hard into WWF wrestling on Saturday morning.
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It's like, I made like a hard left into pro wrestling.
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No, see, I was the UFC kid.
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Oh, okay.
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And my entire family into UFC, so...
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I'm in like boxers and just like buffing it out.
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Any aspirations to do any UFC fighting?
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Oh, all day.
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I'm sorry.
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I don't want to like bring out the gun show here, but...
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I'm gonna.. look...
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Alright, the number five thing you miss most about being a kid, love this one.
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Imagination and wonder.
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That is insulting though.
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Like we don't have this anymore.
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You get to this certain age and you're like...
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Your imagination begins to vanish.
このビデオで話す練習をする理由
このビデオでは、子供時代に懐かしさを感じるポイントについて、Amandaが彼女自身の体験を語っています。このような会話形式の内容は、＜strong＞英語シャドーイング＜/strong＞の良い教材になります。なぜなら、実際の言語使用を通じてリアルな会話スキルを身に付けることができるからです。また、感情豊かな表現や、特定の文脈においての言い回しに触れることができるため、聞き取った後すぐに自分の言葉として使う練習にも最適です。YouTubeで英語学習を行いながら、実際の英会話にも役立てることができるでしょう。
文法と表現の文脈
スピーカーが使用しているいくつかのキーワードや表現を分析してみましょう。
- "I remember when I was a kid..." - この表現は、過去の経験を語る際によく使われます。話す練習を通じて、自分の思い出を引き出すスキルを磨くことができます。
- "The number 11 thing you miss most..." - このフレーズは、リストの中で順位を示すのに役立ちます。他のトピックを話す際にも応用できます。
- "I just feel guilty spending it on toys." - 感情を表現するためのフレーズは非常に重要です。このようなフレーズは、IELTSスピーキング対策としても役立てられます。
一般的な発音の落とし穴
このビデオには、英語学習者が注意すべき発音のポイントがあります。特に、アメリカ英語のアクセントや特定の単語での強弱に注目です。
- 「scooter」 - この単語は特に「ス」と「ク」の部分が明確に発音されることが求められます。
- 「toys」 - 「t」の音が弱くなりやすいですが、はっきりと発音することで意味が伝わりやすくなります。
- 「money」 - この単語の発音時に「モ」と「ニー」の部分をしっかりと区別できることが重要です。
これらのポイントを押さえることで、より自然で魅力的な英会話を楽しむことができるようになります。shadow speakの技術を利用して、発音を改善し、スピーキングスキルを向上させましょう。
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。