シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading | Business English: Sales Meeting (part one) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today I'd like to look at the connected sounds in a short text stimulating what somebody might say in a sales meeting.
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Let's take a look.
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I just wanted to let you know that the meeting went really well.
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I just wanted to, just wanted to let you know.
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So we take out the T in just.
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I just wanted to, wanted to, we connect d and t here, wanted to let you know.
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In front of you, a t or d sound turns into ch or j.
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Let ch, let ch know.
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Let ch know that the meeting went really well.
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That turns into the, that the meeting went really well.
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Went really, we have a glottal stop here for the t and went.
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Went really well.
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She said they're ready to commit to the deal.
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Said there, said there.
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Here the D and TH connect.
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She said they're ready, they're ready.
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The two R sounds connect too we don't say they're ready with a pause
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or glottal stop in between them we just connect them they're
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ready they're ready she said they're ready to commit to the deal to commit to
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so here to both times two turns into to
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and commit to the two t's connect commit to the deal we talked about in the email.
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This is interesting here after about the T and the N kind of connect together.
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Talked about in the email. About nn. About nn.
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And the I in in, the I sound disappears.
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Talked about in the email.
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So about in the all connects together.
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About nn the.
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About nn the.
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So about the lot will stop n-the, about n-the, about in the email.
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It's going to be a two year contract, just like we were hoping for.
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Contract just so j starts with a d sound, right?
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Juh, juh, right?
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It's a little bit of a d before the juh.
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Just.
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So that means the T connects to it.
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Contract just, contract just, contract just like.
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But now actually we take out the T in just.
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Just like we were hoping for.
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just like we were hoping for.
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No T in just there.
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Just like we were hoping for.
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I already wrote up the contract.
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I already.
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I y'all.
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Y'all.
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We add a little bit of a ya between I and already.
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I already wrote up the contract.
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Rode up.
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Rode up.
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We make a tap there.
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Rode up.
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Rode up.
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There's a tapped T between rote and up.
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Rote up the contract with the new pricing.
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Now, why don't we change anything with contract?
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There's a regular T at the end.
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Why don't we change?
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Because kt stays like kt.
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Contract with the, contract with the, but the two th sounds do connect together so contract doesn't change
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but with the with the with the new pricing with the
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new pricing it's a long voiceless with with with the new pricing
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so once you take a look I'll send it over to them I'll I'll send it over to them.
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Send it over.
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It over.
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There's a tapped T with it there.
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I'll send it over to them.
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So to, we could say a full to here.
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That would be okay.
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I'll send it over to them.
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Send it over to them. To them. To them.
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It's a little bit more informal and a little bit more relaxed to say to.
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Over to them.
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I just wanted to let you know that the meeting went really well.
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She said they're ready to commit to the deal we talked about in the email.
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It's going to be a two-year contract just like we were hoping for.
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I already wrote up the contract with the new pricing, so once you take a look, I'll send it over to them.
このビデオでスピーキングを練習する理由
ビジネスミーティングでの英会話は、特に職場環境では非常に重要です。このビデオではセールスミーティングの会話例が紹介されており、実際のビジネスシーンを模した文脈で英語を学ぶことができます。言語を学ぶ際、実際の会話に即した練習をすることで、文法や語彙をより効果的に習得できます。また、shadowspeakを利用することで、英語の発音を良くすることができ、実際の会話力量を高めることができます。
文法と表現の文脈における分析
このビデオで使われているいくつかの重要な文法構造や表現を分析しましょう。
- 「just wanted to」: 「just」を連結することで、自然な流れの中での発音を練習できます。このフレーズは、相手に何かを伝えたいときの基本的な表現です。
- 「they're ready to commit to」: ここでは「they're」と「ready」のR音が連結されています。この連結に注目することで、流暢さを向上させることができます。
- 「talked about in the email」: 「about」と「in」の間の連結は、ネイティブが愛用するナチュラルな表現です。これを使いこなすことで、IELTSスピーキング対策にも効果的です。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオでは、特に注意が必要な発音のポイントがあります。ビジネスシーン特有の言い回しやアクセントを理解することが重要です。
- 「contract just」: 「just」のT音が連結して消えるため、注意が必要です。この発音を意識することで、より流暢に聞こえます。
- 「I already wrote up」: 「I」と「already」の間に微小な繋がりがあるため、リズミカルな発音が求められます。
- 「ready to commit」: DとT音の連結があり、練習を通じて自然な発音を習得することが求められます。
これらの表現や発音を意識しながら練習することで、英語シャドーイングを通じてスピーキング能力を向上させることができます。ビデオ内の情報を活用し、実際のビジネスシーンで自信を持って英語を話すためのスキルを磨いていきましょう。
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。