シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（上）｜Describe a Journey（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, we're going to look at a sample answer to the IELTS question, Describe a journey that you remember well.
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Let's take a look. When I was 15,
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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When I was. When I. When I.
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We connect the n and the I together.
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I went with.
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The T disappears.
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It's a glottal stop.
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Went with.
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch.
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Around a.
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Around a.
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This duh kind of disappears.
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Around a.
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Around a.
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Around a bunch.
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Around a bunch of national parks.
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So if I speak quickly here, I'll say buncha.
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buncha.
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If I speak a little slower, I'll make it bunch of, bunch of national, bunch of national.
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Both are okay, but buncha sounds a little bit more informal.
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Around a bunch of national parks,
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around a bunch of national parks in the western United States. In the. In the.
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We connect the n and the th together. In the.
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I can't really remember.
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I can't really.
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Can't.
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This T becomes a glottal stop before an R.
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Can't really, can't really, can't really remember how much time we spent at each one.
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We spent it, we spent at each one.
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Spent at, we spent at each one.
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This T totally disappears.
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Spen it, spend at each one.
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And at becomes really de-stressed.
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At, But the whole trip took about three weeks.
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So, took a connects together.
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How about about three? About three.
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It's not about about three.
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It's about three.
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There's a glottal stop first, and then I say th. about three.
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It's not connected with the T and TH.
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It's just a glottal stop first. About three. About three.
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And the same thing here.
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Three weeks in total.
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At that time, at that, at that time, glottal stop, then th.
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At that time, at that time, at that time, I was just beginning to take pictures.
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Just beginning.
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This t disappears.
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Just beginning to take pictures.
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Take, take pictures.
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This kuh is unreleased.
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My tongue is in the position for kuh,
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but it doesn't release the sound take pictures take pictures as a hobby
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so i love seeing i love seeing this d kind of
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disappears i love seeing i love seeing all the different landscapes seeing all seeing all this
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and the sound connect together seeing all seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also. That was.
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Again, the t in that becomes a glottal stop.
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That was also.
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That was also when I first got to practice. When I.
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When I connects together.
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First got to.
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So here, first got to.
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We don't say gotta.
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First gotta practice.
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That's got to, like I have to do something, I've got to go to school,
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but got to practice, I got to practice, I could practice for the first time.
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First got to practice, first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving, let me, glottal stop, let me.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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For a, for a, for a.
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Both of these sounds are de-stressed.
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For a few minutes.
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Out on a really lonely road.
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Out on a, out on a.
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This t connects together, it becomes a flap.
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Out on a, out on a really lonely road.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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Where it was.
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This ㄱ takes a glottal stop.
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ㄱ.
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Where it was safe.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a...
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It's been a...
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This ㄱ at the beginning of this sentence kind of gets de-stressed.
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So we kind of begin the sentence with s.
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It's been a, it's been a, it's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that. Been to.
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This to becomes to.
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Been to parks like that.
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And I definitely, and I, and I, this d in and isn't pronounced,
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and I'd definitely connects together.
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And I definitely, and I definitely like to see them again.
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Like to, like to see them.
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This to becomes to.
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When I was 15, I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one, but the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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At that time, I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby.
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so I loved seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes out
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on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.
文脈と背景
この動画では、アメリカ英語における連結発音の技術に焦点を当てています。スピーカーであるアレックスは、IELTSのスピーキングテストの質問「よく覚えている旅について説明してください」に対する具体的な回答を紹介しています。彼は、アメリカ西部の国立公園を巡る15歳の時の家族旅行について振り返りながら、自然な会話の流れや発音について詳しく説明しています。この内容は、英語スピーキング練習やIELTS スピーキング対策に非常に役立ちます。
日常会話のためのトップ5フレーズ
- When I was 15: 15歳の時に
- I went with my family: 家族と一緒に行きました
- A bunch of national parks: たくさんの国立公園
- Spent at each one: それぞれで過ごしました
- About three weeks: 約3週間
これらのフレーズは、YouTubeで英語学習を行う際に、特に有効です。実際の会話で使われる表現を取り入れることで、あなたの英語力を高める手助けになります。
ステップバイステップシャドウイングガイド
この動画の内容を理解しながら、発音を良くするためには、以下のステップを 実践してみてください：
- 動画を視聴： アレックスの話すスピードやイントネーションに注目しながら、最初に全体を聞いてみましょう。
- フレーズごとの解析： 各フレーズを細かく分解して、つなぎの音や消音に着目します。例として、「went with」が「ウエンウィズ」になる様子に注目しましょう。
- シャドウイング： アレックスの話し方を真似して、同じタイミングで声に出してみます。shadowspeakのテクニックを用いると、リズム感が身につきます。
- 録音： 自分の声を録音し、後から聞き返して、発音や流暢さをチェックしましょう。
- 反復練習： 何度も繰り返すことで、自然な発音を体に染み込ませていきます。また、英語の発音を良くするために、他の動画も参考にすると良いでしょう。
これらのステップを踏むことで、よりスムーズに英語を話すことができるようになり、英語スピーキング練習の成果を実感することができます。
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。