シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading | IELTS Topic: Describe a person who you think dresses well - 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 talk about a sample answer to the IELTS question, Describe a person who you think dresses well.
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Let's take a look.
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There's a famous actor, Idris Elba, who I think is a great example.
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Who, why, why?
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We add a little wha sound between who and I. Who I.
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Who I think is a is a is a is a great example.
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Here is a kind of gets reduced and spoken as one little unit.
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Is a is a.
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Who I think is a great example.
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Great a great example.
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Here the T in great gets turned into a tap.
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Great example.
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Great example of a man who dresses well a great example of a man who dresses well.
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Here, of a has the same thing happen as is a.
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It gets reduced into one little word, of a, who I think is a great example of a man who dresses well.
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He's an actor.
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He's an actor.
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Here, he's an, zan, the z sound in he's connects to an, And the vowel in AN reduces to just AN.
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And also, the N in AND connects to the next syllable.
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He's an actor.
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He's an actor.
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So of course.
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So of course.
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Now here we could say so of course, but in rapid speech, so of course is a little more complicated to say with a wuh in it.
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So we omit the wuh and we just say, so of course, so of course,
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so of course he dresses better.
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Now here when we speak quickly, he turns into just ee.
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So So of course he dresses.
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So of course he dresses.
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The H gets removed.
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But this only happens if you're speaking very quickly.
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If you speak a little bit more carefully, so of course he, of course he, see, of course he dresses better.
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There's a real H sound before E.
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So of course he dresses better than the average person, than the average.
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So here, than turns into then, and the N in than connects to the th sound in the.
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The average has a little y in the middle.
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The average person.
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And here, average.
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Average.
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It's not average.
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There's no sound in the middle.
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Average.
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Vridge.
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Better than the average.
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Better than the average person.
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But I think he tends to be, but I, there's a tap there for the T in but,
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but I think he, we connect the think he together, and again, when we speak quickly,
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the h sound in he gets removed.
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But I think he tends to be.
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Tens.
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There's no d sound in tens.
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Tens to be.
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Tens to be a little bit be.
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There's a little y between b and uh. Be.
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I think he tends to be a little bit more bold.
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Little bit more.
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The T in bit turns into a glottal stop before more.
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Little bit more.
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Little bit more bold with his clothes.
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Bold with his clothes. With his.
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Here the TH kind of goes over the H and we don't hear a separate H sound. With his.
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With his clothes.
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The TH sound in clothes can just be removed.
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Close, close, like close a door.
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Close, than most actors.
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Then, then, again, than turns into then.
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Most actors.
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That T in most doesn't get removed, but it gets connected to the next syllable.
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Than most actors.
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You know, you know, this is a chunk and so it's connected into one kind of word there.
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You know, you know, like, you know, like sometimes he'll wear something more artistic at an awards show.
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At an awards show. At an...
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So here in at, there's a tapped T.
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Edan, edan, and the vowel in at gets reduced to a very light at an awards show.
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Now here the N in an connects to awards at an awards show.
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Finally awards show turns into awards show.
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The d sound comes before the sh sound.
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We don't have a separate sound in the middle when we're speaking quickly.
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It's not awards show, it's awards show, awards show, and it really catches the eye.
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And it really, so here the D in and disappears, the T in it turns into a glottal stop,
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and let's look at the vowel in really.
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It could be, and it really catches, or it could be, and it really catches.
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Really, really.
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Both are okay.
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I, E.
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Both vowels are acceptable.
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And it really catches the I.
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The I.
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There's a little I sound in between the and I.
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The I.
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The I.
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There's a famous actor, Idris Elba, who I think is a great example of a man who dresses well.
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He's an actor, so of course he dresses better than the average person, but I think he tends to be a little bit more bold with his clothes than most actors.
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You know, like sometimes he'll wear something more artistic at an awards show, and it really catches the eye.
このビデオでスピーキング練習をする理由
このビデオでは、スピーキングの練習を通じて「よく服を着る人を描写する」IELTSの質問に対するサンプル回答を学びます。このような具体的なトピックは、スピーキングスキルを向上させるために非常に有効です。特に、シャドーイングを通じてリズムやイントネーションを身につけることができ、英語の発音を良くする助けになります。また、有名人の例を使うことで、学習者が自分の意見を述べる際の参考にもなります。
文法と表現の文脈
このビデオにはいくつかの重要な構文や表現が含まれています。
- Who I think is a great example: ここでの「who I」は、スピーキングの流れを滑らかにしており、カジュアルな会話でよく使われる表現です。
- He’s an actor: 「He’s an」の発音が「He’s an」と連結され、英語の自然なリズムが感じられます。
- better than the average person: このフレーズでは、比較級の「better」を用いることで、服装のスタイルが他の人と比較される文脈が強調されています。
- So of course: ここでは、話し言葉での省略が見られ、自然な会話が展開されます。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオでは、いくつかの発音の難しさやトラップが登場します。特に注意が必要な点は以下の通りです。
- average: 「average」の発音は「アヴァレッジ」ではなく、「アヴリッジ」に近い音で発音されるため、混乱しやすいです。
- thanとthen: 「than」は「ザン」と発音され、「then」との違いに注意が必要です。スピーディな会話では聞き取りが難しくなります。
- he dresses: 速いスピードで話すと「he」が省略され、「ee dresses」になることがあるため、注意が必要です。
このような発音のトラップを克服するためには、シャドーイングを利用することが効果的です。「英語シャドーイング」を実践することで、正しい発音を習得し、流暢さを向上させることができます。ぜひ時間を取って練習を重ね、言語の流れを感じ取ってみてください。
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。