シャドーイング練習: American English Connected Reading | IELTS Topic: Stay up late - 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 be looking at a sample part three answer for the IELTS question,
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what are some situations where people have to stay awake even though they're tired?
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Let's take a look.
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I think most people, I think,
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I think most people, so here that 可 and マ connect, and 得 and ぱ connect.
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I think most people who force themselves to stay awake,
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to force themselves to stay awake, the two becomes very small,
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force themselves to, force themselves to stay awake.
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This r also becomes very small.
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stay awake are high school or college students, because they tend to have,
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tend to have, this d and t connect, tend to have lots of work,
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lots of, this of becomes very short,
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lots of work that this that becomes extremely fast,
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lots of work that they have to.
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Have to becomes hafta, that they have to complete on their own time.
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The N and TH connect. On their.
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On their own time.
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Quick question, how would you say this?
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It's not for an hour.
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It's for an hour.
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Do you hear the difference?
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There's actually a rule here.
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In rapid speech, we de-stress for and reduce the vowel to just for.
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Not for an hour, but for an hour.
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For an hour.
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So if you want to learn the American English accent, if you want to master these rules and patterns in a systematic way
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Each week, step by step, I'll teach you new rules and how to apply them to real-life English situations and then give you lots of practice.
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Now, I've put the link in the description, so I'll see you there.
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But first, let's get back to our video.
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If they can't manage, can't manage, this T before the M disappears.
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Can't manage.
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If they can't manage their time well, they might leave.
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This T and the L does the same thing.
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They might leave.
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It's a glottal stop.
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They might leave.
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They might leave all their work until the last minute.
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This T and M connect, and it just sounds like last minute.
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Last minute.
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There's no glottal stop.
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Last minute.
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Until the last minute.
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And then stay up all night finishing it.
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All night, night finishing.
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Again, a glottal stop, the T before the F.
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Night finishing it.
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Most adults with regular jobs don't have to make.
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Don't have to.
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Don't have to.
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So don't, this T disappears.
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Have to becomes have to.
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Don't have to make them.
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And then make before T or before th in themselves disappears.
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Don't have to make themselves.
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Don't have to make themselves stay up late though.
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And now this late though, that t and th connect, stay up late though.
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Usually they can go home.
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Usually.
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It's not usually, it's usually.
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I have another video about that.
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They can go home.
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This can just becomes a very short sound.
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They can.
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It's like a back of your throat kind of na.
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They can kind of .
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Go home after work and do other things.
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And do becomes and do other things.
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An exception might be, this T as a glottal stop,
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might be, might be people who run small businesses or freelancers.
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They might have to, again might, glottal stop, and have to, have to.
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Might have to stay up late to finish.
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This to becomes very short.
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Stay up late to finish.
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They might have to stay up late to finish their workloads as well.
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And as well kind of becomes one word.
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Finish their workloads as well, as well, as well.
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Instead of as well, it's very short as well.
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I think most people who force themselves to stay awake
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or high school or college students because they tend to have lots of work
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that they have to complete on their own time.
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If they can't manage their time well, they might leave all their work until the last minute and then stay up all night finishing it.
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Most adults with regular jobs don't have to make themselves stay up late though.
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Usually they can go home after work and do other things.
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An exception might be people who run small businesses or freelancers.
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They might have to stay up late to finish their workloads as well.

この動画で話す練習をする理由

この動画では、IELTSの「遅くまで起きていること」に関する質問に対する模範的な答えを取り上げています。特に、高校生や大学生が課題や仕事を終わらせるために遅くまで起きる理由を学ぶことができます。このような具体的な状況を通じて、学生は英語での表現力を高めることができます。

さらに、動画を視聴しながら英語シャドーイングを行うことで、実際の会話のスピードやイントネーションに慣れ、不安なくスピーキングスキルを向上させることができます。shadowspeaksを利用して、リスニングとスピーキングの両方を同時に練習してください。

文法とコンテクストにおける表現

動画内で使用されている主な文法構造や表現をいくつか分析します：

  • force themselves to stay awake - 自ら意識的に起き続けることを表現する、このフレーズは習慣にすると良いでしょう。
  • tend to have lots of work - 「多くの仕事がある傾向がある」という表現で、一般的な状況を示すのに非常に便利です。
  • might leave all their work until the last minute - 最後の瞬間まで仕事を先延ばしにすることを示すこのフレーズは、特に学生によく見られる現象を描写しています。
  • stay up all night finishing it - 夜を徹して仕事を終える、この表現も実際の生活に密着した話し方として非常に効果的です。

一般的な発音の罠

動画内で触れられている発音のトラップに注意しましょう。特に次のようなフレーズが挙げられます：

  • can't manage - T音が弱くなり、滑らかに聞こえるポイントです。これを意識して練習することで、より自然な発音になります。
  • last minute - 「最終的な瞬間」の表現が連結して発音されるため、トリッキーな箇所です。英語の発音を良くするためには、ここをしっかりと練習することが重要です。
  • all night finishing - このフレーズでも「night」と「finishing」が一緒に発音されるので、しっかりと聞き取る力を養う必要があります。

これらのポイントを意識して、shadow speechに取り組むことで、あなたの英語力は確実に向上するでしょう。

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。