シャドーイング練習: American English Intonation | Business English: Sales Meeting (part two) - 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 intonation in the short piece about 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, I just wanted to.
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So two here gets reduced because it's a function word.
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And the same thing happens later on with that the.
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I just wanted to let you know that the, that the, that the meeting went really well.
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We have a rise
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and a fall right at the end of the sentence really
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well really well she said they're ready to commit to the deal we talked about in the email
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so the important part of the next sentence is the deal
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we talked about in the email the deal we talked about in the email
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so in the normally gets reduced
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because it's also function words right in the our function words
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but about in the email about in the email talked about email.
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We need to go between the rise in talked about and the fall in email.
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We're falling on email because it's the last word of the sentence, but talked about is a very important part of the sentence's meaning.
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She said they're ready to commit to the deal we talked about in the email.
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Commit to the deal is another really important part, so we stress both of those words.
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Commit to the deal.
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It's going to be a two-year contract.
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It's going to be a two-year contract.
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Two-year contract.
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So two-year modifies contract.
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And for that reason, two-year is spoken in a higher tone.
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A two-year contract, just like we were hoping for.
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Hoping for.
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Just like we were hoping for.
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That's the end of the sentence, and it's kind of good news.
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So you have a little bit more energy when you're saying this.
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Just like we were hoping for.
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Just like we were hoping for.
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A rise and a fall near the end of the sentence.
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I already wrote up the contract with the new pricing.
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New pricing.
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So new is spoken with a higher tone because it modifies pricing.
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And the rest of it is I already wrote up the contract, wrote up the, wrote up the contract.
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I already wrote up the contract with the new pricing.
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The and with the have low tones because they're not that important.
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They're just grammar function words.
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So once you take a look, I'll send it over to them.
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I'll send it over to them.
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So once you take a look, I'll send it over to them.
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There's kind of a contrast in this part of the sentence.
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Once this happens, then this happens.
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Once you take a look, I'll send it over to them.
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So we have a rise and a fall near the end of the sentence again.
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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.

このビデオで話す練習をする理由

アメリカ英語のイントネーションを学ぶことは、特にビジネスシーンにおいて非常に重要です。このビデオでは、セールスミーティングという具体的なコンテキストでの話し方が紹介されています。特に、shadowspeakshadow speechのテクニックを取り入れることで、リスニング力やスピーキング能力を一層高めることができます。英語の発音を良くするためには、正しいイントネーションやリズムを身につけることが大切です。このような練習を通じて、実際のビジネスシーンでの会話に自信を持つことができるでしょう。

文法と文脈における表現

  • 「I just wanted to let you know that the meeting went really well.」
  • この文では、「just wanted to」がよく使われる表現です。これにより、相手への配慮が感じられ、自然な会話が生まれます。

  • 「the deal we talked about in the email」
  • ここでの「we talked about」というフレーズは、過去の会話を想起させ、ビジネスコミュニケーションにおいて効果的です。

  • 「It's going to be a two-year contract.」
  • 数詞を使ったこの表現は、具体的な情報を明確に伝えるのに役立ちます。「two-year」が強調されたことで、この契約の重要性が伝わります。

  • 「I'll send it over to them.」
  • この文は、行動を示すことで相手に安心感を与え、信頼関係を築くのに役立ちます。

一般的な発音の落とし穴

ビデオの中で注意すべき発音のポイントはいくつかあります。例えば、「contract」「pricing」のような重要な単語は、気をつけて発音する必要があります。これらの単語は高いトーンで発音されるため、相手に強調を持って伝えることができます。一方、「the」や「and」のような機能語は低音で発音され、重要度が低いため、会話の流れに影響を及ぼしません。このような発音のコントラストを理解することで、英語シャドーイングの効果がさらに高まるでしょう。

これらの話し方のテクニックを身につけることで、IELTS スピーキング対策にもプラスになりますので、ぜひこのビデオを参考にしてみてください。

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。