シャドーイング練習: Anne with an E - Anne meets Diana (part two) (S1:E1) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が48文、単語が341語あります。 音声の長さは2:55です。 話す速さは1分あたり約117語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は76%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

• imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ (名詞) — 想像力. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
• oath /ˈoʊθ/ (名詞) — 誓い, 誓約. A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's…
• finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (名詞) — 指. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
• twist /twɪst/ (動詞) — 捻る. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
• faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/ (形容詞) — 忠実な. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
• disappear /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ (動詞) — 消える. To vanish.
• bride /bɹaɪd/ (名詞) — 花嫁, 新婦. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
• bake /beɪk/ (動詞) — 焼く. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• utter /ˈʌtəɹ/ (動詞) — 発する, 述べる. Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
• endure /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ (動詞) — 耐える. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
• remark /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/ (動詞) — 注目する. To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.
• moonlight /ˈmunˌlaɪt/ (名詞) — 月光, 月色. The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
• orphan /ˈɔɹfən/ (名詞) — 孤児. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
• vow /vaʊ/ (名詞) — 誓い, 誓約. A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
• wick /ˈwɪk/ (名詞) — ろうそくの芯, 芯. A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a…

動画に出てくる句動詞

• go down (動詞) — 降りる, 降下する. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, didn't, I'dなど、短縮形や弱形を11回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

• 「th」の音: oath /ˈoʊθ/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/
• 「sh」と「zh」の音: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, scrumptious /ˈskrəm(p)ʃəs/

この動画での練習方法

1. まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
2. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。imagination, oath, fingerなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。