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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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In winter, people find different ways of keeping warm,
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like wearing extra clothes or staying indoors.
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But in some countries, there's another way of keeping the cold out – going for a sauna.
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Yes, Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland have a long history of taking saunas,
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but now they're popping up in Britain too.
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Have you ever been for a sauna, Georgie?
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I have, yes, and if I'm honest,
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I'm not a huge fan.
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I don't really like being too hot, it's uncomfortable.
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What about you, Neil?
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Oh, really?
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I quite like a sauna.
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You feel really refreshed afterwards.
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So, what is a sauna?
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Well, a typical sauna is a small wooden room heated with steam to around 80 degrees Celsius.
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It's hot enough to make anyone sweat.
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But are saunas good for your health as well?
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That's what James Gallagher wanted to find out for BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health.
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We're seeing what saunas do to the human body.
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They're popping up all over the country with claims that high temperatures boost your health and wellbeing.
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But are they all they're cracked up to be?
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James wants to find out if saunas are all they're cracked up to be.
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He means are they as good as people say.
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And that's exactly what we'll be finding out in this episode,
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along with some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you can practise all the new vocabulary from this episode with the quiz and worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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But now I have a question for you, Georgie.
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The word sauna comes from the Finnish language,
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but what does it mean?
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Does it mean a sweat,
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b hot water or c bathhouse?
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I'm going to guess c bathhouse.
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OK, well we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme.
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In recent winters, saunas have grown in popularity in the UK.
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BBC reporter James Gallagher met some people going to Moor a Sauna,
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a beach sauna in South Wales.
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He asked them why they love saunas so much.
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Hello everyone!
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Hello!
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Who loves a sauna?
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Me!
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Me!
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Tell me why.
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Oh, it's just so relaxing.
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It just makes you feel at ease.
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It's also great for relaxing muscles if you're up tense or anything like that at all.
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Yeah, I always love coming down here when I'm a bit stressed out.
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And by the time that I'm finished,
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I feel like I've completely reset.
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It's wonderful.
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The first speaker says saunas make her feel at ease.
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A phrase meaning comfortable and relaxed.
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And the next speaker thinks saunas are great if you feel tense,
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an adjective meaning worried and unable to relax.
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Saunas make the final speaker feel like she's reset.
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You might already know the word reset to mean turning a computer off and on again when it's not working,
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but used in connection with a person,
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reset means to start again after a rest so that you feel better about life.
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So it seems saunas do help people feel better.
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But is there actual medical evidence that it's good for us?
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Here's James Gallagher again speaking with Professor Damien Bailey,
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an expert in human physiology for BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health.
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When we start to connect this to the arguments around health benefits,
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Is there a health benefit to going in a sauna?
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Yeah.
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I mean, I looked at the research really closely.
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I was fascinated by the evidence.
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Huge benefits, I mean, really huge benefits.
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And it's cultural, of course.
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Five million people in Finland,
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90% of them use saunas.
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Maybe we should be copying what the Finns do,
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because there's a 40% reduction in all-cause mortality with the sauna goers.
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Now, this is what we would call observational data,
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but it's based on thousands and thousands of sauna goers.
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These are observational data sets,
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so we really do need what we call RCTs,
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randomized controlled trials, so everything,
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just as you've mentioned there, everything is absolutely controlled.
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But we can't turn our noses up at the current data, the observational data.
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Damien discusses the evidence from Finland,
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a country where 90% of the population are regular sauna-goers.
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And it's impressive, a 40% reduction in deaths from all causes.
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But it's important to remember
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that this is based on observational data – information collected from watching people's natural behaviour and not from controlled medical trials.
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Nevertheless, this observational data is based on evidence from thousands and thousands of Finns over many years.
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That's why Damien thinks we shouldn't turn our noses up at it.
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We shouldn't reject it simply because we think it's not good enough for us.
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Well, all this talk about saunas has made me want to give it another try.
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But not before you reveal the answer to your question, Neil.
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I asked you what the Finnish word sauna means.
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Is it a sweat, b hot water or c bathhouse? bathhouse.
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And I said bathhouse, am I right?
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You are absolutely correct.
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Well done.
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Yay!
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this episode.
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If something is not all it's cracked up to be,
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it isn't as good as people say.
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When someone's at ease, they feel comfortable and unstressed,
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whereas a tense person is worried and unable to relax.
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When someone resets, they start again after a rest,
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which has made them feel better about life.
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Observational data is information collected from watching people's natural behaviour without interfering in it.
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And finally, if you turn your nose up at something,
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you reject it because you think it's not good enough for you.
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Once again, our six minutes are up,
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but if you want to improve your English with more trending topics and useful vocabulary,
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you'll find plenty on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye.
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Goodbye. from bbclearningenglish.com.
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このYouTubeで英語学習ビデオは、BBC Learning Englishの「6 Minute English」というシリーズの一部です。このエピソードでは、サウナについての会話が行われ、サウナが健康に与える影響について探求されています。話し手のニールとジョージーは、サウナの温度や健康効果について意見を交わし、また視聴者に役立つ新しい単語やフレーズを紹介しています。特に、サウナがどのように体に心地良い影響を与えるのか、さまざまな人々の体験を通じて学ぶことができます。
日常会話のためのトップ5フレーズ
- feel at ease - 心地良いと感じる
- great for relaxing muscles - 筋肉をリラックスさせるのに最適
- completely reset - 完全にリセットする
- worried and unable to relax - 心配していてリラックスできない
- boost your health and wellbeing - 健康とウェルビーイングを向上させる
これらのフレーズは、英語スピーキング練習を行う際に特に役立ちます。さまざまな文脈で使用できるため、幅広い会話に応用できます。
段階的シャドーイングガイド
このビデオの難易度に対処するための英語シャドーイング方法を以下に紹介します：
- 音声を聞く: まず、ビデオの内容を一度通して聞きましょう。全体のテーマを理解することが重要です。
- フレーズを分ける: 上記のトップ5フレーズに注目し、それぞれの意味を学びましょう。意味を理解することで、自然に使えるようになります。
- 音読をする: 各フレーズを声に出して練習します。自分のスピードに合わせて、何度も繰り返しましょう。
- シャドーイングを行う: ビデオの音声を再生し、話し手の後に続いて話します。この時、発音やリズムに注意を払いましょう。
- 復習する: 最後に、知識を定着させるために再度音声を聞き、フレーズを使った会話を考えてみましょう。
このshadowing siteでの練習は、英語の流暢さを向上させるために非常に効果的です。特に、サウナについての会話を通して学ぶことで、健康やリラックスに関するさまざまなトピックについて話す自信がつくでしょう。
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。