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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Phil.
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And I'm Beth.
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Nowadays, I often see people carrying water bottles with them to make sure they drink enough.
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How much water do you drink a day, Phil?
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I don't know.
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Maybe about a litre?
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OK.
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And do you know how much water you should drink a day?
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I think it's probably about two litres.
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Ah, well, the number many people have heard is two litres a day.
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Of course, everyone needs to drink some water – over half the human body is made up of it.
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But exactly how much water do we need to stay healthy?
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That's what we'll be discussing in this programme, along with some useful new vocabulary as well.
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And speaking of vocabulary, remember you can download all the new words and phrases from this programme, plus worksheet exercises to help you learn them on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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Great, but first I have a question for you, Phil.
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I mentioned that over half the human body consists of water, but there's an even higher percentage of water in our blood.
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But how much?
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Is our blood a around 80% water, b around 90% water or c 100% water?
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I think it's around 80% water.
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Okay, I will reveal the correct answer later in the programme.
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Our blood needs water so it can carry nutrients to the body's cells and organs.
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The amount recommended is often given as two litres a day.
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But why?
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Here to discuss this with BBC World Service programme The Food Chain is biologist Professor John Speakman.
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So I'm not sure how it was arrived at, but it seems to be a number that has taken grip on a very large number of countries.
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So if you look at government recommendations around the world, they're pretty much all the same.
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They pretty much all say everybody's got to be drinking two litres of water.
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Professor Speakman doesn't know how the number of two litres a day was arrived at, how it was decided or calculated.
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Nevertheless, the idea of drinking two litres a day has taken grip on many governments around the world.
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When you say an idea has taken grip on something, you mean it's taken control of it.
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Yes, Professor Speakman says that pretty much all governments are giving pretty much the same recommendation.
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He uses the phrase pretty much to mean almost.
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For example, pretty much all governments advise drinking two litres a day means almost all governments advise it.
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What Professor Speakman doesn't have, however, is any scientific evidence for this advice.
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The number of exactly two litres isn't based on scientific fact.
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It's more of a ballpark figure.
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A number which is a guess, but which you still believe is approximately correct.
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Actually, the amount of water in our bodies is changing all the time.
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Like your bank balance, which goes down when you spend money, your body loses water all the time when you breathe, sweat or go to the toilet.
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Exactly how much you need to drink depends on how much water your body needs to replace, and that mainly depends on your size.
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But what happens when we drink less than we should?
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Here's hydration expert Dr Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez describing the effects of dehydration to BBC World Service's The Food Chain.
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And also many times we start getting dehydrated and we don't realise we are dehydrated.
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So it's very common that we feel tired or we feel like with a bit of a headache or even we think we are hungry.
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We go and get some food and actually what is happening is that we are thirsty, that we are dehydrated.
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We're starting to show some signs or some symptoms of dehydration.
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Dr. Sanchez describes the effect of dehydration, the condition of not having enough water in your body so that you feel ill or weak.
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She mentions feeling tired, having a headache or a dry mouth as symptoms of dehydration.
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symptoms are signs or feelings in the body showing the presence of some illness or condition.
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So whether you drink a little more or a little less, it seems that around two litres of water a day is a good way to keep your blood and body healthy.
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Speaking of which, Phil, it's time to reveal the answer to my question.
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What percentage of our blood is water?
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You said 80% and the answer is 90%.
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Our blood consists of around 90% water.
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Okay, let's Let's recap the vocabulary we've used, starting with the phrase to arrive at a number, meaning to decide it by doing calculations.
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If an idea takes grip on something, it takes control of it.
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The phrase pretty much means almost.
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For example, pretty much everyone likes chocolate, which means almost everyone likes chocolate.
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A ballpark figure is a phrase meaning a number which is an acceptably accurate approximation.
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Dehydration is the condition of not having enough water in your body so that you feel ill or weak.
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And finally, a symptom is a sign or feeling in the body showing the presence of an illness or condition.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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why not join me now and head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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Download the worksheet for this programme and test yourself to see how much you remember.
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See you there soon.
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Bye.
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この BBC Learning English の "6 Minute English" エピソードでは、フィルとベスが水分補給の重要性について話し合っています。彼らは、十分な水分を摂取することが健康に与える影響や、適切な水の量についての誤解を解いています。番組を通じて、新しい語彙を学びながら、体の水分バランスについて理解を深めることができます。
毎日のコミュニケーションのためのトップ5フレーズ
- How much water do you drink a day?（あなたは一日にどれくらいの水を飲みますか？）
- It's probably about two litres.（おそらく約2リットルです。）
- That's what we'll be discussing.（それについて話し合います。）
- We start getting dehydrated and we don't realize.（脱水症状が始まり、気づかないことが多いです。）
- We feel tired or we think we are hungry.（疲れを感じたり、空腹だと思ったりします。）
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この動画の内容を効果的に学ぶために、シャドーイングを行うことをお勧めします。以下の手順に従って、英語スピーキング練習を行ってみましょう。
- 視聴する：まずは動画を観て、内容を理解します。特に重要なフレーズや言い回しに注目しましょう。
- 再生速度を調整する：初めは、再生速度を少し遅くして、発音やリズムをキャッチしやすくしましょう。
- 反復する：部分的に音声を一時停止し、自分の声で繰り返します。この時、shadowspeak を意識して、正確な発音を目指しましょう。
- 直後にシャドーイングする：音声を流しながら同時に話す練習をします。英語の発音を良くするために、アクセントとイントネーションを注意深くトレースしましょう。
- 録音して再確認する：自分の声を録音して、実際の音声と比較します。改善点を見つけて、次に活かしましょう。
このプロセスを繰り返すことで、語彙力が向上し、スピーキングスキルが飛躍的に改善されます。詳しい練習方法については、専用の shadowing site を探してみるのも良いでしょう。
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。