シャドーイング練習: Being ill in England - English Podcast - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Last week I had a cold.
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I woke up in the middle of the night and I wasn't feeling too good.
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I didn't feel very well at all.
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I had a headache and a runny nose.
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I got out of bed to take some medicine and I realised
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that I also had body ache too body ache is
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when you have pain all over your body sometimes body ache can be shooting pains shooting pains are pain
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that you feel and they are very sharp
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and it feels like an electric shock for example it could start at the top of your leg
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and end in your feet or it can start in your shoulder
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and and in your fingers I went to have something to eat
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because you aren't supposed to take this type of medication with an empty stomach
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so it's important to have something to eat first
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and then take the medication I also got some tissues for
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my runny nose then i went back to bed luckily it was saturday
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so i didn't have to call in sick calling sick is
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when you call your school or your work to say
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that you won't be able to go in that day
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because you are ill depending on the country
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and your workplace you might have to send them a sick
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note a sick note is a piece of paper to say
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that you are ill you normally go
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and get it from your doctors some people might be quite surprised to know
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that in England you only need to give your company a sick note
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and proof if you have been ill for more than seven days.
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Sick notes are also called fit notes and they basically say
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that the employee is not fit for work so they are not able to go to work because they are ill.
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I know that in other countries you have to go to the doctor to get a sick note even
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if you are ill one day but that isn't the case in England.
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According to the government website if employees are off for seven days
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or less they don't need to give their employer a fit note
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but when they return to work their employer can ask them to confirm
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that they have been ill
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and that's called a self -certification they might have to fill in a form
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or send details of their sick leave by email.
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Normally I don't go to the doctors if I have a cold.
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I just take some medicine and I normally get better
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but this time I realized that that my symptoms weren't improving and I was starting to have a cough as well.
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So I decided to make an appointment at the doctors.
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It is possible to book an appointment at your GP surgery by phone,
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using their website or in person by going to the surgery and make an appointment by talking to the receptionist.
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A GP is a general practitioner and they are the doctor that you normally go to in England when you are ill.
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They are qualified in general medical practice and they are the first point of contact for someone who is ill.
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So, for example, if I have a cold and I am not getting better,
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I can go to the doctors.
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and they will give me medication but if they need to take further action then they can refer you to a specialist.
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So for example if I go to the doctors with a skin condition
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and it seems serious then they would refer me to a dermatologist.
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I explained in another video that in England we can buy basic medicine like paracetamol,
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ibuprofen or aspirin in supermarkets so we don't usually have to go to the doctors only if we need a prescription.
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You can also go to a pharmacy and ask for over -the -counter medication
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and that means that you don't need a prescription for it.
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So if I have earache and I go to the pharmacy and tell them that I have earache,
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they could give me some over -the -counter medicine without a prescription.
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There are some medications that are not over -the -counter and can only be bought with a prescription,
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a doctor's order.
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So, for these cases, we do need to go to the doctors.
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Sometimes there is quite a long waiting list, so you have to wait for a few days or a few weeks.
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If you have a medical emergency, then you would go to an emergency department,
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emergency care which is called A &E in England like A and E.
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It stands for accident and emergency and it's basically the hospital emergency room.
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You would go to A &E if you have a broken leg or a very serious illness.
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It is a walk -in service which means that you don't have to make an appointment.
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If you have called for an ambulance
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and you are taken to the hospital by ambulance you would probably go to A &E.
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If you had a broken leg and someone can take you to A &E you would check in,
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give your personal details and then you would wait in the waiting room.
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It's for serious injuries and life -threatening emergencies
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so in my case as I only had a bad cold I didn't have to go to A &E.
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I had to wait five days for my appointment
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but my cough hadn't really gone away by that point so it was good that I had my appointment.
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They gave me some medication that wasn't over -the -counter
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so it did have a prescription
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and I went to the chemist to pick it up as
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I said in another video in the UK there is a fixed rate for medicines that have a prescription So,
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if you are prescribed something by the doctor, if you are prescribed medicine,
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then you will pay £9 .90 per item.
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It doesn't matter what type of medicine it is, you will always pay £9 .90.
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depending on your age or circumstances it may be free for example
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if you're over 60 years old then it is free but at my age prescriptions cost nine pound 90.
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so if your doctor says that you've got to take four different medications then
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that would almost be 40 pounds so depending on the medication
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that you are sent it can work out cheaper
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or more expensive than in other countries where you just pay the normal cost of the medication.
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Thank you and I'll see you in the next one.
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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。