シャドーイング練習: CAE8 O TEST1 PART1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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So is the course living up to your expectations?
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Yes, I have no real issues with it, really.
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I wasn't sure initially whether I'd like the fact
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that there's this mixture of classes with the group and one-to-one sessions online with the tutors.
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But actually, I've come round to thinking it's the real strength of the course.
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Don't you agree?
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Undoubtedly.
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I mean, that's why I went for it in the first place.
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It's nice to meet the staff and other students, but it's the personal attention by email that you want.
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Although I must say, some of the staff are more helpful than others.
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But the group lessons are useful too.
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Oh yes.
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Some people complained about the fact that you get face-to-face feedback on project work in them, that it wastes class time.
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But I have no problem with that.
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But the sessions are the only chance we get to use some of the more sophisticated software.
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I mean, they did make it clear in the pre-course information that we'd only have limited access to that.
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but I still think it's a shame we can't come in and use it out of class time.
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Yes, I agree.
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Now play the recording again.
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So, basically, as a seasoned traveller, you must have got packing off to a fine art.
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I'm not that great at travelling light, simply because anything can, and often does, happen, and I like to feel fully prepared.
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So I'm a complete sucker for gadgets and gizmos, and I have a bag load of stuff that I take with me.
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I'm still looking for the ideal rucksack or carry-on actually.
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And of course I've always got my iPod for those long days on the road
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when you don't know how long you might be hanging around waiting for transport.
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So what have you learnt from travelling?
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Well, I guess it's a cliché, but the more you see of other cultures, the more you come to appreciate your own.
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I don't mean that I miss the comforts of home or anything like that.
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More that I've got the opportunity to travel and see the world, because I've got folks back home in a wealthy Western culture to pick up the tab if things go wrong.
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I mean, without that, and a lot of people you meet don't have that, would I ever have had the courage to do half the things I've done?
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I doubt it somehow.
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Now, play the recording again.
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Now, you've come in for a lot of stick, haven't you?
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In response to your latest album.
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Everyone went nuts about the cover.
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We knew it might cause some controversy, but I didn't think it was that outrageous.
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We just had this slogan which read, No cover art, like the Beatles did the White Album all those years ago.
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The first one with no picture on the cover.
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But predictably, I guess, we got all these irate bloggers going overboard in dismissing it, and one newspaper included it in a list of the worst album covers ever.
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Actually, I reckon it's quite endearing the way it was done.
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But is this because these people don't like the music?
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Well, there is a certain snobbery out there, and I reckon these are people who don't regard us as cool or whatever, but I don't think that's what lies behind it, actually.
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I reckon the problem stemmed from the fact that we were misquoted in the first piece written about it.
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It said that I wanted to kill album artwork, which is just so far off the mark.
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What we actually wanted to do was draw people's attention to it, for them to have a look round and see that it's mostly rubbish.
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Now play the recording again.
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That is the end of part one.
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Now turn to part two.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が48文、単語が649語あります。 音声の長さは3:25です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約190語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 単語の85%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
lesson 名詞/ˈlɛs.ən/授業, 学科
ideal 形容詞/aɪˈdi(ə)l/理想的な, 理想な
helpful 形容詞/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/役に立つ, 有用
comfort 名詞/ˈkʌm.fət/快適さ
regard 名詞/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/尊重
courage 名詞/ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/勇気, 度胸
feedback 名詞/ˈfiːdˌbæk/フィードバック, 反応
controversy 名詞/kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/論争
complain 動詞/kəmˈpleɪn/ぼやく, ぶつぶつ言う
wealthy 形容詞/ˈwɛl.θi/裕福な, 豊かな
artwork 名詞/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/芸術作品, アートワーク
expectation 名詞/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/期待, 予想
undoubtedly 副詞/ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/疑いもなく
rubbish 名詞/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/くだらないこと, ばかばかしいこと
blogger 名詞/ˈblɔ.ɡəɹ/ブロガー

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
pick up 動詞拾う, 拾い上げる

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I've, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を22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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): controversy /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/, predictably /pɹəˈdɪk.tə.bli/

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. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。lesson, ideal, helpfulなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型動画での表現
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているI've come · have limited · I've done
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるwas done · were misquoted
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるpeople who don · artwork, which is

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。

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