シャドーイング練習: Cambridge 15 listening (Test-2) (Part-2) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Part 2.
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You will hear part of a talk to a gardening club about a local park.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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I'm very pleased to welcome this evening's guest speaker,
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Mark Logan, who's going to tell us about the recent transformation of Minster Park Over to you, Mark.
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Thank you.
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I'm sure you're all familiar with Minster Park.
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It's been a feature of the city for well over a century
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and has been the responsibility of the city council for most of that time.
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What perhaps isn't so well known is the origin of the park.
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Unlike many public parks that started in private ownership, as the garden of a large house,
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for instance, Minster was some wasteland,
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which people living nearby started planting with flowers in 1892.
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It was unclear who actually owned the land, and this wasn't settled until twenty years later when the council took possession of it.
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You may have noticed the statue near one of the entrances.
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It's of Diane Gosforth, who played a key role in the history of the park.
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Once the council had become the legal owner, it planned to sell the land for housing.
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Many local people wanted it to remain a place that everyone could go to, to enjoy the fresh air and natural environment.
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Remember, the park is in a densely populated residential area.
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Diane Gosforth was one of those people, and she organised petitions and demonstrations,
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which eventually made the council change its mind about the future of the land.
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Soon after this, the First World War broke out,
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in 1914, and most of the park was dug up and planted with vegetables, which were sold locally.
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At one stage, the army considered taking it over for troop exercises, and got as far as contacting the city council,
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then decided the park was too small to be of use.
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There were occasional public meetings during the war, in an area that had been retained as grass.
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After the war, the park was turned back more or less to how it had been before 1914,
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and continued almost unchanged until recently.
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Plans for transforming it were drawn up at various times,
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most recently in 2013, though they were revised in 2015 before any work had started.
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The changes finally got going in 2016 and were finished on schedule last year.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Thank you. to twenty.
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OK, let me tell you about some of the changes that have been made, and some things that have been retained.
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If you look at this map, you'll see the familiar outline of the park, with the river forming the northern boundary,
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and a gate in each of the other three walls.
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The statue of Diane Gosforth has been moved.
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It used to be close to the South Gate, but it's now immediately to the north of the Lily Pond, almost in the centre of the park,
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which makes it much more visible.
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There's a new area of wooden sculptures, which are on the riverbank,
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where the path from the East Gate makes a sharp bend.
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There are two areas that are particularly intended for children.
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The playground has been enlarged and improved, and that's between the river and the path that leads from the pond to the river.
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Then there's a new maze, a circular series of paths separated by low hedges.
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That's near the West Gate.
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You go north from there towards the river and then turn left to reach it.
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There have been tennis courts in the park for many years, and they've been doubled, from four to eight.
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They're still in the south-west corner of the park, where there's a right-angle bend in the path.
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Something else I'd like to mention is the new fitness area.
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This is right next to the lily pond on the same side as the West Gate.
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Now, as you're all gardeners, I'm sure you'll like to hear about the plants that have been chosen for the park.
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part two.
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Thank you.

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55文、単語が708語あります。 音声の長さは6:40です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約106語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の86%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
gate 名詞/ˈɡeɪ̯t/門, 大門
pond 名詞/pɑnd/池
bend 動詞/bɛnd/曲げる
statue 名詞/ˈstæt͡ʃu/像, 彫像
sharp 形容詞/ʃɑɹp/鋭い, 鋭利な
carefully 副詞/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/じっくり, 慎重に
flower 名詞/ˈfloʊɚ/花
ownership 名詞/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/所有権
entrance 名詞/ˈɛn.tɹəns/入口
fitness 名詞/ˈfɪt.nəs/健康, フィットネス
visible 形容詞/ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/見える, 目に見える
angle 名詞/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/角度
grass 名詞/ɡɹɑːs/草, 雑草
possession 名詞/pəˈzɛʃn̩/憑依
settle 動詞/ˈsɛtəl/解決する

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
break out 動詞脱出する

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
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wasn't settled · was dug · had been retained
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has been · have been made · has been moved
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるvegetables, which were · sculptures, which are

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, you'll, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を12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: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, petition /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

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。gate, pond, bendなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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。

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