シャドーイング練習: Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hi, Coleman.
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How are you?
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Good, thanks.
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I wanted to have a chat with you
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because our friend Josh told me that you've joined a guitar group and it sounds interesting.
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I'd really like to learn myself.
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Why don't you come along?
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I'm sure there's room for another person.
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Really?
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So, who runs the classes?
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He's called a coordinator.
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His name's Gary Matheson.
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Let me note that down.
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Gary.. how do you spell his surname?
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It's M-A-T-H-I-E-S-O-N.
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Right, thanks.
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He's retired, actually, but he's a really nice guy and he used to play in a lot of bands.
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Thanks.
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So, how long have you been going?
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About a month now.
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And could you play anything before you started?
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I knew a few chords, but that's all.
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I'm sure everyone will be better than me.
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That's what I thought too.
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When I first spoke to Gary on the phone, he said it was a class for beginners, but I was still worried that everyone would be better than me.
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But we were all equally hopeless.
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Oh, that's reassuring.
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So where do you meet?
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Well, when I joined the group, they were meeting in Gary's home.
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But as the group got bigger, he decided to book a room at the college in town.
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I prefer going there.
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I know that place.
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I used to go to tap dancing classes there when I was at secondary school.
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I haven't been since, though, and I can't remember what road it's in.
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Is it Lock Street?
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It's just beyond there, at the bottom of New Street, near the city roundabout.
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Yes, of course.
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The guitar club is on the first floor in room T347.
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Right.
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And when do you meet?
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Is it at the weekend?
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We meet on Thursdays.
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It used to be 10.30 and that suited me well.
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But now we meet at 11.
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The class that's in there before us asked if they could have the room for another thirty minutes.
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Oh, I see.
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Well, I'd love to come, but I don't have a guitar.
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Well, you can always buy a second-hand one.
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There's a website called The Perfect Instrument that sells all kinds of guitars, violins and so on.
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I'm sure you'll find something there.
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So, what's a typical lesson like with Gary?
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Well, he always starts by getting us to tune our guitars.
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That takes about five minutes.
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Uh-huh.
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Some people have an app they use, but others do it by ear.
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Gary goes round and helps them.
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And while he's doing that, he tells us what he's going to do during the lesson.
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Right.
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First, we usually spend about ten minutes doing some strumming.
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So, is that using...oh, what are they called?
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Plectrums?
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No, we just use our thumbs.
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Much easier.
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Gary reminds us where to put our fingers for each chord and then we play them together.
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Sometimes we all just start laughing because we're so bad at keeping time.
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So Gary starts clapping to help us.
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Do you learn to play any songs?
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Yes.
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We do at least one song with words and chords.
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I mean, that's harder than you think.
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Oh, I'm sure it is.
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That part of the lesson takes about 15 minutes.
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He often brings a recording of the song and plays it to us first.
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Then he hands out the song and if there's a new chord in it, we practice that before we play it together, but really slowly.
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Do you do any finger picking?
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That's the last ten minutes of the lesson, when we pick out the individual notes from a tune he's made up.
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It's always quite simple.
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That must be hard, though.
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It is.
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But people like it because they can really concentrate.
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And if we're all playing well, it sounds quite impressive.
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The only trouble is that he sometimes gets us to play one at a time.
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You know, alone.
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Oh, that's scary.
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It is.
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But I've got used to it now.
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At the end, he spends about five minutes telling us what to practice for the following week.
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Well, thanks, Coleman.
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I'll go and have a look at that website, I think.
なぜこのビデオで話す練習をするのか？
このビデオは、友人とのカジュアルな会話を通じて、英会話のスキルを向上させるのに最適なリソースです。話し手たちは、ギタークラスに参加することや、新しいことを学ぶ際の不安について話しています。これにより、あなたも同様の状況における会話を模擬することができ、不安を軽減する方法を学ぶことができます。YouTubeで英語学習をする際、このような実際の会話を聞くことは、リアルな文脈での言語の使い方を理解する手助けとなります。また、英語シャドーイングを通じて、自然な発音やリズムを習得することも可能です。
文法 & 表現の文脈
このトランスクリプトでは、以下のような重要な文法や表現が使われています：
- 疑問文の作成：「Who runs the classes?」のように、誰がクラスを運営しているのかを尋ねることで、相手に具体的な情報を得る質問が出来ます。
- 過去形の使用：「He used to play in a lot of bands.」という表現は、過去の習慣を表すのに効果的です。このフレーズは、自分の過去の経験について語る際にも使用できます。
- 提案表現：「Why don't you come along?」のように、相手に参加を促す表現は友好的であり、コミュニケーションを円滑にします。
これらの表現をshadowspeaksの練習に取り入れることで、自然で流暢な英会話を実現できます。
一般的な発音の罠
ビデオ内での発音において注意が必要なポイントがあります。例えば、「Matheson」という名前の発音では、特に子音の部分が難しいかもしれません。また、「guitar」という単語は、特にリズムや音の強弱に注意が必要です。さらに、「classes」と「coordinator」のような複雑な単語も、しっかりと発音しないと誤解を招く可能性があります。これらの言葉をshadowspeakの練習で反復しながら練習することで、あなたの発音が向上するでしょう。
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。