シャドーイング練習: Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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So, Jane, you'll be off to Denmark soon to do your work placement.
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Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
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And I've just started packing up all my books to put in storage.
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Well, I hope they don't get spoiled.
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It's OK.
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My grandfather works in a bookshop and he told me how to pack them.
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Oh, that's helpful.
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He says you have to support the spine, otherwise the paper can come away from the cover.
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Yeah, that's obvious.
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He also told me to pack them flat in the box, not on their side.
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Again, because they can bend, and if you leave them like that for, say, a year, it's quite hard to get them back to their normal shape.
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Well, it's pretty clear that ruins them.
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But a lot of people just can't be bothered to protect their books.
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He always says it's such a shame that publishers don't use better quality paper.
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It's the acid in the paper that causes the problem, isn't it?
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Yeah, that's why old books go yellow.
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You know, some of the books my grandfather's given me are like that already.
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Oh.
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I should dump them really if they're going to deteriorate further, but I'd feel bad.
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They'll always remind me of him.
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He's quite a collector, you know.
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Well, if they're important to you.
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Yeah, I'd regret just throwing them away.
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You know, maybe it's because I was taught to treasure books, but I hate seeing students force open the pages of paperbacks.
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They press so hard they end up breaking the spine.
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I know.
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But unfortunately, paperbacks aren't designed to last a long time, and people know that.
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Hardbacks aren't quite as weak.
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Yeah, they're different, I suppose.
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but I still don't think people value hardbacks like they used to.
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Well, they aren't decorative, are they, like other objects?
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Plus, nowadays people don't keep them out on shelves as much as they used to.
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That's such a pity.
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When I visit someone, if they have, say, a colourful book on a table, it's the first thing I'm drawn to.
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I agree.
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And book covers can be a work of art in themselves.
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Some are really eye-catching.
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I've always been taught to handle books carefully.
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If you watch someone take a book off a shelf, well, they usually do it wrong.
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My grandfather says you should put your hand right over the top of the book.
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Or, if you can't do that, pull the other books on the shelf aside, so that you can hold the whole cover.
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When did you learn all this?
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He watched me pull a heavy book off the shelf
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when I was small and it fell on the floor and broke apart.
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Oh dear.
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I can still remember it.
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You know what I really like?
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What?
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The smell of new books.
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Me too.
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My parents used to laugh at me when I was a kid
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because I loved putting books up to my nose almost as much as reading them.
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New books aren't cheap though are they?
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I guess we're lucky we can buy them.
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My grandfather stock second-hand books as well as new ones and they don't smell quite as good.
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I'd love to have a bookshop like your grandfather.
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What's it like?
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Well, it's quite big.
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It's got two floors and an attic and he stocks all kinds of books really.
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I guess he treasures things like first editions and other rare books.
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Yeah, you might think he'd keep those in the attic or somewhere.
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So they'd be hidden?
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Yeah, but he likes people to know that he has them.
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So he puts them out in the shop, but makes sure you need a ladder to get them.
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Right, that would prevent any thefts.
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Uh-huh.
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Does he stock books for children?
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He does.
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He particularly likes to encourage kids to read.
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He always says
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that he used to to sit under the stairs as a child with a pile of books and read them all.
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Is that where he keeps them then?
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Not exactly.
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He's got a dedicated area on the ground floor with cushions, so that parents can enter with their toddlers,
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go there and spend some time reading to them.
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Oh, cool.
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And then there's a place for push chairs by the front door, and a cafe if anyone needs refreshments.
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That's good to know.
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As I said, it's a big shop and there's a storage area out the back as well.
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Oh, what does he keep there?
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Books he wants to throw away?
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He hardly ever throws anything away.
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He just leaves unwanted books by the front door for customers to take.
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Well, that's very nice.
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Yeah, and books people or institutions have requested, they all go at the far end.
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Oh.
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He thinks it's best to keep these out of the main shopping area as they're boxed and new.
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Did you get your course books from him?
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Naturally.
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He stocks books for a lot of the colleges.
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He used to keep these books on the first floor, but now there's a new university in my hometown.
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He's moved them downstairs to attract the students.
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They're actually part of the coffee shop on low shelves all around it.
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Pretty central then.
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You'll have to take me there sometime.
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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B1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:grandfather, stock, floor。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が96文、単語が891語あります。 音声の長さは5:22です。 話す速さは1分あたり約166語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 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

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
shelf 名詞/ʃɛlf/棚
grandfather 名詞/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/お爺さん, 祖父
bookshop 名詞本屋, 書店
attic 名詞/ˈætɪk/屋根裏
spine 名詞/spaɪn/背骨, 脊椎
treasure 名詞/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/宝, 宝物
deteriorate 動詞/dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/改悪する, 悪化させる
refreshment 名詞/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/気分転換
dedicate 動詞/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/捧げる, 奉納する
cushion 名詞/ˈkʊʃən/座布団, クッション
downstairs 副詞/daʊnˈstɛɹz/階下
spoil 名詞/spɔɪl/略奪品, 利権
toddler 名詞/ˈtɑdlɚ/幼児, 子供
hometown 名詞/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/故郷
collector 名詞/kəˈlɛk.tɚ/集める人, 収集家

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
look forward to 動詞楽しみにする
throw away 動詞棄てる, 捨てる

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
  • They'll always remind me of him.
  • When did you learn all this?
  • You know what I really like?
  • Did you get your course books from him?

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
「used to」 used to + 動詞 — 今はもう違う過去の習慣や状態used to laugh · used to to · used to keep
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can't be bothered · was taught · aren't designed
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 just started · I've always been taught · have requested
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started packing · hate seeing · loved putting

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, they're, aren'tなど、短縮形や弱形を30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。

  • 「th」の音: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, theft /θɛft/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: shelf /ʃɛlf/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, publisher /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): deteriorate /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: shelf /ʃɛlf/, grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/, theft /θɛft/, leaf /lif/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: shelf /ʃɛlf/, grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, hardback /ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/, spine /spaɪn/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/

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。shelf, grandfather, bookshop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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