シャドーイング練習: Caught Shoplifting At Target - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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my friends wanted to go shopping
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and i was just like yeah that's such a good idea
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so it was that saturday we all went shopping
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and it was really fun we took pictures we ate ice cream
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and my friend tiffany was just like hey we should go into target
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so we go into target we look around the school supplies we see some really cute stuff
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and tiffany sees this back to school kit so
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so she wants it the thing is it was too expensive
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and we're just like um don't worry maybe you can come back like in a few days with your parents
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and you can buy it
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and she was she was just like you know what i have another idea how about we steal it
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and we're all just like what we were
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so shocked it was like how could you even say
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that like what what is wrong with you
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and she was all just like target is like a multi -million dollar store they probably wouldn't care
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that much if we just steal this one thing i'm just like no no no no no no no
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but the thing is my two other friends who were there with me were thinking about actually doing it
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and i was just like what are you crazy
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and then tiffany starts to get all really defensive
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and mean like she's just like oh are you gonna judge
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us like we didn't bring as much money as you
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so what if we just want to get the things we want I was just like
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that is a horrible idea like you are going to get
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caught she's just like no I'm going to do it and
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if you don't want to help you can find your own ride home
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and I was just like you know what fine I'll find my own ride home don't care whatever
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and I go to and yours phone booth and I called my dad for him to take me home.
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The next day I found out that they did get caught.
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A Target employee actually overheard them talking about stealing the item.
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So the police showed up the next day at school
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because the school found out somehow
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and they started giving us a lecture on stealing stuff
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and my other friend apologized to me for like being so rude to me.
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I was just like oh it's okay but me
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and Tiffany aren't friends anymore and she actually moved schools but I hope she's doing better now.
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Anyway moral of the story is do not steal things
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because it ends up being way way worse than you think it's gonna be.

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37文、単語が453語あります。 音声の長さは2:28です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約184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90%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語14語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • steal /stiːl/ (動詞) — 盗む. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
  • moral /ˈmoɹəl/ (形容詞) — 倫理的な. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
  • shock /ʃɔk/ (名詞) — 衝撃, ショック. A sudden, heavy impact.
  • horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (形容詞) — 恐ろしい. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
  • rude /ɹuːd/ (形容詞) — 無礼な, 失礼. Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
  • apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ (動詞) — 謝る, 詫びる. To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
  • lecture /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ (名詞) — 講義. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
  • booth /buθ/ (名詞) — 露店, 売店. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  • cute /kjuːt/ (形容詞) — 可愛い, キュートな. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair…
  • cream /kɹiːm/ (名詞) — クリーム. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
  • dollar /ˈdɑ.lɚ/ (名詞) — ドル, 弗. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere…
  • item /ˈaɪ.təm/ (名詞) — 項目. A distinct physical object.
  • somehow /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ (副詞) — なぜか, 何とか. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
  • employee /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/ (名詞) — 従業員, 雇員. A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • find out (動詞) — 見出す, 調べる. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
  • come back (動詞) — 戻る, 帰る. To return to a place.
  • look around (動詞) — 見回す. To inspect a building or area.
  • show up (動詞) — 現れる. To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, gonna, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を13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。

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。steal, moral, shock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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