シャドーイング練習: Character: Stakes - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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In the last few videos, we thought about obstacles a character can face, leading to choices they have to make,
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and the arc they follow.
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Each choice a character makes has potential risks, impacts and rewards involved with it and those can be called The stakes.
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- The stakes of a story are summed up in one question: Why do we care?
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Why do I care if Nemo and his dad aren't reunited?
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- You have what's at risk if the characters fail.
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And if the stakes are low, usually it's not a very entertaining film.
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But the higher the stakes are, the more attention you get, the more enjoyable it is.
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My favorite film of all time is Jurassic Park, and the stakes are pretty high.
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If you fail, the dinosaurs will eat you.
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That's pretty clear.
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You have to be, as the audience, gripped by those stakes.
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I don't know what's going to happen.
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Early on in the arc, I'd say that the stakes would be wouldn't seem as extreme maybe.
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And then as the story progresses the stakes raise.
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We have a lot of conversations about how big our stakes need to be.
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Does it need to be life and death?
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Or is it better if it's just, you know, for a comedy sometimes you want it just to be about the character's reputation or something smaller so that,
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you know, you're not bringing too much gravity to a situation.
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But the important thing is, to the character, it should feel like the world to them.
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Even if it's just a talent show, you want to show to the audience that that talent show is everything to this character.
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I think by the end of Napoleon Dynamite, we all want Napoleon Dynamite.
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to win that talent show and to be accepted by everybody.
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Anything that is happening with your character, I think it's really important to feel the emotional connection of that.
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If I don't feel it, They're not there.
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Stakes add drama and weight to any choice.
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and can be divided into three categories.
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internal stakes, external stakes, and philosophical stakes.
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Let's hear more about this from our story artists.
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The external stakes are literally what's going on in the world.
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Are they lost?
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Are they being chased by burglars?
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Physically, what will happen to them or to the world if they fail?
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a great example of external stakes is from Brave.
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by giving her mom the cake, that the witch maid, Merida, turns her mother into a bear.
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That is an immediate physical consequence of her choice that impacts both them, as well as the story itself.
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Then, if Merida doesn't decipher and solve the witch's riddle, Her mom will become a full bear and be lost forever.
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So internal stakes usually are psychological.
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What's going on for the character emotionally or mentally?
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are they potentially going to lose?
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What will they potentially gain?
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Why is it important that they gain that thing?
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Why is it sad or difficult if they lose that thing?
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Asking those questions will help you figure out what those stakes really are.
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A good example of internal stakes is from the original Toy Story.
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Throughout the film, Woody is forced to confront his own insecurity and pride, embrace Buzz as a friend, and learn to share Andy's attention.
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what's at stake for him, internally, is all of his relationships with the other toys and his very sense of self.
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- So philosophical stakes are what is impacting the world what is making the values or the belief system of this world, change.
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or not change?
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And what does it mean if it does or doesn't change?
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For philosophical stakes, I think Lord of the Rings is a great example.
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If Frodo doesn't throw the ring into the fire, then Middle Earth is gonna be ruled under evil forever.
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- When you watch movies that have this pitch battle between ideas, concepts.
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good versus evil.
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Those kinds of things are philosophical.
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Okay, let's summarize.
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External stakes.
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the possible physical impacts of a choice or action.
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internal stakes, the mental or emotional consequences of a choice.
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and philosophical stakes.
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What are the underlying ideas or values in your story?
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The distinction between internal, external, and philosophical stakes is tricky.
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So, in this last exercise, let's get some practice thinking about this using the films you love.
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このビデオでの会話練習をする理由
英語を学ぶ際、自然な会話の流れを理解することは非常に重要です。このビデオでは、キャラクターが直面する内的、外的、哲学的な「ステークス」を通じて、物語の中での選択の重みや緊張感について考えることができます。これを英語シャドーイング、またはshadow speechとして実践することで、単なるフレーズの暗記ではなく、感情や状況に応じた表現力を高めることができます。観客として感じることが求められる状況を声に出して練習することで、英語スピーキング練習にも役立ちます。
文法と表現の文脈
このビデオでのキーストラクチャーのいくつかを見ていきましょう。
- What's at stake if they fail? - ここでは、失敗した場合のリスクを強調しています。リスナーは、選択の背後にある重要性を理解できるようになります。
- They are being chased by burglars. - この表現は、外的ステークスの具体例です。文脈を考えながら使うことで、より鮮やかなイメージをリスナーに提供します。
- It feels like the world to them. - これはキャラクターの内面的な感情を表現するためのフレーズです。物語に感情を与える言葉を覚えることは、shadowspeakの練習に役立ちます。
- What does it mean if it does or doesn't change? - 哲学的なステークスを考えさせる重要な質問です。この表現を利用して、意見を述べる練習をすることができます。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオには、いくつかの難しい単語やフレーズが含まれています。それらを注意深く発音することは重要です。
- Stakes - /steɪks/ のように、複数形の発音に注意してください。
- Consequence - /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/ は特に発音が難しいので、繰り返し練習するとよいでしょう。
- Internal - /ɪnˈtɜrnəl/ の音に注意し、流暢に発音できるようにしましょう。
これらの要素に注目することで、あなたの発音や会話スキルを向上させることができます。shadowing siteを使って、これらのフレーズや発音を反復練習してみましょう。
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。