シャドーイング練習: COMPLETE FIRST FOR SCHOOL WB 03 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Track 3 You will hear an interview with Tyler Williams, a professional dancer.
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For questions 1 to 7, choose the best answer, A, B or C.
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My guest today is Tyler Williams.
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He's 23 and a professional dancer.
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In our interview today, we'll find out what inspired Tyler to become a dancer and how he achieved his ambition.
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Tyler, welcome.
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Let's start at the beginning.
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When did you first become interested in dancing?
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I first really got into dancing when I was about nine or ten.
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My sister had been attending dance classes for ages, but what really inspired me was seeing films such as Step Up and You Got Served.
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After this, I asked my parents if I could go to dance classes, and I also started to watch dance moves that I saw on the street, on the screen or in live performances.
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So when did you realise that you wanted to become a professional dancer?
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The realisation that my ambition in life was to dance for a living didn't come until I was a teenager.
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To be honest, I was considered quite bright at school.
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I even had hopes of going into marketing.
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The idea of persuading people to spend their money has always appealed to me.
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So back then, dancing was just my way of expressing myself and releasing any excess energy I had.
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But then a mate of mine encouraged me to do some performances on the street, and the response I got was just unbelievable.
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Swarms of people would just crowd round me as I performed the dance moves I had always practiced as a kid.
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Then, one day, my mate secretly filmed one of my performances and put the whole thing on the internet.
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Initially, I was furious with him for going behind my back, but after a while it was hard not to forgive him, as the video soon went viral.
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By that I mean people absolutely loved it and I got so many comments, shares and likes.
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My sister saw it too and she was really proud of me.
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I think that it was the first time
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that I realised I had a talent and that I wanted to develop it further, if I got the right training.
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At the time, dancing became the most exciting thing in my life.
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Have you had any formal dance training?
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Yes.
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At 15 years old, I submitted an application to a famous dance academy in London.
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My mum and dad seemed really excited about the opportunity, but I know that they were concerned that I wouldn't have the same job security that I would have in another career.
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They wished me luck, but I think that they were uncertain about what would happen if I were accepted.
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I recall feeling very anxious and apprehensive before my audition.
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Although my dancing had been received well on the internet, I had no idea how it was going to be perceived by trained professionals.
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Despite my fear of failing, I nevertheless went for the audition and fortunately it went well and I was offered a place.
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Did you enjoy your time at the Dance Academy?
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Absolutely.
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I really enjoyed my time at the Dance Academy.
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I was even more focused there than I had been at school.
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The Academy allowed me to develop the dance styles I already knew and gave me classes in styles I'd never studied before, such as tap and ballet.
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However, the most pleasing part of the course was
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that our teachers wanted us to be creative and make up our own dances.
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My school also arranged for us to go and visit other academies and watch their performances.
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I really enjoyed these trips, and we would do them at least once a term.
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After watching a performance, we also got to socialise with the students afterwards.
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All in all, I found these outings really encouraging and it was great to exchange dance stories with fellow performers.
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The Dance Academy also had good links with the wider community, so we often got the opportunity to dance outside of the school too.
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These occasions just enforced the idea that I wanted to be a dancer even more.
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What happened after graduation?
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Since graduating from dance school I've been really fortunate and have always been in employment.
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Currently, I'm starring in a West End show seven days a week.
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My role is quite physically demanding, but apart from that I absolutely love it, and I can't believe I'm getting paid to do my dream job.
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We spent six months rehearsing and learning the routines before opening the show to the public.
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We'll perform in London until May, and then following that we'll go on tour around the rest of the UK.
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I'm really looking forward to that, as it'll be great to see and experience different places.
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We won't have so much time to sightsee, but we will be given some time off.
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Great.
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Thank you for talking to us today, Tyler.
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Does anyone have any questions?

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「COMPLETE FIRST FOR SCHOOL WB 03」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:dance, dancer, Tyler, dancing, academy。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が58文、単語が837語あります。 音声の長さは4:51です。 話す速さは1分あたり約173語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の83%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
dancer 名詞/ˈdænsəɹ/ダンサー, 舞踊家
audition 名詞/ɑˈdɪʃən/オーディション, 試聴
ambition 名詞/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/野望, 野心
apprehensive 形容詞/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/不安な, 気遣う
excite 動詞/ɪkˈsaɪt/興奮させる
outing 名詞/ˈaʊtɪŋ/アウティング
sightsee 動詞見物する
socialize 動詞/ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/付き合う, 社交的にする
realization 名詞/ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/実現, 達成
perceive 動詞/pɚˈsiv/知覚する, 認める
performer 名詞/pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/パフォーマー
persuade 動詞/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/説得する, 説く
ballet 名詞/bælˈeɪ/バレエ
fortunately 副詞/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/幸運にも
arrange 動詞/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/整える, 並べる

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
find out 動詞見出す, 調べる
look forward to 動詞楽しみにする

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。

  • Let's start at the beginning.
  • When did you first become interested in dancing?
  • Have you had any formal dance training?

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was considered · were concerned · were accepted
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 always appealed · I've been
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the best · the most exciting · the most pleasing
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測will hear · we'll find · We'll perform

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, we'll, can't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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): apprehensive /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/

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。dancer, audition, ambition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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