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Hey, gang.
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How we doing?
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Happy Friday.
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All right, this one's the beginning of a series of stories I'll be giving.
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This one's called Cultural Differences.
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You know what I'm talking about.
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So travel and humanity have been my greatest educators.
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They really have.
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The more we travel, I think, you know, the more we realize how similar our human needs are.
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You know, like our universal love for cheeseburgers, as a matter of fact.
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Or so I thought until I went to Australia as an exchange student.
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It was day four in Australia after arriving at my host family, the Doolies.
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I was washing after-dinner dishes when Norvell and Marjorie entered the kitchen.
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Matthew, we'd like to have our extended family over this weekend.
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We thought you'd cook us something, I don't know, maybe something quintessentially American.
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Yes, they were Australian, but had a bit of an English twinge to their accent.
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I said, yeah, I'd love to.
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But she's what to cook, I wondered.
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Ah, you know what?
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Nothing more American than a hamburger.
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That's it.
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That's what we'll do.
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We're going to have good old American hamburgers this weekend oh
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top choice matthew norvell said as they turned to leave oh
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you know what actually no i raised my voice i i take
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that back we're gonna have cheeseburgers this weekend
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because the man who invented the hamburger was smart
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but the man who invented the cheeseburger oh man he was a genius
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great i started writing down a grocery list for my culinary masterpiece soft white buns dill pickle slices, cheddar and American cheese, red onion,
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avocado, jalapenos, real mayo, good ketchup.
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And that's about the time that I felt a tap on my shoulder.
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It was Norvell.
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Matthew, would you come with me, please?
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I'd like to talk to you for a second.
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We exited the kitchen, walked across the living room and down a hallway where he opened the second door on the right.
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This way, please, he said as he ushered me into the room.
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It was his office.
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He then shut the door behind us and pointed to the seat in front of the desk.
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That's when I sat down, and then he went behind the desk
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and stepped up onto a platform where his chair was perched above me and then sat in it.
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Yes, oddly Norvell, who was five foot four, was now sitting about a foot and a half higher than I was.
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He settled in and leaned forward.
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Placing his elbows on the desk, he crossed his hands knuckles for knuckle, looked me in the eye,
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and sternly said, Matthew, I'd like to talk to you about your choice of words.
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I said, yes, sir, Norvell, what do you got, bud?
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Chin on those knuckles, he then turned his eyes to a portrait of Winston Churchill on the wall.
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He took a composing inhale and said,
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you said that the man who invented the hamburger was smart,
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Matthew, but the man who Invin of the cheeseburger was the genius, did you not?
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Yes, Norvell, I did say that.
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He took another aristocratic breath.
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Matthew, that is merely your opinion.
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And in your time here with us, you will learn to appreciate fine wines,
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fine cheeses, and not to voice your opinion for the masses.
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I said, Norvell, dude, it's a, uh, it's a figure of speech, you know, I, I, it just basically means I like cheeseburgers, uh, more than hamburgers.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, he chided as he waved his finger at me.
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As I said, for the duration of your stay here in Australia, with us here in the Dooley household, you will learn to appreciate fine wines,
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fine cheeses, and not to voice your opinion for the masses.
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He was dead serious, folks.
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Hmm.
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Okay.
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Other than the duallys thinking that, you know, well, more than a couple of hours away from Sydney was still on the outskirts of Sydney,
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this nonsensical lecture was the first odd thing that happened to me in Australia.
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I was baffled, puzzled.
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but I chalked it up to cultural differences.
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That's right.
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I'll be sharing more stories from that year in Australia in upcoming newsletters.
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Until then, stay tuned.
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Enjoy yourself.
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All righty-ay.

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  • quintessentially American:「典型的なアメリカ的な」。何かの特徴を強調する時に使います。例:「This dish is quintessentially Italian.」(この料理は典型的なイタリア料理です)。
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  • composing inhale:「落ち着くための深呼吸」。緊張する場面で使われる表現で、ボディーランゲージと合わせて覚えましょう。
  • sternly said:「厳しい口調で言う」。誰かが真面目な話をする時の様子を表します。

Shadowingのステップバイステップガイド

このビデオの会話は自然なスピードで進行するので、shadow speech(シャドーイング)の練習に最適です。英語の発音を良くするためには、以下のステップで取り組んでみてください。

  1. まずビデオを1回聴き、全体の流れを把握します。主人公の感情や会話のテンポに注目してください。
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  4. 最後に鏡を見ながら話すと、口の形や表情も確認できて効果的です。

このような練習を続けると、自然な会話力が身につきます。shadowing siteなどを利用して、他の会話も練習してみるのもおすすめです。楽しみながら英語を学びましょう!

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
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるman who invented · man who Invin
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 perched · was baffled

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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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