シャドーイング練習: Customer Service (Ep. 6) | Awkward Puppets - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Customer service.
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Oh yeah, hi.
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I'm calling the customer service.
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Yeah, hi.
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I'm calling.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes.
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Hi.
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Can you hear me?
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Yeah, I can hear you now.
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Yes, I can hear you.
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Wait, sorry.
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What?
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Was that you...
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I was saying that I can hear you.
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Sorry, just go ahead.
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My bad.
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Just continue.
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Jesus Christ.
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How can I help you today, sir?
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Oh, well, my Wi-Fi suddenly stopped working.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir.
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There's no reason to get aggravated.
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I'm calm.
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You know what?
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Let's just start over.
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Okay, that'd be great.
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Let's just take a nice deep breath, okay?
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Together.
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Ready?
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Inhale. And exhale. Did you exhale?
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I didn't hear you exhale.
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I did, yes.
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I exhaled.
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Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir.
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I'm just trying to help you here, okay?
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I truly don't understand the attitude.
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We're doing like guided meditation here instead of trying to fix my problem.
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Wow, wow, wow.
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Okay, forgive me for trying to breathe for a second so that you can calm down.
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I don't need to calm down.
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I was already calm.
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Okay, inhale.
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Exhale.
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I didn't hear the exhale.
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I exhale.
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I can't do this anymore.
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Okay, so, so, so, so, so.
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It's really just, just listen to me for a second.
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It's not that hard to be a nice person.
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I am being nice.
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Like, for instance, like, just bear with me for a second.
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Imagine, like, being at a restaurant and someone says, can I please have some more ketchup?
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Versus, get me some ketchup, bitch.
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Do you understand the difference?
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What are you talking about?
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I'm just telling you how you sound.
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So you're saying you're calling me rude?
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Are you calling me a bitch?
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No, I'm not!
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Sir, please stop yelling, okay?
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You're disturbing the other customers.
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What other customers?
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What are you talking about?
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Okay, inhale.
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Exhale.
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I exhale.
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Don't even ask me because I exhaled.
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I wasn't going to ask that.
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Okay.
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But I'm just curious and I'm asking this for a friend.
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Why didn't you exhale?
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Okay, you know what?
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Now I know you're messing with me, right?
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You're just messing with me?
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You're not actually here to help me, right?
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Sir, sir, I would love to help, okay?
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That's my job.
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Okay, then please help me.
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What seems to be the problem today, sir?
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Just tell me.
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Okay, the problem, which is all I care about, is that my Wi-Fi suddenly stopped working, and I don't know why.
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That's all you care about?
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No, I mean like...
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I mean like what about your family?
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What about like eating and sleeping and all those things?
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No, that's not what I meant.
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That's not what I meant.
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I meant like that's all I care about right now in this moment.
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It sounds like what you need to do is reset your modem, sir.
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Okay, great.
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And how do I do that?
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First, we need to reset your attitude.
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Are you kidding me right now, bro?
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Sir, you're yelling again.
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Can you just please tell me how to reset this thing so I get the hell off the phone?
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Okay, so listen to me very closely.
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What you want to do is you want to go into your garage.
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Okay.
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Right?
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And then you want to get inside of your car, okay?
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Then you want to put on your seatbelt, very important.
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And then put the car in drive, and then drive yourself to therapy, because you really need to work on your attitude, bro.
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Alright, that's it, that's it.
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I'm hanging up.
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Goodbye.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Sir, sir, sir, sir, one second.
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One more thing, one more thing about your Wi-Fi.
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What?
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But first, I need you to inhale.

この動画で身につける英語スピーキングのスキル

「Customer Service (Ep. 6)」の会話は、日常的なトラブルシーンでのコミュニケーション力を養うのに最適です。まず、相手の発言を遮らずに応答するテクニックを学べます。例えば「Sorry, just go ahead. My bad.」のように、自分のミスを認めながら会話を進める方法がわかります。次に、イライラした相手を落ち着かせる表現も重要です。「Let's just take a nice deep breath, okay?」のような提案は、トラブル解決の場面で頻繁に使われます。さらに、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ、ストレスを置く場所の選び方が含まれています。

聞き取りに注意すべき発音のポイント

この動画の会話には、ネイティブスピーカーの自然な発音パターンがたくさんあります。まず、「Can you hear me?」の「Can you」は「キャンユー」ではなく「キャンチュー」となるリンキングがあります。次に、「I'm calling the customer service.」の「the」は「ザ」ではなく「ザァ」と伸ばされ、前の単語とつながって発音されます。さらに、「What? Was that you...」の「What?」は「ワット」ではなく「ワッ」と短くなり、リダクションが見られます。これらのポイントを覚えて、shadow speakの練習に使いましょう。

ネイティブのようなリズムとアクセントを身につける

ネイティブスピーカーのように話すには、リズムとストレスの置き方が重要です。この会話では、「How can I help you today, sir?」の「help」と「today」にストレスが置かれています。また、「I truly don't understand the attitude.」の「truly」と「understand」が強調され、リズムが変わります。英語スピーキング練習の際は、これらのポイントを意識して、shadowspeakの方法で繰り返し模倣してみてください。特に、「inhale. And exhale.」のような短いフレーズは、リズムを感じながら発音することで、自然な話し方が身につきます。

動画で英語学習をすることで、教科書では学べない実践的なスキルが身につきます。この会話を使って、shadow speakの練習を続けることで、英語のスピーキング力が大幅に向上します。

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。