シャドーイング練習: Dear Future Generations: Sorry (2026) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Dear Future Generations, I think I speak for the rest of us when I say, sorry.
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Sorry we left you with our mess of a planet.
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Sorry that we were too caught up in our own doings to do something.
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Sorry we listen to people who made excuses to do nothing.
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I hope you forgive us, we just didn't realize how special the earth was, like a marriage gone wrong, we didn't know what we had until it was gone.
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For example, I'm guessing you probably know it as the Amazon desert, right?
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Well believe it or not, it was once called the Amazon Rainforest and there were billions of trees there, all of them gorgeous and...
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Oh.
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You don't know much about trees, do you?
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Well, let me tell you, trees are amazing.
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I mean, we literally breathe the air they are creating.
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They clean up our pollution, our carbon.
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They store and purify water, give us medicine that cures our diseases, food that feeds us.
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Which is why I am so sorry to tell you that we burn them down.
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I cut them down with brutal machines, horrific, at a rate of 40 football fields every minute.
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That's 50% of all the trees in the world gone in the last hundred years.
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Why? For this.
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And that wouldn't make me so sad if it weren't so many pictures of leaves on it.
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You know, when I was a child, I read how the Native Americans had such consideration for the planet
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that they felt responsible for how they left the land for the next seven generations.
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Which brings me great sorrow Because most of us today Don't even care about tomorrow
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So I'm sorry I'm sorry
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that we put profit above people Greed above need The rule
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of gold above the golden rule I'm sorry we use nature
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as a credit card With no spending limit Over drafting animals to extinction Stealing your chance to ever see their uniqueness
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Or become friends with them
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Sorry we poisoned the oceans so much that you can't even swim in them But most of all,
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I'm sorry about our mindset Cause we had the nerve to call this destruction Progress Hey Fox News,
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if you don't think climate change is a threat I dare you to interview the thousands of homeless people in Bangladesh See,
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while you were in your penthouse nestled Their homes were literally washed away beneath their feet due to rising sea levels.
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And Sarah Palin, you said that you love the smell of fossil fuels.
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Well, I urge you to talk to the kids of Beijing
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Who are forced to wear pollution masks just to go to school See you can ignore this,
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but the thing about truth is It can be denied, not avoided
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So I'm sorry future generations I'm sorry that our footprint became a sinkhole
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and not a garden I'm sorry that we paid
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so much attention to ISIS and very little to how fast the ice is melting in the Arctic.
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I'm sorry we doomed you, and I'm sorry we couldn't find another planet in time to move to.
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I am s— You know what?
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Cut the beat.
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I'm not sorry.
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This future, I do not accept it.
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Because an error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
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We can redirect this.
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How?
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Let me suggest that if a farmer sees a tree that is unhealthy, they don't look at the branches to diagnose it, they look at the root.
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So like that farmer, we must look at the root, and not to the branches of government, not to the politicians run by corporations.
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We are the root, we are the foundation, this generation, it is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home.
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We must globally warm our hearts and change the climate of our souls and realize that we are not apart from nature, we are a part of nature.
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And to betray nature is to betray us To save nature is to save us
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Because whatever you're fighting for Racism or poverty Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality It won't matter in the least
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Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.
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Sorry.
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Hey guys, for the past several weeks I've been here in Africa, heart of Africa witnessing the horrific destruction of the rainforest which inspired me to write this piece.
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Why are forests being destroyed at such an enormous rate? For this.
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Today we live in a world where destroying trees makes you money.
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So what can we normal people do about it?
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One way to directly fight the destruction is to stand for trees.
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By standing for trees not only can you save the lives of trees, help forest communities, and protect the rights of animals to live in their homes,
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but you will also balance the amount of pollution that you yourself give off with your everyday activities, making you a part of the solution and not the problem.
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This is the option that I chose, but whatever way that you choose to stand for trees, do it.
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Because a wise man once said, when the rivers are all dried up and the trees cut down,
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man will then realize that he will not be able to eat money.

この動画で話す練習をする理由

「Dear Future Generations: Sorry」という動画は、地球環境に対する重要なメッセージを伝えています。このような内容を話す練習をすることで、英語のスピーキングスキルを向上させることができます。感情を込めて話すことや、強いメッセージを伝える技術は、英会話において非常に重要です。このビデオは、感情的でありながら、事実に基づいた強い意見を表現しているため、語彙や発音を学ぶ上での素晴らしい教材となります。日本語の内容を英語に置き換えることで、単語の使い方や言い回しを自然に理解できます。特に、shadowspeaksや英語スピーキング練習に取り組む際には、この動画の内容に基づいた練習が有効です。

文法と表現の文脈

この動画では、以下のような重要な構文が使用されています。

  • Sorry we left you with our mess of a planet. - この文は、過去の行動について謝罪する構造で、ネイティブがよく使う表現です。
  • We just didn't realize how special the earth was. - 過去形を使って、自分の行動を振り返る形です。これにより、より感情的な表現が可能になります。
  • It is up to us to take care of this planet. - 「It is up to us」という表現は、責任感を強調する際によく使われます。

これらの構文を理解し、YouTubeで英語学習する際に自分の言葉として使えるようにしていきましょう。

一般的な発音の落とし穴

この動画には、英語学習者が注意すべき発音の難しい単語や音がいくつかあります。

  • Pollution - この単語の発音には注意が必要です。母音の発音が難しく、特に日本語にはない音です。
  • Generations - 速く話すと「ジェネレーションズ」と聞こえますが、正しくは「ジェネレーションズ」とスムーズに発音しましょう。
  • Unique - この単語は「ユニーク」とカタカナで教えられることが多いですが、実際には「ユニーク」のほうが正確な発音です。

これらの発音の練習を通じて、shadowing siteでの効果的な練習が可能になります。特に、動画を見ながら繰り返し声に出してみることが、発音を改善するための鍵となります。

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。