シャドーイング練習: Drake - Janice STFU - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が34文、単語が617語あります。 音声の長さは3:52です。 話す速さは1分あたり約160語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は80%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

• label /ˈleɪ.bəl/ (名詞) — 荷札, 貼り札. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• compete /kəmˈpiːt/ (動詞) — 争う, 競う. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
• knee /ni/ (名詞) — 膝. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
• guilt /ɡɪlt/ (名詞) — 有罪, 罪. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
• heal /ˈhiːl/ (動詞) — 治す, 癒す. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• silk /sɪlk/ (名詞) — 絹, 絹糸. A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
• darling /ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/ (名詞) — 愛すべき, ダーリン. Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
• drill /dɹɪl/ (名詞) — ドリル. A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
• whip /ˈwɪp/ (名詞) — 鞭. A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a…
• minus /ˈmaɪ.nəs/ — 引く. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
• skirt /skɚt/ (名詞) — スカート. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
• karma /kərm(ə)/ (名詞) — 業, カルマ. The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
• fulfill /fʊlˈfɪl/ (動詞) — 遂行する, 実施する. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
• eternity /əˈtɜɹnəti/ (名詞) — 永遠, 永久. Existence without end, infinite time.
• peek /piːk/ (動詞) — 覗く. To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

動画に出てくる句動詞

• get on (動詞) — (...に)乗る, (...に)乗っかる. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
• grow up (動詞) — 成長する, 大人に成る. To mature and become an adult.
• pick up (動詞) — 拾う, 拾い上げる. To lift; to grasp and raise.
• pull up /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ (動詞) — 引き上げる. To lift upwards or vertically.
• see through (動詞) — 見通す, 透視する. To perceive visually through something transparent.

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, gotta, ain'tなど、短縮形や弱形を9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。

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。label, compete, kneeなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。