シャドーイング練習: E3 - Review 5-8 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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Hey, Alex.
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My friend Anna just opened a cafe and is having a little get-together there.
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How about joining me?
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Huh?
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Oh, I'm not really in the mood to go out tonight.
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I think I'll just stay in and read or something.
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Are you sure?
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I just don't get why you'd want to stay home all alone.
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Come on.
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You know me.
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I'm kind of a homebody.
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Give me a break, Alex.
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You're no homebody.
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It's Anna, isn't it?
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You don't really like her, right?
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Oh, well, she's smart and creative and everything,
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but she just seems kind of, I don't know, mean.
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Oh.
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Yeah, I used to think that too.
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But then I realized that she's just really sarcastic.
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And you know, sometimes she can actually be kind of sweet.
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Maybe I should get to know her better.
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But not tonight.
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I'm pretty beat.
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Okay.
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Well, swing by if you change your mind.
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Excuse me, but you look really familiar.
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Have we met before?
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Uh, I'm not sure.
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Well, how do you know Anna?
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Oh, we're old friends.
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We grew up together.
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How about you?
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Anna's my exercise buddy.
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We run together, and sometimes we play tennis, so...
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Well, maybe I know you from work.
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What do you do?
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I work for an advertising firm.
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Oh really?
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That's so cool.
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How did you get interested in that?
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Well I'd always loved watching commercials and looking at ads.
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Really?
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Me too.
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I used to record all my favorite commercials.
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No way!
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You know, I'm starving.
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Are you up for getting a bite to eat?
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Sure.
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Sure, great idea.
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What kind of food are you in the mood for?
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Uh, well, we could go out for shabu-shabu.
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Oh, well, actually I'm not really crazy about cooking my own food at a restaurant.
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Oh, that's no problem.
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I'm up for anything.
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What kind of food do you like?
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Well, this might seem kind of boring, but what I really love most is pasta.
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You're kidding!
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Pasta is just about all I eat.
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Wait a minute.
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Now I know why you look familiar.
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Aren't you Eric Martino's old roommate?
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The one who eats nothing but pasta?
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Yeah, I am, but how did you know that? Have we...
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He's my brother's best friend.
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He's posted lots of pictures of you on Facebook.
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And he always used to complain that all you ever cooked was pasta.
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Wow.
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Small world.
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Hey, let's text him a picture of the two of us.
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That'll surprise him.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が71文、単語が420語あります。 音声の長さは2:36です。 話す速さは1分あたり約162語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の84%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

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語12語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • pasta /ˈpɑ.stə/ (名詞) — パスタ. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
  • mood /muːd/ (名詞) — 気分, 気持ち. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  • buddy /ˈbʌdi/ — 仲間, 相棒. A person far removed from the conversation.
  • tennis /ˈtɛnɪs/ (名詞) — テニス, 庭球. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
  • swing /ˈswɪŋ/ (動詞) — 振れる, 揺さぶる. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
  • bite /baɪt/ (動詞) — 噛む. To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
  • complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ (動詞) — ぼやく, ぶつぶつ言う. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  • bore /boɹ/ (動詞) — いらいらさせる. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • roommate /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ (名詞) — 同居人, ルームメイト. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
  • starve /stɑɹv/ (動詞) — 餓死する, 飢える. To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  • homebody (名詞) — インドア派. A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
  • café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ (名詞) — 喫茶店, カフェ. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — 頑張って. Come along with me; join me in going.
  • go out (動詞) — 出る. To leave, especially a building.
  • grow up (動詞) — 成長する, 大人に成る. To mature and become an adult.

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, don't, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を19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。pasta, mood, buddyなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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
「used to」 used to + 動詞 — 今はもう違う過去の習慣や状態used to think · used to record · used to complain
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることis having · I'm starving · You're kidding
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測I'll just stay · That'll surprise

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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