シャドーイング練習: Easy Shadowing English Speaking Practice + Vocabulary - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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All right, so today's English speaking practice has lots of useful, practical English, so let's practice, all right?
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Here it is.
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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All right, do you know this phrase here?
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Peaceful stroll.
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A stroll is a calm, relaxing walk.
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So if you're walking nice and calm and relaxed, you are strolling.
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I'm strolling around the streets.
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It's a peaceful stroll.
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We took a peaceful stroll by the river after dinner.
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All right, you got how to use that.
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Now we're going to practice speaking English.
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I want you to shadow me, say it together with me, okay?
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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You catch that pace?
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Let's do it a couple more times.
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Here we go.
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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Again.
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This morning I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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Good.
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The air was cool and refreshing and the streets were almost deserted.
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Dessert?
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Like the dessert you eat?
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No, not that dessert.
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Deserted.
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Deserted.
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Deserted.
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That's how we pronounce it, deserted.
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All right, so we'll first look at refreshing.
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Refreshing is making you feel a new, clean, or full of energy.
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I didn't read that very well.
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Example, the cool water felt refreshing on a hot day.
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You know refreshing, right?
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It makes you feel clean, full of energy, cool, refreshing.
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Okay, so here's this word, deserted, deserted, deserted.
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It means empty with almost no people around.
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It's a deserted mall.
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It's a deserted house.
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It's a deserted building.
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There's nobody in that building.
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the streets or the street one street the street was deserted early in the morning
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if i were to say streets with an s the streets were deserted early in the morning
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but it's talking about one street one one particular street the street was deserted early in the morning All right, we know it.
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We got it.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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Say it with me.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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They weren't quite deserted.
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There might have been one or two people.
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They were almost deserted.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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All right, let's look at the vocabulary in here.
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Slipped on.
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Put on quickly and easily.
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Slipped on.
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I slipped on my jacket.
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I slipped on my shoes.
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She slipped on her shoes and ran outside.
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zipped up that means to close something with a zipper he zipped up his jacket before going out
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so we use those together right zipped up did you zip up your pants you better zip up your pants
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all right sense of excitement a feeling of being eager and happy eager and happy sense of excitement.
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I had a sense of excitement before the trip.
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I was excited, eager, and happy.
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All right.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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Say it with me.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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Again, I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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As I wandered, as I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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All right, so wandered means walked slowly without a clear direction.
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We wandered through the park for an hour.
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It just means to walk, but it's more precise in stating that you don't know where you're walking.
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You're walking slowly, and you don't have a particular direction, no clear direction.
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We wandered through the park for an hour.
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Overlook.
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Fail to notice something important or small.
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You overlook it.
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You fail to notice it.
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it's easy to overlook small mistakes.
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Yeah, it is.
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It's easy to overlook small mistakes.
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We all overlook our mistakes.
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We fail to notice.
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All right, let's say that again.
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As I wandered, as I wandered, sorry about that.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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Let's try again.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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This might confuse some English learners.
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As I wondered, if you're thinking about something, you see wonder, and this is wander.
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Wandered, wondered.
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A little bit of different pronunciation there.
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So, if you're thinking about something, you're wondering, hmm, I'm wondering as I wander.
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I'm confusing you.
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I'm sorry.
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As I wandered, I wondered.
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I notice little details I usually overlook.
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The cheerful chirping of the birds.
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Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.
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The birds make a sound of chirping.
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Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirping.
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The cheerful chirping of birds.
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Leaves gently rustling, rustling in the breeze. So rustling, rustling, rustling.
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That's making a soft sound like leaves moving together.
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I heard the rustling of leaves outside my window. So, rustling.
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All right, say it again.
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The cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze.
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Again, the cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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And the delightful aroma, the smell of coffee brewing to make a drink, especially tea or coffee.
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My mother is brewing coffee in the kitchen.
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You know brewing.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friend, a few friendly folks, a few friendly folks, not friends, friendly folks.
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What's folks?
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Folks is people, strangers.
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Well, not necessarily strangers, just people walking their dogs.
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What are the vocabulary words?
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There's paused, stopped for a short time.
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She paused to think before answering.
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Cozy, warm, comfortable, and pleasant.
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It's cozy.
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They sat in a cozy cafe on a rainy day.
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Folks, people.
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All right, let's try that one again.
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Again, I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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Again, I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk.
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Talking slow, deliberate steps.
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Not talking.
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Taking slow, deliberate steps.
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Taking steps.
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And these are what kind of steps?
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Deliberate steps.
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Deliberate, slow, careful steps.
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On purpose, thinking about it as you do it is deliberate.
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He walked down the stairs with deliberate steps.
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He's thinking about each step he takes.
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All right.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps again.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed.
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Refreshed, feeling rested and full of energy again.
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After a nap, I felt refreshed and ready to work.
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Embrace the day.
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Embrace the day.
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Start the day with a positive attitude.
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If you start the day with a positive attitude, you embrace the day.
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I drank some tea and got ready to embrace the day.
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All right, let's say this one.
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Here we go.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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Again, when I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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it's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits
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and set a positive tone for the day lift your spirits
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lift your spirits means make you feel happier it lifts your
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spirits it makes you feel happier a kind message from a friend can lift your spirits set a positive tone,
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create a good mood or feeling for what comes next.
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You set a positive tone, you create a good mood or feeling for what comes next.
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A good breakfast can set a positive tone for the day.
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A good cup of coffee can set a positive tone for the day.
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All right.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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Together, it's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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All right.
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Now, what we're going to do is we're going to shadow that complete text.
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Each part, we're going to do two times.
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I'm going to give you an opportunity to feel how the sentence is said,
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to follow the flow and the rhythm, all right?
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So if you're a beginner, you can listen the first time and then shadow me the second time or shadow me both times.
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Let's jump into it.
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Here we go.
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You ready?
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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This morning I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook the cheerful chirping of
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birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze the cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze
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and the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby
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and the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby i paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment, watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time, one practice video at a time.
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And that's it.
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We did it.
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I'll see you in the next one.

この動画のスピーキング目標

日常会話で自然な表現を使いこなすことと、shadow speech(シャドーイング)を通じてリズムと流暢さを養うことが目標です。特にIELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ、緩やかな会話のペースや繊細な描写表現を習得できます。

実用フレーズバンク

  • peaceful stroll(穏やかな散歩): 「夕食後、川沿いでpeaceful strollを楽しんだ」のように使います。
  • cool and refreshing(涼しくて爽快な): 「朝の空気はcool and refreshingだった」で自然な描写ができます。
  • sense of excitement(興奮感): 「旅行の前にsense of excitementが湧いた」と感情を表現します。
  • slow, deliberate steps(ゆっくりと慎重な歩み): 「公園をslow, deliberate stepsで歩く」で様子を伝えます。

弱点を克服しよう

動画で英語学習をする際、英語の発音を良くするポイントとして「deserted」(誰もいない)の発音(デザーテッド)や「wandered」(うろつく)と「wondered」(不思議に思う)の区別が重要です。シャドーイングを繰り返すことで、これらの発音やリズムを身につけられます。また、「slipped on」(すばやく着る)や「zipped up」(ジッパーを閉める)などのフレーズの使い方を覚えることで、日常会話の流暢さが向上します。shadowspeaksのような反復練習を通じて、自然な会話のペースを養いましょう。

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
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 deserted · were deserted · is said
比較級 -er than / more … than — 二つのものを比べるearlier than
「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないことmight have · might confuse
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞practice speaking · Keep moving

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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