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Long ago, deep in the countryside, there stood a peaceful Buddhist monastery.
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A wise Zen master lived there with a group of disciples.
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People traveled from distant places to seek his guidance, but he accepted only those who were ready to learn.
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One day, four women arrived at the monastery.
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All of them wished to become his disciples and study under his guidance.
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The Zen master looked at them quietly and said, The path you wish to enter is not easy, please return home.
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But the women remained outside the gate.
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Though tired, hungry, and thirsty, they continued requesting the master to accept them.
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At last, the Zen master was moved by their determination.
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He came to the gate and said, I will ask each of you the same question.
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Your answer will decide whether you are ready to enter this monastery or not, so think carefully before you speak.
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He called the first woman inside.
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She was young and unmarried.
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The master asked, Imagine that you are traveling across the sea when your ship sinks.
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You and fifty men survive and reach a deserted island.
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You are the only woman there.
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How will you protect yourself?
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The young woman was frightened by the thought.
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After a moment, she replied, I would never go onto that island.
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I would remain in the sea and continue swimming.
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Even if I drowned, I would never step onto the shore.
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The Zen master shook his head gently, Running away from a problem is not its solution.
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He said, if escape becomes your answer, whenever life becomes difficult, you will never discover your courage or inner strength.
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He asked her to return home.
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The master then called the second woman.
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She was married and considered herself practical and experienced.
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The master asked her the same question.
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Your ship has sunk and you are alone on a deserted island with fifty men.
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What will you do?
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How will you protect yourself?" The woman thought for a moment and confidently replied,
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I will find the strongest man among them and marry him.
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He will protect me from the other 49.
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The master smiled and said, You are trying to solve a new problem with an old answer.
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Your solution comes from your previous experience of marriage and society.
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But the conditions on the island would be entirely different.
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However strong one man may be, he cannot necessarily protect you from 49 others.
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He continued, Life changes every moment.
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A solution that worked yesterday may be useless today.
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Wisdom means looking at every new situation with fresh eyes.
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He sent the second woman home as well.
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Next, the master called the third woman.
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She was a prostitute who had met many different kinds of people during her life.
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Once again, the Zen master described the sinking ship, the deserted island, and the 50 men.
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Then he asked, what would you do?
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The woman listened carefully and began to laugh.
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Master, she said, I understand that the ship sank and that 50 men and I reached a deserted island.
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But where is the problem?
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Living with 50 men on an island would not trouble me.
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The master looked at her silently and then replied, when a person cannot even recognize a problem,
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then how can that person begin searching for its solution?
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He asked her to leave too.
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Finally, the Zen master called the fourth woman and presented the same situation to her.
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She remained silent.
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She closed her eyes and looked deeply within herself.
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After a few moments, she opened them and said softly, Master, I do not know.
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I honestly do not know what I would do.
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I am completely ignorant.
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The Zen master smiled.
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You may enter the monastery, he said.
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The other three women were astonished.
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The fourth woman had not offered any clear solution, yet she was the only one who had passed the test.
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The master turned to the three women and explained,
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she is eligible to learn because she is honest enough to admit that she does not know.
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Her mind is not filled with false answers.
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It is open and empty, and an empty mind is ready to receive.
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The story teaches us that if we truly want to learn something new, we must first empty our minds.
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An empty cup can be filled, but nothing more can be poured into a cup that is already overflowing.
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In the same way, a mind overflowing with pride, assumptions, prejudices, and fixed beliefs has no room for new understanding.
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This lesson applies to every area of life.
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Whether we want to learn a profession, an art, a new skill, or a spiritual practice, we must put aside the thought, I already know.
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Otherwise, our own conclusions prevent fresh wisdom from entering.
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Emptying the mind does not mean forgetting our knowledge or becoming thoughtless.
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It means setting aside the ego, seeing things from a new perspective,
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and accepting that past experience may not answer every new situation.
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The first woman tried to escape from the problem.
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The second woman depended on an old solution, while the third woman denied that a problem existed it.
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Only the fourth admitted that she didn't know.
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Her open mind made her ready to learn.
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Admitting our ignorance is not weakness, it is humility and the beginning of true intelligence.
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Saying, I do not know, but I am willing to learn, is the first step toward wisdom.
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Therefore, So, whenever you begin learning something new, whether worldly or spiritual, be like an empty cup,
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put aside pride, fixed opinions, and borrowed answers, approach every lesson with curiosity and openness,
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because only an empty cup can be filled, and only an open and empty mind can truly learn.
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Thank you.
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この動画は誰におすすめ？
英語学習を動画で行いたい中級者向けです。物語形式の会話が多く、日常的な思考を表す表現が豊富で、shadow speak（シャドースピーキング）の練習に最適です。特に、状況に応じた応答の考え方や、深い意味を含む発言の捉え方を磨きたい人にぴったりです。
覚えておきたい単語とイディオム
- deserted island：無人島。物語の中で頻出する場面を表す重要なフレーズです。
- inner strength：内なる強さ。禅の教えの核心を表す表現で、感情や思考を表す際に使えます。
- fresh eyes：新しい視点。状況を変えて考えることを意味し、議論や作文で役立ちます。
アクセントを正しくするコツ
この動画の話者はゆったりとしたスピードで話すため、shadowspeakの練習に最適です。特に、「Imagine that you are...」のような仮定法の文では、語尾の上げ方に注意しましょう。また、「What will you do?」のような疑問文では、助動詞「will」を軽く発音し、「do」を強調することで、自然なアクセントになります。shadow speechの練習時は、文のリズムを捉えることが重要で、繰り返し聴いて真似ることで、流暢な発音が身につきます。
動画で英語学習をする際は、物語の展開に合わせて発言者の感情も捉えながら練習すると、より効果的です。shadowspeaksの技法を使うことで、リスニングとスピーキングのスキルを同時に向上させることができます。
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 moved · is not filled · can be filled |
| 関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加える | those who were · one who had |
| 「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 | may be · may enter · may not answer |
| 「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測 | will ask · will decide · will you protect |
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。