シャドーイング練習: ENGLISH FILE pre-intermediate - 7A. First day nerves. p. 54, ex.7.1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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7.1 Simon When I was about 30,
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I got a job as an editor in a publishing company.
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It was my first office job, and I didn't really know what to wear.
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But for the interview, I wore a suit.
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In fact, I bought the suit specially for the interview.
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I got the job, so I thought that must be okay.
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So, on the first day, I went to work wearing a suit and tie.
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I got to work early.
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I wanted to make a good impression, and I was the first person in the office.
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So I went in, I found my desk with my name on it, and I sat down.
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And there were a few papers and documents for me to read, so I started reading those.
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I turned on my computer and after about 10, 15 minutes, the other people in the office started to arrive.
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And I noticed that nobody else was wearing a suit.
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And I thought, okay, it's not a big problem.
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So I introduced myself to the other people.
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I said, hello, how are you?
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Hello, pleased to meet you
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and the next thing someone said to me was my computer's
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really slow do you think you know what the problem is
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and I said no no not really
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so then I introduced myself to somebody else
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and said hello nice to meet you
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and she replied hello nice to meet you
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and then she said do you know how I can connect my computer to the printer.
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And I said, no, I have no idea how to do that.
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Anyway, I went back to work and about half an hour later I had a meeting with my boss.
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And she said, how's it going?
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And I said, yeah, it's all good.
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Well, everybody seems really nice.
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Um, just one thing.
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Why does everybody think I can fix their computer?
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And she looked at me and what I was wearing, and she said, it's your suit.
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Nobody in this office ever wears a suit.
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So they think you're from the IT department and you've come to help with a computer problem.
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They're the only ones who wear suits.
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So, I never wore it again, to this day.
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It was my first day at work as a teacher at a language school.
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And they asked me to come the first week of term to observe some teachers, to watch their lessons.
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and then I was going to start teaching the following week.
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But when I arrived there, they told me that one of the teachers was ill
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and they asked me to take the class and it was three-year-old kids.
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So I was in a class with about ten three-year-olds who were running around.
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My boss gave me a storybook to read to them but the kids couldn't speak any English.
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I'd never taught, or never been trained to teach children that small.
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I tried to read the book to two of them
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but the others were running around shouting and hitting each other
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and at the worst possible moment just
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when all of them were being really noisy
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and not doing anything I was telling them to my boss the director of the school opened the door
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and just looked at me I felt terrible
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but then she said these children are too young for you aren't they and I said yes I was nearly crying
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luckily after that she never gave me any classes with really young children
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but it was the most stressful class I've ever tried to teach
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この動画は誰におすすめ？
pre-intermediateレベルで、日常会話のリアリティを感じながら英語を学びたい人にぴったりです。初日の緊張や職場のコミュニケーションのハプニングなど、身近な話題が展開されるので、動画で英語学習を楽しみながら、実践的な表現を身につけられます。特にIELTS スピーキング対策を考えている人には、自然な会話の流れやイントネーションを観察する良い機会です。
覚えておきたいフレーズとイディオム
- make a good impression：良い印象を与える。「初日は早く来て、make a good impressionしたい」のように使います。
- connect...to the printer：...をプリンターに接続する。オフィスでよく使う表現で、「Can you connect my laptop to the printer?」などと聞きます。
- take the class：授業を担当する。「先生が病気で、私がtake the classすることになった」のように使います。
アクセントと発音のポイント
この動画のスピーカーは自然なスピードで話していますが、英語シャドーイングの練習に最適です。特に「I didn't really know what to wear」のような否定文のイントネーションや、「about 10, 15 minutes」のような数字の読み方に注目してみてください。shadowspeaksやshadowing siteで繰り返し練習することで、自然な発音とリズムを身につけることができます。また、「felt terrible」のような感情表現の抑揚も、会話のリアリティを高めるポイントです。
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 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | you've come · I've ever tried |
| 過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作 | was wearing · were running · were being |
| 最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番 | the worst · the most stressful |
| 動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞 | started reading · start teaching |
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。