シャドーイング練習: EnglishPod 8 - Elementary - What is your name again - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hello English learners and welcome back to EnglishPod.
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My name is Marco.
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And I'm Erica.
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How are you Erica?
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Marco I'm doing really well today.
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You're excited?
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Uh-huh, we've got a great lesson for everyone.
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Yes, we have a really common situation where we're gonna use real English, right?
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Yep, everyday English.
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English that people really use.
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And that's what we want you to learn.
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What are we talking about today specifically?
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Today we have a really common situation that is a little bit embarrassing.
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Alright, an embarrassing situation, so let's listen to the dialogue for the first time and it's gonna be kind of fast.
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Yeah, but don't worry if you don't understand everything, because after 10 minutes, you'll understand everything.
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Perfect, alright, let's listen.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure, you still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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Wow, Nick forgot her name.
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Yeah, that's happened to me a couple of times, and I'm going to tell you about it a little bit later.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Well, let's start with our three language takeaways.
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Language takeaway.
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So our first word on our language takeaway is in a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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In a bit of a hurry.
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So Nick was in a hurry.
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Yeah, that's right.
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This is a great phrase.
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So let's listen to three examples of how you can use this phrase.
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Example 1 Can you drive faster?
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I'm in a bit of a hurry Example 2 I can't talk right now.
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I'm in a bit of a hurry Example 3 I'm in a bit of a hurry,
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so I'll check these files later Okay, so it's clear now.
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Basically, it means that you don't have time.
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You're moving really quickly okay perfect now let's look at our second language takeaway word
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and it's contact details contact details contact details contact details
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so what are your contact details basically this is the information you can find on your business card all right
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so we have like our name our telephone number your email address, perhaps your mobile phone number.
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So all the useful information so people can get in touch with you.
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Yep, so people can phone you or email you.
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Okay, so contact details.
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Great.
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Okay, so our third word is slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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Slipped my mind.
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So this is a funny phrase.
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It's kind of strange, right?
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Yeah, slipped my mind.
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It sounds very weird.
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Exactly.
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Okay, so now we're going to listen to two examples of this phrase.
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Try and see if you can figure out what it means.
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Example one.
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I'm sorry I forgot to respond to your email.
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It just slipped my mind.
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Example two.
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Don't you know what day it is today?
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Oh, it's your birthday.
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It completely slipped my mind.
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Ah, so slipped my mind is like I forgot.
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You forgot something.
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Uh-huh. So accidentally.
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Right.
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Okay, great.
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Now it's time for putting it together.
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Putting it together.
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All right, Erica, why don't you tell our listeners what putting it together is?
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Well, putting it together helps you put language together.
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It helps you be more fluent by knowing how words fit together.
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Great.
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So let's look at our first phrase today and it's around here.
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Around here.
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Around here.
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Around here.
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So this is like close by.
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Close by.
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Right.
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I can say for example, is there a bank around here?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So that's, is there a bank close to here?
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Exactly.
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Now this phrase around here, we can change it a little bit and it means something a little bit different.
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Right.
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I could say, Marco, there's a great restaurant right around the corner.
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Right, and that would mean there is a great restaurant on the other street.
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Yep.
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Around the corner.
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Yep.
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Great.
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Or we have another example.
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We can say, around there.
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Around there.
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Right.
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So for example, I can say, Los Angeles is a great city.
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I used to live around there.
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So you used to live near Los Angeles.
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Exactly.
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All right.
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It's a really good phrase and it's really common.
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Yeah.
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Now our next phrase and putting it together is terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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Terrible with.
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So we have a couple of examples that will show you how this phrase works example one
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you're terrible with numbers you can't even remember your own telephone number Example 2 I'm terrible with directions.
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I'm always getting lost.
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Example 3 I'm terrible with faces.
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I can never remember what people look like.
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Wow, I understand that.
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I'm also terrible with numbers.
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I can barely add 2 plus 2.
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Well, yeah, I guess not everyone is a numbers person.
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I'm terrible with faces.
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I sometimes forget what people look like.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Uh-oh.
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So I think it's time now for us to listen to our dialogue a second time.
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Okay, this time the dialogue will be a little bit slower.
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Right.
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So try and listen for some of the words we've just talked about.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure.
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You still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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So it's more clear now.
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You can understand a lot better, right?
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Yeah, that's true.
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Great.
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So now it's time for us to take a look at Fluency Builder.
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Fluency Builder.
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So with Fluency Builder, we take some very simple phrases
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and show you how you can be more fluent or how you can...
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Sound more native.
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Yeah.
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Great.
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In the beginning of the dialogue, Anna said, Nick, how's it going?
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Yeah, this is a great phrase.
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It sounds really, really natural.
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You know, sometimes I hear students say, How are you?
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Or, How are you doing?
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Those are two great phrases, but this one sounds really, really natural.
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It just sounds more casual.
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Yeah, let's listen again to that phrase from the dialogue.
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How's it going?
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How's it going?
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Great, so next time that you find a friend on the street, you can just say, hey, how's it going?
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Yeah, so Marco, have you ever forgotten someone's name?
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Yeah, it's happened to me a couple of times
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and actually the most embarrassing situation was that I forgot a family member's name.
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No!
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A family member's name.
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We had like a family reunion and there were a lot of aunts
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and uncles and cousins that I hadn't seen in a while
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and I just forgot one of my uncle's names and I was...
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Uh oh.
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That's pretty embarrassing.
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So what did you do?
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Well, I had to ask one of my other cousins.
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I'm like, hey, who is that guy?
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He's like, oh, that's Uncle John.
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I'm like, oh man, I totally forgot.
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Yeah, so it was really embarrassing because I didn't know what to call him.
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So I just called him uncle because I didn't know his name.
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Hi uncle.
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Yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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So when that happens to me when I'm in a business setting, sometimes what I do is I ask for someone's card.
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Ah yeah, that's the good technique.
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Yeah, or sometimes I might ask them to write down their email.
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Because usually their full name is spelled out in their email address.
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So that's my trick when I've forgotten someone's name.
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That's a good trick, and I guess a lot of our listeners can take your advice on that.
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Okay, so I think it's time for us to listen to our dialogue one more time, this time at natural speed.
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Nick, how's it going?
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Oh, hey.
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What are you doing in this neighborhood?
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Do you live around here?
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Actually, my office is right around the corner.
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It was great to meet you last week at the conference.
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I really enjoyed our conversation about foreign investment.
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Yeah, yeah, it was really interesting.
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You know, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but here's my card.
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We should definitely meet up again and continue our discussion.
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Sure, you still have my contact details, right?
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You know what?
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This is really embarrassing, but your name has just slipped my mind.
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Can you remind me?
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Sure.
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My name is Anna Faris.
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Don't worry about it.
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It happens to me all the time.
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I'm terrible with names, too.
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Well, I hope that you've all enjoyed our lesson for today.
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And remember to check out our website at EnglishPod.com.
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Where you can find a lot of other resources and you can leave all your questions and comments.
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Yep, Marco and I are always on the site so we're happy to answer all of your questions.
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Exactly, so now it's time for us to say...
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Goodbye!

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このA2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「EnglishPod 8 - Elementary - What is your name again」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:example, phrase, terrible, slipped, hurry。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が238文、単語が1661語あります。 音声の長さは11:29です。 話す速さは1分あたり約145語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の86%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。 全238文のうち39文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
phrase 名詞/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/句, 語句
slip 動詞/ˈslɪp/滑る
hurry 動詞/ˈhʌ.ɹi/急ぐ
dialogue 名詞/ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/対談, 対話
uncle 名詞/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/伯父, 伯父貴
remind 動詞/ɹəˈmaɪnd/思い出させる
trick 名詞/ˈtɹɪk/欺き, 企み
lesson 名詞/ˈlɛs.ən/授業, 学科
cousin 名詞/ˈkʌz(ə)n/いとこ, 従兄弟
telephone 名詞/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/電話
fluent 形容詞/ˈfluənt/ぺらぺら, 流暢な
listener 名詞/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/聞き手, 聴取者
technique 名詞/tɛkˈniːk/技術
resource 名詞/ɹɪˈzɔːs/資源, 資産
spell 名詞/spɛl/呪文

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
check out 動詞試験する, 検査する
write down 動詞書き留める, 記す

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • What are we talking about today specifically?
  • What are you doing in this neighborhood?
  • Do you live around here?
  • Don't you know what day it is today?
  • I'm like, hey, who is that guy?

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 live
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has just slipped · we've just talked · I've forgotten
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is slipped · is spelled
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるshould definitely meet

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, don't, we'reなど、短縮形や弱形を48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。

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, telephone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/, fluent /ˈfluənt/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, slip /ˈslɪp/, uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/, remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/, trick /ˈtɹɪk/

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. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。phrase, slip, hurryなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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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