シャドーイング練習: Everyday English: Sorry for Being Late | American English Connected Reading - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today I'd like to talk about the connected sounds in a short piece where somebody is apologizing for being late.
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Let's take a look.
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Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late.
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Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late.
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So hear this word I'm, I'm, I'm so sorry I'm late.
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If I'm speaking slowly and clearly, you can hear that there's kind of a glottal stop and a strong I sound there.
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But when we speak a little bit faster, it becomes um, um, hey um, hey um, I'm so sorry,
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um, hey I'm so sorry I'm late.
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Hey I'm so sorry I'm late.
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At the end, at the end of late, we're going to turn the T into a glottal stop.
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Late, late.
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There's no T sound there.
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I took the wrong exit.
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I took the wrong exit.
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Just try to connect ng to exit.
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Wrong exit.
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Wrong exit.
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I took 282 instead of 283.
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I took 282.
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282. Remember to try to tap that t in 80.
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282 instead of 283.
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282 instead of 283.
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So when we say 80, try to tap that T.
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It's not a T.
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It's 80.
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80. Next, of loses its the here.
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Instead, instead.
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Try to connect it to instead.
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Instead of 283.
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Then it was all one-way roads for like three miles.
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Then it was all one-way roads.
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Then it was all, then it was.
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We have a glottal stop here for it.
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Then it was all, was all one-way roads.
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Now that l sound in all gets reduced actually.
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The l is not a very strong dark L.
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You can kind of think of it as a half dark L.
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My tongue is getting ready to say L but it's not going all the way up to the top of my mouth.
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What's important though is that my lips aren't rounding.
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I'm not saying O, I'm saying all, all.
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It was all, it was all one-way roads.
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It was all one-way roads for like three miles.
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We'll change four into fur here for like, for like three miles until I could turn around again and get back on the highway.
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Until I could turn, could turn.
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We're going to connect the D in could and the T in turn. Could turn.
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Until I could turn around again and again and nn, nn, get back.
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So there's no d there in and.
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Turn around again and get back on the highway.
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Get back.
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We're going to take the t in get and turn it into a glottal stop.
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Get back on the highway.
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Get back on the, on the.
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Connect the n and the th together.
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Just think about it as the th tongue position is going over the n tongue position on the,
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my tongue is already between my teeth when I say and, on the highway, and then, same thing here, and then,
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we take out the d in and, then the n has the th tongue position,
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and then, and then, and then the traffic started getting backed up, and then the traffic started getting backed up.
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Started getting, started getting.
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I connect the D and G here.
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I get ready to say D, started, started, but instead of finishing the D sound,
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I just say G instead.
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Started getting, started getting backed up, backed up, backed up.
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Now at the end of a sentence it's not necessary to say up with the final P sound.
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We could just say up, up, and close our mouths without actually releasing that sound.
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But either one is okay.
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It's your own preference.
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I can't believe it took so long.
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I can't believe.
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I can't believe.
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We have a glottal stop here instead of a T in can't.
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I can't believe.
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I can't believe it took.
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It took.
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Connect T and T together.
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It took it took so long.
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I'm never taking that exit again.
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I'm never taking that exit again. That exit.
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That exit again.
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I'm never taking that exit again.
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So here, I'm never, I'm never, we want to connect the m and n sounds but still have separate sounds.
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I'm never.
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So we change to the N halfway through the sound.
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I'm never taking that exit again, that exit again.
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Both T's here in that and in exit are tapped.
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That exit again, that exit again, exit it again, that exit again.
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Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late.
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I took the wrong exit.
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I took 282 instead of 283.
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Then it was all one-way roads for like three miles until I could turn around again and get back on the highway, and then the traffic started getting backed up.
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I can't believe it took so long.
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I'm never taking that exit again.
このビデオでスピーキング練習をする理由
このビデオでは、遅れてしまったことを謝るシーンが描かれており、その内容を通じて自然な会話の練習ができます。特にYouTubeで英語学習をしている方にとって、日常的な表現に触れながら、実際の会話に役立つフレーズを習得する良い機会です。英語スピーキング練習を行うことで、言葉の流れに慣れ、より自信を持ったコミュニケーションが可能になります。
文法と表現の文脈
- I'm so sorry I'm late：このフレーズは、謝罪の基本的な表現です。「遅れたことを申し訳なく思っている」という気持ちをシンプルに伝えています。
- I took the wrong exit：間違った方向に進んでしまったことを説明する際に使用されるフレーズです。wrong（間違った）という形容詞が大事です。
- instead of：ある選択肢を避けて他のものを選ぶ時に使います。「283の代わりに282を取った」という文の中で効果的に使われています。
- it was all one-way roads：道の状況を表現するのに使われる構文で、状況を具体的に伝える役割を果たしています。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオには、発音において困難なポイントがいくつかあります。特に注目すべきは次の通りです：
- glottal stop：発音が速くなると、lateの「t」が消えてしまい、leɪʔのように聞こえることがあります。この発音は多くの英語話者にとっては自然ですが、初心者には難しいかもしれません。
- could turn：ここでは「d」と「t」を繋げて発音します。これは、流暢さを増すための重要なテクニックです。
- for like：日常会話でよく使われるこの表現も、カジュアルさを表すのに役立ちます。しかし、正しく発音しないと、何を言っているのか理解されにくくなることがあります。
これらの要素を意識することで、あなたの英語スピーキング能力が大きく向上し、特にIELTS スピーキング対策にも役立ちます。また、shadow speechのテクニックを使って、ビデオの内容を繰り返すことで、より効果的に発音を矯正し、自然な流れを習得することができるでしょう。
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。