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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Phil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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Has this ever happened to you?
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You eat a doughnut and get a sugar rush – a strong feeling of excitement
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and energy only to collapse an hour later with a headache?
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Food affects us more than we realise And that's because what we eat alters our brain chemistry,
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changing our mood and emotions.
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Our brain is working 24 hours a day, even while we sleep.
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So, it needs more fuel than other body parts.
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So, can we eat our way to feeling happy?
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In this programme, we'll be discussing the relationship between food and the brain.
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And, as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
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Sounds great, Georgie.
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But first, I have a question for you.
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Humans with an average brain weighing one and a half kilos are one of the cleverest animals.
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But which mammal has the biggest brain?
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Is it a an African elephant,
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b a dolphin, or c a sperm whale?
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I think it's an African elephant.
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OK, Georgie, I'll reveal the answer later in the programme.
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Now, did you know that despite making up only 2% of our total weight,
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our brain uses 20% of the body's energy?
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Nutritionist Dr. Rita Achari does.
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She thinks we should be specifically eating for our brains,
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as she explained to BBC World Service program The Food Chain.
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Eating every day, right, and eating a balanced diet so you get the full complement of vitamins and minerals, it's critical.
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If you go low in something in one day,
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if you just, you know,
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don't eat any protein for a day or for me in my situation,
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if I don't eat any vegetables,
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I know the next day I'm not a sharp.
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Number one on Dr. Achari's list of brain foods is a regular and balanced diet,
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a diet containing the proper types and amounts of food needed to stay healthy.
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Remember the rainbow rule – eat foods of many different colours with lots of leafy greens.
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A balanced diet also includes different types of nutrients – vitamins,
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fibre, protein and so on.
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But including these isn't always possible.
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You might go low on – meaning have very little of – one food type.
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Dr Achari says that when this happens to her,
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she's not as sharp, as intelligent and quick to notice things as usual.
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Dr Achari names lots of different foods which help boost our brains,
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from wild-caught Alaskan salmon and avocado to berries and walnuts.
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But hang on, Georgie, wild-caught Alaskan salmon?
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Very nice and very expensive.
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It sounds like super foods are just for the super rich.
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Well, not according to blogger Michelle Munt.
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Here she is telling BBC World Service's The Food Chain how eating well needn't cost a fortune.
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It's not expensive and everyone's got a freezer these days,
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so yes, you can batch cook things,
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freeze them and then use them in like a week's time or something.
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So I think the problem is,
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again, it's about our lifestyles.
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It's about the fact that we feel like we've got limited time
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and therefore people are trying to cut the time down in the kitchen by cooking things that are pre-made or even worse,
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we're just chucking it in the microwave.
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But actually, you can do fresh food in 20 minutes flat.
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Michelle's idea for brain food on a budget involves batch cooking.
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Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at one time,
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then saving some to eat later – usually by freezing it.
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Although microwave-ready meals are convenient,
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they lack many nutrients needed by the brain.
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Luckily, adding some fresh vegetables to batch-cooked food means anyone can make a brain-healthy meal quickly – or in 20 minutes flat,
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as Michelle says, using the word flat to mean exactly and to emphasise that it can be done quickly.
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OK, so we need balanced diets and batch cooking for big brains.
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Now, let's test your brain, Georgie, with my question.
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Right.
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You asked which mammal has the biggest brain and I guessed it was an African elephant. Which was?
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The wrong answer, I'm afraid.
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In fact, the biggest brain belongs to the sperm whale,
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weighing about 8 kilos and the sperm whale's main food?
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Fish.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this programme,
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starting with sugar rush – suddenly feeling excited and full of energy after eating food which contains a lot of sugar.
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A balanced diet includes the correct combinations of food needed to stay healthy.
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If you go low on something,
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you have very little of it.
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If you describe someone as sharp,
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you mean they're intelligent and quick to react to things.
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Batch cooking means cooking a lot of food at the same time and saving some for later.
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And finally, doing something in 20 minutes flat means 20 minutes exactly,
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and is used to emphasise that it's done very quickly.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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Have fun cooking up your own brain-boosting breakfasts,
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and remember to join us again next time here at 6 Minute English.
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Goodbye for now.
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Bye. from bbclearningenglish.com
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コンテキストと背景
このビデオは、BBC Learning Englishからの「6 Minute English」というシリーズの一部です。スピーカーはフィルさんとジョージーさんで、彼らは食べ物と脳の関係について話し合っています。このテーマは、食べ物が私たちの気分や感情にどのように影響を与えるかを掘り下げています。特に、食事が脳の化学にどのように作用し、私たちのエネルギーレベルや集中力に影響を与えるかについての重要性を強調しています。このような会話を通じて、英語の発音を良くするための新しい表現を学ぶことができます。
日常会話のためのトップ5フレーズ
- 「バランスの取れた食事」 - 健康を維持するために必要な栄養素を含む食事。
- 「脳のために食べる」 - 食事が脳に与える影響に注目する意識。
- 「色とりどりの食べ物を食べる」 - 多くの種類の食材を取り入れることの重要性。
- 「スーパーフード」 - 栄養価が非常に高いとされる食材や食品。
- 「集中力が低下する」 - 食事が不十分な場合の脳の働きの低下。
ステップバイステップのシャドーイングガイド
このビデオを使って英語の発音を良くするために、シャドーイングの手法を以下の手順で実践しましょう：
- リスニング - 最初にビデオを通して聞き、全体の内容を理解します。
- フレーズの抜き出し - 上記の5つの重要なフレーズを注目し、意味を深く理解します。
- 声に出して繰り返す - フレーズごとに、スピーカーの発音を真似ながら声に出して言ってみましょう。特に、shadow speechを意識し、イントネーションやリズムを合わせます。
- 繰り返し練習 - 難しさを感じるフレーズを重点的に練習し、発音がスムーズになるまで繰り返します。
- フィードバックを得る - 自分の声を録音して再生し、発音やイントネーションを確認します。また、他の学習者や先生に聞いてもらい、アドバイスをもらうと良いでしょう。
このプロセスを繰り返すことで、IELTSスピーキング対策や日常会話でのスムーズなコミュニケーションが向上します。YouTubeで英語学習を行いながら、楽しく学んでいきましょう！
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。