シャドーイング練習: Five Short Plays Chapter 3 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Canada can wait.
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Cox, Mills and Harris are sitting in a room.
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Dean and Wright are standing by a window.
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Chris comes in.
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Well, goodbye everyone.
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Are you going?
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Yes, I must.
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When are you going?
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Now.
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Now? So soon?
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Don't go. But I must.
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I need a change.
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What are you going to do?
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I'd like to travel for a time.
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Travel?
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How wonderful.
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Yeah.
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Think of us when you're travelling.
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Yes.
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Think of us.
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We have to stay here.
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It's the same old thing, day after day.
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The same old faces.
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The same old problems.
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Nothing different for us.
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But someone has to do it.
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Yes, that's right.
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We can't all go.
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Why not?
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You can travel too.
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Us?
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How can we travel?
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We have things to do here.
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What things?
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He says, what things?
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What a question.
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He's tired of us.
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No, I'm not.
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I'm not tired of you.
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I'm happy here. Are you?
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Well, I was happy here.
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It's a good place. And I...
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Yes?
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Well, I like you.
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I'm one of you.
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One of the group.
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That's nice.
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So where would you like to go?
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I don't know.
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Spain, perhaps? Or Greece?
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Maybe even Canada.
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Canada?
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Yes.
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I'm very interested in Canada.
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Canada?
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Well, that's interesting.
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You're very adventurous, Chris.
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We're not adventurous at all, I'm afraid.
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But then you're young.
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You have your life in front of you.
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You want to see exciting places.
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Like Canada.
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The lakes and the forests.
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The Great St Lawrence River.
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How wonderful.
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Lucky Chris.
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It's different for us.
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We have to stay here.
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We can't go to Canada.
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I'm one of you, you said.
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One of the group.
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But you're not.
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No. Chris, you're different from us.
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No, I'm not.
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Stop talking like this.
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I'm not different from you.
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Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm not.
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I work and eat and sleep like you.
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Ah, but you are going away.
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And we are staying here.
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And that makes you different.
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I'm not different.
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But what about Canada?
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Stop talking about Canada!
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I'm not going to Canada.
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I'd like to go there, that's all.
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So you aren't going there now?
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I don't know.
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Perhaps I need some time to think about my life.
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Oh, yes.
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Everyone does.
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It's usual for people to do that.
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And there's lots of time.
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You're young.
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That's right.
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I have my life in front of me.
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So, take your time.
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Right.
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You can stay here as long as you like.
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And think about it.
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Yeah.
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So what are you going to do?
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Sorry?
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Are you leaving today?
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Leaving?
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Er, not today.
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I want to think about it first. Of course.
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When are you going then?
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Well, not now.
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Later, perhaps.
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I can stay here a bit longer.
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There's lots of time.
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Canada can wait, can't it?
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Yes, it can.
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It certainly can.
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You're one of us, really, aren't you?
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One of the group.
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Yes, I am, I think.
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But, you know, you say...
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Yes?
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Say what?
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Well, you say some funny things sometimes.
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Like what?
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Well, Canada.
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What's so funny about that?
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It doesn't matter.
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Forget it.
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Look at the time.
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We must go.
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Me too.
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I have a lot to do. And me.
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Let's all go.
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Yes.
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Let's leave Chris with his dreams. About Canada.
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See you later, Chris.
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Bye-bye.
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Bye-bye, traveller.
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Thailand.
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Malaysia.
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Indonesia Australia Hmm Australia
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

この動画で鍛えるスピーキングの目標

日常会話の流れを自然に追い、即応力を高めるのがこの動画のポイントです。「さよならの場面でのやり取り」「理由を述べる表現」「誘いや反対の応答」など、実生活で頻繁に使われるシチュエーションを練習できます。特に、英語スピーキング練習において重要な「会話のリズム」と「自然なイントネーション」を身につけるのに最適です。

使い回せるフレーズバンク

  • 「I need a change.」(変化が必要です)- 転機を求めるときの自然な表現
  • 「Think of us when you're travelling.」(旅をしているときは私たちのことを思ってね)- 別れのときの温かいメッセージ
  • 「It's the same old thing, day after day.」(毎日同じことの繰り返しです)- 単調な日常を表すフレーズ
  • 「We can't all go.」(みんなが行けるわけではありません)- 現実的な制約を述べる表現

これらのフレーズは、shadow speech(シャドーイング)で繰り返し練習することで、瞬時に使えるようになります。

弱点を克服するコツ

この会話の特徴は、短い発言が続くため、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、「ポーズの取り方」や「スピードの調節」が鍛えられます。特に「Now? So soon? Don't go.」のような疑問文と命令文の連続は、イントネーションの上げ下げが重要です。英語シャドーイングの技法を使い、発言者の声に合わせて即座に繰り返すことで、リズム感を養いましょう。また、「What a question.」のような省略された表現は、自然な会話でよく使われるため、shadowspeaksの練習を通して、発音の曖昧さをなくすことができます。

毎日10分、この動画を使って英語スピーキング練習を続けると、1週間でも明らかに会話がスムーズになるはずです。

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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