シャドーイング練習: How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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At home genetic tests can uncover connections you never knew existed.
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Revelations like these can upend families with upsetting findings or enrich them with incredible discoveries.
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That's what happened to Edric McNary of Chicago in 2017.
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So it's interesting, so I am adopted, and so it's always been a curiosity of mine for most of my adult life.
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I decided to try this Ancestry DNA kit to try to see if I could find my parents that way.
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And then about a month after we sent in the results, we got our information back.
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Genetic test companies start by reading the sequence of the three billion letters in your genetic code.
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All variations in the code serve as markers that make your genes unique.
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Algorithms identify those who share many of these markers, making them very likely to be close relatives.
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In McNary's case, the test revealed a life-altering surprise.
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It mentioned that there was someone else that had a very similar parent-child relationship genetically.
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And so I reached out and was like, hey, I'm looking for a mother.
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Did you live in Indiana?
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Like, you know, in the 70s, you know, and actually the response I got back was actually, this is, um, this is for my daughter.
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I'm actually looking for her father.
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Well, obviously, I think the first thing was just like, there's no way.
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You know, it's just kind of like how, I mean, obviously we know how that's possible.
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And, you know, if I had awareness of that, I would have, you know, done the right thing by, you know, taking care of the mother and getting married and all that fun stuff.
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So after some conversation, we kind of realized that she absolutely is my daughter.
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Spitting image.
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You cannot deny it.
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It turned out that 17 years before, when McNary's daughter was conceived, her mother couldn't reach him.
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When I first moved to Chicago, I had aspirations to be in the entertainment industry.
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That being said, I was broke a lot.
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So my cell phone was shut off a lot.
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And so, you know, her mother and I were, you know, we had gone out and dated a little bit in our own separate ways.
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We actually went to Michigan to meet with them.
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My oldest daughter now, they're like peas in a pod.
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They text each other, they talk to each other.
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She comes and visits all the time.
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She'll be here next week.
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We get along great.
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She's my homie.
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She really is.
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When she comes into town, we go for a pool.
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She has been wanting to find her dad for her entire life, but now she has it, and she feels complete.
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I actually turned on my GPS tracking on my phone, so she knows where I'm at all the time.
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Maybe extreme, but I just want to just reinforce that point
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that you will always know where I'm at before the rest of your life.
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I love her.
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I'm not going anywhere.
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I'm here for good.
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It's a message a genetic test allowed this father to send.
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Kat Sandoval, Newsy.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families?」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：genetic, daughter, test, mother。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が44文、単語が522語あります。 音声の長さは3:06です。 話す速さは1分あたり約168語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の84%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。
この動画の重要語彙
動画の中で特に難しい単語12語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| aspiration 名詞 | /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ | 希望 |
| conceive 動詞 | /kənˈsiːv/ | 妊娠する, 孕む |
| enrich 動詞 | /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ | 豊にする, 富ます |
| pea 名詞 | /piː/ | 豌豆, エンドウ |
| reinforce 動詞 | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | 補強する, 加強 |
| spit 動詞 | /spɪt/ | つばを吐く, 吐く |
| revelation 名詞 | /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | 暴露 |
| curiosity 名詞 | /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/ | 好奇心 |
| algorithm 名詞 | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | アルゴリズム, 演算手順 |
| alter 動詞 | /ˈɔl.təɹ/ | 変える, 変更する |
| variation 名詞 | /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ | 変動, 変化 |
| adopt 動詞 | /əˈdɑpt/ | 養子にする |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| get along 動詞 | 気が合う, 折り合う |
| go out 動詞 | 出る |
注意したい発音
話し手はI'm, couldn't, she'llなど、短縮形や弱形を9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。
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, alter /ˈɔl.təɹ/
- /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: conceive /kənˈsiːv/, uncover /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: spit /spɪt/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, adopt /əˈdɑpt/
この動画での練習方法
- 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。
- まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。aspiration, conceive, enrich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。