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(phone ringing) - Hi, it's Doug.
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Honey, that sweet delicious stuff that just tastes so good.
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There's nothing quite like honey, is there?
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Syrup is similar in color, and it's sweet, but it tastes different.
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Someone named Linda has a question about honey.
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Let's give her a call now.
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(phone ringing) - Hi Doug. - Hi Linda.
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- I have a question for you.
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How do bees make honey?
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- That is a great question.
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The fact that bees make honey is something most of us hear about, but it's not something most of us have actually seen for ourselves.
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So for a lot of people, including adults I talk to, the whole thing is kinda fuzzy, maybe a little confusing even.
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Something about flowers, and then they come back to a hive, and, well, something happens.
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It almost seems like a secret recipe.
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What is it that bees are doing in that hive?
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Figuring this out isn't easy.
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It's not like bees can tell us.
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And bees are really kind of secretive.
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They live in a hive.
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We can't just pop our heads in there and check it out.
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Plus, they've got those stingers.
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They really wouldn't be happy about that if we did.
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But there is a way to get inside a beehive and see what's going on.
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Can you guess?
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How could we find out what's going on inside a bee hive?
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Now would be a good time to pause the video and discuss.
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Okay, you ready?
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Well, one possibility might be to wear a bee suit where you can't get stung, and then use tiny lenses and cameras to look inside the hive.
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And that is one thing we can do.
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In fact, even easier than that, many bees are willing to live in hives constructed by people.
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So if you make clear sides, you can actually watch what they're doing.
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By creating these see-through hives, scientists have been able to carefully observe what bees do, and have unlocked the secret of how bees make all that sweet, delicious honey.
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If you watch a hive, you'll see bees coming and going.
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You might know that bees are very busy, flying around from flower to flower, then coming back to the hive.
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But what are they doing?
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Watch as a bee lands on a flower.
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You'll see it has a little tongue, right there, you see that?
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Here's another video where you can really see the tongue, this one on a bumblebee.
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Inside of every flower is a tiny pool of sugar water that's made by the plant.
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This is what's called nectar.
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It's such a tiny amount to us, it's hard to even notice.
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But on flowers like this one, called honeysuckle, you can actually taste it.
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It's nothing like honey at this point.
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It's clear, it's very runny, and only just a tiny bit sweet.
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But it turns out that bees aren't slurping it because they're thirsty.
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When they do this, the nectar goes into a special honey stomach for storage.
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Once a bee gets back to the hive, things start to get a little weird.
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They spit it out again, and pass it to other bees, who spit it out, and in turn pass it to other bees, and they do this a few times.
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This part might seem really gross, and scientists were confused by it at first.
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But by studying the bodies of bees, scientists were able to figure out that inside the honey stomach, bees have a special liquid called an enzyme that as it mixes with the nectar, makes it thicker and stickier, more and more like honey.
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So by passing it back and forth like that, bees are adding more and more enzyme to the nectar.
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This is what turns nectar into honey.
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Once they've done this enough times, they store the liquid honey into little containers they make out of wax.
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This is called the honeycomb.
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Why are bees doing all this?
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It's not for us.
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They make all of this honey to feed their babies.
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For that reason, it might seem mean of us to take honey away from them.
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But almost all of the honey that gets sold in stores doesn't come from wild bees.
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Instead, people raise bees on farms, just like other farm animals.
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The bees on farms make much more honey than their babies need.
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So farmers collect that extra honey and sell it to people.
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So in summary, bees make honey by collecting a sugary water, called nectar, from flowers, and then allowing that nectar to mix with a special substance inside one of their stomachs.
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That's all for this week's question.
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Thanks, Linda, for asking it.
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Now, for the next episode, I reached into my question jar and picked out three questions submitted to me that I'm thinking about answering.
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When this video's done playing, you'll get to vote on one.
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You can choose from, how do you know if a mushroom is poisonous or not?
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What is chlorine?
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Or, who invented fans?
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So submit your vote when the video's over.
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I wanna hear from all of you watching.
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There are mysteries all around us.
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Stay curious, and see you next week.
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このビデオで話す練習をする理由
「How do bees make honey?」というビデオは、蜂のはちみつの作り方という興味深いトピックを扱っています。このビデオを通じて、英語のスピーキング練習をすることができるだけでなく、蜂の生態についても学ぶことができます。英語を話すことは、自信を高め、自然な会話力を育てるために重要です。特に、実際の会話に基づいて練習することで、英語スピーキングにおける流暢さや理解を向上させることができます。このビデオを使って、YouTubeで英語学習を進め、楽しく学ぶ方法を見つけましょう。
文法と表現を文脈で学ぶ
- How do bees make honey? - この質問文は、疑問詞の使い方を示しています。疑問文で始めることで、話題を明確にすることができます。
- It’s not something we’ve actually seen for ourselves. - 現在完了形が使われており、過去の経験から今に繋がることを表現しています。この構造は、個人的な経験を共有する際に役立ちます。
- What are they doing? - 現在進行形を用いることで、今現在の行動を示すことができます。この形式は日常会話でよく使われるため、覚えておくと良いでしょう。
- This part might seem really gross. - 助動詞「might」を使って、可能性を示す表現の一例です。このような表現は、自分の意見や感想を述べる際に便利です。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオには、発音やアクセントに注意が必要な言葉がいくつかあります。「nectar」（ネクター）という単語は、特に日本人にとって発音が難しいかもしれません。また、「hive」（ハイブ）という語は短く切るように発音することが重要です。普段の会話の中でこれらの単語を練習することで、英語の発音を良くする手助けになります。さらに、「bees」（ビーズ）や「mix」（ミックス）などの単語を強調することで、発音のリズムを掴みやすくなります。これらの単語を意識して、英語スピーキング練習を行うと効果的です。
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。