シャドーイング練習: How to Connect Words in English - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hey everybody welcome back to my YouTube channel.
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My name's Ariannita la Gringa.
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In today's video, I'm going to  help you connect words in English.
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Hm... that didn't sound natural.
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Let's see if I can say that a little bit smoother.
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I'm going to help you connect words in  English just like a native speaker would.
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Did you notice how I just  connected those words in the intro?
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So what are connecting words?
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Connecting words sometimes called linking is  basically joining the sounds of words together.
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Not necessarily speaking faster.
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It's about creating a smooth flow of speech.
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For example, listen to this.
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My car is red.
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Now listen to this.
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My car is red.
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My car is red. Hear the difference?
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Native speakers do this all the  time without even realizing it.
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It's a natural part of spoken English.
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Let's look at another example.
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Hold on. Now...
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Hold on. Much smoother right?
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And every word either begins or  ends with a vowel or consonant.
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Vowel sounds are open and  flowing like a, e, i, o, u.
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And a consonant is a sound that  stops like k, ch, r, th, y, w.
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All right so now that we know what  connecting words are and that we know the difference between vowels and consonants  let's see how all this stuff actually works.
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Let's start with rule number  one consonant plus vowel.
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This is the most common type of linking.
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It's when a word ends in a consonant sound  and the next word starts with a vowel sound.
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You simply join the sounds together  and treat them like one word.
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For example, look at.
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Look at. Look at the bird.
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Look at. Hold on becomes hold on.
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Can you hold on a second?
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Hold on. Pick it up sounds like pick it up.
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Pick it up.
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A cup of tea sounds like a cup of tea.
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A cup of tea so this sounds  more like "uhv" or even "uh".
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A cup of tea.
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A cup of tea.
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Turn on sounds like turn on.
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Turn on the light.
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Turn on. Hand it it over sounds like hand it over.
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Hand it over now.
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Hand it over.
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And the last example ran out sounds like ran out.
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I ran out of gas.
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Ran out. Now let's go to the next rule.
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The next rule is consonant plus consonant.
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When a word ends in a consonant  sound and the next word begins with a consonant sound you often  blend or slightly change the sounds.
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So let's check out the first example.
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This shop. This shop.
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So the s in this can sometimes  change into a sh sound.
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So it almost sounds like this shop  and it's something that happens naturally and most people don't  even realize they're doing it.
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And another example is: is she.
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Is she. Is she.
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That can easily become is  she where the 's' in 'is' turns into a 'sh' sound to match the 'sh' in she.
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So you want to keep the air flow going from the ending consonant sounds into  the beginning of the next one.
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And why do we do this?
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Well, sometimes our mouths are lazy.
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It's easier to say two similar sounds  together than to switch sounds quickly.
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So instead of saying feel like we say feel like.
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Feel like. I am connecting both consonants and  it sounds like one long consonant.
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For example, gas station sounds like gas station.
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Gas station.
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It's almost like these two words are together  and the 's' connects both words: gas station.
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Another thing that happens when we  link consonants together is that sometimes a sound just disappears all together.
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For example, next door might sound like nex' door.
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Next door. The 't' is dropped.
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And old man might sound like ol' man.
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Ol' man. The 'd' is dropped.
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Best friend might sound like bes' friend.
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Bes' friend.
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The t is dropped here.
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And lastly just saying might  sound like jus' saying.
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Jus' saying.
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The t is dropped here.
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Now let's move on to the third  rule: vowel plus consonant.
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So what happens when a word  ends with a vowel sound and the next word starts with a consonant sound?
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Well, the word ending with a vowel just connects  right to the word starting with a consonant.
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It's really simple.
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Me too sounds like me too.
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Me too. As you can see there's not a big difference.
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Pay rent sounds like pay rent.
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Pay rent. Really nice sounds like really nice.
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Really nice.
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This is one of the easiest connecting rules  because the key is to not pause between the words.
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There's not a huge difference between the sounds.
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Just let the sounds flow smoothly  from one word to the next.
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Now the next rule is vowel-to-vowel linking.
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If a word ends with a rounded vowel sound like  the "ooh" in do or the "oh" in go and the next word starts with a vowel you'll often hear a  little "w" sound slip in to make it flow better.
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For example, go out can sound like go out.
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Go out. You're just adding a 'w' in there.
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Go on becomes go on.
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Go on. Do it becomes do it.
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Do it. Who is it becomes who is it.
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Who is it? Then if a word ends with a vowel sound  like I, say, or see and the next word also starts with a vowel we usually  add a little 'y' sound in between.
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For example, I am sounds like I am.
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I am. See it becomes see it.
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See it. Say it becomes say it.
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Say it. And finally, we are here becomes we are here.
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We are here.
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I just taught you the four  ways to link words in English.
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But I want to make something really clear.
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Linking words does not mean speaking faster.
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Many learners think they have to speed up their speech to connect words  and that's simply not true.
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Linking is about smoothness, not speed.
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It's about avoiding choppy, abrupt speech.
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All right time for a bonus round!
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This one's still about connecting  consonants, but it's a little trickier.
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Sometimes when you connect certain consonants  they actually turn into a completely new sound.
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The first common one is when a word ends with  a 't' and the next word starts with a 'y'.
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These two blend together to create a 'ch' sound.
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For example, can't you  often sounds like can't you.
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Can't you see I'm busy!
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Can't you see I'm busy!
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Get your sounds more like get your.
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Get your coat it's cold outside.
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Get your coat it's cold outside.
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Won't you sounds like won't you.
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Won't you please come in?
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Won't you please come in?
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Don't you sounds like don't you.
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Don't you remember me?
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Don't you remember me?
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Got you sounds like gotcha.
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Gotcha I win!
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Gotcha I win!
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Or you can also say I gotcha a present.
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I gotcha a present.
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You can say each word separately like can't  you, but blending them together is very common.
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Now something similar happens when a word  ends in 'd' and the next word starts with 'y'.
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In that case, the 'd' and 'y'  combined to make a 'ju' sound.
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For example, did you becomes did you.
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Did you. Now it's totally fine to say did  you, but you can say did you.
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Did you. Did you see that movie?
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Did you see that movie?
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Or you can also say: "Did you  know about the surprise party?" Did you know about the surprise party?
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Another example is could  you this becomes could you.
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Could you. Could you help me with this?
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Could you help me with this?
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Or you can say could you  please turn down the music?
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Could you please turn down the music?
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Hide your becomes hide your.
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Hide your. Hide your wallet there are pickpockets around.
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Hide your wallet there are pickpockets around.
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Okay, everybody! I hope you found this  lesson on connecting words super helpful.
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The more you listen to and try to connect  toward yourself the more natural it will become.
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Let me know down below in the comments  what your favorite part of the video was.
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If you enjoyed this video give me a like and  subscribe and I'll see you guys next week.
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Bye.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が150文、単語が1388語あります。 音声の長さは12:29です。 話す速さは1分あたり約111語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の85%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

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
connect 動詞/kəˈnɛkt/繋げる
smooth 形容詞/smuːð/スムース
blend 動詞/blɛnd/混ぜる
coat 名詞/ˈkoʊ̯t/コート, 外套
wallet 名詞/ˈwɑl.ət/財布, 札入れ
naturally 副詞/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/勿論
lesson 名詞/ˈlɛs.ən/授業, 学科
bonus 名詞/ˈbəʊ.nəs/おまけ
helpful 形容詞/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/役に立つ, 有用
slip 動詞/ˈslɪp/滑る
lazy 形容詞/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ナマケモノ, 怠惰な
combine 動詞/kəmˈbaɪn/合わせる, 結び付ける
disappear 動詞/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/消える
separately 副詞/ˈsɛp.ɹət.li/別々に
subscribe 動詞/səbˈskɹaɪb/購読する

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
go out 動詞出る
turn down 動詞断る
check out 動詞試験する, 検査する
speed up 動詞/spiːdˈʌp/スピードを出す

注意したい発音

話し手はcan't, don't, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を23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。

  • 「th」の音: smooth /smuːð/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。connect, smooth, blendなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型動画での表現
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるis dropped
「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないことmight sound
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the most common · the easiest
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測you'll often hear · Won't you · will become

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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