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Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Lowther.
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Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Lowther.
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And I'm Liz Waid.
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Spotlight uses a special method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
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Most people have experienced an immediate reaction.
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Think about the last time you smelled something delicious.
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Did you react with an emotion?
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Have you had a reaction to a beautiful piece of art?
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Did you react emotionally when you saw someone you loved?
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Malcolm Gladwell is a writer.
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He writes about how our brains are influenced by things we do not even know.
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Gladwell calls these immediate reactions we just thought about snap judgements, or quick decisions.
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They often influence us in ways we may not even recognize.
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Today's Spotlight is on these immediate reactions and how they affect our everyday lives.
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Here is a fun example of how our brains create these immediate reactions.
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Answer these questions as quickly as possible.
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What color are clouds? What color is snow?
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What do cows drink?
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Most people answer the first two questions with “white”.
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But they answer the third question with the word “milk”.
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If you answered that cows drink milk, you are not alone.
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The correct answer is water.
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It was the color white that made you have a snap decision that cows drink milk.
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Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book about snap judgements called "Blink".
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In this book, he tells a story about a snap decision.
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In 1983, the J. Paul Getty Museum received a statue.
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They believed it was from the sixth century B.C.
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Scientists at the museum did some basic tests to make sure the statue was real.
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The tests seemed to show that the statue was very old.
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Thomas Hoving is an art manager. He looked at the statue.
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Hoving always remembers the first word to come into his mind when he looks at a new piece of work.
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Normally, when Hoving sees an old, large marble statue, his first word is “old”, “beautiful”, “ancient”, or even “heavy”.
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Hoving has been around art for many years.
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His experience makes it easier for him to choose between real art and copies of real art.
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And when he looked at the statue, the first word he thought of was “fresh”.
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His snap judgement made him think the statue was not thousands of years old.
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It was new.
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Scientists decided to do more tests.
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These further test results showed that the statue was not real.
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It was a very good copy of a real statue.
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The person who made the statue worked hard to make the statue seem old.
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The museum was not happy when they learned they would not be able to put this statue in their museum.
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But this snap decision saved the museum from years of shame and regret.
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This is just one example of the effects of snap judgements or quick decisions.
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Snap judgements can also help improve - or even save - our lives.
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Imagine you are walking down a street on a sidewalk.
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You are thinking about something that is very interesting.
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You are not thinking about walking down the street.
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You decide to turn right.
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You do not see that you have just stepped out on to a busy street.
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You look up and see that there is a car driving toward you.
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Without thinking, you jump back up on to the sidewalk.
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You do this to avoid being hit.
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It was your own quick decision to jump back, away from the street, that saved you from being hurt.
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In an emergency, quick decisions also help.
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For example, doctors use snap judgements to treat injuries.
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They react based on past experiences.
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These past experiences help doctors know, without thinking, what they must do.
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If doctors take too long to make a decision, it can be too late to save a person's life.
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Their quick thinking can help keep everyone safe.
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Gladwell says that people make quick decisions because they must.
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Sometimes people must make quick decisions to survive.
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Other times, people make them because it is natural.
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Our past experiences help to form our decisions.
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This is what helps to make them natural.
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Snap judgements come from the unconscious part of our brain.
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So, we do not know we are making snap judgements until after we make them.
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We often do this when we meet people.
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There is a common saying in the English language: "Do not judge a book by its cover”.
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This means that we should not make an opinion about something or somebody based on the way they look.
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But people do this every single day.
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And, sadly, these snap judgements can easily be wrong.
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Snap judgements come from experience.
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But our experiences of people can be limited.
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Many of us do not know people of a different ethnicity or race.
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We mostly know people who are like us.
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So, when we see someone who looks different, our snap judgements are not based on experience.
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They are based on ideas from other people.
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Or they are based on stories in radio and television.
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These are prejudices.
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And snap judgements based on prejudice are often wrong.
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Often, a person's appearance does not tell us much about who they are or what they are like.
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It is natural to make snap judgements about other people.
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However, these judgements are not always true.
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For example, imagine that you see a person with a different skin color than yours.
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You may have a thought like “I am smarter than he is” or “He is mean”.
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These are not good snap judgements.
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Thoughts like these are judgements about a person's character and abilities.
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Sometimes, we need to make a quick decision about a person to protect our own lives.
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If we see someone carrying a weapon, it would be right to make the snap judgement to hide or run away.
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People make snap judgements every single day.
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But we can decide how we let the snap judgements affect our lives.
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It is important to be careful not to let these quick decisions change the way we think of a person.
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Think of how your snap judgements affect your everyday life.
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You could surprise yourself.
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We will tell another story about snap judgements for members of our YouTube channel.
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Members get access to exclusive videos, PDFs of scripts, and can join our private Spotlight English Facebook group.
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We hope you make a snap judgement to check it out!
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If you are on YouTube, click Join below.
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What kinds of snap judgements do you make?
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Have you ever regretted a quick decision?
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Tell us what you think.
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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Or email us at [email protected].
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You can also find us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.
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The writer of today's program was Erin Layman.
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The producer was Liz Waid.
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The voices you heard were from the United States.
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You can listen to this program again, and read it, on the internet at www.spotlightenglish.com.
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This program is called "How Your Quick Decisions Can Change Your Life".
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Visit our website to download our free official app for Android and Apple devices.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!
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このスピーキング練習のビデオでは、コリン・ロウザーとリズ・ウェイドが重要なテーマについて話しています。それは、私たちの脳が知らず知らずのうちに行う迅速な判断、すなわち「スナップジャッジメント」についてです。彼らは、これらの即座の反応が日常生活にどのように影響を与えるかを掘り下げます。この内容には、物事に対する感情的な反応や、判断力を高める方法が含まれており、英語スピーキング練習にも非常に役立ちます。
日常コミュニケーションのためのトップ5フレーズ
- 「あなたはこの美術作品をどう思いますか？」
- 「何か特別な香りを感じましたか？」
- 「すぐに決断することが重要です。」
- 「それは私にとって新しい発見です。」
- 「私たちの反応はしばしば無意識的です。」
これらのフレーズは、日常会話において自分の意見や反応を表現する際に便利です。特に、英語シャドーイングを活用すれば、発音や言い回しを自然に身につけることができます。
ステップバイステップシャドーイングガイド
このビデオの内容は、英語の理解を深めながらスピーキングスキルを向上させる絶好の機会です。以下のステップに従って、英語シャドーイングに取り組んでみましょう。
- 視聴: ビデオを最初から最後まで視聴し、内容の全体像をつかみます。
- キーセンテンスの特定: 上記のフレーズのように、特に重要なフレーズをピックアップしましょう。
- 聞き取り: ビデオを再生しながら、一時停止し、聞こえたフレーズを繰り返します。これにより、自分の発音を確認できます。
- リピート: ビデオの音声に合わせて、自分の声でフレーズをシャドーイングします。何度も行うことで、流暢さが向上します。
- 実践: 日常生活の場面でも、学んだフレーズを積極的に使ってみましょう。自分のことを表現する際に、自然に使えるようになります。
これらのステップを通じて、YouTubeで英語学習を行う際の効果を最大限に引き出し、スピーキング技術の向上に繋げましょう。shadow speech技術を活用し、さらなる成長を目指してください。
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。