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It's Saturday at 6 p.m
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and I'm sitting alone in my apartment at
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my desk staring at my computer like 99.999% of every other Saturday.
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And I went to get a pizza, because I still don't know how to eat right,
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and, you know, Dartmouth is graduated or graduating,
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and this always happens when I drive in on the weekend to get my unhealthy food
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that I eat alone in my apartment, and I see all of them.
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all of the Dartmouth students in their really cute outfits, walking around downtown, holding hands,
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walking down to the river to swim, walking to their apartment, sitting out on the green with friends,
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stuff to do, or going back to their dorm so they can probably do stuff later because it's a Saturday,
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and I get my pizza and I go back to my apartment because I don't have any friends.
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And honestly, I don't think I've ever had friends, not like real friends.
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I mean, obviously, I had like friends in high school and college, but it was the most superficial level.
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if I was in class, I would have people to talk to.
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People liked me.
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I don't think I was a totally unlikable person.
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And I would do after school activities and people would talk to me.
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And I had people that I was close to.
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But we never did anything besides that.
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I never did anything after school in high school.
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If I did, it was it was rare.
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Like the times, like prom, mom had to ask a friend's son to ask me,
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and then he left early with another girl, which at the time I thought was hilarious.
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Because I could tell a story to my friends, and maybe that would be interesting.
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I haven't spoken to any of them in person
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I'll see them on Instagram but we've never hung out with any of my friends from high school
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same thing with college I mean, I started senior year but the second people started doing stuff on the weekends
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I was always alone in my dorm room watching all the other kids walk to the parties.
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I've never had a friend that I would just spend time with and tell everything to.
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I really thought I got close with Caitlin and Molly and Katrina and Aaron.
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And I've- it's been two years, I haven't made a single friend, and there was a girl who went on Bumble,
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but I never went anywhere and she moved.
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And you know what?
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It's my fault.
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Because, you know, I complain about not having anyone,
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but the minute anyone does come to my life and I have a chance, I do nothing with it.
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she made me over to her apartment and we ate.
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I couldn't talk to her, but every time she texted me, I would wait like a day to respond, and when we made plans, I would always feel awkward about it,
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because all I wanted to do was be back in my apartment, but then I'm in my apartment, I'm alone.
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So it's like, what the fuck is wrong with me that I complain about this,
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and then I make no effort to try to change it.
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I mean, ever since I started applying to grad school, I gave up and tried to make friends here.
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And it's noticeable my landlord, Elaine, keeps commenting on how all of her past tenants do things on the weekends,
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basically calling me like a friendless loser, which is true, but like to hear her just say that to me was really hard.
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And that's why I feel like, you know, I mentioned earlier that I'm about to enter my mid-20s
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and I feel like I have no experiences or social skills.
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it's not just that I don't have no it's that I feel like I'm delayed
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by the time I do make friends it's just gonna be so late for me
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I don't even get into relationships I mean that's the same story but I feel like that's a
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whole fucking other mess you know everyone tells me I'm young and I have time But it's still hard. So gross.
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I'm sorry.
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I didn't...
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I knew I was emotional.
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I didn't get crying like this.
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I just don't know what's wrong with me.
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That I can't make it work.
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That I'm just lazy when it comes to making friends.
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I just want it to be easy, you know?
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When you just find that person that you're with all the time.
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And again, I'm not talking romantically.
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And it's been hard, especially with mom and dad, because before I would just talk to them because I had no one else.
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But now with all the divorce stuff, there's stuff I can't talk to them about and I have no one-
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and Travis and Kyle are too emotional and I can't talk to anyone.
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I just look at myself and I don't know.
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I'm wasting all these days.
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I just feel so lonely.
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I'm just so lonely.
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All the time.
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But I'm also terrified of it.
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And I also want to be alone.
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Maybe I'm just meant to be alone.
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Maybe some people are meant to just be alone.
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And I just feel like I'm expected to have people.
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Like when I picture my future, I see what I want.
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But when I think what's actually gonna happen, I see myself being that woman.
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in her 40s who never found anybody
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so I like I don't know like I adopt a kid or like get like IVF or something like I don't
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there's anything wrong with that but like I don't see myself meeting anyone and having the kids and friends
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I'd like those things but I don't think I'm gonna get it and Travis and Kyle will I know they will
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and I'll be the older sister who's getting constantly lapped in life
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by her younger siblings and I'm so happy for them and I'm not I'm not resentful.
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I'm happy.
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They deserve to be happy, but...
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You're supposed to look up to your older sibling.
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And I genuinely don't know what they have to look up to me for.
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They made more friends.
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They had more relationships.
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Travis is already in a better, higher paying job.
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They've traveled more.
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They've done more.
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They've experienced more.
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What do they have to look up to me for?
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Now I'm just pitying myself.
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It looks so fucking depressing.
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I feel like stuff has to change, but I don't know.
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Once I move back to Hampton, how to change it?
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How do we make friends?
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I don't know how to make friends, but I'm scared.
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I just want to run into somebody.
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I hate meeting people online.
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It's so awkward.
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And you put all this into a conversation, but when you meet someone, you don't have that I feel like I need to meet people.
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I need to meet people, but I don't know how and I don't think it's possible as an adult to just run into people.
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And I'm just gonna be sitting at home like I did all through high school.
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I think I'm a good person.
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I think I have a lot to offer.
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I just...
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I don't know how to make myself try.
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I don't know how to make myself more invested.
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I want someone text to text back immediately and to just be excited about plans of their last minute
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and to not say oh i want my alone time
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when i'm alone all the time i think this is why it made me drink a lot on the weekends
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because i'm not drinking tonight i had a coke when i went to get a pizza
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really look at me I don't know why I'm talking Wow,
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this has been so great.
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People keep saying it'll happen.
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You know, when I was in middle school, they said high school and high school.
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They said college and college and real life and how I'm here.
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I think people are running out of excuses to tell me about why I'm stuck in this place.
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And there's no one to be mad at by myself.
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I can't be mad at other people.
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I can't be mad at the world.
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I'm mad at myself.
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Because I don't try.
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I really don't.
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And then I get so mad.
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It's like I'm just so terrified.
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It's the same thing with work.
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I'm so terrified that I'll fuck it up, then I don't do anything at all.
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And then, of course, if you don't do anything at all, then it happens.
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So it's like trying to avoid that fear.
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I'm just ensuring that the fear will happen.
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I mean, when I move back to Hampton, I really I gotta, I really gotta step it up.
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I gotta join all those student organizations at Simmons.
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I gotta get a job and talk to the people.
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I gotta be on Bumble BFF.
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I gotta join groups.
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I have to do, I have to try.
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and I feel like that's really going to be the test.
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I think the past couple years have been hard,
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but I think that if I don't fix it in the next year when I'm back in Hampton,
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I think that's just going to be who I am because, I don't know.
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I just feel like, like I said before, 20 to 23, early 20s,
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24 to 26 or mid-20s, 27 to 29 or late 20s.
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I'm about to enter my mid-20s without ever having a solid friend.
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And that needs to fucking change.
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Either that, either that needs to change or I need to just be okay with it.
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I either need to start making friends or just accept the fact that I'm
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gonna be this alone person
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and just come to terms with being like the cool aunt the way Janie is to Ellen
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and all and you know Kelly and Ryan and Connor
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that I'll just be the cool aunt for Travis
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and Kyle like I either have to change my habits
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or just accept the habits I already have
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and I think I'm gonna give it another year of the first option and then after that we'll talk about acceptance.
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In the meantime, I'm just going to sit here the rest of the night,
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watch some reaction videos on Patreon, or do more of my Wikipedia rabbit hole research.
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That is for nothing more than my own boredom and curiosity.
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And then I'll get up tomorrow and continue to pack up my apartment.
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Yay me!

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このビデオは、日常的な悩みを率直に語る会話です。英語スピーキング練習に最適で、特に「自分の感情を自然に表現する」「くだけた口調で話す」というスキルを磨くことができます。また、「IELTS スピーキング対策」にも役立つ、リアルな日常会話のリズムやニュアンスを学べます。

聞き取りに注意すべき発音のポイント

ネイティブスピーカーの発音には、連結音や弱められた音が多く含まれています。このビデオでは特に以下の点に注目してください:

  • 「and I'm sitting」の「and I'm」が「an' I'm」となり、連結されている部分
  • 「because I still don't know」の「don't know」が「don' know」となり、「t」の音が弱まっている部分
  • 「it's not just that I don't have no」の「don't have no」が「don' have no」となり、短縮されている部分

これらの発音を観察することで、「英語の発音を良くする」コツをつかむことができます。

ネイティブのように話すコツ:リズムとストレス

ネイティブスピーカーの話し方には、リズムとストレスのパターンがあります。このビデオのスピーカーは、悩みを語る際に「I don't think I've ever had friends」の「ever」や「real friends」の「real」にストレスを置き、感情を強調しています。英語シャドーイング(シャドースピーク)をする際は、これらのストレスの位置やリズムを真似ることで、より自然な話し方に近づけます。

また、「what the fuck is wrong with me」のようなくだけた表現も、日常会話でよく使われるため、そのニュアンスを理解することで、「英語スピーキング練習」の幅が広がります。

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
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているI've ever had · haven't spoken · we've never hung
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 graduated · are meant
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started applying · keeps commenting · hate meeting
「going to」の未来表現 be going to + 動詞 — 予定や、起こりそうだと分かることgonna be · gonna happen · gonna get

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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