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My name is Christine, and I stopped eating for two weeks to get thinner.
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My name is Christine, and I stopped eating for two weeks to get thinner.
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Whilst online, I came across a dieting blog by a girl called Sophie,
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who had been on a diet where you eat under 400 calories a day.
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She posted some pictures, and she looked amazing.
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I decided then that becoming thinner would fix my problems,
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everyone would compliment me on my new body,
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and I'd get my confidence back.
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I wasn't the sort of person who did things by halves.
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It was all or nothing.
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I'd read online that if you feel hungry,
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drinking a glass of water will make them go away.
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Even better, a can of Diet Coke and chewing gum would fill you up even more.
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I could do this.
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It was much easier than I expected.
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I purposely overslept, so I had to run to school without having breakfast.
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At lunch, I ate my ration of two carrots and Diet Coke.
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And I told my parents that I was studying for a test,
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so wanted dinner in my room.
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As soon as they'd left,
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I'd flush it down the toilet.
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Although for the first few days,
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I did go hungry, I loved the feeling of control this gave me.
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And the hunger pangs got less and less.
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I didn't want to tell my friends what I was doing in case they copied me,
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but I did tell Sophie,
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the girl who had written the blog,
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that I was inspired by her.
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She told me I had so much willpower to not eat anything at all,
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and that she wished she could be as strong.
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We decided to encourage each other in our quest for perfection.
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Although I loved being in control of my diet and my life,
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after a few days, my friends had finally noticed that I wasn't eating,
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and whenever they asked, I would snap and say that I wasn't feeling well.
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I hated them for trying to sabotage my diet.
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At the weekend, I walked across my city to avoid any temptation of food,
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but I had to sit down a lot because I kept feeling dizzy.
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Then, I started fainting.
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The first time it was when I got up too fast from my bed.
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I woke up, shaken on the floor,
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and vowed to get up more slowly next time.
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Then it happened at school,
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in front of my whole class.
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I was finding it easy to eat nothing now,
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as I had very little appetite anyway.
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I was feeling very, like,
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sick and lethargic most of the time,
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but Sophie told me she was feeling it too,
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and it would probably get better.
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We would message each other into the night with inspiration, quotes, and pictures.
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I stopped really talking to anyone else.
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I passed out in school again,
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but this time they couldn't get me to wake up.
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I finally woke up in hospital on an IV drip,
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extremely confused and feeling worse than I'd ever done in my life.
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My parents were there, and they told me
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that my brain had shut my body down because it just didn't have enough fuel,
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but that I was going to be all right.
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I felt too weak to cry.
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It took me a few weeks to fully recover,
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and luckily, because I hadn't been starving myself for very long,
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I hadn't done any lasting damage.
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I somehow found Sophie's parents,
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and it turns out that she has a very serious eating disorder that has been going on for years.
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I am now seeing a counselor,
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but I consider myself lucky that it didn't get too far.
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I have learned that despite what magazines or blogs might tell you,
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being thinner will not make you happy or sort out your problems.
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It will make you feel isolated and alone.
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Talking about how you are feeling with those who love you will help solve your problems.
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If you have any crazy dieting stories,
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please share in the comments below.
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この動画の話者、クリスティンは、スリムになりたいという願望から、2週間の断食を決意しました。彼女はダイエットブログを通じて、他のユーザーの成功例に触発され、過激な食事制限を始めることにしました。彼女は、周囲からの称賛や自信回復を期待し、日々の生活の中でどのように食事を制限したかを詳細に語っています。しかし、この過程で彼女が直面する健康上の問題や、友情の揺らぎにも触れています。このストーリーは、英語のシャドーイング練習において、特に感情や状況理解を深めるための良い教材となります。
日常のコミュニケーションに役立つフレーズ5選
- 「私は朝食を抜いて学校に行かなければならなかった。」 - I had to run to school without breakfast.
- 「私は試験の勉強をしていると言った。」 - I told my parents that I was studying for a test.
- 「ハングリーを感じたとき、水を飲むと良い。」 - Drinking a glass of water will make hunger go away.
- 「私たちの完璧を目指すために励まし合おう。」 - We decided to encourage each other in our quest for perfection.
- 「友達は私が食べていないことに気づいた。」 - My friends had finally noticed that I wasn't eating.
ステップバイステップ シャドーイングガイド
この動画の内容を効果的にシャドーイングするためには、以下のステップを試してみてください。
- 動画を視聴して内容を理解する：最初に、クリスティンの体験を通じて、彼女の感情や状況を理解しましょう。特に、彼女の心の中での葛藤に注目してください。
- フレーズを繰り返す：上記のフレーズを声に出して練習しましょう。特に感情を込めて発音すると、英語の発音を良くするのに役立ちます。
- 分割して練習：1文ごとに分けて、何度も繰り返し発音してみましょう。「shadow speak」のテクニックを使って、リズムやイントネーションも意識します。
- 録音して聞く：自分の声を録音して、ネイティブスピーカーと比較し、改善点を見つけましょう。
- 友達と練習：同じ教材を使っている友達と一緒に練習することで、互いに励まし合いながら学ぶことができます。
この方法を実践して、「英語シャドーイング」のスキルを向上させましょう。自信を持って英語を話せるようになるための一歩を踏み出してください。
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。