シャドーイング練習: IELTS Cambridge Book 15 Listening Test 3 Part 2 Questions with Audioscripts - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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IELTS 15.
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Test 3.
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Part 2.
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You will hear a woman called Alice Riches talking on the radio about a scheme
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which involves closing streets to traffic to allow children to play.
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My guest on the show today is Alice Riches, who started the Street Play Scheme where she lives in Beechwood Road.
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For those of you that don't already know, Street Play involves local residents closing off their street for a few hours
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so that children have a chance to play in the streets safely.
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She started it in her own street, Beechwood Road, and the idea caught on, and there are now street play schemes all over the city.
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So when did you actually start the scheme, Alice?
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Well, I first had the idea when my oldest child was still a toddler.
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So that's about six years ago now, but it took at least two years of campaigning before we were actually able to make it happen.
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So the scheme's been up and running for three years now.
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We'd love to be able to close our road for longer, for the whole weekend, from Saturday morning until Sunday evening, for example.
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At the moment it's just once a week but when we started it was only once a month, but we're working on it.
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So what actually happens when Beachwood Road is closed?
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We have volunteer wardens – mostly parents, but some elderly residents too – who block off our road at either end.
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The council have provided special signs, but there's always a volunteer there to explain what's happening to any motorists.
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Generally they're fine about it, we've only had to get the police involved once or twice.
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Now I should explain that the road isn't completely closed to cars, but only residents' cars are allowed.
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If people really need to get in or out of Beechwood Road, it's not a problem, as long as they They drive at under 20 kilometres per hour.
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But most people just decide not to use their cars during this time, or they park in another street.
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The wardens are only there to stop through traffic.
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So, can anyone apply to get involved in street play?
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Absolutely.
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We want to include all kids in the city, especially those who live on busy roads.
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It's here that demand is greatest.
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Obviously, there isn't such demand in wealthier areas where the children have access to parks or large gardens,
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or in the suburbs where there are usually more places for children to play outside.
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I'd recommend that anyone listening who likes the idea should just give it a go.
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We've been surprised by the positive reaction of residents all over the city, and that's not just parents.
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There are always a few who complain, but they're a tiny minority.
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On the whole, everyone is very supportive and say they're very happy to see children out on the street, even if it does get quite noisy.
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There have been so many benefits of street play for the kids.
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Parents really like the fact that the kids are getting fresh air instead of sitting staring at a computer screen.
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even if they're not doing anything particularly energetic.
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And of course, it's great that kids can play with their friends outside without being supervised by their parents.
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But for me, the biggest advantage is that kids develop confidence in themselves to be outside without their parents.
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The other really fantastic thing is that children get to know the adults in the street.
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It's like having a big extended family.
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It certainly does have a lot of benefits.
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I want to move on now and ask you about a related project in King Street.
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Right.
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Well, this was an experiment I was involved in where local residents decided to try and reduce the traffic along King Street,
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which is the busiest main road in our area, by persuading people not to use their cars for one day.
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We thought about making people pay more for parking, but we decided that would be really unpopular.
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So instead, we just stopped people from parking on King Street, but left the other car parks open.
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It was surprising how much of a difference all this made.
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As we'd predicted, air quality was significantly better, but what I hadn't expected was how much quieter it would be, even with the buses still running.
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Of course, everyone said they felt safer, but we were actually amazed that sales in the shops went up considerably that day.
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We thought there'd be fewer people out shopping, not more.
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That's really interesting.
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So, the fact that the street was.. was that is the end of part two
この動画で話す練習をする理由
このIELTSリスニングテストの動画は、ストリートプレイ制度についてのインタビューを通じて、日常会話における自然な言い回しや背景を理解するための優れた素材です。話者であるアリス・リッチェスさんは、子どもたちが安全に遊ぶために通りを閉鎖するアイデアについて話しています。この内容を学ぶことによって、実際の生活に密着したトピックについて自分の意見を表現したり、同じような状況での会話をスムーズに行う力が養われます。この動画は、YouTubeで英語学習をする際にも、良い話す練習の素材として活用できるでしょう。
文法とコンテキストにおける表現
アリスさんが使用している表現の中には、特に注目すべき文法構造があります。以下にいくつかのポイントを挙げます。
- 「We want to include all kids in the city」 - 「私たちは街中のすべての子どもたちを含めたい」という表現は、主語と動詞の関係を明確にし、目的を伝えるのに有効です。
- 「It took at least two years of campaigning」 - 「運動をするのに少なくとも2年かかった」という表現で、大きな成果を得るためには時間がかかることを示唆しています。
- 「We've been surprised by the positive reaction」 - 過去から現在までの経験を表す現在完了形を用いて、予期しない結果を報告しています。
これらの文法構造を理解し、実際に使うことで、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、表現力も向上するでしょう。 shadowspeakを取り入れた練習は、特に効果的です。
一般的な発音の罠
動画内で注意が必要な発音のトラップがいくつかあります。特に、いくつかの単語やフレーズが少し難しい場合があります。
- 「traffic」 - この単語は「トラフィック」と発音されることが多いですが、特にナチュラルな流れで発音することが求められます。言葉を流れるように話すことが、より自然な音にするための鍵です。
- 「encouraged」 - この単語は「インカレッジド」と聞こえることがあるため、特に注意が必要です。正確に発音することで、聞き取りやすくなります。
これらの発音練習を通じて、自分の発音を改善し、よりスムーズな英会話ができるようになります。shadow speakの技法を使った練習は、発音の正確性を向上させるために効果的です。ぜひ積極的に練習してみてください。
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。