シャドーイング練習: If You Know These 20 Words, Your English is SHOCKINGLY Good - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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This is the toughest vocabulary quiz I've ever created.
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Twenty questions all fill in the blank.
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But watch out, because the words are going to get tougher and tougher as we go.
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Ready to get started?
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Here comes round one.
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Good luck.
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Question one.
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Gina's apology was totally blank.
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I don't think she even regrets what she did.
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Is it frank, austere, glib, or sullen?
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If something is glib, it seems insincere or superficial.
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Gina's apology was totally glib.
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I don't think she even regrets what she did.
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Question 2.
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City officials voted to blank a new tax on short -term rentals to pay for more affordable housing.
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Is it forfeit, squander, absolve, or levy?
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To levy means to officially impose a tax or a fee for something.
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City officials voted to levy a new tax on short -term rentals to pay for more affordable housing.
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Question three.
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The chairman surrounded himself with blanks who agreed with every foolish decision he made.
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Is it toadies, curmudgeons, envoys, or skeptics?
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A toady is someone who constantly flatters or praises a superior.
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The chairman surrounded himself with toadies who agreed with every foolish decision he made.
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Question 4.
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After three days of heavy rain, the soil was thoroughly blanked.
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Is it dilated, curtailed, saturated, or occluded?
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To saturate means to fill something up completely, usually with liquid.
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After three days of heavy rain, the soil was thoroughly saturated.
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Question 5.
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Our legal system is founded on the blank that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
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Is it anomaly, axiom, vestige, or caveat?
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An axiom is a principle or a rule that's accepted as true without needing proof.
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Our legal system is founded on the axiom that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
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Question six.
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Jack calls himself an art critic, but he's really just a blank who visits galleries a few times a year.
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Is it misanthrope, dissident, voyeur, or dilettante?
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A dilettante is someone who has a superficial or shallow interest in something.
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Jack calls himself an art critic, but he's really just a dilettante who visits galleries a few times a year.
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Question seven.
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The lawyer presented a blank argument that persuaded even the most skeptical members of the jury.
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Is it credulous, erratic, cogent, or listless?
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If an argument is cogent, it's clear and convincing.
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The lawyer presented a cogent argument that persuaded even the most skeptical members of the jury.
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Well done, you've now finished round one.
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Alright, it's time for round two, and the questions are going to be a little tougher this time around.
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Good luck.
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Question eight.
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The company is investing heavily in blank technologies that might one day transform the entire industry.
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Is it moribund, nascent, profligate, or effete?
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Something nascent is emerging or just coming into existence.
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The company is investing heavily in nascent technologies that might one day transform the entire industry.
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Question 9.
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In exchange for land and protection, medieval nobles were expected to swear an oath of blank to the king.
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Is it calumny, temerity, fealty, or probity?
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Fealty is unwavering loyalty or allegiance.
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In exchange for land and protection, medieval nobles were expected to swear an oath of fealty to the king.
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Question ten.
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Many countries blank the sale of ivory to protect global elephant populations.
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Is it prescribe, lionize, inveigle, or expedite?
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To prescribe, spelled with an O, is to forbid something, or to make it illegal.
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Many countries prescribe the sale of ivory to protect global elephant populations.
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Question 11.
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I'm a complete blank when it comes to gardening.
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I just started last week.
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Is it polymath, savant, iconoclast, or neophyte?
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A neophyte is a beginner.
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I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to gardening.
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I just started last week.
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Question 12.
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The clinic provides free medical services to blank families who can't afford private care.
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Is it indigent, stolid, mendacious, or tawdry?
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The adjective indigent means impoverished or very poor.
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The clinic provides free medical services to indigent families who can't afford private care.
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Question 13.
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The sharp decline in consumer spending may blank a difficult year ahead for retailers.
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Is it circumscribe, mollify, gainsay, or auger?
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To auger means to predict, or to serve as a good or bad sign for the future.
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The sharp decline in consumer spending may auger a difficult year ahead for retailers.
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Question 14.
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The soldier spoke in a rough military blank filled with acronyms and dark humor.
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Is it dogma, codex, umbrage, or argot?
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The noun argot refers to the specific words or expressions used by a certain group of people.
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The soldier spoke in a rough military argot filled with acronyms and dark humor.
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That's two rounds down.
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Excellent work.
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Now it's time for some truly expert -level vocabulary.
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Here comes round three.
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Good luck.
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Question 15.
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During the debate, the candidates tended to avoid meaningful engagement.
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For the most part, they just repeated old party blanks.
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Is it pariahs, shibboleths, vicissitudes, or soliloquies?
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A shibboleth is a phrase or a belief that identifies someone as a member of a particular group.
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During the debate, the candidates tended to avoid meaningful engagement.
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For the most part, they just repeated old party shibboleths.
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Question 16.
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A respectful biography should avoid blank speculation about a person's private life.
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Is it aseptic, phlegmatic, tenuous, or prurient?
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The adjective prurient suggests that something takes an inappropriate interest in a person's sexual behavior.
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A respectful biography should avoid prurient speculation about a person's private life.
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Question 17.
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The actress made it clear that she would not answer personal questions, but the interviewer continued to blank her all the same.
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Is it importune, traduce, abscond, or inveigh?
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To importune someone is to pester them with questions or requests.
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The actress made it clear that she would not answer personal questions, but the interviewer continued to importune her all the same.
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Question 18.
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Mark Twain rejected ornate literary language and instead wrote in a blank style that captured the sound of everyday speech.
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Is it bellicose, recondite, demotic, or dolorous?
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The adjective demotic refers to the language or culture of the common people.
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Mark Twain rejected ornate literary language and instead wrote in a demotic style that captured the sound of everyday speech.
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Question 19.
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The bird's feathers shimmered with a blank sheen and shifted from silver to pale green in the light.
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Is it nacreous, hirsute, munificent, or friable?
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Something nacreous has an iridescent or pearl -like quality.
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The bird's feathers shimmered with a nacreous sheen and shifted from silver to pale green in the light.
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Question 20.
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The film was visually impressive, but the plot was a chaotic blank of cliches and random twists.
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Is it palimpsest, cynosure, synecdoche, or farrago?
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A Farrago is a confused or jumbled mix of things.
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The film was visually impressive, but the plot was a chaotic Farrago of cliches and random twists.
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Congratulations, you've now finished the quiz.
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I hope you'll leave a comment below and let me know your score.
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As always, thanks for watching, and until next time, keep learning and be well.

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英語の語彙力を上げたい中級レベルの学習者にぴったりです。「日常会話で使えるが、少し難しい単語」を20個紹介し、文脈の中で使い方を理解できるので、shadowspeaksのようなシャドーイングサイト(shadowing site)で実践的に使う準備ができます。目標は「自然な英語を話す」ことなら、これらの単語を覚えると表現がグレードアップします。

覚えておきたい単語たち

動画で紹介された単語は、文脈から意味が推測しやすいものが多いです。代表的なものをピックアップします:

  • glib:表面的で誠実さのない(例:「Gina's apology was glib」→ ジーナの謝罪は誠実さがなかった)
  • levy:(税金などを)課する(例:「levy a new tax」→ 新しい税金を課す)
  • cogent:説得力のある(例:「cogent argument」→ 説得力のある議論)

これらの単語は、shadow speakの練習で使うと、語彙と文法を同時に覚えられます。

発音を良くするコツ

この動画のスピーカーは、アメリカ英語の標準的な発音で話しています。英語の発音を良くするには、特に「アクセントの位置」に注意しましょう。例えば「dilettante」は「ディレッタンテ」ではなく「ディレッターンテ」とアクセントを後ろに置くと自然です。shadowspeakの練習では、スピーカーの発音を真似て繰り返し話すことで、リズムとイントネーションを身につけられます。また、「saturated」のような長い単語は、各音節をはっきり発音することで、聞き手に伝わりやすくなります。

これらの単語と発音のポイントを覚えて、shadowing siteで実践すれば、英語の表現力が飛躍的に向上しますよ。

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 created · you've now finished · you've ever dreamed
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 founded · were expected
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるsomeone who constantly · someone who has

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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