シャドヌむング緎習: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 🀯Lost in the Maze🀯 B1 - B2 | British English Reading & Listening Practice - 動画で英語スピヌキングを孊ぶ

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This story is written for intermediate English learners.
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B1 B2 English Story Lost in the Maze I woke up this morning in a terrible mood.
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I was angry and irritable.
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I know why.
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I had a horrible dream and it's a recurring dream
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that keeps haunting me when all I want is a peaceful night's sleep.
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I have tried all sorts to try and relax in the evenings
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in the hope that I don't have this horrible dream again.
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I've tried meditating and yoga.
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I've even tried special bedtime teas and balancing on my head.
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None of it has worked.
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The dream is one I had as a child.
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It involves me being lost and scared in the middle of a maze
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and I'm not sure what to do or where to go.
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I walk around and around and end up back in the middle.
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Any option to escape is always the wrong one and I'm too small to try and see over the hedges.
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As I walk around the endless options of the maze, I'm shouting for help but no sound is coming out.
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I feel helpless and then quickly become frustrated.
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I feel like I'm screaming into the void and no one cares.
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The dream often rears its ugly head when I'm having a stressful time.
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I used to have the dream a lot when I was a kid and had exams or if my parents were arguing.
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When they got divorced, I had the dream a lot.
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Sometimes I would be trapped in the maze and other times it would be a building.
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These days I have the dream when I feel frustrated with my daily life or if work is getting too much.
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It's so frustrating that my brain is trying to taunt me in this way
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and there seems to be nothing I can do to stop the maze from freaking me out in my dreams.
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It's silly, but the dream has actually made me a little afraid of mazes.
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I've been in a few with friends
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And I can always feel myself getting sweaty palms My heart beats faster and I feel anxious It's silly,
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I know, but I can't help it I'm always scared I won't be able to get out
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And if I scream and wail,
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no one will care I know why I'm having the dream at the moment.
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I kind of suspected that it would come back again.
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Maybe me wondering is what made it seep into my subconscious thoughts.
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So I've had a few stressful things happen to me lately.
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The first big thing is that I'm moving house, so I've got lots of paperwork to do,
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which I always find irritating.
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The second thing is my dog passed away.
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I was so sad, and it makes me even sadder to think that he won't be with me in my new home.
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And the third thing is that I'm not really enjoying my job I mean,
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it's okay, but I don't love it I think the dream is probably representing
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that I feel trapped in the job I need the job to get a house
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But then I'm staying in a job just to keep a house
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It's an endless circle of feeling the need to do things and it makes me feel trapped.
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I feel like I'm in the middle of a maze in my life
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and there are so many options available to me and I don't know which one to take.
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I'm trying to take a step back and reassess my options
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but it often feels quite overwhelming
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I know I'm not the only one to feel like it I think it's quite common nowadays
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but it doesn't feel like it when I wake in the middle of the night shaking after my awful nightmare.
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Life can be wonderful and I need to remember that.
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Maybe I just need to chill out a bit and stop worrying, but that's easier said than done, isn't it?
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Some of my friends are so relaxed.
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They're happy staying in the same job.
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living the same routine and they don't worry about the future.
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I'm the opposite.
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I want to move up the career ladder.
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I don't want to feel stuck and trapped.
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Today, I've decided that I will make a list of all the things I need to do in preparation for my move.
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Then I'll search online for new jobs
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that might excite me I'm going to book a cheap weekend
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breakaway with my friends To celebrate my new home My hope is
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that by setting some goals And having something to look forward to That other opportunities might come my way
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Let's see what happens and I hope I'll sleep better tonight.
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Let's go through some advanced vocabulary from this story.
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Chill, to chill.
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To chill is a verb and it means to make something cold.
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But to chill out is a phrasal verb and it means to relax.
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Irritable.
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Irritable.
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To be irritable is to become annoyed very easily.
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Recur.
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Recur.
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If something recurs, then it happens many times.
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Overwhelming.
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Overwhelming.
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If something is overwhelming, then it can be stressful and difficult to fight against.
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Now let's go through some intermediate vocabulary.
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Endless.
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Endless.
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If something is endless, then it has no end or limit.
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Haunting Haunting If something is haunting,
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it can make you feel sad and you can remember it for a long time.
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Rear Rear If something is at the rear, it is at the back of something.
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Represent To represent is to be a sign or symbol of something.
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That's the meaning in this story.
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Suspected.
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Suspected.
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If something is suspected, it is believed to be true or to exist.
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Involve.
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Involve.
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Involve means to include.
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Stuck.
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If something is stuck, it is unable to move or is set in a particular position or place.
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Trapped is similar to stuck and it means to be unable to get out of somewhere
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or possibly out of a certain way of thinking.
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文脈ず背景

このストヌリヌは䞭玚の英語孊習者向けに曞かれおいたす。話者は日垞生掻のストレスから逃れられず、繰り返し芋る䞍安な倢に぀いお語りたす。この倢は、迷路の䞭で迷っおいるずいう状況で、自己の䞍安や閉塞感を象城しおいたす。倢の䞭で感じる恐れやもどかしさは、実生掻でのストレスやさたざたな問題に起因しおいたす。英語のリスニングずリヌディング力を向䞊させるために、圌の感情や状況を理解するこずが重芁です。

日垞コミュニケヌションのためのトップ5のフレヌズ

  • “I woke up in a terrible mood.” - 悪い気分で目芚めた。
  • “I feel helpless.” - 無力だず感じる。
  • “It's an endless circle.” - 終わりのないサむクルだ。
  • “I’m getting sweaty palms.” - 手のひらが汗ばんできた。
  • “I don’t know which one to take.” - どれを遞べばいいかわからない。

これらのフレヌズは、日垞䌚話で非垞に圹立ちたす。英語シャドヌむングの緎習を通じお、これらのフレヌズを身に぀け、自然に䜿えるようにしたしょう。

段階的シャドヌむングガむド

この動画の内容は、感情や状況を衚珟するための良い玠材です。以䞋のステップでシャドヌむングを行い、英語力を向䞊させたしょう

  1. 動画を芖聎し、内容を理解する: 最初に党䜓のストヌリヌを聞き、話者の感情や状況を぀かみたしょう。
  2. フレヌズごずに分けお緎習する: 䞊蚘のトップ5のフレヌズを繰り返し聞き、声に出しお発音したす。
  3. シャドヌむングを開始する: 話者の声を聞きながら、同じタむミングで発音しおみたしょう。初めはゆっくりで構いたせん。
  4. 繰り返し緎習する: 繰り返し行うこずで、自分の発音やリズムを改善しおいきたす。
  5. レコヌディングしお確認する: 自分の声を録音し、話者の声ず比范しおみたしょう。発音やむントネヌションの違いを確認できたす。

この緎習を通じお、英語のリスニングスキルが向䞊し、自然な英語でのコミュニケヌションができるようになりたす。YouTubeで英語孊習をするこずは、実践的なスキルを身に぀けるために非垞に効果的です。IELTSスピヌキング察策ずしおも、この方法は圹立ちたす。

シャドヌむングずは英語䞊達に効果的な理由

シャドヌむングShadowingは、もずもずプロの通蚳者逊成プログラムで開発された蚀語孊習法で、倚蚀語習埗者ずしお知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によっお広く普及されたした。方法はシンプルですが非垞に効果的ネむティブスピヌカヌの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出しおすぐに繰り返す——たるで「圱shadow」のように話者を远いかけたす。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングず異なり、シャドヌむングは脳ず口の筋肉が同時にリアルタむムで英語を凊理・再珟するこずを匷制したす。研究により、発音粟床、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そしお䌚話の流暢さが倧幅に向䞊するこずが確認されおいたす。IELTSスピヌキング察策や自然な英語コミュニケヌションを目指す方に特におすすめです。