シャドーイング練習: Intermediate Level Lesson 6 Practical English Drama - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Practicing English.
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Hey Monica, have you ever lived or worked on a farm before?
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In fact, I have.
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Why do you ask?
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Well, in my class today, one of my students asked me if I ever milked a cow, fed chickens, or raised farm animals before.
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Why did your student ask you those questions?
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We were talking about growing up, and I told him I'd always lived in a small city.
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You know, I've never lived on the farm or in the country.
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So, Monica, can you tell me about some of your farm experiences?
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Sure.
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What do you want to know?
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Well, whose farm was it?
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Was it fun or boring?
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And did you have to do chores?
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Well, I could tell you a lot about farm life because I spent seven summers at my Uncle Henry's farm in Vermont.
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Okay, Monica, I really want to know, what was a typical day like on your uncle's farm?
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Well, on a farm, there's jobs to do for everyone.
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For example, the day begins early.
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Every morning my Aunt Joyce would say, Now Monica, you ought to be careful around those cows before they're milked.
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They can kick.
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Oh, that's nice.
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Getting kicked by a bull while you're trying to milk her.
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Mmm, Carrie, you don't milk bulls, they're male.
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Only female cows give milk.
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Uh, yeah, I should have known that.
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But I told you, I've never been on a farm before.
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So, go on, sorry, tell me more.
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Well, after milking the cows, we had a lot of other animals to feed.
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We had a lot of chickens to feed.
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Did you get to grade one of those, you know, what do you call them, plow things?
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Do you mean a tractor, Carrie?
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Yeah, that's it.
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Did you get to ride a tractor?
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Yes, I've driven a tractor before.
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Monica, I have to ask you.
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My class is all people who are born in the city.
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They have never been on a farm before.
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Will you come and tell some farm stories to my class?
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Farm stories?
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Yeah, can you tell them about milking bulls, cows, feeding chickens, stuff like that?
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Should I dress in overalls and carry a pitchfork that day?
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Do you have one?
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A pitchfork, I mean.
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Carrie, are you joking?
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Okay, how about overalls then?
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Are you for real?
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Yes, Monica, please.
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My class would love to hear your stories.
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Okay, what day do you want me to come?
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How about tomorrow?
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I will tell them this afternoon that we'll have a guest speaker, and then you can come and tell them about your farm days and picking wild fowls,
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skipping through meadows, and other farm-like things.
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You really can't believe I was farm girl once, can you?
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I do believe you, but you've never told us about this part of your life before.
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I think it's interesting.
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Well, hopefully your students will find my stories interesting too.
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Oh, don't worry.
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I will be there that day in case they're quiet.
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And I have a lot more questions myself.
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You do?
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Like what?
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Well, what's it like seeing baby animals being born?
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I saw our dog having puppies once and it was disgusting.
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Well, on a farm you see animals being born all the time.
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I've seen calves and lambs being born.
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You really ought to see that.
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It's amazing.
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No, thank you.
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Everything comes out looking all wet and slimy.
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That's really gross.
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Carrie, you'd make a terrible farm girl.
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I know.
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I'm more of a shopping and mall girl.
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Okay, so I'll come to your class and talk to them about my farm days when I was a girl.
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What will you be doing when I'm talking to them?
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Don't don't worry.
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I'll be listening to their questions and as I said, I might add a few of my own.
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Please, Carrie, I'll do this for you, but please don't ask any embarrassing questions in front of the class.
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I wouldn't do anything like that.
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Trust me, I'm an English teacher.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Intermediate Level Lesson 6 Practical English Drama」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:farm, Monica, Carrie, cow, animals。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が82文、単語が683語あります。 音声の長さは4:41です。 話す速さは1分あたり約146語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の82%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。 全82文のうち27文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語13語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
cow 名詞/kaʊ/雌牛, 牛
tractor 名詞/ˈtɹæktɚ/トラクター
pitchfork 名詞/ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ピッチフォーク
embarrass 動詞/ɪmˈbæɹəs/困らせる
plough 名詞/plaʊ/鋤, 鍬
meadow 名詞/ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/草原, 草地
calf 名詞/kɑːf/子牛
bore 動詞/boɹ/いらいらさせる
puppy 名詞/ˈpʌpi/子犬
lamb 名詞/ˈlæm/子羊, 小羊
skip 動詞/skɪp/はね回る
disgusting 形容詞/dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/忌まわしい, きもい
mall 名詞/mɔːl/モール, ショッピングセンター

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
come out 動詞/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/出る
grow up 動詞成長する, 大人に成る

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Why did your student ask you those questions?
  • What do you want to know?
  • Did you get to ride a tractor?
  • You really can't believe I was farm girl once, can you?
  • What will you be doing when I'm talking to them?

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 never lived · I've never been · I've driven
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are born · being born
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるought to be · should have · Should I dress
過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作were talking · was disgusting

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I've, I'llなど、短縮形や弱形を25回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: pitchfork /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/, calf /kɑːf/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: tractor /ˈtɹæktɚ/, overalls /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/, pitchfork /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/, plough /plaʊ/, skip /skɪp/

この動画での練習方法

  1. まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
  2. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。cow, tractor, pitchforkなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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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