シャドーイング練習: "It's Hard Getting Good Grades" - Study Motivation - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Eddie Gordon said you can do the easy things in life life is going to be hard I promise you
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but if you go out there and do those hard things I'm talking studying
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when your friends are partying preparing for an exam one month in advance
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when your friends are leaving it to the night before?
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If you go about it and do those hard things, those things that no one wants to do, then life will be easy.
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It's a choice that you have to make.
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You have to step up and walk that path, take that road, that lonely, dark, cold road.
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That road that so many people don't want to take, that's when you're going to truly find yourself.
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Why is it that you don't want to grow?
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Why is it that you just settle for the grades that you're getting?
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Why is it that you just shy away from challenging yourself
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and taking life on like you've got another hundred lifetimes after this?
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why is it because doing well at school at university it's hard it's hard getting good grades
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but we are in charge of the life we live
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and when you're in charge you say if it's hard then do it hard
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don't allow this to stop you there is no easy mode
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in this what is the easiest way to turn your grades around your attitude about it
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that you decide that you are not working at your full potential
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that you decide your grades do not represent what you can
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achieve Charles Wendell said he said the longer I live the more I realize the impact attitude has on life.
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Attitude to me is more important than facts.
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It's more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
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It's more important than appearances, giftedness, or skill.
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And we have a choice.
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every day, the attitude that we're going to come at life.
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You cannot change what grades you got in the past.
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You cannot change the exams that you failed.
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You can't even change what you did yesterday.
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But you can change how you will attack tomorrow.
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those moments that you think you don't want to do something
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when you want to procrastinate when you think I'll do it tomorrow that's exactly
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when you have to go for it
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when things get hard don't ever ask why me dig deep down
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and say try me because I'm stronger than anything you can throw at me because I've been down that dark path,
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I've been alone, and I rose up above it all.
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If you fail, it's because you're reaching for something that is worth failing for.
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If you fail, it's not over.
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If you fail, fall on your back and look up.
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If you can look up, you can get up.
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And if you learn, then it's not a failure.
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You don't lose if you learn.
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Grab life by the horns and go for it.
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Stop waiting.
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Stop looking for other people's approval.
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Take a chance.
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Take a risk.
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There's nothing worse than regret in thinking what could have been.
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How bad do you want it?
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Are you talking about it or are you studying for it?
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Greatness is no joyride greatness is full of adversity
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and obstacles how bad do you want it how dedicated are you to achieving extraordinary grades
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when you get up in the morning don't look at your
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emails don't look at your phone don't think about yesterday's problem and yesterday's struggles focus you gotta make a decision.
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To stop making excuses and get it done.
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There's nobody in this world that's going to get you what you want.
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You're going to have to go out there and get what you want by studying hard.
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Being talented is not good enough.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「"It's Hard Getting Good Grades" - Study Motivation」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:grades, attitude, studying, fail, road。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が57文、単語が650語あります。 音声の長さは5:09です。 話す速さは1分あたり約126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91%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
greatness 名詞/ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/大きいこと
skill 名詞/skɪl/腕, 技
lifetime 名詞/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/生涯, 一生
regret 動詞/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/後悔する, 悔いる
settle 動詞/ˈsɛtəl/解決する
extraordinary 形容詞/ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/並外れた, 非凡な
talented 形容詞/ˈtæləntɪd/多才, 才能のある
examination 名詞/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/診察, 検査
lonely 形容詞/ˈloʊnli/寂しい
horn 名詞/hɔɹn/角
obstacle 名詞/ˈɑbstəkəl/障害, 邪魔
circumstance 名詞/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/状況, 事情
dedicate 動詞/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/捧げる, 奉納する
adversity 名詞/ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/逆境
procrastinate 動詞/pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/先延ばしにする

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
go out 動詞出る
look up 動詞/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/見上げる
get up 動詞起きる

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。

  • It's a choice that you have to make.
  • Why is it that you don't want to grow?
  • You can't even change what you did yesterday.
  • If you fail, it's not over.
  • How bad do you want it?

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, you're, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を23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。

  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: greatness /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/, skill /skɪl/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, horn /hɔɹn/, obstacle /ˈɑbstəkəl/

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。greatness, skill, lifetime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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