シャドーイング練習: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (LYRICS) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が30文、単語が381語あります。 音声の長さは4:20です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約88語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の84%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。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語14語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

• fate /feɪt/ (名詞) — 運命, 宿命. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• hesitate /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/ (動詞) — ためらう, 躊躇する. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
• mirror /ˈmiɹɚ/ (名詞) — 鏡, 姿見. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
• crack /kɹæk/ (名詞) — ひび, 亀裂. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
• spin /spɪn/ (動詞) — 回転する. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (動詞) — 呼吸する, 息をする. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/ (名詞) — 介入. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
• bend /bɛnd/ (動詞) — 曲げる. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
• entity /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi] (名詞) — 実体. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
• melt /mɛlt/ (動詞) — 溶ける, 溶かす. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
• virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/ (名詞) — 力天使. The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known…
• fog /fɑɡ/ (名詞) — 霧, 霞み. A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
• complicate /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/ (動詞) — 複雑にする. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
• forsake /fɔɹˈseɪk/ (動詞) — 放棄する, 見捨てる. To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

動画に出てくる句動詞

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — 頑張って. Come along with me; join me in going.

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, don't, won'tなど、短縮形や弱形を26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）: intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/, entity /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi]

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。fate, hesitate, mirrorなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。