シャドーイング練習: L tests Light's deductive reasoning skills - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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You're under no obligation to do this, but would you mind submitting yourself to a test of your deductive reasoning skills?
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Sure, why not?
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Sounds like fun.
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All right, then.
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We can begin by taking a look at these.
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Photographs of three notes written by prison inmates while under Kiros control just prior to their deaths.
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None of this information has been made public.
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You can take as long as you want to look them over.
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Please let me know what you think.
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Very interesting.
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Come on, this is child's play.
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There's a print number on the back of each of these photographs.
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If I ignored this fact and was still able to come up with the phrase, L, do you know?
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Gods of death love apples.
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What would that mean?
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Clearly, if I read it the way Kira intended on my first attempt, I'd only look more suspicious.
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But the fact that I'm able to solve this silly code isn't enough on its own to prove that I'm Kira.
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It would be quite amazing to learn that not only could Kitta kill others, but could also control his victims actions.
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I think Kitta wrote these and it seems he's encoded a message for you as well, almost as if he's mocking you.
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If you line these notes up side by side and take a look at the first letter of every line, it reveals a message.
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Rearranging it like this gives you...
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L, do you know?
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Gods of death love apples.
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Love Apples.
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But there are obvious print numbers on the back of all these photographs.
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Arrange it in that order we get...
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L, do you know?
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Love, apples, gods of death. That doesn't sound right.
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And based on that, it's hard to believe that Kiddo would have wanted you to read it this way.
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That's incorrect.
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Huh?
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The thing is, there were actually four photographs.
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When we add this one, it reads...
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L, do you know?
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Gods of death who love apples have red hands.
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It's a fake.
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I never made any criminal write the letter in this fourth picture.
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Is he stupid?
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But seeing as I only had three photographs to work with, my deduction was perfect.
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No, it wasn't.
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The truth is, there were four of them.
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If you'd figured that out, it would have been perfect.
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Even though you knew the message was incomplete, you decided that there were only three notes.
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You never even considered that there might be a fourth.
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What do you make of that?
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Damn him!
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This wasn't just about gauging my deductive reasoning skills.
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He wanted to see what my reaction would be.
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If I keep falling for his tricks, I'll be playing right into his hands.
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Hmm.
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Well, you got me there.
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I didn't think of that.
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In any case, the likelihood this message will lead you to Kira is not very great.
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Besides, we all know Gods of Death don't exist.
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If you were me, faced with someone who might be Kira, how would you go about a statuary? this person's innocence
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or guilt you need to be absolutely sure I would probably try to get him to say something
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that was never made public in any way something that only kida could know

この動画で身につける英語スピーキングのスキル

この対話は、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ論理的な会話展開と、緊迫した場面での自然な反応表現を学ぶのに最適です。具体的には、①推論を述べる際の「Clearly, if...」のような条件文の使い方、②相手の意図を看破するときの「This wasn't just about...」といった否定的な主張の表現、③失敗を認めながらも次の行動を考える「If I keep falling for...」のような未来形の条件文の運用が身につきます。これらのフレーズは日常会話だけでなく、討論やプレゼンテーションでも頻繁に使われるため、英語スピーキング練習に欠かせません。

聞き取りに注意すべき発音・リンキング

ネイティブスピーカーの会話では、単語同士がつながって発音される「リンキング」が多く見られます。この動画では特に次のような箇所に注意が必要です:

  • 「would you mind」→ 「wudja mind」のように、「would you」が縮約されて発音されます。
  • 「what do you make of that」→ 「whaddaya make of that」となり、「what do you」がリンクします。
  • 「it wasn't just about」→ 「it wuzn't just about」と、「wasn't」の発音が軽くなり、「just」とつながります。
これらのリンキングを聞き取ることで、リスニング力だけでなく、shadow speakの際の自然な発音にもつながります。

ネイティブのようなリズムとアクセントを身につける

ネイティブの話し方の特徴は、重要な単語にアクセントを置き、リズムを抑揚させることです。この対話では、「deductive reasoning skills」「mocking you」「incomplete」などのキーワードに強いアクセントが置かれています。shadowing siteで練習する際は、次のポイントを意識してください:

  • 文の中の名詞句(例:deductive reasoning skills)にアクセントを置き、動詞や助動詞は軽く発音します。
  • 疑問文の場合、最後の単語の調子を上げるのではなく、重要な情報を強調するために途中で調子を上げます(例:「Is he stupid?」→ 「stupid」にアクセントがあり、調子が上がります)。
  • 感情的な表現(例:「Damn him!」)は短く、強く発音して、その後の文を軽く続けます。
これらのリズムとアクセントを真似ることで、shadowspeakの技術が向上し、自然な会話ができるようになります。

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
条件文 if + 節, will/would + 動詞 — 条件とその結果If you'd figured that out, it would have
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has been made · was never made

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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