シャドーイング練習: Learn and Practice English Conversation by Topic : English At The Restaurant - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Mr. Parks' family has arrived at the restaurant after cleaning up their whole house.
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Welcome to Dennis Dining.
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Do you have a reserved table?
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Yes, I called this morning.
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What is your name?
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I'm Mrs. Park.
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I see, Mrs. Park, a table for four, right?
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Yes, that's right.
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Sorry for letting your family wait.
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Please follow me.
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Here is your table.
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Here is your menu.
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Please take a look.
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Can I get another menu?
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Oh, yes, no problem.
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Here it is.
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Thank you.
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So, are you ready to order?
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Yes.
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For appetizer, can I get french fries, please?
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Do you guys want anything else?
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Jean?
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Anna?
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I want a salad.
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We have many kinds of salads.
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You can see it on this page of the menu.
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Anna, there are Caesar salad, fruit salad, and green salad.
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What do you want?
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Caesar salad sounds good.
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Okay, then can we have one Caesar salad, please?
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One Caesar salad and one fry.
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So that's all for appetizers?
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Yes.
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What do you like for your main dishes?
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Hmm, there are so many things.
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What are your recommendations?
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Our today's special menu is grilled salmon served with orange sauce.
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Our most famous dish is the special beef burger, which is ordered and loved by many of our customers.
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Oh, then I'll get one grilled salmon, please.
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Honey, what's your choice?
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I think I would like to try the special beef burger.
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Great choice.
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You always love beef, after all.
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Kids, what do you like?
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I want to eat spaghetti tonight.
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So, one meatball spaghetti, please.
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I think I will have a special beef burger like Dad.
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Okay, I will confirm your family's order.
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One grilled salmon, two special beef burgers, and one meatball spaghetti.
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Is that all?
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Yes, I think that's all.
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Would you like some desserts?
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Is it okay if we order it later?
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Yes, I will take it later then.
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Do you want anything to drink?
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I will have a cup of water, please, a beer for my husband, and two Cokes for my children.
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Thank you very much.
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I will get the drinks first.
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For the food, please wait for a moment, please.
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Thank you.
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Here are all of your drinks.
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Can I get some more ice, please?
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Yes, I will go get it now.
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Here is the ice you asked for and the starters.
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One french fry and one Caesar salad.
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I'll bring all of the main dishes a bit later.
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Enjoy your meal.
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Thank you very much.
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First of all, I would like to toast to our family for having such a hard-working day cleaning up our house.
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Cheers.
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Cheers!
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It wasn't that bad, right, Jean?
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Yeah, I guess.
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Cleaning was actually more enjoyable than I thought.
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Glad to hear that.
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I hope you will start paying more attention to your room next time.
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It always looks so messy when I walk by.
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Yeah, I agree with you, Dad.
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I think I will try to tidy up more from now on.
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Thank you for your hard work today, though.
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You did help me so much.
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What about our princess here?
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Was today fun?
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It was a bit tiring, to be honest.
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Especially when I cleaned up the living room with Mom.
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There was a stain on the sofa, and it took me a while to deal with it.
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However, I still had fun.
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I always enjoy cleaning, after all.
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Yeah, you do.
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I'm so lucky to have such a neat daughter like you.
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Sorry to disturb you.
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Here comes your order.
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One grilled salmon, one spaghetti, and two special beef burgers.
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When you are ready for dessert, please tell me.
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Enjoy your meal.
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Thank you very much.
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Okay, let's dig in, everyone.
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Does anyone want to try my grilled salmon?
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Me, me!
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Can I have a bite, Mom?
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Yes, of course, baby.
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Here, open your mouth.
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How is it?
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It's super good.
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I think you will enjoy it a lot.
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Do you want to try my spaghetti?
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I'm fine, Anna.
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You can finish it all.
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Jean, do you want to try my salmon?
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I'm fine, Mom.
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I don't like fish.
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This burger is so good.
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I don't know what they put in the sauce, but it tastes amazing.
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I agree, Dad.
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I think this is one of the best burgers I've ever eaten.
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It sounds so good.
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Can I try?
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Here, honey.
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Anna, do you want a bite?
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Yes, Dad.
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It's really good.
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Even though I don't really like burgers myself.
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Yeah, it is indeed good.
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I want to go here next time so I can eat this burger.
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No problem, baby.
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We have plenty of opportunities to visit here.
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Is everyone ready for dessert?
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Should I call the waiter?
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Yeah, I think we can order some dessert now.
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Okay.
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Excuse me, can I get the menu?
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Yes, here it is.
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What would you like to order?
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What do you feel like eating, kids?
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I want ice cream.
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I want a brownie.
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Okay, okay.
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They have brownies here.
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Great.
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And Anna, what ice cream flavor do you like?
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From the menu, I can see they have strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, and coffee flavor.
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Can I have chocolate ice cream?
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Sure.
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What about you, darling? Do you like anything?
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I think I will have one vanilla ice cream.
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Okay, and I will have one vanilla ice cream as well.
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So, can I have one brownie, one chocolate ice cream, and two vanilla ice creams?
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For the ice cream, would you like to enjoy it with cones?
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Yes, please, and that's for all of us.
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Okay, I will bring out the dessert soon.
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Thank you!
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Here is your final order.
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Oh, can I get the check?
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I would like to pay now.
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Okay, your total is $92, and here is the check.
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Here, you can keep the change.
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Our family really enjoyed the dinner tonight.
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Thank you so much.
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We are glad that you and your family enjoyed the time with us here at Davis Dining.
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We hope to serve you again soon.

このレッスンについて

このレッスンでは、レストランでの英会話を通じて、実践的な英語のフレーズや表現を学びます。家族がレストランに到着してから、予約の確認、メニューの選択、注文をするまでの一連の流れを体験し、リアルな会話の中で役立つスキルを身につけることができます。食事の注文に必要な文を覚えることで、外国のレストランでも自信を持って会話できるでしょう。

重要な語彙とフレーズ

  • 予約した名前（What's your name?）
  • メニュー（menu）
  • 前菜（appetizer）
  • メインディッシュ（main dish）
  • おすすめ（recommendations）
  • 特別メニュー（special menu）
  • お会計（check）

練習のヒント

このビデオのスピードとトーンに合わせてシャドーイングを行うことが、おすすめです。特に「英語シャドーイング」を利用して、実際の会話のリズムやイントネーションを真似することで、発音や流暢さが向上します。まず、最初に映像を観て、内容を理解した後、何度も繰り返し練習することが効果的です。また、同じフレーズを声に出して繰り返す際には、「shadow speech」を意識しながら、明瞭に発音することが重要です。

さらに、"IELTS スピーキング対策"にも応用できるスキルを育てるため、この録音の音声に合わせて話す練習を行いましょう。自分の声を録音し、ネイティブスピーカーと比較することで、改善点を見つけやすくなります。英語スピーキング練習を続けることで、次第に自信を持てるようになります。

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。