シャドーイング練習: Learning to enjoy being alone is an underrated skill - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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So one thing that really changed since I moved abroad and left everything behind is
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almost every single day I'm waking up to beautiful weather It's like vitamin D is directly hitting your face
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So recently I've been writing into a book a little just my thoughts what I think
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and I'm trying to do this every day but I mean no one is perfect and yeah.
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I mean I'm trying to do the best I can to just you know like do it
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and keep going I mean some days I don't but just trying to
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Now look at this.
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I really see myself, I really do see myself in this kid.
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I wish I was 14 only for once again.
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So one thing I really do love is just taking walks and just doing nothing else.
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enjoying nature, enjoying wherever you are.
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The sun is shining into your face and no one is disturbing a piece
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So this is art wonderful music could listen to this all day literally
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So I'm still discovering how everything works here basically It's already two months since I've moved,
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since I changed the country, since I've moved abroad.
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And I'm in a mentally better state than I ever was, I think.
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I had to change something about my life because I was never really happy at all.
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And I was always in that race, in that path of trying to chase happiness,
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of trying to chase peace, trying to chase something that was never really possible to chase at all.
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And for me, basically the last two to three years, I never really felt comfortable,
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I never really felt happy at all.
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And I knew this wasn't really for me.
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It's just a lot of things about Germany that didn't really make me happy.
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It's just living for 22 years in the same city
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and the same place and the same environment
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and it's literally every single day is always the same and especially when you're working a job you hate
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when you're coming home and the only thing you do is waiting until the next day begins.
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And that's something I really don't like and I'd rather do that in a place I like,
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with good weather, with sun, with great people, with people with a kind of different mindset.
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And if there's one thing I could really recommend you, it's please don't work a job you hate.
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Only because you're getting a little more money or whatever you get.
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It's not even about the money.
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But do something that makes you happy.
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Work a job that makes you happy.
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And also one of the most important things is you need to have good co-workers.
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You have to work with good people around you.
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If you don't have any good co-workers your job is only half as good as it is from my experience.
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Being alone for a specific time and moving abroad will really change you in a way you'd never expect.
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I'm going to get a job, but I'm going to get a job.
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I'm going to get a job.
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I'm going to get a job.
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One of the best skills or one of the best things I've ever learned is that it doesn't bother me anymore, not even 1% to just go on solo dates
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and doing things alone and I believe when you reach
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that states that doing things alone gives you peace
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and you don't need anyone around you you can you're just
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able to do things alone is a skill everyone should learn
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So recently I've been reading Tautostra from Nietzsche and what I can say is this guy really was someone.
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For me it's really peaceful doing things alone.
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No one is disturbing my peace and I can just do my own thing.
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I'm so sorry for those cats.
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If I could do something I would really take them all home with me but somehow I can't do nothing at all.
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Well, at least they have some water and some food over there.
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There are really a lot of cats I'm seeing on the streets lately, but...
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Well...

このレッスンについて

この動画では、海外生活を通じて学んだ「一人で過ごすことの楽しみ」や「自分に合った人生を見つけること」について語られています。英語学習者は、日常的な会話のリズムや自然な発音、人生についての意見を述べる表現を練習できます。特にIELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ、自分の体験を話す際の表現や文法が含まれています。

重要な語彙とフレーズ

  • underrated:過小評価された
  • vitamin D:ビタミンD
  • mentally better state:精神的に良い状態
  • solo dates:一人でのデート(一人で何かをすること)
  • disturb my peace:私の平穏を乱す

練習のコツ

この動画のスピードは自然でややゆっくりですので、shadowing(シャドーイング)に最適です。shadowing siteを使って繰り返し練習し、発音やイントネーションを真似てください。特に「I mean」「you know」などの口語的な表現は、自然な会話のリズムをつかむのに役立ちます。また、「It's like vitamin D is directly hitting your face」のような比喩的な表現は、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、表現力を向上させます。動画で英語学習をする際は、一度動画を見て内容を理解した後、シャドーイングを行い、自分の言葉で要約するステップを加えると効果的です。

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
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作I've been writing · I've been reading
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 moved · I've ever learned
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the best · the most important
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることI'm waking · I'm trying · is just taking

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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