シャドーイング練習: Let's Learn English at the Gym! 🏋🏽🏃💪 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Let's learn English at the gym.
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Well, welcome to this English lesson at the gym.
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I want to start this lesson by teaching you two phrases that we use to describe people who regularly go to the gym.
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We would say that they are in shape, or we would say that they are fit.
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If you go to the gym regularly, if you exercise regularly, eventually your body changes.
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And we would then describe you by saying that you are in shape, or saying that you are fit.
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So this is what we would call a gym.
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You would come to a gym if you want to exercise or if you want to work out.
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We can also use the noun form, though, we can say you come to a gym to do a workout.
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Notice it becomes one word then.
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A gym has all of the equipment that you need in order to exercise.
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It has all the equipment you need in order to work out or to do a workout.
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So this is a really nice gym.
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This gym actually doesn't require a membership, though, for me, because it's at my school.
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But most gyms will require that you pay a membership fee, that you get a membership so you can go to that gym.
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So a gym is a place where you can go to exercise or to workout.
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So there are two things that you can do before you workout.
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The first is that you can do a warm up when you do a warm up.
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You lift lighter weights or you walk before you run so that your body is ready for the exercise.
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So the first thing you can do is warm up.
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The second thing you can do is that you can stretch.
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You can do things like this to stretch out the muscles in your body to get ready to do some harder exercise.
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If I'm going to run, I usually walk for about ten or 15 minutes before I run as a warm up.
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And then after I walk, I do some light stretching before I run.
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By the way, I also stretch after I run.
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At my age, stretching is as important as the exercise.
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One type of exercise is called cardio, which is short for cardiovascular training.
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These are exercises you do to improve the fitness of your heart and lungs.
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One of the things you can do is you can use a treadmill.
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A treadmill is an exercise machine that you can use for walking or running.
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You can also just walk or jog outside if you want as well.
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Now, I can't show you other exercise machines for cardio here because we don't have them.
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But you could use an exercise bike.
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You could use an elliptical machine.
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You could use a rowing machine.
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All of those are great for raising your heart rate.
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One of the things that you measure when you do cardio is you measure your heart rate.
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How many beats per minute is your heart beating?
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For me, I know I'm getting a good cardio workout if my heart rate is above 135 beats per minute.
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If it goes above 175 beats per minute, that's a little too high and I will slow down.
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So cardio is one way to improve your cardiovascular fitness.
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It's a way to improve the fitness of your heart and your lungs.
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Another type of exercise involves using weights to make your body stronger.
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And we call this lifting weights or weight lifting or weight training or strength training or resistance training.
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It has a lot of names.
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And it's used to describe anything you do with weights like these free weights, free weights or any weights not attached to a machine.
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This particular type of free weight is called a dumbbell.
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Down here on the floor I have a barbell.
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You can see it's just a little bit longer than a dumbbell.
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And over here, I also have what's called a kettlebell.
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So a kettlebell is kind of a fun little weight that you can do other things with that would be impossible with a dumbbell or a barbell.
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So those are all called free weights or sometimes we just call them weights.
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You might also use what's called a resistance band.
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So this is like a giant rubber band, which when you pull it, has a lot of resistance.
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This is also used for strength training, or you might use a machine.
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So this machine here is used to work out...
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Uh, I was pointing to my legs...
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It's used to work out the chest muscles.
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I only have it set to 20 pounds, but you can see how as I push this, the weights go up and down.
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So strength training, weight training, weight lifting, lifting weights.
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All of those names are used to refer to the type of exercise you do to get stronger.
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We should talk a little bit about reps and sets.
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Reps is just a short way of saying repetitions.
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If I lift this weight ten times, we count that as ten repetitions.
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If I then set the weight down, rest for a bit and do it ten more times for ten repetitions that would be my second set.
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Okay? So let me explain a little more clearly.
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If I lift a weight ten times, I call that ten reps or ten repetitions.
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If I do that three times, so I lift the weight ten times, rest, lift ten more times, rest, lift it ten more times and rest.
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That would mean I did three sets.
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I did three sets of ten reps or repetitions.
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Sometimes you want to work out on the floor and then you might want to use a yoga mat or what we sometimes call an exercise mat.
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This is just a soft mat that makes the floor a little nicer.
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It makes it a little easier to work out on the floor.
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If you were going to do push ups, for instance, you might want to use a yoga mat.
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So I'm sitting on an exercise ball, which is something else you might find at a gym.
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You can use an exercise ball to stretch out and to do other exercises.
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You also might find what's called a weighted ball.
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So this ball actually weighs three kilograms.
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I could use this ball to do different exercises to strengthen my body.
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So you will definitely find balls at a gym.
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Not the kind that you use to kick around or to play sports, but the kind you use for stretching and to do some strength training.
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So because this is just a small gym, there are no employees.
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No one works at this gym.
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So I can't hire a personal trainer to help me work out.
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A personal trainer is someone who designs a workout program for you and then helps you do it.
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Instead, I have my fitness tracker.
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A fitness tracker is a small device that you wear on your wrist that kind of keeps track of the things you're doing when you're working out.
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And because this is a small gym, there are no fitness classes.
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Fitness classes are things you can sign up for where a trainer helps a whole bunch of people do the same exercises.
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But I like this gym for a couple of reasons.
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Number one, there's hardly ever anyone here.
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And number two, it's totally free.
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Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this English lesson.
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I hope you learned some English words and phrases that you can use in your next conversation about working out.
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If you're interested, there are worksheets available for this lesson right here at my store.
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And if you're interested, you could also consider becoming a member.
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Thanks for watching. Bye.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Let's Learn English at the Gym! 🏋🏽🏃💪」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:weight, exercise, gym, ten, training。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が99文、単語が1338語あります。 音声の長さは7:33です。 話す速さは1分あたり約177語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の83%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
workout 名詞/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/運動, トレーニング
repetition 名詞/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/繰り返し, 反復
trainer 名詞/ˈtɹeɪnɚ/トレーナー, コーチ
barbell 名詞/ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/バーベル
kettlebell 名詞/ˈkɛtəlˌbɛl/ケトルベル
treadmill 名詞/ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/トレッドミル, 踏み車
tracker 名詞/ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/追跡者
cardiovascular 形容詞/ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/心臓血管
lung 名詞/ˈlʌŋ/肺臓, 肺
yoga 名詞/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ヨーガ, ヨガ
phrase 名詞/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/句, 語句
kilogram 名詞/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/キログラム, キロ
noun 名詞/naʊn/名詞
attach 動詞/əˈtæt͡ʃ/付ける, 添付する
weigh 動詞/weɪ/重さを計る, 量る

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
warm up 動詞/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/温まる
go up 動詞上がる, 登る
slow down 動詞遅らせる

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。

  • How many beats per minute is your heart beating?
  • You might also use what's called a resistance band.
  • You also might find what's called a weighted ball.

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
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるpeople who regularly · cardio, which is · ball, which is
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is called
「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないことmight also use · might use · might want
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 getting · I'm sitting · you're doing

注意したい発音

話し手はyou're, I'm, can'tなど、短縮形や弱形を12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。

  • 「th」の音: thumb /ˈθʌm/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, elliptical /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: barbell /ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/, treadmill /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: trainer /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/, treadmill /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/, tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/

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. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。workout, repetition, trainer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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