シャドーイング練習: Listen and REPEAT & Shadow for FLUENCY: English Speaking Practice - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Alright, let's practice speaking English.
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We're going to do some repeat after me, work on your pronunciation.
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We're going to do some shadowing, say it together with me.
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Work on your flow, your pace, your overall English speaking fluency.
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Life is a rat race.
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No, that's a lie.
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Let me tell you all about it.
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Let's jump into the text.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death.
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you don't need to spend your life worrying about death why
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because nature takes care of that part for us
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so nature refers to the natural things of life will take
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care of that's a phrasal verb there take care of so
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that means to deal with it it'll deal with
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that for us it will we will die It just means we are going to die naturally, so you don't need to spend your life worrying about death.
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All right, go ahead and shadow me on this.
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Say it together with me.
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Ready?
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death because nature takes care of that part for us.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death because nature takes care of that part for us.
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worrying worrying worrying it's kind of hard to say as i was saying it i was thinking
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that that sounds weird but that's how we say it you don't need to spend your life worrying
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worrying it's like an e sound in the word ee -ing it's like e instead of r We're yeeing.
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Okay, moving on.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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You say it.
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That's the only thing that is really important is choosing how to live our life.
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when my time comes when my time comes this is a good phrase to remember
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when my time comes that means when i die
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when it's my turn to go it's a soft way to say
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when i die
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when my time comes i want to be found oh i
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said wanna didn't i wanna want to wanna i want to
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be found peacefully tending to my plants peacefully tending to my plants tending to what's
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that one taking care of taking care of my plants watering my plants
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that kind of thing unaware of death's approach unaware i don't to be oblivious
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and unaware of death coming death is coming
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and you You don't even think about it because you're busy tending to your plants peacefully.
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All right, let's shadow it.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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Again.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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I long to be
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so immersed in the simple joys stop there I long to
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be I really want I long to be I really want to be
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so immersed just immersed means just full of something covered with something
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to be totally into something doing it only focused on one thing you're immersed in it Immersed in the simple joys,
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my hobbies, my loved ones, everyday routines.
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Okay.
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Something's itchy right here.
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All right.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones, everyday routines.
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It's going to continue on the next page, right?
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But let's go ahead and shadow it.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones,
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everyday routines, that, okay, so I long to be so immersed, I long to be so immersed,
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that death feels like just a brief pause.
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Not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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I have to becomes I have to, I have to, I have to prepare for. So a final curtain.
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You know, at the end of a show, the curtain comes down.
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That's the final curtain.
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It's finished.
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It's over.
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It's the final curtain.
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All right, so what was it?
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I want to be so immersed in tending to my plants that death feels like just a brief pause,
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not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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That death feels like just a brief pause, not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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Not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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Say that last part.
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Okay.
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The rat race.
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we're all caught in.
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We're all caught in a rat race.
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Did you know we're caught in a rat race?
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What's a rat race?
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The rat race is a phrase we often use to just, how do I describe rat race?
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It's the work life, the competitive nature of life.
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We're always competing in life.
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We have to keep up with the Joneses.
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We have to go to work.
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We have to buy the food.
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We have to do this, this, that, that, that, that.
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So many things we have to do.
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That is the rat race.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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Ah, so the lie is that you don't need to take a break and do things now.
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You can live your life later.
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We'll have time later.
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That's the lie.
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All right, go ahead and shadow it with me.
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Here we go.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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Again, the rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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To truly, to truly, to truly live later.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill.
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Trying to network, chase promotions, and accumulate wealth.
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Trying to network.
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If you network, you get to know lots of people.
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You build up your network of people that you know so that you can have more opportunities in life.
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You chase promotions.
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You try to accumulate wealth.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill trying to network, chase promotions, and accumulate wealth.
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Again, we spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill, trying to network, chase promotions,
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and accumulate wealth, thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point, or when we retire.
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Thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point, or when we retire.
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So, I'm going to go back.
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We spent so many years running on a stressful treadmill,
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trying to network, chase promotions and accumulate wealth,
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thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point or when we retire. but later is unpredictable.
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Later is unpredictable.
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You don't know what's going to happen later.
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You might not be healthy five years from now.
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You don't know what's going to happen.
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That's what it means, but later is unpredictable.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, fleeting, do you know that word, fleeting?
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If something's fleeting, it lasts for a very short time.
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It's fleeting.
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It's here and gone.
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It's fleeting.
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Okay, once we realize how fleeting life is, The pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth, begins to fade.
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So that pressure begins to fade.
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What begins to fade?
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The pressure that we feel.
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The pressure to chase every promotion, to seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth.
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Okay, we're going to shadow it.
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Here we go.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, the pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth begins to fade.
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Okay, we're going to say it one more.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today,
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right in front of us.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today, right in front of us.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today, right in front of us.
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One more time.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today,
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right in front of us. And that's it.
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Now, we're going to do the whole text again, non -stop.
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Go ahead and shadow me.
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Follow along if you can.
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Let's do it.
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Here we go.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death, because nature takes care of that part for us.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones,
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everyday routines, that death feels like just a brief pause, not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie,
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the idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill, trying to network, chase promotions,
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and accumulate wealth, thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point or when we retire. But later is unpredictable.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, the pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth begins to fade.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today right in front of us.
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Boom!
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Good workout.
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Keep moving forward, one step at a time.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today, and I'll see you in the next training video.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Listen and REPEAT & Shadow for FLUENCY: English Speaking Practice」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:rat, truly, spend, race, immersed。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が166文、単語が1627語あります。 音声の長さは13:33です。 話す速さは1分あたり約120語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の85%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

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
chase 動詞/t͡ʃeɪs/追いかける, 追跡する
promotion 名詞/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/昇進, 進級
fleet 名詞/ˈfliːt/艦隊, 船隊
curtain 名詞/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/カーテン
shadow 名詞/ˈʃædəʊ̯/影, 陰影
fade 動詞/feɪd/薄れる
routine 名詞/ɹuˈtin/日課, ルーティン
retire 動詞/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/退職する, 引退する
pause 名詞/pɔːz/休止, 中断
hobby 名詞/ˈhɑ.bi/趣味
unpredictable 形容詞予測できない, 先が見えない
phrase 名詞/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/句, 語句
naturally 副詞/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/勿論
refer 動詞/ɹɪˈfɜː/問い合わせる
compete 動詞/kəmˈpiːt/争う, 競う

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
go ahead 動詞/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/どうぞお先に
come down 動詞降りる
go back 動詞戻る, 帰る

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。

  • Let's jump into the text.
  • All right, let's shadow it.
  • We're all caught in a rat race.
  • Did you know we're caught in a rat race?
  • We're always competing in life.

注意したい発音

話し手はwe're, don't, we'llなど、短縮形や弱形を44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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

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: stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, treadmill /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, verb /vɝb/, oblivious /əˈblɪviəs/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fleet /ˈfliːt/, stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/, peacefully /ˈpiːsfəli/, fade /feɪd/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/

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。chase, promotion, fleet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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