シャドーイング練習: Little Red Riding Hood- Fairy Tales for Kids - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Once upon a time there lived a little girl.
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This girl wore a red riding hood at all times.
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That's why everybody used to call her Little Red Riding Hood.
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Darling!
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Yes, Mummy?
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You know your grandmother is ill.
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Would you take her the cookies I baked and the fresh herbs I picked from the woods?
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Of course, Mummy, I will.
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The little girl, with her red riding hood as always, started her journey to her grandmother's house.
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Do not leave the road in the bunny forest, sweetheart, said her mother as she was leaving.
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Little Red Riding Hood started walking in the forest while joyously singing songs.
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I wonder why they call it the bunny forest.
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I haven't seen any bunnies along the way.
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Little Red Riding Hood came to a road filled with flowers.
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There were all kinds of coloured flowers.
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I should pick some flowers for my grandmother.
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She'll be very pleased.
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While Little Red Riding Hood was picking the flowers, she did not realize that she was drifting away from her path.
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At that moment, she heard a sound coming from the bushes.
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Suddenly, a big bad wolf approached in front of her.
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Little Red Riding Hood was so scared that when she saw the wolf right in front of her eyes, she dropped the basket that she was carrying.
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The wolf jumped closer to her and collected the cookies she had dropped from the basket
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and gave them back to Little Red Riding Hood.
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Little Red Riding Hood was amazed by this unexpected gesture from the wolf.
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Thank you!
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Where are you heading, little girl?
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To my grandmother's house, the yellow house at the end of this forest.
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She is not feeling well, so I'm bringing her cookies and healthy herbs.
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Hmm, really?
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By the way, you can call me Little Red Riding Hood like everybody else does.
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I'll head on first and let your grandmother know
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that you're on your way so that you can continue picking up your beautiful flowers.
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Right at that moment, he heard a gunshot of an approaching hunter's rifle and ran away as fast as he could.
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Little Red Riding Hood looked around for a moment and started crying, realizing that she was lost.
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Hearing her crying, the hunter approached and came next to her.
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What are you doing alone here, little girl?
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It's very dangerous around here.
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I'm looking for a big bad wolf whom I've been hunting for a very long time.
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Little Red Riding Hood was very ashamed
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because she had not listened to her mother and left the road in the bunny forest.
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So she could not tell the hunter that she had met the wolf.
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Um, well, I was bringing cookies to my ill grandmother living at the end of the forest and I got lost.
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Let me bring you to your grandma's home then.
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They started to walk together, and right then the wolf took a shortcut and quickly made it to the grandmother's house.
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He knocked on the door.
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The grandmother yelled from inside. Who is it?
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The wolf changing his voice.
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It's me, Grandma, Little Red Riding Hood.
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I brought you cookies and fresh herbs from the woods.
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The door is open, my dear.
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You can come in.
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The wolf smirked and stormed in through the open door.
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When a while later, Little Red Riding Hood and the hunter arrived at the grandmother's house.
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Go on little girl, go next to your grandmother as soon as possible.
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The Hunter went back on his way.
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Little Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.
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Her grandmother yelled from inside. Who is it?
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It's me, Grandma, Little Red Riding Hood.
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The door is open, my darling.
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You can come in.
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Little Red Riding Hood hesitated for a moment, because the sound she heard did sound a little different than her grandmother.
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She then remembered that her grandmother was ill.
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A grandmother probably sounds like that because she is ill.
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Little Red Riding Hood opened the door and went in.
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The wolf dressed in grandmother's clothing, with her nightcap and her glasses, was lying in the bed.
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He also closed the drape so that it became dark inside and Little Red Riding Hood could not recognize him.
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I thank you, darling, for all your trouble getting all the way here to bring me food.
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Come next to me so I can give you a hug.
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Come, my darling.
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Come closer.
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Little Red Riding Hood left the basket on the floor, but she did not get too close to the bed because her grandma looked different.
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Why are your arms so long, Grandma?
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So that I can hug you better.
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Why are your ears so big?
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So that I can hear you better.
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But why are your eyes so huge?
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So that I can see you better.
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Why are your teeth so sharp, Grandmother?
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So that I can see you better!
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Hmm...
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Why are your teeth so sharp, Grandmother?
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So that I can eat you better!
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The wolf jumped out of the bed and charged at the Little Red Riding Hood.
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Help!
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At that moment, Little Red Riding Hood realized that it wasn't her grandmother lying in the bed, but instead, the big bad wolf she had ran into along the way!
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Help!
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Help me!
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The hunter heard Little Red Riding Hood scream.
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Help!
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Help me!
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And ran straight to the house, stormed into the open door and caught the wolf immediately.
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I finally got you, Big Bad Wolf.
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Now you're in my hands.
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The hunter cut the wolf's belly and rescued the grandmother.
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Thank you for saving us, Mr. Hunter.
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You're welcome.
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But promise me, little girl, that you will never forget what your mother asks of you.
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Mm-hmm.
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With great appetite, Grandmother ate all the cookies Little Red Riding Hood had brought for her, boiled the healthy herbs to make a cup of tea,
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and instantly got well.
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Little Red Riding Hood promised her grandmother that she will never ever fall into the words of a bad wolf again.
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Little Red Riding Hood was walking in the forest once again singing along merrily.
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As she ran into the same wolf again, the wolf was punished by the hunter to clean the forest.
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And he was very ashamed about what he did when he saw the Little Red Riding Hood.
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The bunny forest became full of joy, bunnies and flowers like it was once before.

この動画で話す練習をする理由

「赤ずきん」は、楽しいお話でありながら、以下のような多くの学習メリットがあります。まず、この動画は英語でストーリーを語る素晴らしい例です。物語の登場人物や状況を一緒に捉えることで、言語の発音やリズムを学ぶのに適しています。特に、英語スピーキング練習においては、物語を通じてリアルな会話の流れを把握することが可能です。また、物語の中で感情を込めて話す練習ができ、表現力を高める助けにもなります。

文法と表現の文脈

この動画では、以下のような重要な表現や文法が使われています：

  • “Once upon a time” - 物語の始まりを示すフレーズ。この表現を使うことで、聞き手の注意を引くことができます。
  • “I should pick some flowers” - 意志や提案を示す表現。自分の考えを明確に伝えるために非常に有効です。
  • “It's very dangerous around here” - 警告を示す表現。注意を促すことで、さらに具体的な状況を共有できます。
  • “Let me bring you to your grandma's home” - 提案をする際のフレーズ。相手への配慮を示すことができ、会話を円滑に進めるのに役立ちます。

これらを参考にしながら、英語シャドーイングを活用することで、自然な言い回しを身につけることができます。

一般的な発音の注意点

動画には、発音が難しい単語やフレーズがいくつかあります。特に以下の点に注意しましょう：

  • “Red Riding Hood” - 速く言うとつながってしまう可能性があるため、ゆっくり明確に発音する練習が必要です。
  • “big bad wolf” - 音の強弱に注意が必要。特に「b」と「w」の発音をしっかり区別することが大切です。
  • “cookies” - 「クッキー」と発音する際、最後の「s」をしっかり発音することが重要です。

これらの発音練習を通じて、自分の音声に対する感覚を磨くことができ、shadowspeaksの技術を利用して発音をより正確にすることが可能です。

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。