シャドーイング練習: MADAGASCAR | Official Trailer - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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The End The End The End The End The End Happy Birthday to you!
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Happy Birthday to you!
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You live in a zoo!
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You look like a monkey!
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And you smell like one, two!
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I say...
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Welcome to the Central Park Zoo.
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Most animals know a lot more than we think.
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Mm -hmm, I know that's right.
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They have feelings.
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We don't belong here.
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It's just not natural.
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This is all some kind of whacked -out conspiracy.
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They make plans.
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Today, we're gonna blow this dump.
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I did it! And sometimes...
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I wished I could go.
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To the wild!
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They want more out of life.
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The penguins are gone, so why can't I?
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The penguins are psychotic.
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You didn't see anything.
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This summer...
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This place is crack -a -lackin'!
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Dreamworks Animation presents...
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Here come the people!
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Oh, I love the people!
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Oh, they're down here!
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Oh, lady!
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What is wrong with you?
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Bad kitty.
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Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith.
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It's the man.
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We've been ratted out, boys.
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Madagascar.
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Cute and cuddly, boys.
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Cute and cuddly.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 37 sentences and 179 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 101 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
penguin noun/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual…
crack noun/kɹæk/A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
conspiracy noun/kənˈspɪɹəsi/An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
rat noun/ɹæt/Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than…
dump verb/dʌmp/To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
monkey noun/ˈmʌŋki/A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
kitty noun/ˈkɪti/A young cat; a kitten.
cuddly adjective/ˈkʌdli/Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
dreamwork nounAn attempt to discover the deeper meaning that a dream might contain.
psychotic adjective/ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
whack verb/ˈwæk/To hit, slap or strike.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Mm -hmm, I know that's right.
  • Today, we're gonna blow this dump.
  • The penguins are gone, so why can't I?
  • What is wrong with you?
  • We've been ratted out, boys.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like penguin, crack, belong.

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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