シャドーイング練習: Maori Carving Đề thi thật IELTS LISTENING Vol 2 Test 5 Section 3 (IELTS Listening Recent Actual Test - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Part 3.
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You will hear two students named Amy and Mike discussing Maori carvings.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
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Hi Mike.
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Aren't these New Zealand carvings we've been studying in class fascinating?
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Oh, hi Amy.
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Oh, the Maori greenstone tikis.
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They're all a bit organic for my taste.
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You know, all curves and twisting shapes.
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I like modern stuff, geometric shapes, but I can see the skill involved in making them.
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But the stories behind the tikis are what make them interesting.
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Besides, I imagine it would be difficult to create geometric patterns.
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The shape of each tiki seems to follow the natural contours of the stone.
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It's extremely hard, and it requires expertise and time to shape.
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That's true.
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I suppose that's why modern greenstone carvings are so expensive, but there aren't that many genuine old ones around.
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Archaeologists rarely discover such treasures, which is odd given they are such a huge part of Maori culture.
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I wonder if archaeological dig sites were raided and the tikis were taken to sell?
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I believe it's because the owners valued them and so preserved them.
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Many of them would have been passed down through the generations and remain in the possession of the families today, like heirlooms.
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Do you know what they they were used for?
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I thought they were just an art form or a means of decoration.
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But Professor Matiu says that the Maori believed tikis were sacred and could be used as a pathway to their ancestors.
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They believed the dead could speak to them through these talismans.
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So they don't represent tribes or anything?
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Interesting.
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How many different kinds are there?
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There must be hundreds of variations.
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There are other greenstone carvings beside tikis, although I can't remember all their names.
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Traditional tikis themselves can be divided into two distinct groups, though. Can they?
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By the materials?
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I've seen some with metal features.
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Or is it to do with size, or where they were made?
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Actually, it is the ways that their feet, heads and hands are placed that make the major difference.
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Is it easy to discern the difference between the ancient stones and more modern reproductions?
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Are the styles very different?
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Modern reproductions usually use a different type of stone, although they may be of the same design.
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They may also be of a smaller size.
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But it's actually quite easy to tell if you are buying a genuine carving or a mass-produced souvenir.
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How?
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Nowadays, they are produced by machine, using lasers even, so they have no blemishes.
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In genuine carvings, they aren't always perfect, because the Maori used simple hand tools.
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For example, the hole that the cord is fed through isn't perfectly round.
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That makes sense.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 26 to 30.
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Actually, it's amazing that they produce such detailed tikis with such simple tools and materials.
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Talk me through the process.
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I know the basic shape is carved from New Zealand greenstone.
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Yes, but first they had to get a blank of the right size.
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You mean a piece of stone of the right size and basic shape?
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That's right.
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They used a hard stone tool, something rough, to wear a groove into a piece of greenstone.
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After they'd scored it with that, they could just snap it in two.
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I guess they could have used some kind of hammer, though.
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They repeated the process until they had a piece of stone
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suitable for what they wanted to carve – usually flat pieces for tikis.
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Right, because they're fairly small and quite thin.
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Then they started carving?
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Not right away.
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Before they could start carving, they needed an absolutely smooth, flat surface.
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Nowadays, when we want to do something like that, we'd clamp the stone in a vice and use a sander.
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But they used a heavy block of sandstone
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and rubbed the piece of greenstone on it over and over to prepare it for carving.
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It must have been very time-consuming.
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So how did they cut out the little details, like hands and feet?
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They had carving tools.
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They used small chips of stone glued and tied onto a wooden handle.
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Then they also used a piece of sharpened bone made into a point.
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Is that what they used to make the holes?
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Actually, they had a special tool to make holes.
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It was a stick tied between two heavy pebbles with a point at the end.
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They would wrap string around it, pull it back and forth to wear a hole into the tiki.
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They used the same technique to make round shapes too, but didn't make the hole go all the way through.
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And I've seen some tikis with coloured eyes or decorations.
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Are they painted?
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Mostly they are inlaid with different coloured stone or mother of pearl from shells, or sometimes dyed pieces of bone.
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They were fixed in place using teratogum, a sticky plant resin.
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They used plants to make the natural strings too.
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That's right.
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The Maori were very resourceful, weren't they?
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They certainly were.
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Thank you.

このレッスンについて

このレッスンでは、ニュージーランドのマオリの彫刻について学ぶことができます。ビデオの中で、2人の学生、エイミーとマイクがマオリの彫刻について話し合います。彼らの会話を通じて、彫刻の歴史や文化的な意味、またそれを作るプロセスを理解することができます。このレッスンは、英語の発音を良くするための重要な要素であるリスニングスキルの向上にも役立ちます。

重要な語彙とフレーズ

  • マオリ（Maori） - ニュージーランドの先住民の文化に関連する用語。
  • 彫刻（Carving） - 石や木を削り取って形を作る芸術的な技術。
  • 緑石（Greenstone） - マオリ文化で重要な素材で、特に彫刻に使用される。
  • 先祖（Ancestors） - 祖先または先代の人々を指す。
  • タリスマン（Talisman） - 特別な力を持つと信じられている物。
  • 特徴（Features） - 物の特定の部分や属性。
  • 手工具（Hand tools） - 手で操作する工具。

練習のヒント

このビデオを見ながら英語シャドーイングをする際は、会話のスピードに注意してください。エイミーとマイクの会話は明瞭ですが、時折ペースが速くなります。話す際には、最初はゆっくりとした速度で繰り返し、声に出してみましょう。特に英語の発音を良くするためには、音の高低や抑揚を意識することが重要です。お手本となる発音を真似することで、shadow speechを効果的に実践できます。また、重要なフレーズや語彙に注目し、文脈内でどのように使用されているかを確認してください。これは、IELTS スピーキング対策にも非常に有効です。

更に、会話が流れるようになるまで何度も繰り返し練習し、自然に話せるようになることを目指しましょう。このようにして、英語のスピーキングスキルを高めることができます。

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。