シャドーイング練習: Middlemarch by George Eliot | Brief Plot Summary - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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In the introduction of Middlemarch,
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the novel's omniscient narrator, who's wise, empathetic, and clear-sighted, takes time to comment on the action of the story and its meaning,
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as well as comment on how epic life is not possible in modern times.
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In The Rising Action, Dorothea Brooke, an ardent and religious young woman who aspires to lead an epic life, is being courted by a handsome baronet, Sir James.
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But she chooses instead a middle-aged clergyman,
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Edward Cazabon, because she thinks he has a great mind and will broaden her intellectual and spiritual horizons.
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Cazabon has been compiling notes for 30 years for a treatise he called the key to all mythologies.
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Essentially, he's a failed scholar and writer.
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Will Ladislaw, a student and Casabon's cousin, falls in love with Dorothea.
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He comes to Middlemarch to work for Mr. Brooke.
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Meanwhile, Fred Vinci does not inherit the wealthy Featherstone's money.
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Casabon has a bad heart, and after an emotional scene with Dorothea, he has a heart attack.
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Not long after, he dies, having left a codicil to his will, saying that if Dorothea ever marries Ladislaw, she will lose Casabon's wealth and estate.
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A secondary protagonist, Tertius Lydgate, a gifted doctor who comes to Middlemarch hoping to participate in medical reform and make an important scientific discovery,
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falls for the beautiful and charming narcissist, Rosamund Vinci, who marries him to move up the social ladder.
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The shady character Raffles arrives in Middlemarch, lurking around Mr. Bolstrode, a powerful evangelical Christian,
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philanthropist, banker, and the paternal uncle of Lydgate's wife, threatening to reveal the man's dark family secrets.
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It turns out Bolstrode made his first fortune by snatching the inheritance of the heirs of his first wife, who is now deceased.
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Lydgate, as a result of his marriage, teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
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In the climax of the novel, Raffles gets sick because of his drinking and is taken to Stone Court, a property Bolstrode recently bought.
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Raffles is suffering from alcohol poisoning, and when Bolstrode doesn't follow Lydgate's treatment orders, he passively kills the patient.
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In the following action, the town finds out about Bolstrode's disreputable past.
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Lydgate is under suspicion of taking a bribe.
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Dorothea defends Lydgate.
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Rosamond clarifies a mix-up of whether or not Will loves her.
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Dorothea and Will determine to defy the codicil.
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In the resolution, Dorothea and Will marry, and Fred marries lower-class Mary Garth, whom he's always loved.
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Thank you.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が28文、単語が410語あります。 音声の長さは2:49です。 話す速さは1分あたり約146語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は69%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • marry /ˈmæɹi/ (動詞) — 結婚する, 娶る. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • epic /ˈɛp.ɪk/ (名詞) — 叙事詩, エピック. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  • meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ (副詞) — その間に. During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (動詞) — 守る, 防ぐ. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ (名詞) — 発見. Something discovered.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (動詞) — 被る. To undergo hardship.
  • uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ (名詞) — 伯父, 伯父貴. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
  • reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (動詞) — 現す, 表す. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  • participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ (動詞) — 参加する. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
  • cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (名詞) — いとこ, 従兄弟. Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
  • spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ (形容詞) — 精神的. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
  • arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (動詞) — 着く, 到着する. To reach; to get to a certain place.
  • fortune /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ (名詞) — 運命, 宿命. Destiny, especially favorable.
  • intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ (形容詞) — 知的な. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  • handsome /ˈhæn.səm/ (形容詞) — ハンサムな, イケメンな. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • fall for (動詞) — 引っかかる. To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).

注意したい発音

  • 「th」の音: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, mythology /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, shady /ˈʃeɪdi/, omniscient /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
  • 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/, inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

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。marry, epic, meanwhile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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