シャドーイング練習: Mock Meeting for Minute Taking - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Okay, so for this morning's meeting we've got a couple things on the agenda to discuss.
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First off, I'm going to start with talking about our scheduling processes.
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Because I know some of our staff are using their Outlook calendars and some of our staff are using Web Tracker.
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Some people use both, but that's creating double bookings
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and those double bookings can create a lot of confusion in the front reception area when those double bookings do occur.
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so I would like to talk about some processes around how maybe we can kind of streamline it
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that process to make it a little more easier for the receptionist and make the appointments flow a little more fluidly.
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Eleanor are you using WebTracker or are you primarily using Outlook for yours?
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I primarily use WebTracker but I try to keep Outlook just for my own personal appointments
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but that doesn't mean there couldn't be some conflict there.
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Right, because if you have an appointment or something like that, that might not be reflected in Tracker.
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Exactly.
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Okay, and what about yourself?
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I use both, but I find that I'm in a really unique situation
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because I am the contact between the two different facilities.
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Right.
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So our only contact with the other facility is through Web Tracker.
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However, all of our facilitators use Outlook.
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So I'm having to do Outlook
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because it's easier for them to pull up email as opposed to Web Tracker because depending on where they are, they might not have access.
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So I know what happened this week with one of our classes who had a whole bunch of appointments,
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it was in Outlook but it was not in Web Tracker
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and then they were double booked into Web Tracker as well as doing a training session, so we had a major confusion.
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Yeah, okay.
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So what's the solution?
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I my thoughts are I I've already talked to IT
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and we cannot we cannot merge both
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so there's there won't be any communication between a web tracker calendar
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and an outlook calendar so that's not going to be an option for us
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so my thoughts are either we suggest that people use one
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or the other and then the company is all on the same page
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so that there's no confusion yeah
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because our downtown location also has access to WebTracker as well
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and with Outlook you'd have to grant access to everybody to be able to view different calendars
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which I think could be very confusing.
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Well and WebTracker being web -based as well if we are away we can still remote it that way.
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Okay so are you guys okay with that?
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Okay so I'll head that one up and we'll have to send out some sort of communication to staff regarding that.
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Yeah, if you want to put maybe like a little tutorial together on how to use the full -on calendars in WebTracker,
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the next thing I'm going to need to do is obviously change our policies so that it reflects that.
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We're no longer using Outlook for calendars purposes.
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And make sure that the training package is associated with the policy.
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So if we can do that.
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And then we're going to have to get
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that out to all employees as soon as possible so
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that we don't have a major issue like we had earlier this week.
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Right, okay, perfect.
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So that will go with your policy states.
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I will include that.
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So in regards to the communication, then are we looking at doing a mass training?
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Because I know that this week we do have a staff training, an all -staff training, or do we want to do it via email?
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Let's do both.
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I think we could, yeah, I would agree with always those massive staff trainings.
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Yeah.
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And then we'll also have something written down we can refer to to make sure we're doing it correctly, et cetera.
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So we'll do both.
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We can send an email, and we can also touch base with our all -staff meetings on Thursday with everybody.
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OK.
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Sound good?
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Perfect.
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OK.
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Well, we're on the topic of emails.
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Yeah.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I get a lot of emails.
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And of course, I respond to them all eventually.
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But I think it would be really helpful if, A, our subject lines were more specific.
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OK.
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Sometimes people don't even put a topic in a subject line and that drives me crazy, but even more, it would be great if we could label it maybe urgent,
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or FYI, or response required, or response not required, just something to help me prioritize those emails.
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I think in regards to that though, sorry.
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No, no, go ahead.
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People, I've been getting a bunch of emails that are like high importance that are not high importance, like a little joke.
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So I think we need to have some sort of a
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policy in regards to what actually constitutes a high priority and needs to be dealt with quickly.
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Do you want to get together tomorrow?
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Sure.
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Yeah, and then we can bring it up and we'll get them
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and determine what the actual words are that we're going to use.
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Wonderful.
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And then we can communicate that out.
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So if you guys put that together, and then I can also include that in the staff -wide email that I'll send out regarding scheduling.
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And we can talk about it on our training.
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Okay.
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Perfect.
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Perfect.
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Okay.
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Lastly on our agenda is the office party that is coming up.
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We don't have very many people on our social committee, and it's quite a bit of work for just one person to be doing on their own.
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So I don't know if the two of you would be interested in helping participate in that.
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If not, I know there's a lot of stuff going on in everybody's lives outside of work.
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So that's also something that I'll probably send out in an email as well, but I'd like to offer it up to you guys if that's something you were interested in.
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But we'll need to have, I would say, a handful of people, maybe at least three to four, working on it collaboratively to uh okay so you're interested in us
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and in us recruiting others yes yeah i am perfect um
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but by no means don't feel pressured to participate in it
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but if you have the time um i would greatly appreciate it um
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so we've taken care of that any other things any other outstanding objects and topics
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that we need to talk about no i think we're good
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i think we're ready for our staff meeting tomorrow perfect
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so i'll start working on the scheduling process communication you guys can touch base with the policy updates
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and the email subject line that we can all put
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that together for everybody for Thursday and that seems like we've covered everything all right perfect okay
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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
このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Mock Meeting for Minute Taking」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：email, outlook, staff, tracker, web。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が101文、単語が1176語あります。 音声の長さは6:36です。 話す速さは1分あたり約178語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の86%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 |
|---|---|---|
| tracker 名詞 | /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/ | 追跡者 |
| calendar 名詞 | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | 暦, カレンダー |
| topic 名詞 | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | 話題, テーマ |
| regards 名詞 | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/ | よろしく |
| confusion 名詞 | /kənˈfjuːʒən/ | 混乱 |
| booking 名詞 | /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ | 予約 |
| participate 動詞 | /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ | 参加する |
| reflect 動詞 | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | 跳ね返す, 反射する |
| agenda 名詞 | /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ | 議題, 議事 |
| occur 動詞 | /əˈkɜː/ | 起こる, 起る |
| package 名詞 | /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ | 包み, パケット |
| refer 動詞 | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | 問い合わせる |
| helpful 形容詞 | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | 役に立つ, 有用 |
| label 名詞 | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | 荷札, 貼り札 |
| priority 名詞 | /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/ | 優先, 優先権 |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| come up 動詞 | 上がる, 登る | |
| go ahead 動詞 | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | どうぞお先に |
| pull up 動詞 | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | 引き上げる |
| write down 動詞 | 書き留める, 記す |
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 条件文 if + 節, will/would + 動詞 — 条件とその結果 | if the two of you would be |
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | I've already talked · we've taken · we've covered |
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | might not be reflected · is associated · be dealt |
| 「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないこと | might not be · might not have |
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37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: confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/, receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
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: primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, greatly /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/, correctly /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/, tutorial /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, refer /ɹɪˈfɜː/, helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/, handful /ˈhæn(d)fʊl/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, regards /ɹɪˈɡɑɹdz/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/, primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/
この動画での練習方法
- 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。
- まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。tracker, calendar, topic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。