シャドーイング練習: Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All! | Part 1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Judge Judy: MR. PFEIFER, ON WHAT DATE DID THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN?
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IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
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Judge Judy: DATE.
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NOVEMBER 3rd, MONDAY.
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I APOLOGIZE.
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Judge Judy: YOU TWO NEIGHBORS?
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MM-HMM. Judge Judy: YOU HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE DOGS.
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I HAVE TWO 4-POUND DOGS.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU HAVE...?
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ONE DOG, 80 POUNDS.
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Judge Judy: SO, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?
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WELL, YOUR HONOR, WHAT HAPPENED THAT EVENING WAS IS I WAS BARBECUING DINNER DOWNSTAIRS, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A BARBECUE AREA, 'CAUSE WE LIVE UPSTAIRS, I BARBECUE DOWN BY THE GARAGE.
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SO I HAD BEEN DOWNSTAIRS BARBECUING -- Judge Judy: SO, WHEN YOU SAY "WE DON'T HAVE," YOU WERE LIVING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
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WELL, NO, I'M NOT -- I WAS VISITING HER.
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Judge Judy: YOU SAID, "WE DON'T HAVE AN AREA UPSTAIRS," SO, "WE" -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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WELL, WE'RE BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND, SO...
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Judge Judy: SO IT SOUNDS MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
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Judge Judy: OKAY.
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SO THAT YOUR DOG IS REGULARLY THERE.
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FOR THE MOST PART, YES.
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Judge Judy: DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: SO -- DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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DON'T THINK OF WHO'S WATCHING.
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IS YOUR WIFE WATCHING?
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IS YOUR MOTHER WATCHING?
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ARE THE AUTHORITIES WATCHING?
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DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: GREAT.
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SO, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, AND YOU HAVE A DOG.
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YES. Judge Judy: AND YOUR DOG IS A PIT BULL?
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: COME ON. SO NOW YOU'RE BARBECUING DOWNSTAIRS.
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YES. DINNER IS FINISHED.
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I GO UPSTAIRS TO GO GET A PLATE TO BRING DINNER BACK UP, AND I MUST NOT HAVE GOT THE DOOR SHUT ALL THE WAY.
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Judge Judy: SO, ACCIDENTALLY, YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN?
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WELL, I HAD MADE IT DOWN TO THE BARBECUE, AND WHEN I WAS GETTING THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL, HERE COMES MY DOG.
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SO, NATURALLY, I WENT TO GO GET MY DOG, AS SHE WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET WITH HER TWO LITTLE DOGS -- Judge Judy: OKAY.
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NOW YOUR DOG IS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FENCED.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU'RE GOING OUT 'CAUSE YOUR DOG TAKES OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, WERE YOU RUNNING AFTER HER OR WALKING AFTER HER?
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NO, I WAS RUNNING AFTER HER.
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Judge Judy: AND WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING AFTER HER, I WANT YOU TO -- I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW.
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WHAT I SAW WAS A LITTLE DOG BARKING.
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MY DOG IS USED TO PLAYING WITH LITTLE -- Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE!
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LISTEN. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DOG'S USED TO.
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I SAW MY DOG GOING OVER TO THE OTHER TWO DOGS, AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OTHER DOG, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF MY DOG.
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I ACTUALLY DOVE ONTO THE GROUND AND TORE MY PANTS GOING AFTER MY DOG TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY.
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Judge Judy: BUT EVERYTHING WASN'T OKAY.
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IT WASN'T. NO, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: BECAUSE BEFORE YOU COULD DIVE AND GET, AS YOU SAID, CONTROL OF YOUR DOG, YOUR DOG PICKED UP ONE OF HER DOGS IN ITS MOUTH AND RIPPED ITS SKIN OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME, MR. PFEIFER, WHY ARE WE HERE?
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WELL -- Judge Judy: LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A DOG, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KEEP THAT DOG UNDER YOUR CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.
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SOMETIMES, IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY ABOUT THE DOG GOT OUT, WHICH SHE SAYS -- IN HER COMPLAINT, SHE SAYS, ISN'T TRUE.
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BUT IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY, YOU SAID TO ME, "I LOST CONTROL.
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I TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY DOG." IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP YOUR DOG UNDER CONTROL.
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YES, MA'AM.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All!」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:Judy, Judge, dog, watching, barbecuing。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が65文、単語が634語あります。 音声の長さは2:56です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約216語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 単語の84%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。 全65文のうち11文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語11語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
upstairs 副詞/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/階上
downstairs 副詞/daʊnˈstɛɹz/階下
pants 名詞/pænts/ズボン
tear 動詞/tɛɹ/破る, 引き裂く
complaint 名詞/kəmˈpleɪnt/不平, 不満
garage 名詞/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/車庫, ガレージ
fence 名詞/fɛns/柵, 塀
apologize 動詞/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/謝る, 詫びる
bark 名詞/bɑɹk/木の皮, 樹皮
grill 名詞/ɡɹɪl/グリル
dove 名詞/doʊv/鳩

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
come down 動詞降りる
get out 動詞出て行く
go out 動詞出る
pick up 動詞拾う, 拾い上げる
take off 動詞脱ぐ

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
過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作was barbecuing · WERE LIVING · was visiting
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることYOU'RE BARBECUING · YOU'RE GOING

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, wasn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を19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。

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, pants /pænts/, complaint /kəmˈpleɪnt/

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. 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。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。upstairs, downstairs, pants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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