シャドーイング練習: Nobody Believed Me! - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Have you ever felt completely invisible to the world?
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Hi, I am Anna.
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I am a very quiet and shy girl.
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I do not have many friends.
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Today, I am looking at Lily.
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She was my best friend.
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But now, she only plays with Sophia.
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My life at home is also very difficult.
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When I was a little child, my real mom and my dad divorced.
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My real mom moved to another city.
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I miss her every day.
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Now, my dad has a new wife.
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She is my stepmother.
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She is not a bad person.
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But she does not love me.
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Of course, everything's fine.
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Last year, my stepmother had a baby boy.
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Look at our beautiful baby.
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My dad and my stepmother only care about the baby.
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They forgot my birthday last week.
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I always eat dinner alone in my bedroom.
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I am so lonely.
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Yesterday, a terrible thing happened at home.
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I went to the kitchen to get some water.
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Suddenly, I saw a broken milk bottle on the floor.
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The cat did it.
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But my stepmother ran into the kitchen.
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She looked at the broken glass.
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Then she looked at me with angry eyes.
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Anna, did you break the baby's bottle?
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You are so careless.
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You always make trouble in this house.
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No, it was the cat.
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I didn't do it.
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I looked at my dad.
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I wanted him to believe me.
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but he just sighed and shook his head.
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Anna, go to your room now.
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Say sorry to your mother tomorrow.
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My heart broke into a thousand pieces.
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My own father believed a stranger, not his daughter.
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I ran to my room and cried until morning.
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The next morning, school was the only place I wanted to go Because I had Lily.
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Lily was always kind and friendly to me.
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Anna, what is wrong with you?
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I am totally fine.
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But everything changed when Sophia came back to our school.
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Sophia is rich, beautiful, and very confident.
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Lily and Sophia started talking every day.
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They go to the park together.
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They study together.
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I tried to talk to Lily yesterday.
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What is it?
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But Sophia looked at me very coldly.
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She does not like me at all.
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Lily, let's go to the luxury cafe.
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The weather here is too boring.
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Okay, Sophia.
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Goodbye, Anna.
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See you later.
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See you later.
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Lily waved at me.
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But she walked away with Sophia.
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My hands were shaking.
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I wanted to cry right there.
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But Sophia did not stop there.
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She wanted to destroy my life completely.
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During gym class, I left my backpack near the locker.
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Sophia saw it.
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She opened her pocket and dropped her expensive diamond necklace into my bag.
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Ten minutes later, Sophia started crying and shouting in front of everyone.
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Teacher, my diamond necklace is missing.
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I saw Anna standing near my locker earlier.
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What?
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I didn't touch your locker.
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That is a lie.
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The teacher walked to my bag and opened it.
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She pulled out the shiny necklace.
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Everyone gasped.
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I looked at Lily.
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her eyes were full of shock
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and sadness I wanted Lily to say Anna is not a thief but Lily stayed quiet
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she didn't say a single word the teacher gave me a warning but my soul was already dead
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I ran to the restroom locked the door
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and cried quietly suddenly I heard voices outside It was Sophia and her friend Nora.
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They were laughing.
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Did you see Anna's face?
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It was so funny.
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Now Lily knows that Anna is a poor thief.
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Yeah!
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She is like a sad ghost.
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Lily will never talk to her again.
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You are so smart, Sophia.
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Their words were like knives in my heart.
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Sophia did everything to make Lily hate me.
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And it worked.
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i lost my family and now i lost my only friend after school it was raining heavily
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i saw lily standing near the gate she looked at me and ran to me with her yellow umbrella
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anna you are completely wet where is your umbrella please listen to me about today I looked at Lily's kind eyes.
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But then, I saw Sophia standing far away, looking at me with a triumphant smile.
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For the first time in my life, I felt a giant anger inside me.
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I pushed Lily's umbrella away.
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Stop it, Lily!
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Go back to Sophia!
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I do not need your fake pity!
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I do not need anyone anymore!
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Lily was very shocked.
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She froze under the rain.
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I turned around and ran away as fast as I could.
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I am running in the heavy rain right now.
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My clothes are wet, but my heart is completely on fire.
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The shy, quiet Anna died that day.
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From then on, I did not need Lily, Sophia, or anyone else to make me happy.
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Can a lonely girl stand up and find her own happiness?
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Hey, do you know why I really hate Anna?
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Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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See you.

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「Nobody Believed Me!」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:lily, Sophia, anna, looked, ran。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が120文、単語が867語あります。 音声の長さは7:23です。 話す速さは1分あたり約117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80%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
stepmother 名詞/ˈstɛpmʌðə/継母
necklace 名詞/ˈnɛkləs/ネックレス, 首飾り
umbrella 名詞/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/傘, 蝙蝠傘
locker 名詞/ˈlɑ.kɚ/戸棚, ロッカー
thief 名詞/ˈθiːf/泥棒, 盗賊
lonely 形容詞/ˈloʊnli/寂しい
shake 動詞/ˈʃeɪk/揺する, 揺らす
restroom 名詞/ˈɹɛstˌɹum/トイレ, お手洗い
careless 形容詞/kɛɹ.ləs/不注意, 軽率
backpack 名詞/ˈbæk.pæk/リュック, リュックサック
sadness 名詞/ˈsædnəs/悲しみ
bore 動詞/boɹ/いらいらさせる
sigh 動詞/saɪ/嘆く, 嘆息する
pity 名詞/ˈpɪt.i/憐れみ, 同情
subscribe 動詞/səbˈskɹaɪb/購読する

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
run away 動詞逃げる, 逃走する
stand up 動詞立ち上がる
turn around 動詞振り向く

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Have you ever felt completely invisible to the world?
  • Anna, did you break the baby's bottle?
  • Anna, what is wrong with you?
  • Lily, let's go to the luxury cafe.
  • I didn't touch your locker.

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were shaking · were laughing · was raining
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started talking · started crying
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am looking · is missing · am running

注意したい発音

話し手はdidn't, don'tなど、短縮形や弱形を4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。

  • 「th」の音: stepmother /ˈstɛpmʌðə/, thief /ˈθiːf/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shout /ʃaʊt/

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: umbrella /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/, careless /kɛɹ.ləs/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: thief /ˈθiːf/, triumphant /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: stepmother /ˈstɛpmʌðə/, umbrella /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/, coldly /ˈkoʊldli/, restroom /ˈɹɛstˌɹum/, triumphant /tɹaɪˈʌmfənt/

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。stepmother, necklace, umbrella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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