シャドーイング練習: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect | The Birthday Wish - YouTubeで英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hey, Bob.
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Hey, Bob.
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So, why weren't you at work yesterday?
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Hi, Sam.
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Oh, I had a really crazy day.
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If I tell you, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone.
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Oh no, it sounds serious.
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I promise I won't say a word.
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My mouth is sealed.
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What happened?
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Well, it all started at the train station.
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I was waiting for the train.
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When I saw a beautiful woman walk by,
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I couldn't believe my eyes.
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She was stunning.
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Honestly, she was like something from the movies.
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She suddenly stopped and started talking to me.
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I was talking to her when the train that I was supposed to get on stopped.
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I missed my train because she was asking me questions.
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And I couldn't stop talking to her.
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She was asking me what train she should take when my train arrived.
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Of course, I had to help her.
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It would have been rude to just jump on my train.
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So, I helped her find her way.
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Anyways, I was checking the train schedule for the next train I could take when she invited me for coffee.
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I checked my watch and I was already late for work,
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so I didn't know what to do.
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Should I go for a coffee and call in sick?
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Or should I politely explain that I was running late for work and miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
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That's when she told me that she was only visiting.
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She was planning to go back to her hometown after she visited her grandma at the hospital.
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There was a chance that I'd never see her again if I didn't go for coffee.
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It was then that I decided to call in sick.
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We hopped on the train and went to Central Station.
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There's a really quiet and fancy coffee shop very close to the station that I decided to take her to.
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We started walking when she received a message from her friend.
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She was replying to her friend when a man selling flowers walked by.
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I quickly bought a rose for her when she wasn't looking.
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I gave her the rose and she screamed with joy.
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Thanks, thanks, thanks.
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She was really thrilled.
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We were walking to the coffee shop when she suddenly stopped
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and told me that she needed to call her grandma and tell her she would be a little bit late.
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When I was standing on the street,
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waiting for her to finish talking to her grandma,
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I noticed our boss Cindy out of the corner of my eye.
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I quickly covered my face with a bag as she was walking by.
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I don't think she saw me,
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but I was a little bit worried.
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Anyways, she finished talking to her grandma,
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and we continued walking to the coffee shop.
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We got there, and it was completely full.
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There were no seats in the place.
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Just my luck.
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That is when she suggested that we wait.
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We were sitting in the waiting area when an old loud man came in.
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He looked at her and said, Wow!
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Are you from heaven?
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I think I'm in love with you.
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She smiled and thanked the old man.
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Then she did something that I wasn't expecting at all.
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She invited the old man to join us for coffee.
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He happily accepted her invitation.
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After waiting for nearly an hour, we got a table.
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We were looking at the menu and trying to decide what to order.
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When the old man suddenly passed out on the table,
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We looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.
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We were laughing when suddenly,
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out of the blue, an older-looking woman walked in the door.
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It was her grandma.
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That confused me.
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Since she had told me several times that visiting her grandma in the hospital was the whole purpose of her trip,
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I was thinking to myself, was she lying?
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Or did her grandma really make a sudden recovery?
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Her grandma was walking towards us with a huge smile on her face.
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Then she looked down and noticed the old man passed out at our table.
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She stopped in her tracks and screamed loudly.
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What is he doing here?
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Well, that really confused me.
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How did all of these strangers happen to know each other?
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I was thinking to myself,
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well, then her grandma started dancing to a song that came on the radio.
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The old man woke up and he suddenly started singing.
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We were clapping and laughing when the waitress came over with a birthday cake.
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Everyone in the coffee shop started to sing happy birthday to me.
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I couldn't understand why since my birthday was last month.
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It was really hot and I was sweating because I didn't know what was happening.
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I closed my eyes, made a wish and blew out the candles.
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That's when I woke up and realized it was all just a dream.
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I'd forgotten to set my alarm clock and slept in.
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Well, I was running late and decided to use a personal day to catch up on some errands.
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Well, that was a pretty entertaining dream and story.
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I'm relieved to hear that everything is okay with you, Bob.
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Next time, you can just give me the short answer.
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このレッスンでは、過去形、過去進行形、過去完了形を使った英語の会話を練習します。ビデオのストーリーでは、主人公が列車の駅で出会った美しい女性との会話を通じて、自分の決断や行動をどのように描写しているかを見ることができます。これにより、過去の出来事を詳細に話す技術を磨くことができるでしょう。
重要な語彙とフレーズ
- crazy day - 大変な一日
- promised - 約束した
- waiting for the train - 列車を待っている
- I missed my train - 列車を逃した
- once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - 一生に一度の機会
- replied to her friend - 友達に返事した
- cover my face - 顔を隠す
- thrilled - ワクワクした
練習のコツ
このビデオのスピードとトーンに合わせてシャドーイングを行うことが非常に効果的です。shadowspeakやshadow speakの技法を取り入れ、発話を繰り返すことで、言語のリズムとイントネーションを身につけましょう。特に、話者が感情を込めて話す瞬間や強調するポイントに注意を払い、同じように声のトーンや速さを変えて練習することが重要です。
また、IELTS スピーキング対策として、ビデオを何度も見返し、言葉遣いや表現を自分のものにすることが大切です。YouTubeで英語学習を行う際には、まずは聞き取った内容を自分の言葉で再現してみましょう。この練習は、英語シャドーイングを通じて会話力を向上させるのに役立ちます。
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。