シャドーイング練習: Phil Kaye - Repetition - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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My mother taught me this trick.
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If you repeat something over and over again, it loses its meaning.
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For example, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework, homework.
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See?
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Nothing.
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Our lives, she said, are the same way.
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You watch the sun set too often, it just becomes 6 p .m.
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You make the same mistake over and over, you'll stop calling it a mistake.
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If you just wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up.
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One day you'll forget why.
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Nothing is forever, she said.
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My parents left each other when I was seven years old.
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Before their last argument, they sent me off to the neighbor's house, like some astronaut jettisoned from the shuttle.
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When I came back, there was no gravity in our home.
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I imagined it as an accident.
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Though when I left, they whispered to each other, I love you, so many times over that they forgot what it meant.
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Family, family, family, family, family, family, family, family.
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My mother taught me this trick.
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If you repeat something over and over again, it loses its meaning.
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This became my favorite game.
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It made the sting of words evaporate.
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Separation, separation, separation.
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See?
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Nothing.
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Apart, apart, apart, apart, apart.
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See?
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Nothing.
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I'm an injured handyman now.
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I work with words all day.
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Shut up.
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I know the irony.
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When I was young, I was taught that the trick to dominating language was breaking it down, convincing it that it was worthless.
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I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
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See?
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Nothing.
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Soon after my parents' divorce, I developed a stutter.
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Fate is a cruel and efficient tutor.
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There is no escape in stutter.
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You can feel the meaning of every word drag itself up your throat's separation.
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Stutter is a cage made of mirrors.
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Every, what'd you say?
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Every, just take your time.
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Every, come on, kids, spit it out.
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There's a glaring reflection of an existence you cannot escape.
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Every awful moment trips over its own announcement again and again
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and again until it just hangs there in the center of the room.
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as if what you had to say had no gravity at all.
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Mom, Dad, I'm not wasteful with my words anymore.
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Even now, after hundreds of hours practicing away my stutter, I still feel the claw of meaning in the bottom of my throat.
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Listen to me.
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I've heard that even in space, you can hear the scratch of an I, I, I, I, I, I, I love you.
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Thank you.

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英語のスピーキング力を上げたい中級レベルの学習者、特にIELTS スピーキング対策や英語の発音を良くすることに取り組んでいる人にぴったりです。感情を込めて話すテクニックや、繰り返しによる語彙のニュアンス変化を学びたい方にも最適。shadowspeak(シャドースピーキング)の練習にも使える、リズム豊かな台詞が特徴です。

覚えておきたいフレーズ&イディオム

  • jettisoned from the shuttle:シャトルから投棄される→「切り離される」という比喩。家族関係の話で使えます。
  • no gravity in our home:家に重力がない→「居心地が悪い」「安定感がない」というニュアンス。
  • sting of words:言葉の刺→「言葉の傷つける部分」。感情表現に役立ちます。

発音のコツをつかもう

話者のPhil Kayeは、繰り返しのフレーズでリズムを変えながら感情を表現しています。shadowspeakの練習時は、「homework, homework...」のような繰り返し部分で、速度を上げながらも発音のクリアさを保つことが重要。特に「stutter」(吃音)のシーンでは、「S-s-s-s-s Separation」のような途切れる発音を真似ることで、英語の抑揚のニュアンスがわかります。shadowspeaksの技法を使って、息遣いとリズムを合わせる練習をすれば、自然な発音が身につきます。

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。

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