シャドーイング練習: Post Malone - Better Now (Lyrics) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never met you, let you down, let you down Would've gave you everything,
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would've gave you everything I did not believe that it would end,
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no Everything came second to the Benzo You're not even speaking to my friends, no You know why my uncles and my aunts, no
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Twenty candles, blow them out and open your eyes We were looking forward to the rest of our lives
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Used to keep my picture posted by your bedside
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Now it's in your dresser with the socks you don't like And I'm rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling With my brothers like it's Jonas, Jonas
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Drinking Henny and I'm trying to forget
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But I can't get this shit out of my head You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I said that I am better now,
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better now I only say that cause you're not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I seen you with your other dude
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He seemed like he was pretty cool I was so broken over you Life it goes on, what can you do?
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I just wonder what it's gonna take Another foreign or a bigger change
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Because no matter how my life has changed I keep on looking back on better days You probably think
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that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I promise,
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I swear to you I'll be okay the first time I'm full-time,
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and I'm still at your left right now, and I'm doing all those things, but I'm trying to look ahead and see things at the future, that I told you, so I want to play a game with my voice
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and so to let anyone in the world you know I never mentioned let you down, let you down you probably think that you are better now,
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better now you only say that cuz I'm not around, not around Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が25文、単語が509語あります。 音声の長さは3:07です。 話す速さは1分あたり約164語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の89%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。

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13語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
uncle 名詞/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/伯父, 伯父貴
aunt 名詞/ɑːnt/おば, 叔母
candle 名詞/ˈkæn.dəl/蝋燭
sock 名詞/sɑk/靴下, ソックス
dresser 名詞/ˈdɹɛsə/箪笥
blow 動詞/bloʊ/吹く
swear 動詞/ˈswɛɚ/誓う, 契る
roll 動詞/ɹəʊl/転がる, 転がす
wonder 名詞/ˈwʌndɚ/驚嘆
drink 動詞/ˈdɹɪŋk/飲む, 召し上がる
dude 名詞/duːd/やつ
mention 動詞/ˈmɛnʃən/言及する
promise 名詞/ˈpɹɑmɪs/約束

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
look forward to 動詞楽しみにする

注意したい発音

話し手はwould've, I'm, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を32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。

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。uncle, aunt, candle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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