シャドーイング練習: Pride and Prejudice - Chapter 1 [Audiobook] - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 1.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged
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that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
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However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families
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that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
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"'My dear Mr. Bennet,' said his lady to him one day, "'have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?' Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
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"'But it is,' returned she, "'for Mrs. Long has just been here, "'and she told me all about it.' Mr. Bennet made no answer.
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"'Do you not want to know who has taken it?' cried his wife impatiently.
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"'You want to tell me, "'and I have no objection to hearing it.
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This was invitation enough.
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Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England,
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that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately,
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that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.
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What is his name?
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Bingley.
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Is he married or single?
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Oh, single, my dear, to be sure, a single man of large fortune.
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Four or five thousand a year.
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What a fine thing for our girls.
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How so?
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How can it affect them?
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My dear Mr. Bennett, replied his wife, how can you be so tiresome?
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You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.
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Is that his design in settling here?
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Design?
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Nonsense!
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How can you talk so?
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But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.
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I see no occasion for that.
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You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them,
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Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party.
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My dear, you flatter me.
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I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now.
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When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.
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In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.
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But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighborhood it.
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It is more than I engage for, I assure you.
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But consider your daughters.
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Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them.
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Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for, in general, you know, they visit no newcomers.
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Indeed, you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him if you do not.
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You are over-scrupulous, surely.
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I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you, and I will send a few lines by you,
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to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls, though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzie.
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I desire you will do no such thing.
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Lizzie is not a bit better than the others, and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia, but you are always giving her the preference words.
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They have none of them much to recommend them, replied he.
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They're all silly and ignorant like other girls.
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But Lizzie has something more of quickness than her sisters.
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Mr. Bennett, how can you abuse your own children in such a way?
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You take delight in vexing me.
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You have no compassion for my poor nerves.
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You mistake me, my dear.
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I have a high respect for your nerves.
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They are my old friends.
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I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.
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You do not know what I suffer, but I hope you will get over it
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and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the neighborhood.
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It will be no use to us if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.
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Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty I will visit them all.
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Mr. Bennett was so awed a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humor, reserve, and caprice,
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that the experience of three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
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Her mind was less difficult to develop.
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She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.
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When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.
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The business of her life was to get her daughters married.
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Its solace was visiting and news.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Pride and Prejudice - Chapter 1」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:dear, visit, Bingley, daughters, twenty。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が67文、単語が856語あります。 音声の長さは5:00です。 話す速さは1分あたり約171語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 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。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語14語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
humour 名詞/ˈhjuːmɚ/ユーモア, 諧謔
delight 名詞/dəˈlaɪt/喜び
nerve 名詞/nɝv/神経
newcomer 名詞/ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/新人, 新入り
quickness 名詞/ˈkwɪknəs/速さ
objection 名詞/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/異議
surround 動詞/səˈɹaʊnd/囲む, 取り巻く
compassion 名詞/kəmˈpæʃ.ən/同情
ignorant 形容詞/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/疎い, 無知な
servant 名詞/ˈsɝvənt/使用人, 召使い
preference 名詞/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/選択
invitation 名詞/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/招待, 招き
acknowledge 動詞/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/承認する, 認める
depend 動詞/dɪˈpɛnd/依存する

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
grow up 動詞成長する, 大人に成る

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。

  • Bennett, replied his wife, how can you be so tiresome?
  • How can you talk so?
  • Bennett, how can you abuse your own children in such a way?

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
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるis considered · is let · is taken
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているhas just been · has taken · have heard

注意したい発音

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: assure /əˈʃʊɹ/, chaise /ʃeɪz/, impatiently /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/, objection /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, insufficient /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): impatiently /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/, insufficient /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/

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: rightful /ˈɹaɪtfəl/, scrupulous /ˈskɹuː.pjə.ləs/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: nerve /nɝv/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/, whichever /wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/, servant /ˈsɝvənt/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: rightful /ˈɹaɪtfəl/, insufficient /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/, preference /ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/

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。humour, delight, nerve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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