シャドーイング練習: RE2 Unit 2A - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Track 3.
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Reading 2A.
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Song of the Humpback.
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Herman Melville, the writer of the famous whale story Moby Dick, once wrote that humpback whales were the most lighthearted of all the whales.
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A favorite of whale watchers everywhere, they often swim in ocean areas close to land and are active at the surface.
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They can often be seen breaching or rising out of the water and then coming down with a great splash.
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Humpbacks are intelligent animals and can be seen working together to hunt schools of small fish.
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And, if you listen closely, you might even hear one singing.
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Recording Gentle Giants Marine biologist Jim Darling has studied the songs of humpback whales for more than 25 years.
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While recording whale songs on a boat near Hawaii, he invited author Douglas Chadwick to experience diving with a humpback.
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In the water, Chadwick heard the whale's songs in a way he had never heard them before.
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Suddenly, I no longer heard the whale's voice in my ears.
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He said, I felt it inside my head and bones.
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When swimming with the whale, Chadwick could see that it was aware of him, but not worried by his presence.
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The 13-meter-long giant looked him over curiously, but never harmed him.
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The whale then swam under the boat.
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It pointed its head down to the ocean floor and, with flippers extended out to its sides, began to sing.
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Up in the boat, Darling recorded the whale's song.
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Humpback whale songs can be long and complex, sometimes lasting for 30 minutes or more.
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They are perhaps the longest songs sung by any animal.
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Why do they sing?
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Darling says that only male humpbacks sing, but for unknown reasons.
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One idea is that they sing to attract females.
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However, when a group of scientists played recordings of whale songs in the ocean, female whales did not respond.
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Another idea is that male humpbacks use their songs to let other males know they are in the area.
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Researchers have also found that humpback whale songs are different in different parts of the world, perhaps like whale national anthems.
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They may also be like hit tunes on the radio, changing over time, from one year to the next, or even over a single breeding season.
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There is still so much the scientists don't know, and years of study lie ahead for whale researchers like Jim Darling.
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Why do I do it?
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He wonders aloud.
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Human beings like puzzles.
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I want to know.
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Another member of the research team, photographer Flip Nicklin, recalls a special moment he had while interacting with a humpback.
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While he was snorkeling some distance from the huge animal, it approached him until it was just a few meters away.
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It then gently carried Nicklin toward its eye with the flipper, as if examining him.
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Apparently, the desire to understand a different species goes both ways.
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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36文、単語が480語あります。 音声の長さは3:42です。 話す速さは1分あたり約129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79%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

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15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
whale 名詞/ˈweɪl/鯨, クジラ
swim 動詞/swɪm/泳ぐ
scientist 名詞/ˈsaɪəntəst/科学者
researcher 名詞/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/研究員, 研究者
bone 名詞/boʊn/骨
ear 名詞/ˈɪə̯/耳
recall 動詞/ɹɪˈkɔl/呼び返す
invite 動詞/ɪnˈvaɪt/誘う, 招待する
intelligent 形容詞/ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/聡明な, 賢い
photographer 名詞/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/撮影者, 写真師
tune 名詞/tjuːn/曲, チューン
attract 動詞/əˈtɹækt/引きつける
examine 動詞/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/調べる
dive 動詞/daɪv/潜る
meter 名詞/ˈmitəɹ/メーター, 計量器

注意したい発音

  • 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, anthem /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm], biologist /baɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/, curiously /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/

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。whale, swim, scientistなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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
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 studied · have also found
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be seen · can be seen

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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