シャドーイング練習: RE2 Unit 4A - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Track 7, Reading 4A, Living Treasures,
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The Tower of Pisa, Machu Picchu, The Taj Mahal.
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You probably know them as famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites, structures and monuments of great cultural value.
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But what about the Mediterranean Diet, the Beijing Opera, or the art of pizza making in Naples?
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What do these have in common?
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Traditions like these are known as intangible cultural heritage.
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In contrast to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, intangible heritage does not include buildings like palaces and temples.
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Instead, it includes traditional art forms such as music,
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dance, and craft making, living traditions that are an important part of a place's culture.
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UNESCO began to identify cultural traditions in 2008.
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Among the first on their list were the Puppet Theatre of Sicily and Mexico's Day of the Dead Festival.
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By 2017 UNESCO had approved more than 300 diverse practices.
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These include cultural events like the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, performing arts including Spanish flamenco,
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martial arts such as Brazilian capoeira and Korean tequion, and handicrafts like Japanese washi papermaking.
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In 2010, UNESCO also began to include important regional cuisines, starting with French and Mexican food.
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Other types of food and drink have since been added, such as Korean kimchi and Croatian gingerbread.
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Arabic coffee was included in 2015.
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The sharing of coffee has been an important aspect of Arab hospitality for centuries, according to UNESCO, and is a symbol of generosity.
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Protecting cultural roots Cultural rituals are an important part of the UNESCO list.
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An example is the Clemsen wedding ritual in Algeria.
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The ritual begins in the bride's parents' home, where friends and female relatives help the bride prepare for the ceremony.
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The bride is first dressed in a golden silk dress.
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Symbolic henna designs are applied to her hands.
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Before leaving the house for the ceremony, her face is wrapped in a golden silk veil.
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Later, during the wedding feast, the bride removes her veil, ready to be married.
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The tradition has passed from one generation to the next and marks the community's cultural identity.
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Some of the cultural items on the list are dying out and in need of protection.
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An example is al-Sadu, traditional weaving in the United Arab Emirates.
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The tradition was once widely practiced by communities of desert Bedouin women.
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However, many Bedouin have now moved to cities, and so the practice has begun to disappear.
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Today, al-Sadhu is mostly practiced by older women whose numbers are declining.
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The main goal of UNESCO is to promote peace through respect for the world's varied cultures and common humanity.
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It hopes that by bringing attention to cultural traditions such as al-Sadhu, they will be more likely to survive.
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Cultural traditions are important to fight for, says Cecile Duvel of UNESCO.
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The more globalized the world becomes, she says, the more important it is not to lose these traditional roots.

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35文、単語が473語あります。 音声の長さは3:56です。 話す速さは1分あたり約120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76%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
heritage 名詞/ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/遺産
bride 名詞/bɹaɪd/花嫁, 新婦
ritual 名詞/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/儀式, 祭祀
ceremony 名詞/ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/儀式, 式典
silk 名詞/sɪlk/絹, 絹糸
relative 名詞/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/親戚, 身内
palace 名詞/ˈpælɪs/宮殿, 宮闕
temple 名詞/ˈtɛm.pl̩/神殿, 堂塔
pizza 名詞/ˈpi.tsə/ピザ, ピッツァ
aspect 名詞/ˈæspɛkt/様相
desert 名詞/ˈdɛz.ɚt/砂漠, 荒野
humanity 名詞/hjuˈmænɪti/人類
symbol 名詞/ˈsɪmbəl/記号, 符号
diverse 形容詞/daɪˈvɜːs/様々な
wrap 動詞/ɹæp/包む, 包装する

注意したい発音

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/, generosity /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/, intangible /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

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。heritage, bride, ritual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
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are known · been added · was included
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 been · has passed · have now moved
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることare dying · are declining

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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