シャドーイング練習: RE2 Unit 8A - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

The Polos, Marco, his father Niccolo,

and his uncle Maffeo had been traveling for three and a half years when they finally achieved their objective,

a long -awaited meeting with the powerful Mongol leader Kublai Khan.

The historic event took place in 1275 at the Khan's luxurious summer capital in Chengdu,

in what is now northern China.

Kublai Khan was surprisingly informal as he greeted his tired guests.

Welcome, gentlemen.

Please stand up.

How have you been?

How was the trip?

Marco Polo's trip had, in fact, started more than 9 ,000 kilometers away in Venice when he was just a teenager.

His father and uncle already knew Kublai Khan from a previous visit nine years earlier, when they had spent a short time in Chengdu.

On this second trip, the Polos stayed for 17 years before they returned home.

They made themselves useful to the Khan and undertook various missions and tasks for him.

It is likely that the Khan considered it an honor that these Europeans, who were rare in China,

had made this extremely difficult journey and he took the opportunity to make good use of their skills and knowledge.

While he was in the service of Kublai Khan, the most powerful man in people and in lands and in treasure that ever was in the world,

Marco Polo was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans.

In his travel journal, he wrote that Kublai Khan's palace was the greatest he had ever seen.

He admired the Khan's recently completed new capital, Dadu, whose streets were so straight and so broad.

The city was located in what is now the center of Beijing, and Kublai Khan's city planning can still be perceived in the straight,

broad streets of China's modern capital.

We learn from Marco Polo that, in the administration of his empire, Kublai Khan made use of a fast and simple message system.

Horse riders, spaced every 40 kilometers, allowed messages to cover 500 kilometers a day.

As soon as one horse had run 40 kilometers, the next horse would run the next 40 kilometers, and so on.

Marco also learned the secret of asbestos cloth, which is made from a mineral and doesn't catch fire.

Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet used in the West at that time.

Homes were heated with black stones which burn like logs.

These stones were coal, unknown in most of Europe, and were so plentiful that many people had a hot bath three times a week.

Although the Khan did not want his visitors to leave, the Polos finally received permission to return home in 1292.

Marco continued his observations while on the ocean voyage by way of Sumatra and India.

After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of details about his amazing cultural experiences.

It was probably the single greatest contribution to geographical knowledge ever made to the West about the East.

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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

繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：Khan, Kublai, Marco, Polo, kilometers。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が33文、単語が491語あります。音声の長さは3:30です。話す速さは1分あたり約140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80%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
uncle 名詞	/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/	伯父, 伯父貴
palace 名詞	/ˈpælɪs/	宮殿, 宮闕
bath 名詞	/bɑːθ/	湯船, 風呂
skill 名詞	/skɪl/	腕, 技
log 名詞	/lɔɡ/	丸太, 丸木
objective 名詞	/ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/	目標, 目的
contribution 名詞	/ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/	貢献
treasure 名詞	/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/	宝, 宝物
gentleman 名詞	/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/	紳士, ジェントルマン
observation 名詞	/ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/	観察
surprisingly 副詞	/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/	驚くほど, 意外に
teenager 名詞	/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/	ティーネージャー, ティーンエイジャー
cloth 名詞	/klɒθ/	布
mineral 名詞	/ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/	鉱物
rider 名詞	/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/	ライダー, 騎手

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	意味
stand up 動詞	立ち上がる

注意したい発音

「th」の音: bath /bɑːθ/, cloth /klɒθ/
「sh」と「zh」の音: contribution /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: contribution /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/

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: surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, mineral /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, informal /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/, geographical /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: objective /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, voyage /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: informal /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/, geographical /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/, plentiful /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

この動画での練習方法

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。
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。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。uncle, palace, bath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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