シャドーイング練習: RE3 Unit 6B - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Track 12.
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Reading 6B.
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Addicted to Distraction.
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David Strayer never texts or talks on a phone when he is driving.
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Strayer is a cognitive psychologist at the University of Utah who specializes in attention.
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His research shows that when driving, using a phone can be as dangerous as drinking alcohol.
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Strayer and other scientists warn against multitasking
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When we do many things at the same time Strayer says our brain becomes tired easily We make mistakes
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and lose focus yet multitasking is increasingly common especially on a phone or computer
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Dr. Gloria mark a digital media researcher has found
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that people in the United States switch tasks on their computers
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566 times a day this type of multitasking is especially common among teenagers on average a teenager spends between seven
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and eleven hours a day in front of a screen doing
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homework texting watching videos often all at the same time phones tablets
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and laptops are all useful tools and we may feel more productive when we use them.
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However, when we spend hours on digital devices, constantly switching between activities, our overall productivity decreases.
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Why?
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Many digital activities require high levels of concentration.
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When we text or email someone, for example, or even play games, we have to focus.
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When we do this, our brain uses energy.
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When we multitask, which is hard for the brain to do, we use even more energy.
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Excessive multitasking reduces our ability to think clearly and creatively, and to remember information.
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This, in turn, can result in stress.
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What is the best cure for our overstressed minds?
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David Strayer says the answer is simple.
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Spend some time in nature.
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A natural remedy.
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Strayer and other scientists are studying nature's effect on our brains and bodies.
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When we are in natural environments, the prefrontal cortex, the brain's control center, relaxes.
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Studies show that when people can see trees and grass, they are calmer and do better in school.
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Indeed, people even relax when they look at photos of nature.
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Consequently, they do better on different cognitive tasks.
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Other psychologists are also studying nature therapy.
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In a study at Chiba University in Japan, 84 subjects went for a 15 -minute walk in seven different forests.
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The same number of people walked around different city centers.
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Researchers then took blood from each person.
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The forest walkers had a 16 % decrease in the stress hormone cortisol all.
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In addition, they had a 2 % drop in blood pressure and a 4 % drop in heart rate.
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All did better than the city walkers.
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Lead researcher Yoshifumi Miyazaki has an explanation for these results.
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Our bodies relax in pleasant natural surroundings, he says.
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Humans evolved in that environment, not in places with tall buildings and lots of traffic.
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Psychologist Stephen Kaplan and his colleagues have done similar research.
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In one study, people took a 50 -minute walk in a public garden.
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In a test conducted afterwards, their short -term memory improved.
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When the same people walked on a city street, it did not.
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Kaplan says it is the visual details in nature, sunsets, streams, butterflies, that reduce stress and mental fatigue.
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We enjoy them without having to concentrate on them.
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This allows our brains to rest and recover from the stresses of modern life.
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Imagine a therapy that was readily available and could improve your cognitive functioning at zero cost, Kaplan says.
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It exists.
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It's called interacting with nature.

この動画は誰におすすめ?

日常の多忙さやデジタルデバイスの影響について深く考えたい中級レベルの英語学習者にぴったりです。特にIELTS スピーキング対策をしている人や、ネイティブスピーカーの発音・イントネーションを真似て話す「shadow speak」の練習に最適です。自然とストレスの関係について議論する際の語彙や論理的な話し方を身につけることができます。

覚えておきたい単語・イディオム

  • multitasking:多肢課題処理。「同時にいろいろなことをすること」。例:「Teenagers often do multitasking on their phones.」
  • cortisol:コルチゾール。ストレスホルモンの一種。「Forest walks reduce cortisol levels.」
  • mental fatigue:精神的疲労。「Nature helps recover from mental fatigue.」

アクセントのコツをつかもう

この動画のスピーカーは、科学的な用語も含めて明瞭に話すため、重要な単語にアクセントを置いています。例えば「cognitive psychologist」の「cognitive」は最初の音节に強調があり、「prefrontal cortex」の「prefrontal」は2番目の音节にアクセントがあります。shadowing siteで練習する際は、これらのアクセントを真似て発音することで、より自然な話し方が身につきます。また、長い文を読むときのポーズも重要で、コンマやピリオドの位置で少し息を吸うことで、リズム感を出すことができます。

この動画を使ってshadow speechの練習を続けると、英語の理解力と同時にスピーキング能力が向上し、IELTS スピーキングの試験でも自信を持って話せるようになります。ぜひ毎日少しずつ取り組んでみてください!

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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