シャドーイング練習: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 3B WHO KILLED THE ICEMAN? - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Unit 3.
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B. W.
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Hsu killed the Iceman?
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In 1991, high in the mountains of Europe, hikers made a shocking discovery.
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A dead man partly frozen in the ice.
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The police investigation soon became a scientific one.
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Carbon dating one indicated that the man died over 5,300 years ago.
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Today, he is known as the Iceman and nicknamed Ötzi for the Öztal Alps where he was found.
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Kept in perfect condition by the ice, he is the oldest complete human body found on Earth.
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Who was the Iceman?
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B scientists believe Ötzi was an important person in his village.
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Examinations of his teeth and skull tell us he was in his mid-forties when he died.
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The things he carried also tell us about who he was.
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His knife was made of stone, but he carried a copper axe.
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This was a valuable tool in Ötzi's time and suggests that he may have been a local leader.
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A fire-starting kit was discovered with him, so we know he could make fire.
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And the food he ate and carried enabled scientists to know exactly where in Italy he lived, a village down in the valley.
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Clues to an ancient murder see, but why did Ötzi die in such a high and icy place?
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Some said he was a lost farmer or shepherd.
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Three, others thought he was killed in a religious ceremony.
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No one knows for sure.
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D, over the years, tiny scientific discoveries have led to great changes in our understanding of Ötzi's story.
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Once, the story was that he fled up there and walked around in the snow and probably died of exposure, said scientist Klaus Ergel.
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Now it's all changed.
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It's more like a crime scene.
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A bloody discovery.
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In fact, the newest scientific information indicates Otzi was cruelly murdered.
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In June 2001, an X-ray of the body showed a small, dark shape beneath Otzi's left shoulder.
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It was the stone head of an arrow that had hit him from behind.
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CT scans showed that this caused an injury that killed him very quickly.
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F then, in 2003, an Australian scientist discovered the blood of four other people on Otzi's clothes.
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Was Otzi killed in a fight?
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It isn't likely as Otzi's other injuries on his hand and head had already started to close.
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This means there probably was a fight, but it happened much earlier.
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Gee, perhaps Otzi was being chased when he died.
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In 2010, scientists took the mummy out of the cold and examined him again.
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They discovered that just before his death he had a big meal of bread and goat meat.
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In 2018, further analysis of his stomach showed Ötzi had also eaten deer meat.
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Would someone being chased stop to eat a large meal?
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The scientists don't think so.
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More likely, he was attacked while resting.
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He may have thought he had escaped and was safe.
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Today, the research continues, proving some of these ideas as false while opening the door to others.
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Otzi, it seems, has more to tell us about his life and the time in which he lived.
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この動画でスピーキング練習する理由
「氷人オッツィの謎」を巡る物語は、IELTS スピーキング対策に最適な素材です！科学的発見や推測が織りなされる会話は、論理的な語り方や推測表現を練習できるだけでなく、日常的なトピック以外の「知的な会話」にも慣れます。また、物語の展開に合わせて語調やスピードが変わるので、英語シャドーイングによるリズム感の養成にも最適です。短時間で「話す力」と「聴く力」を同時に鍛えられる、一石二鳥の練習法ですよ！
文脈の中の文法・表現
動画の中には、スピーキングで頻繁に使える便利な表現がたくさんあります。
- 「Carbon dating indicated that...」（炭素年代測定によると…）：調査結果や事実を伝える時に使える「～が示した」の表現。英語スピーキング練習では、意見ではなく事実を述べる場合に必須です。
- 「This suggests that he may have been...」（これは彼が…だった可能性を示している）：推測を表す際の柔らかい表現。IELTSでは「確信がない意見」を述べる時によく使われます。
- 「Would someone being chased stop to eat...?」（追われている人が食事をするだろうか？）：仮定法を使った疑問文。状況を考えながら推測する場面で効果的です。
発音の注意点
動画の中には、発音が難しい単語やアクセントの変わる単語があります。shadowing siteやshadowspeakで練習する際は、特に注意してください。
- 「Ötzi」（オッツィ）：ドイツ語風の発音で、「オッツィ」と短く発音します。長く伸ばさないように注意！
- 「copper axe」（銅の斧）：「copper」は「コッパー」ではなく「コパー」、「axe」は「アックス」ではなく「エックス」と発音します。子音の強さがポイントです。
- 「CT scans」（CTスキャン）：「CT」は「シーティー」ではなく「セィティー」と軽く発音し、「scans」は「スキャンズ」ではなく「スカンズ」となります。
これらのポイントを押さえてシャドーイングを続けると、自然な発音とリズムが身につき、スピーキング力が飛躍的に向上します！
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 |
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| 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 known · was made · was discovered |
| 「might / may」による可能性 might/may + 動詞 — 起こりうるが確実ではないこと | may have |
| 最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番 | the oldest · the newest |
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。