シャドーイング練習: Repeat After Me + Shadowing English Speaking Practice - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Don't feel like it?
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You don't feel like it?
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Well, let's take a look at this.
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Now, I want you to repeat after me, shadow me, mimic my pronunciation.
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Let's focus on that, okay?
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And even if you don't feel like it, go ahead and do it anyway.
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All right, let's take a look at our first slide here.
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How do you, how do you, spoken quickly, how do you,
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how do you keep going when you don't feel like it?
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When you, when you don't, the T is reduced when you don't feel like it.
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All right, from the top, how do you feel like, how do you feel, How do you keep going when you don't feel like it?
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How do you keep going when you don't feel like it?
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You try it.
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How do you do it?
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How do you keep going when you don't feel like it?
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There will be days when you don't feel like continuing.
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There will be days when you don't feel like continuing.
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There will be days when you don't feel like continuing.
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Go.
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Days when everything feels heavy.
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Days when everything, everything feels so heavy.
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Your mind is tired.
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Your mind is tired.
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And even the smallest tasks feel difficult.
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And even the smallest tasks, more than one task, tasks,
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tasks, putting that last S on there is kind of tricky, huh?
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And even the smallest tasks feel difficult.
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You wake up and nothing seems to come easily.
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You wake up and nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing seems to come easily.
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You wake up and nothing seems to come easily.
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Your energy is low.
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Your energy is low.
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Is your energy low right now?
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Pick it up.
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Your motivation is quiet.
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quiet.
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So that just means it's reduced.
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It's low motivation.
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Your motivation is low.
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Your motivation is quiet.
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And the work in front of you feels bigger than it actually is.
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And the work in front of you, the work in front of you is what you got to do, the thing that you must do, the work you have to do,
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it feels bigger than it actually is.
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And the work in front of you feels bigger than it actually is.
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Say it.
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Okay, good, good, good.
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This is where most people stop.
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This is where most people stop.
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Not because they aren't capable.
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Capable.
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If you're capable of doing something, you are able to do it, right?
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You can do it.
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You are capable.
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But it's not because they aren't capable.
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Not because they don't care.
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But because they're waiting to feel ready again.
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Are you waiting to feel ready?
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If you're waiting to feel ready, it might not come.
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You've got to do it anyway.
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But because they're waiting to feel ready again, they're waiting for that spark,
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something to light them on fire.
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It's a spark.
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They're waiting for that spark, inspiration to do it.
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That perfect moment when everything finally clicks and taking action feels easy.
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Shadow me with that.
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That perfect moment when everything finally clicks and taking action feels easy.
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When something clicks, it's like a click sound.
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So it's like a switch on.
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Turning the switch on is clicking.
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Click.
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Again, one last time.
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That perfect moment when everything finally clicks and taking action feels easy.
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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What if you didn't need to feel ready?
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I don't even understand my own sentence here.
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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There we go.
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That's how we need to say it.
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But what if?
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What if the situation was that you didn't even need to feel ready?
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You could do it without feeling ready.
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That's the insinuation here, I guess.
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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Need to feel ready.
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So emphasizes the need.
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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We're figuring this out together.
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What if all you needed was the willingness to take one small step?
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What if all you needed was the willingness to take one small step?
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What if that's all you needed?
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What if all you needed was the willingness to take one small step?
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No matter how you feel.
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No matter.
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That means regardless of how you feel.
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No matter how you feel.
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Not a perfect step.
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Not a dramatic change.
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Not a perfect step.
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Not a dramatic change.
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Just one honest, doable action you can take right now.
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Just one honest, that means simple, doable, something you can do, doable action you can take right now.
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Just one honest, that means simple, doable, something you can do, doable action you can take right now,
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an action that you can take right now.
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This is the shift that changes everything.
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This is the shift that changes everything, say it.
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you stop asking, do I want to do this?
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Do I want to do this?
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Do I want to do this?
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And you start asking, what is the smallest action I can take right now?
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What is the smallest action?
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The least amount of effort.
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The smallest action I can take right now.
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Say it.
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Maybe it's just a few minutes of effort.
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Maybe it's just a few minutes of effort.
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Maybe it's something very simple.
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Almost too small to matter. But it still counts.
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still count.
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If something counts, it's important.
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It's not zero.
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You can count it, so it's not nothing.
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It still counts.
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Because when you continue, even at a low level, you protect
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your habit protect your habit so
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that means you keep your habit going you're protecting your habit because
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when you continue even at a low level you protect your
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habit say it you keep the rhythm going you keep the rhythm going you keep the rhythm going.
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You show up for yourself in a quiet, consistent way.
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You show up for yourself in a quiet, consistent way.
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And every time you do,
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you prove to yourself that you can keep going.
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Alright, one more time.
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Each line.
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And every time you do, you prove to yourself that you can keep going.
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Even on the hard days.
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Even without motivation.
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That quiet proof builds up.
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Yeah, that quiet proof builds up.
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Builds up, builds up, builds up, builds up.
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It settles in.
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Settles in.
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And over time, it becomes a deep, steady kind of strength.
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And over time, as time goes by, it becomes a deep, steady kind of strength.
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All right, that's a powerful message.
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I like it.
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Are you ready to shadow this?
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We're going to say it from start to finish, nonstop, at a nice, crisp pace.
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See if you can read along with me or say it with me.
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Here we go.
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How do you keep going when you don't feel like it?
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There will be days when you don't feel like continuing.
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Days when everything feels heavy.
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Your mind is tired.
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And even the smallest tasks feel difficult.
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You wake up and nothing seems to come easily.
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Your energy is low.
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Your motivation is quiet.
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And the work in front of you feels bigger than it actually is.
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This is where most people stop.
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Not because they aren't capable.
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Not because they don't care.
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but because they're waiting to feel ready again.
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They're waiting for that spark, that perfect moment when everything finally clicks and taking action feels easy.
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But what if you didn't need to feel ready?
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What if all you needed was the willingness to take one small step?
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no matter how you feel.
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Not a perfect step, not a dramatic change, just one honest, doable action you can take right now.
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This is the shift that changes everything.
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You stop asking, do I want to do this?
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And you start asking, what is the smallest action I can take right now?
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Maybe it's just a few minutes of effort.
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Maybe it's something very simple, almost too small to matter. But it still counts.
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Because when you continue, even at a low level, you protect your habit.
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You keep the rhythm going.
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You show up for yourself in a quiet, consistent way.
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And every time you do, you prove to yourself that you can keep going.
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Even on the hard days, even without motivation, that quiet proof builds up.
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It settles in.
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and over time it becomes a deep, steady kind of strength.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Keep moving forward.
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Keep practicing.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today.
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Taking one more step.
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Let's take another step again in the next lesson and I'll see you there.

この動画のスピーキング目標

「shadow speak」という手法を使ったこの動画は、英語スピーキング練習において、自然なリズムと発音の習得を目指しています。特に「どうやって続けるの?」といった日常的な質問や、「やる気がない日もある」といった感情表現を、ネイティブのように流暢に話すためのマイルストーンを設定しています。YouTubeで英語学習をする際に、単なる繰り返しではなく、発音の細かなニュアンスやリダクション(音の省略)を体感できるのが特徴です。

実用フレーズバンク

  • How do you keep going when you don't feel like it?(やる気がない時、どうやって続けるの?)
  • There will be days when you don't feel like continuing.(続ける気になれない日があるものです)
  • Days when everything feels heavy.(すべてが重く感じる日)
  • And even the smallest tasks feel difficult.(最小の課題でさえ難しく感じる)
  • Your motivation is quiet.(やる気が湧かない)

これらのフレーズは、日常の会話や自己啓発的な表現でよく使われるため、覚えておくと非常に実用的です。

弱点を克服するポイント

この動画は、英語の発音を良くするために、特に「リダクション」と「ストレスの位置」に焦点を当てています。例えば「when you don't feel like it」の「don't」の「t」は発音が弱まり、自然な話し方ではほとんど聞こえなくなります。また、「tasks」の「s」の発音や、「Your motivation is quiet」の「quiet」の軽い発音など、ネイティブが無意識に使う細かなルールを学べます。「shadowspeaks」の手法を使い、ネイティブの発音に即座に追随する練習をすることで、リズムと発音の自然さが格段に向上します。繰り返し練習することで、「考えながら話す」のではなく、「自然に話す」習慣が身につきます。

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
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the smallest · The least amount
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞stop asking · start asking · Keep moving
比較級 -er than / more … than — 二つのものを比べるbigger than
義務:must / have to / need to 何かが必要であることを伝えるmust do · need to feel · need to say

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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