シャドーイング練習: resetting my life for spring (getting back on track) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hey guys, it's Syd.
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Welcome back.
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Let's cut to the chase.
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I feel like a wreck.
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I have never felt so out of control of my own life than I have the past week.
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Mostly because I came out with like a new launch for my jewelry brand, so I've been so busy.
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This morning I woke up and I was like, I need a reset day.
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Especially like a spring reset.
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I think spring is the perfect excuse for me to do a whole like reset day.
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First, I need to get out of my apartment before I spiral about everything.
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Alright guys, I'm here.
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I'm basically back home.
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It feels so weirdly empty finishing something that you've been working on for so long.
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I've been working on this jewelry brand launch for a year and now that it's out and done Obviously i'm so happy, but I don't know like what to do with myself
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So i'm here to kind of like get myself back on
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track to kind of just write out what i'm gonna do today I feel like my mind is
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so all over the place If I don't write stuff down I get distracted with things
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that I really don't need to be doing I think I
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need a grocery shop a little bit I also need to desperately clean
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and deep clean my apartment I really just needed to leave my apartment though
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and be around people and I already feel much better.
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Forgot to film my coffee before I drank it.
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Sorry about that. as i was out
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and about walking i remembered the crucial part of myself carotene
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is getting a bagel um not really i just saw a pop of bagels
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and had to have some i love bagels and this place and then
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headed to the grocery store to get just a few things I needed restocks of.
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I made a pit stop for bagels.
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I ended up getting a couple groceries just to like restock some things.
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I just threw those in the fridge.
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Wow I look pale.
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Okay so I need to self tan as a part of this reset.
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Anyways now that I'm home I'm gonna stop procrastinating and get to business.
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I need to clean.
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I'm considering blurring out my bed because I don't want you guys to be concerned about the stains.
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It's my my self-tanner i swear i swear it is the girls
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that self tan out there you understand it's kind of just
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like you have to accept it uh anyways i do need
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to wash my sheets i'm gonna wash my duvet cover too
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which i hate doing i didn't make my bed this morning
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because i knew that i was gonna be washing my sheets not
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because i was lazy actually you know what i'm feeling vulnerable this is what my pillow looks like.
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How does this happen and why is it pink?
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Update.
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Laundry is in.
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Now I have to tackle my bedroom floor.
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Things just start to accumulate.
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The problem is once there's a pile, it's gonna grow.
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I cannot like start and form a pile because then at that point I'm already doomed.
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And unfortunately I've been having a lot of piles recently.
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I hate these piles.
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I hate going through piles because then I have to be decisive.
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Like, is this something I'm keeping?
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Is this something I'm donating?
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What am I doing with it?
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I don't know. So.
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the past two weeks since i've been working
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so much on this jewelry launch i have not gone to the gym i don't think once not
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that i'm a gym rat like at all
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but i definitely usually go a few times a week i'll go to like a class
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or something and i haven't because i've just been like too overwhelmed
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and like busy to even think about going to the gym it's kind of funny the things
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that you cut out when you're stressed.
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And the gym is usually like one of the first things to go.
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So I was like thinking I should probably make a comeback today.
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I really don't want to go, but I know I'll feel so much better after.
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So I figured while my laundry's going, I should use this time to my advantage.
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Delayed gratification is an amazing thing.
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I did not want to go.
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And now I'm so happy that I did.
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Anyways, I had a little snack.
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I jumped in the shower.
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I have my comfy clothes on and I have some bad news.
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It looks like I didn't make any progress.
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Things are looking worse before they get better.
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Oh, this is all of my laundry on the floor.
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My floor is clean, I promise.
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So not only do I have to fold all those clothes, but I also have to do the dreaded task of putting my fitted sheet on my bed.
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I would rather do anything else than put my fitted sheet on my bed.
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Like, I'd rather run a marathon.
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Better late than never.
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Oh, do I have food in my teeth?
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Whenever I clean my room, it always takes at least triple the time than I originally estimate.
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I don't know if I just have like a bad gauge of time or if I'm just like hopefully optimistic, but it looks so much better.
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I already feel so much more at peace.
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Like there's just no better feeling than a clean room.
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I just want to sit in my room and stare at it.
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I'm such a visual person.
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Like I need to have my space clean in order for my mind to feel clean.
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I already feel like 10 times better.
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I think I just want to chill the rest of the night.
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I feel like I was pretty productive today.
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As I was cleaning, I kind of gathered this bag together.
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I get sent so much stuff.
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I literally, it feels like Christmas for me every day.
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I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
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And I just know that someone else out there deserves this 10 times more than me.
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I don't need any more stuff as much as I love Mario Badescu.
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So I thought, you know what?
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Why don't I just pick one of you guys to give this to?
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I won't go through everything, but some highlights, face spray, Mario Badescu face cleanser, their neck cream, niacinamide cream, hyaluronic moisturizer, eye cream, just a few of the things.
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To enter, I just want to make it easy.
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Comment below the best piece of advice you've ever received.
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I'm really asking that because I'm curious.
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Also write your Instagram handle, so that way I can message you and pick the winner.
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Anyways, I'm really here because I figured it was time to do another advice session.
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You guys know the drill.
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If you follow me on Instagram and message me, I pick someone and it's totally anonymous.
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I never say who sent me the DM
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and I just kind of like do my best to like help answer it or just like give my two cents.
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What made you decide to live so far away from your family and friends?
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Was it hard?
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Do you have any advice or things you live by so you don't get overwhelmed with anxiety being so far away?
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I specifically wanted to answer this question because it's been something I've been really, honestly like struggling with.
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As some of you guys know, I'm from Minnesota and I didn't initially decide to like move away to get away from my family
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or friends It was more of a consequence of just where I wanted to live, was not by them.
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I haven't lived by my family in six years now.
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I was in California and now I'm living in New York.
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I thought it would get easier as I got older and to be honest it has not.
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I don't know why I thought it would get easier
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but every time I leave them like after a visit I
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feel like for the next two three days I am really really sad.
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It takes me like a good week to kind of like get out of that funk.
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I think whenever I find myself feeling like anxious about it and sad about not being close to them, I remember first of all that I can FaceTime and I'm like so grateful that FaceTime exists.
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I think about like 30 years ago when that wasn't an option.
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I also try to remind myself to feel grateful for the fact
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that I miss my family
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because I know there's a lot of people who don't have good relationships with their family members
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and I'm so lucky to like be in the position to miss them.
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It just means that I love them and I have such a great relationship with them.
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So I found it's a bit more of my perspective.
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And I think the biggest thing too is whenever I leave them or we separate, I try to already have the next trip planned to see them.
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So that way it's a little bit less hard because I know exactly when I'm gonna see them next.
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But yeah, I mean, to be honest, sometimes it's hard and I'm not gonna like pretend that it's totally easy because it's definitely not for me.
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I have plenty of nights where I like honestly get so sad and I just miss being close to them.
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I also feel like weirdly guilty for leaving my family.
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I don't know if anyone relates to
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that the older I get I just feel wrong for not living by them My family doesn't make me feel like that.
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They support me living my life, but I don't know.
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I feel so Guilty about it on that note.
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I'm gonna do some skincare Well, I just did skincare but i'm gonna put on my red light mask
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and I think i'm gonna watch the game Just a cute
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little I just want a cute little cozy night for myself alone
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this is me looking absolutely insane in my red light mask
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i watched the minnesota timberwolves is honestly just like such a nice relaxing way to end my reset
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but i'm sorry guys you already know what i'm about to
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say i forgot to do an outro i just wanted to say love you guys thanks
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so much for watching and
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if you've like supported my jewelry brand ophelia i just wanted to say thank you
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so much it means the world and i just love you guys
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and i feel so grateful i'll see you in my next vlog bye guys

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151文、単語が1798語あります。 音声の長さは9:45です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約184語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は79%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • pile /paɪl/ (名詞) — 積み重ね, 山. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
  • sheet /ʃit/ (名詞) — 枚, シート. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
  • jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ (名詞) — 宝飾品, ジュエリー. Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
  • grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (形容詞) — 有難い, 感謝する. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
  • mask /mæsk/ (名詞) — 仮面, 覆面. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  • laundry /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ (名詞) — 洗濯. A laundering; a washing.
  • cloth /klɒθ/ (名詞) — 布. A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
  • bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (名詞) — 寝室. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
  • wash /wɑʃ/ (動詞) — 洗う. To clean with water.
  • anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (名詞) — 心配, 不安. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
  • curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (形容詞) — 好奇心の強い, 知りたがる. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
  • chase /t͡ʃeɪs/ (動詞) — 追いかける, 追跡する. To follow at speed.
  • delay /dɪˈleɪ̯/ (名詞) — 遅れ, 遅延. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
  • insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (形容詞) — 気が狂った, 狂しい. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
  • remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (動詞) — 思い出させる. To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (動詞) — 着る, 履く. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
  • wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (動詞) — 目覚める, 目を覚ます. To stop sleeping; to awake.

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, don't, gonnaなど、短縮形や弱形を79回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

  • 「th」の音: cloth /klɒθ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/
  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: sheet /ʃit/, wash /wɑʃ/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, anonymous /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/, optimistic /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

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. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。pile, sheet, jewellery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
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作you've been working · I've been working · I've been having
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have never felt · I've been · have not gone
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the luckiest · the best · the biggest
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるshould probably make · should use

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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