シャドーイング練習: S1E01 Clip | Power-hungry New York Women - YouTubeで英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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It's like the riddle of the Sphinx.
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It's like the riddle of the Sphinx.
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Why are there so many great unmarried women and no great unmarried men?
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I explore these sorts of issues in my column, and I have terrific sources of my friends.
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When you're a young guy in your 20s, women are controlling the relationships.
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By the time you're an eligible man in your 30s, you feel like you're being devoured by women.
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Suddenly, the guys are holding all the chips.
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I call it the mid-30s power flame.
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It's all about age and biology.
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I mean, if you want to get married, it's to have kids, right?
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And you don't want to do it with someone older than 35, because then you have to have kids right away, and that's about it.
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I think these women should just forget about marriage and have a good time.
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I have a friend who'd always gone out with extremely sexy guys and just had a good time.
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One day, she woke up and she was 41.
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She couldn't get any more dates.
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She had a complete physical breakdown, couldn't hold on to her job, and had to move back to Wisconsin to live with her mother.
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Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad.
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Most men are threatened by successful women.
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If you want to get these guys, you have to keep your mouth shut and play by the rules.
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I totally believe that love conquers all.
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Sometimes you just have to give it a little space.
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And that's exactly what's missing in Manhattan.
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The space for romance.
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The problem is expectations.
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Older women don't want to settle for what's available.
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By the time you reach your mid-thirties, you think, why should I settle?
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You know?
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It's like the older we get, the more we keep self-selecting down to a smaller and smaller group.
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What women really want is Alec Baldwin.
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There's not one woman in New York who hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys
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because they were too short or too fat or too poor.
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I have been out with some of those guys, the short, fat, poor ones.
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It makes absolutely no difference.
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They are just as self-centered and unappreciative as the good-looking ones.
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Why don't these women just marry a fat guy?
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Why don't they just marry a big fat tub of lard?
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Happy birthday, dear Miranda.
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Happy birthday to you.
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Another 30-something birthday with a group of unmarried female friends.
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We would all have preferred a nice celebratory conference call.
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Thank you for saying.
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Look, if you're a successful saleswoman in this city, you have two choices.
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You can bang your head against the wall and try to find a relationship, or you can say, screw it, and just go out and have sex, like a man.
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You mean with dildos?
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No. I mean without feeling.
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Samantha Jones was a New York inspiration, a public relations executive.
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She routinely slept with good-looking guys in their 20s.
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Remember that guy that I was going out with?
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Oh, God, what was his name?
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Drew.
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I didn't feel a thing.
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It was like, hey, babe, gotta go.
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Catch you later.
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And I completely forgot about him after that.
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But are you sure that that isn't just because he didn't call you?
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Sweetheart, this is the first time in the history of Manhattan...
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...that women have had as much money and power as men.
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Plus, the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects.
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Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts.
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I mean, they don't want to be in a relationship with you, but as soon as you only want them for sex, they don't like it.
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All of a sudden, they can't perform the way they're supposed to.
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That's when you dump them.
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Oh, come on, ladies, are we really that cynical?
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What about romance?
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It's like that guy Jeremiah, the poet.
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I mean, the sex was incredible.
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But then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner and the whole chat bit.
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And I'm like, let's not even go there.
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What are you saying?
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Are you saying you're just gonna give up on love?
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, believe me.
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The right guy comes along and you two right here, this whole thing, right out the window.
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No, no, no, no. The right guy is an illusion, you understand that?
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You can start living your life.
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So you think it's really possible to pull off this whole, um, women having sex like men thing?
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You're forgetting the last session.
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You're obsessed with that movie.
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Okay.
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Linda Fiorentino.
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Fuck me, that guy.
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I'm never having one of those, oh my god, what have I done, epiphonies.
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I hated that movie. Was it true?
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Were women in New York really giving up on love and throttling up on power?
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What a tempting thought.
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このビデオで会話練習をする理由
このビデオでは、ニューヨークの独身女性たちの恋愛観や社会的な期待についての興味深い意見が紹介されています。このようなトピックは、日常会話や特定の状況でのスピーキング練習に非常に役立ちます。相手との会話を進める流れや感情を伝える方法を実践することができ、英語の発音を良くするためのスキルを向上させる絶好の機会です。さらに、shadow speakや影響を受けたスピーチの練習によって、速いテンポの言語使用に適応する能力も育成できます。
文法と表現の文脈
このビデオからいくつかの重要なフレーズや文法構造を分析してみましょう。特に、以下の表現が特に印象的です。
- “I call it the mid-30s power flame.” - ここでは、「mid-30s」を名詞として使い、特定の状態や力の変化を示しています。
- “Most men are threatened by successful women.” - この文では、「are threatened」という受動態を使って、社会的な状況を表現しています。
- “Why don't these women just marry a fat guy?” - 疑問形を使うことで、話し手の思考を引き立てており、聴衆の興味を引きます。
これらの表現は、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立ち、実際の英会話でも頻繁に使われるフレーズです。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオでは、特に注意が必要な単語や発音がいくつかあります。例えば、“successful”や“relationship”という言葉は、特に母音の発音が難しいことがあるので、練習が必要です。また、話し手のアクセントも、聞き取りの難易度を上げる要因の一つです。YouTubeで英語学習をする際には、これらの言葉に頻繁に取り組むことをお勧めします。声に出して練習し、影に合わせることで、より自然な発音を身につけていきましょう。
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。