シャドーイング練習: SHADOWING English Fluency Story - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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For fluency.
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Yes, okay.
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We are going to speak English first in chunks, little pieces of English.
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Work on your pronunciation.
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And then we will do some shadowing for fluency flow.
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Here we go.
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All right, repeat.
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When Max met Amy for a first date, he had high hopes.
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Alright, so high hopes is feeling very hopeful, optimistic.
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He has high hopes.
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So you have high hopes.
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He had high hopes.
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Alright, let's say all that two times.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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When Max met Amy for a first date, he had high hopes.
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When Max met Amy for a first date, he had high hopes.
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All right, so you say it with me together, shadowing on that second part.
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Now repeat after me.
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They went surfing on a California beach early in the morning
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and had a great time.
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Okay, all of it two times.
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Here we go.
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They went surfing on a California beach early in the morning and had a great time.
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They went surfing on a California beach early in the morning and had a great time.
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Exhausted and happy.
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The couple left the ocean.
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Then, out of the blue.
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Out of the blue.
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Out of the blue.
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That means unexpectedly.
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Without warning.
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Then, without warning.
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Then, unexpectedly.
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Out of the blue.
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56-year-old Max collapsed.
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he fell down collapsed is to fall down okay let's say it let's say all of this
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two times ready here we go exhausted
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and happy the couple left the ocean then out of the blue 56 year old max collapsed exhausted
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and happy the couple left the ocean then out of the blue 56-year-old Max collapsed.
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He lay on the sand, silent and still.
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Fortunately, Amy was a doctor.
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Fortunately.
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Fortunately, Amy was a doctor whose years of training whose years of training kicked in.
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Okay, so her training kicked in.
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What is kicked in?
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It means it started to work.
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It took effect.
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It went into action.
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It started.
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It kicked in.
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Let's say this two times.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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He lay on the sand, silent and still, Fortunately, Amy was a doctor whose years of training kicked in.
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He lay on the sand, silent and still.
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Fortunately, Amy was a doctor whose years of training kicked in.
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She immediately began to perform CPR.
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It was the first time her lips had touched his.
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You could say it was their first kiss.
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It saved Max's life.
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Alright, let's say all of that two times ready?
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Here we go.
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She immediately began to perform CPR.
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It was the first time her lips had touched his.
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You could say it was their first kiss.
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It saved Max's life.
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She immediately began to perform CPR.
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It was the first time her lips had touched his.
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You could say it was their first kiss.
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It saved Max's life.
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Alright, good job.
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Max came to the ambulance.
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I'm sorry, I didn't say that correct.
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Max came to in the ambulance.
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I messed up.
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Okay, so came to means to wake up.
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So if you come to, you wake up after losing consciousness.
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If you lose consciousness and then you come to, you like wake up, you become conscious.
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So Max came to while he was in the ambulance.
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Max came to in the ambulance.
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There we go.
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We got it.
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His first emotion was one of embarrassment.
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His first emotion was one of embarrassment.
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He said he felt ashamed.
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He felt ashamed.
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He had ruined a perfect date.
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Okay, let's say all of it two times.
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Ready?
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Max came to in the ambulance.
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His first emotion was one of embarrassment.
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He said he felt ashamed he had ruined a perfect date.
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Max came to in the ambulance.
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His first emotion was one of embarrassment.
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He said he felt ashamed he had ruined a perfect date.
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At the hospital, doctors diagnosed Max with a heart attack.
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Diagnosed.
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Diagnosed.
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So if you get a diagnosis, you get diagnosed.
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And that just means they identify or they discover the problem.
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They diagnosed him with a heart attack.
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They said heart attack was the cause of the problem.
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All right.
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He got on the horn to tell Amy the news.
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That's a tricky one, huh?
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Got on the horn.
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If you get on the horn, that just means make a telephone call make a phone call
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because old old phone calls kind of look like a horn
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so we called it a horn I don't know why oh I think
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because they kind of had a horn looking receiver on the
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on the I I'm not sure why we say this actually
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but we say he He got on the horn to tell Amy the news.
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That means he got on the telephone to tell Amy the news.
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All right, let's say it two times.
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Here we go.
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At the hospital, doctors diagnosed Max with a heart attack.
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He got on the horn to tell Amy the news.
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At the hospital, doctors diagnosed Max with a heart attack.
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He got on the horn to tell Amy the news.
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He also wanted to apologize.
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Yeah, he wanted to apologize for ruining their day together.
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Amy broke down in tears.
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Now if you break down She broke down
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The verb is break down Break down in tears
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That means to lose control of your feelings
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And you start crying You just suddenly start crying You lose control of your feelings,
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your emotions Amy broke down in tears Suddenly started to cry when she heard his voice.
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So she broke down in tears when she heard his voice.
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All right, let's do all of it two times.
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Here we go.
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He also wanted to apologize for ruining their day together.
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Amy broke down in tears when she heard his voice.
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He also wanted to apologize for ruining their day together.
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Amy broke down in tears when she heard his voice.
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Sorry, I hit the button while I was talking.
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She said, I was so relieved.
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I was so relieved because I was so upset
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that I had met this amazing person and now he could be gone.
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So she was upset that she had met this amazing person and now he could be dead.
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He could be gone.
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All right.
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Let's say this two times.
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Here we go.
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She said,
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I was so relieved because I was so upset that I had met this amazing person and now he could be gone.
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She said,
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I was so relieved because I was so upset that I had met this amazing person and now he could be gone.
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Max went into surgery the next day.
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After his operation, he told Amy he'd understand if she didn't want a second date.
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If you don't want a second date, I will understand.
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That's what Max said.
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He said, I will understand if you do not want to have a second date with me.
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He told Amy he'd understand if she didn't want a second date.
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Okay, ready?
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Here we go.
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Max went into surgery the next day.
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After his operation, he told Amy he'd understand if she didn't want a second date.
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Max went into surgery the next day.
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After his operation, he told Amy he'd understand if she didn't want a second date.
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Max explained Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack? Who wants that?
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Nobody wants that.
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Who wants to date?
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Nobody.
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Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack?
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Amy said she did.
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Okay, let's say that.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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Max explained, Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack?
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Amy said she did.
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Max explained, Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack?
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Amy said she did.
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Some say finding true love is rare.
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In a world with seven billion people,
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what are the chances you'll ever bump into your soulmate?
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What are the chances?
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What are the chances?
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That's a common phrase.
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What are the chances?
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What are the chances?
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What are the possibilities?
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that you'll ever, that you will ever bump into.
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If you bump into someone, you meet them unexpectedly.
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Your soulmate.
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A soulmate is a person who is ideally suited to another as a close friend or a romantic partner.
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Your soulmate.
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Okay, this is the last part, so let's nail it.
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Let's do it three times.
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Three times to finish this lesson.
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Here we go.
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Some say finding true love is rare.
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In a world with seven billion people, what are the chances you'll ever bump into your soulmate?
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Again, some say finding true love is rare.
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In a world with seven billion people, what are the chances you'll ever bump into your soulmate?
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Some say finding true love is rare.
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In a world with seven billion people, what are the chances you'll ever bump into your soulmate?
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we did it good job keep moving forward keep moving forward
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one step at a time you'll get there you'll get it's
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a long journey a long journey begins with the first step
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and then the next and then the next
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and then the next boom good workout i'll see you in the next practice

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「SHADOWING English Fluency Story」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:Amy, max, date, horn, attack。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が202文、単語が1543語あります。 音声の長さは15:25です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約100語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の84%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
horn 名詞/hɔɹn/角
diagnose 動詞/ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/診断する
ambulance 名詞/ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/救急車
ruin 名詞/ˈɹuː.ɪn/廃墟, 遺跡
emotion 名詞/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/感情, 心緒
ashamed 形容詞/əˈʃeɪmd/恥ずかしい
apologize 動詞/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/謝る, 詫びる
collapse 動詞/kəˈlæps/潰える, 崩壊する
unexpectedly 副詞/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/思いがけなく, おもいがけず
exhaust 動詞/ɪɡˈzɔst/使い尽くす, 尽くす
surf 動詞/sɝf/サーフインをする
lip 名詞/lɪp/唇
fluency 名詞/ˈfluːənsi/流暢
consciousness 名詞/ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/意識, 人心地
pronunciation 名詞/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/発音, 読み

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語発音意味
wake up 動詞/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/目覚める, 目を覚ます
fall down 動詞/fɔl ˈdaʊn/落ちる

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • Alright, let's say all that two times.
  • Let's say this two times.
  • Alright, let's say all of that two times ready?
  • I'm sorry, I didn't say that correct.
  • All right, let's say it two times.

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
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるsomeone who just · person who is
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞start crying · keep moving
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測will do · will understand · you'll ever bump

注意したい発音

話し手はyou'll, didn't, he'dなど、短縮形や弱形を21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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/, verb /vɝb/, receiver /ɹəˈsi.vɚ/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: surf /sɝf/, fluency /ˈfluːənsi/, hopeful /ˈhoʊpfl̩/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: horn /hɔɹn/, bump /bʌmp/, ambulance /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/, embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

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. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。horn, diagnose, ambulanceなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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。

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