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

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You're red, I'm blue.
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Let's practice speaking English when you're meeting someone while traveling.
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No, no, no, go ahead.
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Nice to meet you too.
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I'm Thai.
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Well, thank you.
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I think it means flower, but I'm not 100% sure.
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I got here on Tuesday.
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It's only been a couple of days.
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What about you?
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I've always wanted to visit this city.
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It's been on my travel list for a while now, I'm sure.
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Yeah, it's so different from my home country too.
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Where are you from?
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Cool.
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I'm from the US, but I grew up in Mexico.
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Yeah, cool.
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If you do, I can give you some good recommendations.
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I'm probably going to check out some temples and eat at a restaurant that I passed by this morning.
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What about you?
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That's always a good plan.
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Do you want to join me?
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Yeah, let's meet in reception.
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I'll see you there.
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Practice speaking English with me on YouTube.
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I have another role play video coming out next week.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 26 sentences and 167 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 72 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
temple noun/ˈtɛm.pl̩/A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
reception noun/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/The act of receiving.
recommendation noun/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/An act of recommending.
restaurant noun/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
travel verb/ˈtɹævəl/To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
join verb/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/To connect or combine into one; to put together.
grow verb/ˈɡɹəʊ/To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
check out verbTo record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come out verb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/To be discovered; to be revealed.
go ahead verb/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/To proceed with; to begin.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like temple, flower, reception.

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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