シャドーイング練習: Speak English Like Michael Scott! ☕️ | The Office Shadowing Practice - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Yes, it is true.
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I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service.
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Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it.
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I need a username, and I have a great one.
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Little kid lover.
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That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.
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Yes, it is true.
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I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service.
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Thousands of people have done it, and I'm going to do it.
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I need a username.
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And I have a great one.
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Little kid lover.
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That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.
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Once I brought in a duck to prepare for lunch, and people got upset.
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Apparently they got attached to the duck and didn't want to see it killed.
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I brought in a duck to prepare for lunch, And people got upset.
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Apparently they got attached to the duck and didn't want to see it killed.
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He always gives me the best Christmas gifts.
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He'll take a memory or a private joke and he'll create something totally unique.
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I love them.
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So this year I made him something.
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A comic book.
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He always gives me the best Christmas gifts.
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He'll take a memory or a private joke and he'll create something totally unique.
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I love them.
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So this year I made him something.
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A comic book.
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Jim and I are great friends.
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We hang out a ton, mostly at work.
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But the fact that he told me his secret and no one else says everything about our friendship.
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And it is why I intend on keeping that secret for as long as I possibly can.
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Jim and I are great friends.
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We hang out a ton, mostly at work.
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But the fact that he told me his secret and no one else says everything about our friendship.
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And it is why I intend on keeping that secret for as long as I possibly can.
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What is it like being single?
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I like it.
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I like starting each day with a sense of possibility.
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And I'm optimistic because every day I get a little more desperate.
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And desperate situations yield the quickest result.
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What is it like being single?
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I like it.
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I like starting each day with a sense of possibility.
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And I'm optimistic because every day I get a little more desperate.
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And desperate situations yield the quickest results.
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Oh, yes, hello, how are you?
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Good to see you.
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Wow, you've really grown up.
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You know what?
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Don't mind me saying so.
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She has turned into a stone-cold fox.
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Better keep the frat boys away from her.
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Oh, yes, hello, how are you?
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Good to see you.
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Wow, you've really grown up.
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You know what?
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Don't mind me saying so.
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She is turning into a stone cold fox.
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Better keep the frat boys away from her.
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I don't understand why Michael is wasting his time with Spanish.
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I have it on very good authority that within 20 years, everyone will be speaking German. Or a Chinese-German hybrid.
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I don't understand why Michael is wasting his time with Spanish.
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I have it on very good authority that within 20 years,
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everyone will be speaking German. Or a Chinese-German hybrid.
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Santa, wonderful tradition.
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Everybody loves Santa.
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Everybody can't get enough of the jolly old man.
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But that is a myth.
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Because you know what?
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He is not necessarily a big fat guy with a beard.
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He's not necessarily an old guy.
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He's not going to have a big fat gross Santa Claus.
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It's going to be cool, sleek Santa.
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Santa, wonderful tradition.
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Everybody loves Santa.
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Everybody can't get enough of the jolly old man.
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But that is a myth.
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Because you know what?
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He is not necessarily a big fat guy with a beard.
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He's not necessarily an old guy.
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He's not going to have a big, fat, gross Santa Claus.
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It's going to be cool, sleek Santa.

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「Speak English Like Michael Scott! ☕️」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:Santa, duck, desperate, necessarily, everybody。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が82文、単語が660語あります。 音声の長さは5:55です。 話す速さは1分あたり約111語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の82%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11語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
duck 名詞/dʌk/鴨, カモ
desperate 形容詞/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/絶望的な
attach 動詞/əˈtæt͡ʃ/付ける, 添付する
username 名詞ユーザー名, 利用者名
optimistic 形容詞/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/楽観的
beard 名詞/bɪɹd/顎鬚, 顎髭
myth 名詞/mɪθ/迷信
intend 動詞/ɪnˈtɛnd/つもりである, 意図する
hybrid 名詞/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/雑種
yield 動詞/jiːld/もたらす
lover 名詞/ˈlʌvɚ/恋人, 愛人

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
grow up 動詞成長する, 大人に成る

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。

  • Wow, you've really grown up.
  • Don't mind me saying so.
  • Because you know what?

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
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているhave done · you've really grown · has turned
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the best · the quickest
「going to」の未来表現 be going to + 動詞 — 予定や、起こりそうだと分かることam going to do · I'm going to do · He's not going to have
「will」の未来表現 will + 動詞 — その場の決定、約束、予測will know · He'll take · will be

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, he'll, I'mなど、短縮形や弱形を17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。

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: frat /fɹæt/, sleek /sliːk/, beard /bɪɹd/, intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/, yield /jiːld/

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。duck, desperate, attach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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