シャドーイング練習: Speak English with Confidence | Easy Conversations for Beginners - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Hello!
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Welcome to Learn English Through Story.
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In today's video, we'll go through five short English dialogues to help you practice your listening.
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Then, we'll work on speaking.
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You'll take one of the roles and say the lines out loud.
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Have fun and enjoy learning.
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Dialogue 1 Hi, I'm Tom.
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How are you?
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Hi, Tom.
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I'm good.
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My name's Sonia.
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Do you live here in the city?
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Yes, I live in the downtown.
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How about you?
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I live in the north part of the city.
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By the way, your English is really good, Sonia.
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Thanks.
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Where did you learn such good English?
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I'm taking an English course here in the city.
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I started three months ago.
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Do you have English class every day?
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No, not every day.
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The course is three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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Where are you going now, Sonja?
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I'm going to the gym.
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I want to work out for one or two hours.
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Wow, two hours is a lot.
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I really enjoy fitness.
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Two hours is no problem for me.
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I even like long workouts.
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How long have you been living here, Sonia?
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I've been living here for a year.
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I moved here last March.
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What are you doing at the moment?
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Right now, I'm mainly learning English.
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It takes a lot of time.
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After that, I want to study at university.
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That's great.
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I also studied here.
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What do you want to study?
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I want to study medicine.
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After that, I want to work as a doctor.
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I have to get off now.
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It was nice meeting you.
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Same here.
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See you around.
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Dialogue 2.
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What did you do today, Paul?
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I was really busy today, so I'm a bit tired.
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Tell me about it.
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What kept you busy?
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I worked in the office all day.
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I was on the phone with a lot of clients.
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It was exhausting.
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Were there any problems?
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No, no problems.
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I just had a lot of new orders.
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What else did you do today?
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I went grocery shopping.
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What did you buy?
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I bought a lot of vegetables and fruit.
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I love vegetables. Do you like cooking?
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Yes, I cook almost every day.
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I usually eat healthy, fresh food.
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What do you cook, for example?
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I like to cook Italian dishes.
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Sometimes I also cook German food.
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I also love Italian food.
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My favorite is pasta.
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Me too.
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I especially like homemade pasta.
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Do you make the pasta yourself?
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Yes.
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Sometimes I make the pasta at home.
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Isn't it hard?
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Yeah, a bit.
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It definitely takes a lot of time.
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Then invite me over for some homemade pasta sometime.
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Dialogue 3.
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Dr. Martin's office.
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Hello.
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Hi.
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My name is Sarah Miller.
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I'd like to make an appointment with doctor.
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Are you a patient here?
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No, not yet.
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All right.
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No problem.
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Are you privately or publicly insured?
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I'm publicly insured.
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Do you need my insurance number?
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No, that's fine.
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Are you sick?
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I mean, are you contagious?
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I've had a cold, a headache and a cough since yesterday, but no fever.
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I think I just have a regular cold.
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When can you come in?
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I'm free today and tomorrow.
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I'm not going to work.
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You can come today at 2.30 p.m.
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Thanks a lot.
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Dialogue 4.
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Hi Susan, how are you?
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Hey Fabienne, I'm great.
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How about you?
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I'm doing pretty well.
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Do you have time this afternoon?
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Unfortunately not.
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I'm meeting my mom and grandma this afternoon.
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What time are you meeting them?
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I'm meeting them at 3.30.
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How about we meet at 2 p.m.?
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That doesn't work for me.
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I have a dentist appointment at 2 p.m.
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Too bad.
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How about later, around 5 p.m.?
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Do you have time then?
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Yes, sure.
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You can pick me up at my grandma's.
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Sounds good.
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Just send me the address.
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Dialogue 5 I'm so hungry, but I don't feel like cooking.
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I can't cook right now either.
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I still have some work to finish.
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Well, I'll just eat some bread.
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The bread is gone.
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We need to buy more.
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Then I'll just order some food.
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Do you want anything?
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No thanks.
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I'm not hungry yet.
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I think I'll order some Indian food.
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Maybe chicken tikka masala?
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I'm in the mood for that.
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Hi, I'd like to place an order.
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Namaste.
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What would you like to order?
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One chicken tikka masala, please.
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Medium spicy, please.
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Okay, anything else?
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Dessert or a drink?
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Do you have that Indian bread that looks like a balloon?
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You mean our Batura bread?
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Yes, that's the one Sure, where should we deliver it to?
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25 Lincoln Street, please My name is Anna Green Great,
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the food will be there in about 30 minutes Perfect, I'll pay when it arrives Yes,
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exactly Enjoy your meal Thanks Wow, they delivered right on time and the food is really good.
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Now I'm getting hungry too.
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Hi, I'm Tom.
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How are you?
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Do you live here in the city?
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I live in the north part of the city.
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By the way, your English is really good, Sonia.
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Thanks.
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Where did you learn such good English?
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Do you have English class every day?
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Where are you going now, Sonia?
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Wow, two hours is a lot!
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How long have you been living here, Sonia?
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What are you doing at the moment?
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I have to get off now.
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It was
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nice meeting you.
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What did you do today, Paul?
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Tell me about it.
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What kept you busy? Were there any problems?
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What else did you do today?
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What did you buy?
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Do you like cooking?
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What do you cook, for example?
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I also love Italian food.
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My favorite is pasta.
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Do you make the pasta yourself?
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Isn't it hard?
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then invite me over for some homemade pasta sometime.
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Dialogue 3.
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Dr. Martin's office, hello.
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Are you a patient here?
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Alright, no problem.
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Are you privately or publicly insured?
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No, that's fine.
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Are you sick?
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I mean, are you contagious?
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When can you come in?
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You can come today at 2.30pm.
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Dialogue 4.
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Hi Susan, how are you?
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I'm doing pretty well.
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Do you have time this afternoon?
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What time are you meeting them?
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That doesn't work for me.
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I have a dentist appointment at 2 p.m.
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Do you have time then?
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Sounds good.
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Just send me the address.
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Dialogue 5.
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I can't cook right now either.
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I still have some work to finish.
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The bread is gone.
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We need to buy more.
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No thanks, I'm not hungry yet.
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Namaste.
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Namaste.
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What would you like to order?
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Okay.
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Anything else?
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Dessert or a drink?
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You mean our Batura bread?
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Yes, that's the one.
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Sure, where should we deliver it to?
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Great, the food will be there in about 30 minutes.
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Yes, exactly.
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Enjoy your meal?
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Now I'm getting hungry too.

なぜこのビデオでスピーキング練習をするのか？

このビデオは、英語を自信を持って話すための素晴らしいリソースです。特に初心者にとって、短い対話を通してリスニングとスピーキングのスキルを同時に練習できる点が魅力です。会話の中で実際に声を出して読むことによって、英語を話すことに対する抵抗感を減らし、より自然な会話ができるようになります。このようなシャドーイング練習は、IELTS スピーキング対策においても非常に効果的です。

文法と表現の文脈

ビデオ内で使用されている重要な文法構造や表現を分析してみましょう。

  • Hi, I'm [名前]. — 自己紹介をする際の基本的なフレーズです。これを覚えておくと、初対面の相手との会話がスムーズになります。
  • Do you [動詞]? — 質問の形としてよく使われる構文です。例えば、「Do you live here?」や「Do you have English class every day?」など、相手に興味を示すのに役立ちます。
  • I've been [動詞]ing for [期間]. — 継続している行動を表すのに便利なフレーズです。これは、自分の経験を共有する際に役立ちます。

これらの表現は、英語スピーキング練習の際に実際に使ってみることで、自分のものにすることができます。

一般的な発音の罠

ビデオの中で注意が必要な発音やアクセントをいくつか挙げてみましょう。

  • downtown — 特に日本人にとっては、「ダウンタウン」と発音する際の音を注意深く発音する必要があります。
  • university — 「ユニバーシティ」と自然に発音することが求められます。
  • fitness — 発音時にスムーズに音を繋げることが大切です。

これらの単語は英語シャドーイングの練習を通じても磨かれるので、ぜひ声に出して繰り返してみてください。

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。