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I used to share an apartment with three other people.
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We started sharing the place when we were university students and became best friends.
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When we all finished our studies and started to work, we continued living together because we got along very well
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and it was difficult to afford an apartment on your own in the city.
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On a night out, one of my flatmates introduced me to one of his friends, Sarah, and there was an immediate spark there.
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I asked her out and we started dating.
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The connection between us was unbelievable.
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Now she's my best friend, and she's the first person I ever went out with.
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And, hopefully, she'll be the last, because we got married last year.
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I married my high school sweetheart when I was just 22.
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John was my first and only relationship.
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We met when we were 16, and we started dating at 17.
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Unfortunately, after 23 years, our marriage wasn't working any longer, and we decided to part ways after a lifetime together.
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When we separated, I formed a close bond with a colleague at work.
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She became my confidant and best friend.
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One day, she excitedly suggested that she knew the perfect man for me, and practically set up a blind date despite my hesitations.
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She insisted so much that I finally agreed.
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We decided on a familiar restaurant for the meeting, a place that felt safe and neutral.
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I was quite nervous, because I had never dated anyone other than John.
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When I walked through the door, I couldn't believe my eyes.
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It was John.
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When he saw me, we both started laughing.
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What are the odds?
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When I first started at my current job, I didn't know anyone there.
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However, I soon got to know Arthur, one of my colleagues.
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We had a lot in common and before long we became pretty close.
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Our conversations weren't just about work.
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They extended to our personal lives, hobbies and families.
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One weekend he invited me and my wife to a barbecue at his house.
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It was there that he introduced us to his partner.
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During the barbecue my wife and his partner really hit it off, finding they shared many interests.
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They became friends quickly.
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Unfortunately, over time, my relationship with Arthur started to get worse because of some disagreements at work.
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Eventually, we fell out, and our relationship went back to being just professional.
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It was awkward because my wife and Arthur's partner had become close, but such is life.
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Back in college, there was this girl I had a huge crush on.
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We weren't close, just acquaintances, really, but I thought about her in secret all the time.
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We had common friends and often met here and there on nights out, but I never had the courage to ask her out.
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Fast forward a few years, a very close friend of mine introduced me to his new girlfriend,
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and to my dismay, it was the same girl I'd been silently admiring from afar.
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It crushed me a little bit, to be honest, but I tried to be happy for my friend.
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Time went by and I received a wedding invitation.
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Standing there at their wedding, watching my crush becoming my friend's wife, was bittersweet.
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I was invited to share in their joy, and that's what I decided to focus on.

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このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Stories of relationships – B1 English Listening Test」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:became, wife, introduced, partner, decided。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が44文、単語が558語あります。 音声の長さは3:26です。 話す速さは1分あたり約162語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の86%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。

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動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
introduce 動詞/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/紹介する, 引き合わせる
crush 動詞/kɹʌʃ/砕く
invite 動詞/ɪnˈvaɪt/誘う, 招待する
colleague 名詞/ˈkɒliːɡ/同僚, 同業者
odd 形容詞/ɑd/変な, 奇異な
lifetime 名詞/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/生涯, 一生
courage 名詞/ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/勇気, 度胸
awkward 形容詞/ˈɔk.wɚd/不器用な, 不便な
neutral 形容詞/ˈnuː.tɹəl/中立の
invitation 名詞/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/招待, 招き
unbelievable 形容詞/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/信じられない
insist 動詞/ɪnˈsɪst/主張する
spark 名詞/ˈspɑɹk/火花, 火の粉
admire 動詞/ədˈmaɪɹ/感心する
hobby 名詞/ˈhɑ.bi/趣味

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
get along 動詞気が合う, 折り合う

注意したい発音

話し手はweren't, couldn't, didn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を7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: crush /kɹʌʃ/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

日本語話者が苦手な音:

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: neutral /ˈnuː.tɹəl/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: lifetime /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/, afar /əˈfɑɹ/, confidant /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/, flatmate /ˈflætmeɪt/

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  2. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。introduce, crush, inviteなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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