シャドーイング練習: STORYFUN 4 - UNIT 7 - THE GREY CLOUD | SHORT ENGLISH STORY FOR KIDS | HARRY TRAN - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Students Book, page 52.
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7. The Grey Cloud I was on a long, boring train ride with my aunt.
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I looked out of the window at the rain.
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The countryside looked grey and cold.
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Tell me a story, Aunt Claire, I said.
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One about the rain.
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All right, she said.
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This is the story she told me.
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There was a small cloud in the sky above the apartment where Lily lived.
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Sometimes the cloud got angry because the wind was too strong or because it was alone in the sky.
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When the cloud got really angry, it got slowly bigger and greyer.
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Its grey colour fell onto the roof of Lily's apartment building.
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It also fell into Lily's roof garden, and when Lily went outside to skip, she couldn't see the red and yellow flowers there.
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She could only see grey ones.
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Lily often got angry then too
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Sometimes the cloud wasn't only angry It got really sad
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When the cloud felt really angry and sad It felt worse
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And it cried And its wet rain fell on Lily's windows and balcony
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Lily didn't like being wet She couldn't go outside and dance on the garden table because she didn't like getting her head,
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neck and shoulders wet.
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Lily often got angry and sad then too.
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Sometimes, the cloud wasn't only angry and sad, it often got frightened.
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When the cloud felt frightened, it felt colder.
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Then its snow fell quietly on the ground and rocks, and on the mountains behind Lily's home,
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and water changed to ice.
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Walking in the snow and on the ice was difficult and dangerous.
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Lily often got angry, sad and frightened then too.
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Monday wasn't a good day.
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The cloud was huge and very grey.
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Lily couldn't see any light from the sun.
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She couldn't see her feet on the ground.
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And at night, Lily couldn't see any light from the moon or stars.
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Tuesday and Wednesday were worse.
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Nothing was different.
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On Thursday morning, when Lily got up and saw no light outside again,
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she thought, I've got to do something about this.
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She climbed up the stairs to the roof garden.
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Cloud, Lily called from the top of the roof.
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This is the worst day of my week.
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I love looking at you.
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When you are small and white and when you skip and dance and climb in the wind.
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But why are you huge and so gray now?
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What is the matter?
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The cloud started to cry.
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The wind is strong, and I am weak, and I have no friends, cried the cloud.
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That makes me angry and sad, and I get bigger and grayer.
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I feel worse and worse, and then my rain falls.
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Oh, dear, said Lily.
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And sometimes I get frightened because I have no friends.
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When I feel frightened, I get really cold and my snow falls, added the cloud.
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Well, shall I be your best friend today?
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I know I can make you feel better again,
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stronger too, Lily said to the cloud and started to skip along the roof garden.
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And when you feel happy again, I can be happier too, she said.
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Come on, let's skip.
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Lily took off her coat and started to skip around the grey flowers, and the clouds slowly started to skip around the sun.
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That's better, but more quickly!
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More quickly! laughed Lily.
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Come on, my friend!
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Now let's dance.
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Lily jumped up onto the table, waved her arms around and started to dance.
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And the clouds slowly started to dance in the wind.
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Fantastic, laughed Lily.
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Now come on, are you feeling better or worse?
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Better, said the cloud Great,
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then now let's climb Lily started to climb her favorite rock And the cloud started to climb in the sky Higher,
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higher, Lily called And when the cloud skipped and danced and climbed with Lily,
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its color changed from gray to white and a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
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The cloud was happy again and Lily couldn't stop laughing.
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That's better!
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But it wasn't always like that.
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On some days of the year,
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the clouds rain and snow fell Because it felt angry or sad or frightened again Lily understood that
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We can't always feel happy, Aunt Claire said But skipping,
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dancing and climbing and laughing And playing with really good friends Can always help us feel better again
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Now pick up your bag Here's our station

この動画で話す練習をする理由は？

「グレーの雲」は子供向けの短い英語物語であり、英語スピーキング練習に最適な素材です。この物語は、感情や状況を描写するための豊かな言語を提供しています。特に、登場人物のリリーと雲との対話を通じて、学習者は感情を表現する方法や、物語を語る際の重要なフレーズを習得できます。

英語のストーリーテリングにおいて、発音やイントネーションは非常に重要です。このようなコンテキストで練習をすることで、学習者は自然な話し方を身につけることができ、YouTubeで英語学習に役立ちます。

文法と表現のコンテキスト

この物語から学べるいくつかの重要な文法や表現を以下に示します。

  • 感情を表現する文: "I am angry," "I am sad," "I feel frightened" など、感情を直接表現するフレーズを使うことで、会話にダイナミズムを与えることができます。
  • 比較表現: "bigger and greyer"や"cold and frightened"のように、形容詞を連結することで、キャラクターの感情の変化を描写する手法を学べます。
  • 疑問文の使用: "What is the matter?"のような疑問文は、相手の感情や状況を理解するための大切な質問です。

これらの構造を意識しながら、英語の発音を良くするための練習を行うことで、コミュニケーション能力が向上します。

一般的な発音の落とし穴

物語には、発音が難しい単語やフレーズがいくつかあります。特に注意すべき点を挙げます。

  • cloud（雲）: /klaʊd/ と /kloʊd/ の2つの発音が見られる場合がありますので、明確に発音することが重要です。
  • grey（グレー）: /ɡreɪ/ の正しい発音をマスターすることが、色や感情に関する会話で役立ちます。
  • angry（怒っている）: /ˈæŋɡri/ と /ˈeɪŋɡri/ で、アクセントに注意を払いましょう。

これらの課題は、英語シャドーイングを通じて克服することができます。shadowing siteを活用して正しい発音を練習し、より自信を持って英会話に挑むことができます。

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。