シャドーイング練習: Sue’s Struggling with College | The Middle - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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My point is she just needed some time to settle in.
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If anybody's going to be happy in college, it's Sue.
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Yeah.
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Well, so, Sue's happy, Axel's Axel, Brick's in bed, and I don't have any heartburn.
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I'm thinking maybe...
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Are you saying that's on the table?
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Because I can brush my teeth.
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Oh, it's on the table.
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Oh, damn!
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Hee -hee -hee!
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Hi.
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Why are you back in your room?
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It was horrible, Mom.
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I mean, it was great at first, but then after he was done playing, everyone started talking about politics.
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Mom, do you know there are people who don't love America?
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Yeah, I've heard that.
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Ann, did you know that some policemen are mean?
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I didn't even know that could happen.
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I couldn't sit there and listen to everyone badmouth our country, so I just ran out and they called me naive.
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They said I was part of the problem.
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I'm not part of the problem, am I, Mom?
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Oh, honey, of course not.
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Can you just talk to me until I fall asleep?
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Sure, of course.
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Uh, let's see.
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What happened today?
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Well, the muffler finally fell off in Dad's car.
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Oh, no. Yeah, I know.
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I'm sure they didn't mean it.
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Hey!
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You're not allowed to pass out in the lounge.
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Oh, I'm not drunk.
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I'm just sleeping.
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You got a room for that.
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Actually, no, see, I don't...
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My roommate is a junior, and she has this boyfriend.
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I'm gonna have to write you up.
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But I've never been written up before.
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Oh, my God, I'm getting written up so long.
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Ugh.
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Freshman.
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Mom, I got written up.
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Sue, slow down, okay?
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Focus.
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I need complete sentences and words.
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It was all Holly's pulse.
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She doesn't even act like a Holly.
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She puts swears on the walls.
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And she's not even here now.
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And I don't know where she is.
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And I never know where she is.
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She never writes on the memo board and she called Taylor Swift a skank
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and I tried to tell her that she's just unlucky in luck.
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And then I saw her in concert and she was awesome.
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Okay, Sue, honey, you just have to give it some time.
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It's not just that.
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I'm making bad choices.
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I'm only eating ice cream sandwiches and I haven't pooped in three days.
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I keep waiting for nobody to pee in the bathroom but there's always somebody in the bathroom.
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I tried at 3 a .m., but that's when the barfers come in.
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What is she saying?
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She can't poop in front of Taylor Swift?
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And I know.
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I'm sorry that I keep bothering you.
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You said I was ready for this, but I'm just, I'm not.
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And I don't want to be here anymore.
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And I hate college, and I just want to come home.
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Screw Ferber.
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We're heading up there.
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Already out the door.
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Axel, what's going on?
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Oh, my God.
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Mom and Dad are dead.
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No, they're fine.
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Just thought maybe you'd want to get some pizza or something.
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Really?
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That's another question.
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You're down to six.
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And she doesn't even put sheets on the bed.
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She just sleeps on her old coat.
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Well, at least she leaves sometimes.
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Kenny was always around and drove me nuts.
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I mean, we're all buds now, but the first month away, I was pretty homesick.
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Really?
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I didn't know about that.
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Oh, yeah.
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There were times where I really missed Mom and Dad a lot.
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You did?
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Did you tell them?
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No way.
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Why is that their business?
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Anyway, just wanted to check in, make sure you're doing okay.
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You know, not sitting around listening to emo music or something.
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Yeah, well, maybe I'm doing okay.
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Look, it sucks for everyone at first, but by Thanksgiving, you're going to be having so much fun, you won't even want to go home.
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Except for, like, food and laundry, money, stuff.
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Also, I could never take a dump in the dorms, so I would suggest doing all your pooping at home.
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Oh.
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It says getting pizza.
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Yeah, but that could be old.
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Well, it says 10 .09 p .m and today's date.
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Oh.

会話の背景とコンテキスト

このビデオでは、大学生活に苦戦するスーが母親と話し、部屋の問題や友人たちとの衝突など、若者の日常的な悩みを吐露しています。親子のやり取りや大学生活のハプニングは、自然な会話のリズムや口語表現がたくさん含まれており、英語スピーキング練習に最適です。特に、感情的な場面での発音やイントネーションがリアルで、英語の発音を良くするのに役立ちます。

日常コミュニケーションに使えるトップ5フレーズ

  • 「on the table」:「検討の余地がある」という意味。例:「It's on the table.」(検討できるよ)
  • 「badmouth」:「悪口を言う」。例:「everyone badmouth our country」(みんな国の悪口を言う)
  • 「pass out」:「眠り込む」や「昏倒する」。この会話では「眠っている」という意味。
  • 「write up」:「告発する」「注意書を出す」。例:「I'm gonna have to write you up.」(君に注意書を出さなきゃ)
  • 「slow down」:「落ち着いて」「ゆっくり話して」。親が子供に言うような日常的なフレーズ。

シャドーイングのステップバイステップガイド

このビデオの会話は、若者のくだけた口調と感情的な変化があり、shadow speak(シャドースピーク)の練習に挑戦的です。以下のステップで取り組んでみましょう。

ステップ1:会話のリズムを聞き取る

まず、全体を聴いて、誰が誰にどんな感情で話しているかを感じてください。スーの焦りや母親の優しさが、発音の速さやイントネーションにどう現れているかに注目しましょう。

ステップ2:フレーズごとにシャドーイング

「I couldn't sit there and listen...」のような長い文は、フレーズごとに区切って繰り返します。shadowspeakのコツは、発音だけでなく息継ぎのタイミングも真似ることです。

ステップ3:感情を込めて発音する

「Mom, I got written up.」ではスーの不安が伝わるように、声の高さや抑揚を意識しましょう。これが英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、自然なコミュニケーション力を養う秘訣です。

このビデオを使ってシャドーイングを続けると、日常会話の流れを自然に身につけることができます。ぜひ自分のペースで挑戦してみてください!

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I've heard · I've never been written · haven't pooped
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるwas done · been written
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞started talking · keep waiting · keep bothering
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることI'm thinking · I'm just sleeping · I'm getting

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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