シャドーイング練習: Temper City - Self Aware - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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No smoke
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with no fire, no silence if there's no sound One way or another,
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you're going to put me out Drink slow in like water,
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too drunk to turn off the light Stay under the covers,
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who knows how we'll end the night Just don't hang your hopes on me, I wanna feel something God,
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you look so pretty when you tell me that you love me I wish that I could lie,
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but my mind gets in the way I know you think that I'm always way too self-aware Oh,
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we could never be together, but it's nice to play pretend I wish that I could lie,
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but I'm way too self-aware Mood swings like the weather,
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body's under pressure Oh, I love the way you're using your imagination Guys of attraction,
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put them into practice Just don't let your hopes on me I wanna feel something God,
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you look so pretty when you tell me that you love me I wish that I could lie,
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but my mind gets in the way I know you think that I'm always way too self-aware
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I know we could never be together, but it's nice to play pretend I wish that I could not,
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but I'm way too self-aware
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Just don't hang your hopes on me I wanna feel something God,
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you look so pretty When you tell me that you love me
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I wish that I could lie
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But my mind gets in the way I know you think that I'm always way too self-aware Oh,
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we could never be together But it's nice to play pretend I wish that I could lie But I'm way too self-aware
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Temper City - Self Aware”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: aware, wish, self, lie, pretend. This video has 21 sentences and 287 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:02. The speaker talks slowly, about 94 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
pretend verb/pɹəˈtɛnd/To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
silence noun/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/The absence of any sound.
swing verb/ˈswɪŋ/To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
imagination noun/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
attraction noun/əˈtɹækʃn̩/The tendency to attract.
smoke verb/sməʊk/To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
aware adjective/əˈwɛə/Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
drink verb/ˈdɹɪŋk/To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
weather noun/ˈwɛðɚ/The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
turn off verbTo power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, wanna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pretend, silence, swing.

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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