シャドーイング練習: TEST 1. Part 2: Ronald Stevenson Company - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Part 2.
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You will hear the managing director of a company called Stevenson's welcoming a group of work experience students.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Stevenson's, one of the country's major manufacturers of metal goods.
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Thank you for choosing us for your two weeks of work experience.
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My name is Julia Simmons and since the beginning of this year I've been the managing director.
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Stevenson's is quite an old company.
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Like me, the founder, Ronald Stevenson, went into the steel industry when he left school.
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That was in 1923.
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He set up this company when he finished his apprenticeship in 1926,
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although he actually started making plans two years earlier in 1924.
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He was a very determined young man.
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Stevenson's long-term plan was to manufacture components for the machine tools industry
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although in fact that never came about and for the automotive industry that is cars and lorries.
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However there was a delay of five years before that happened, because shortly before the company went into production,
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Stevenson was given the opportunity to make goods for hospitals and other players in the healthcare industry.
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So that's what we did for the first five years.
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Over the years, we've expanded the premises considerably.
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We were lucky that the site is big enough so moving to a new location has never been necessary.
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However the layout is far from ideal for modern machinery
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and production methods so we intend to carry out major refurbishment of this site over the next five years.
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I'd better give you some idea of what you'll be doing during your two weeks with us
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so you know what to expect.
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Most mornings you'll have a presentation from one of the managers to learn about their department,
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starting this morning with research and development.
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And you'll all spend some time in each department, observing what's going on and talking to people, as long as you don't stop them from doing their work altogether.
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In the past, a teacher from your school has come in at the end
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of each week to find out how the group were getting on, but your school isn't able to arrange that this year.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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OK, now I'll briefly help you to orientate yourselves around the site.
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As you can see, we're in the reception area, which we try to make attractive and welcoming to visitors.
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There's a corridor running left from here, and if you go along that, the door facing you at the end is the entrance to the coffee room.
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This looks out onto the main road on one side and some trees on the other, and that'll be where you meet each morning.
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The factory is the very big room on the far side of the site.
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Next to it is the warehouse
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which can be accessed by lorries going up the road to the turning area at the end.
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You can get to the warehouse by crossing to the far side of the courtyard
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and then the door is on your right.
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Somewhere you'll be keen to find is the staff canteen.
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This is right next to reception.
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I can confidently say that the food's very good, but the view isn't.
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The windows on one side look onto a corridor and courtyard
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which aren't very attractive at all and on the other onto the access road which isn't much better.
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You'll be using the meeting room quite often
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and you'll find it by walking along the corridor to the left of the courtyard and continuing along it to the end.
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The meeting room is the last one on the right and I'm afraid there's no natural daylight in the room.
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Then you'll need to know where some of the offices are.
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The Human Resources Department is at the front of this building.
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So you head to the left along the corridor from reception and it's the second room you come to.
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It looks out onto the main road.
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And finally, the boardroom, where you'll be meeting sometimes.
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That has quite a pleasant view as it looks out onto the trees.
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Go along the corridor past the courtyard right to the end.
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The boardroom is on the left, next to the factory.
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OK, now, are there any questions before we move...
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That is the end of part two.
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Thank you.
この動画で身につける英語スキル
この動画は、職場での挨拶や説明を聞く場面を再現しており、実用的なリスニング力とスピーキング力を養うのに最適です。特に、会社の歴史や業務内容、施設の説明など、情報を整理して伝える能力や、聞き手の理解を促すためのリズムを学ぶことができます。IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つ、現実的な会話の流れを体験できます。
聞き取りに注意すべき発音のポイント
ネイティブスピーカーの発音には、リンキングやリダクションが多く見られます。例えば、「set up」は「セットアップ」ではなく「セッタップ」のようにつながって発音され、「apprenticeship」は「アプレンティスシップ」ではなく「アプレンティスシップ」の途中で音が軽くなります。これらの音のつながりを聞き取ることで、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、リスニング力も向上します。
ネイティブのように話すコツ
シャドーイング（shadow speech）は、ネイティブのリズムやストレスを真似るのに最適な方法です。この動画を使ってshadowspeakを練習する際は、「Stevenson's」や「apprenticeship」などの重要な単語にストレスを置き、「we intend to carry out major refurbishment」のような長い文では、自然なポーズを入れることがポイントです。また、「I can confidently say that the food's very good」のような文では、「confidently」と「very good」に強調を置くことで、話し手の意図がより明確に伝わります。英語シャドーイングを継続的に行うことで、ネイティブのような流暢な発音とリズムを身につけることができます。
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。