シャドーイング練習: The Art of Slowing Down - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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They say it's not enough to be busy.
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Question is, what are we busy about?
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That is something I've been considering quite a lot recently.
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The past few months have taught me a lot about slowing down.
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Not like I really had a choice, but still.
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On some days, I feel overwhelmed, thinking I'm not doing enough, and at the same time, feeling like everyone else is doing so much more.
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But is it worth doing other things if it means doing more, even if it's not really what you want to be doing?
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I wrote that question down and now I don't know if it makes sense.
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Well, hopefully you get what I mean.
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Anyway, the other day I thought it was finally time to do some things I've been putting off for a while.
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I have so many photos piling up and something needed to be done about it.
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My mom always made albums, so I figured I should start making them too.
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I came across some pictures from four years ago.
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It was the first time I ever traveled alone halfway across the world.
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And it's funny because I felt like I needed to get away from everything to figure everything out.
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I remember going there for as long as I possibly could.
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It was the first time I was just with myself and no one else.
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It was lonely, some days.
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That's weird because I think I'd be a totally different person if I didn't do that.
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I think I spent a lot of my young adult life looking for answers and a life outside myself.
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Always chasing, always wanting more.
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Only a couple of years later to find out that the real peace is being content in the everyday stuff.
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And that the small things that happen every day matter more than the big things that happen every once in a while.
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So much has changed since then.
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But in a way I feel like I'm there again.
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Taking it day by day, observing what things actually matter to me and where I would like to go from here.
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When you're an artist, a photographer, a filmmaker,
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everything we make feels like it has to be amazing to the point where we almost get afraid to make mistakes.
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And we lose that sense that sense of play that we had in the beginning.
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But I think I found some freedom in slowing down.
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I want to be able to remember the everyday trivial things, you know?
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Not pursuing anything grand, but just living through the small moments that I know I'll eventually miss over time.
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There's a quote from C.S.
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Lewis, It's funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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I guess it's a good reminder that we don't always have to stick with what we know, and We have the choice to change things if we're not happy with it.
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If we did it before, then we'll survive if we do it again.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is, all we can do is give ourselves the time we need.
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The break we need.
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From people, from work, to figure things out.
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Maybe to remind ourselves what really matters. Who matters.
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Maybe just to slow down, because we're going a thousand miles an hour and don't really know where anymore.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が41文、単語が566語あります。 音声の長さは4:24です。 話す速さは1分あたり約129語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の87%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。
この動画の重要語彙
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語12語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| chase 動詞 | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | 追いかける, 追跡する |
| remind 動詞 | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | 思い出させる |
| photographer 名詞 | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | 撮影者, 写真師 |
| pursue 動詞 | /pɚˈsu/ | 追跡する |
| lonely 形容詞 | /ˈloʊnli/ | 寂しい |
| pile 名詞 | /paɪl/ | 積み重ね, 山 |
| reminder 名詞 | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | 備忘, 念押し |
| halfway 副詞 | /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ | 途中で, 中間で |
| observe 動詞 | /əbˈzɜːv/ | 守る, 従う |
| trivial 形容詞 | /ˈtɹɪv.i.əl/ | つまらない, 些細な |
| filmmaker 名詞 | 映画製作者 | |
| overwhelm 動詞 | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | 圧倒する |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| slow down 動詞 | 遅らせる |
| find out 動詞 | 見出す, 調べる |
| look back 動詞 | 振り返る |
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 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作 | I've been considering · I've been putting |
| 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 | have taught · has changed |
注意したい発音
話し手はdon't, I'm, I'veなど、短縮形や弱形を15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。
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。chase, remind, photographerなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
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。