シャドーイング練習: 🧸 The Baby Dinosaur Who Learned to Be Still - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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The baby dinosaur who learned to be still.
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In a green valley, the sun woke up slow.
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This is Pip.
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Pip loved to run.
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She stretched her long neck up, up, up.
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She stomped.
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She splashed.
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She never sat still.
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But this morning, something was new.
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A brand new baby brother.
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small and saw wake up let's play whispered pip but he only yawned and blinked too little to play
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mama said i must find sweet ferns i'll be back before the sun is high
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stay here watch your brother be still and keep him cozy Niel and Niel and Niel and Niel.
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Wow.
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Still? gasped Pip.
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But I love to run.
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Mama kissed them both and walked away.
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Now, it was just Pip,
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her brother, and the quiet tree.
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Pip sat down.
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I can be still, she said.
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Easy.
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Then, a butterfly, orange, and gold.
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Pip's legs wiggled.
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She wanted to chase it so badly.
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But her brother stirred.
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Pip froze.
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She breathed, soft and slow.
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The butterfly flew away.
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The whole meadow seemed to call.
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Come play.
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Pip wanted to roll down the hill, but she stayed.
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The sun climbed higher.
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Time went slow and warm.
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Pip noticed a line of tiny ants.
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March, march, march.
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She had never sat still enough to see them before,
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and it felt good.
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A beetle in a green coat,
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a dewdrop like glass, a snail sliding slow, so many tiny wonders.
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Her brother slept.
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Pip watched over him.
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Then the sky went gray.
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The wind whispered.
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Hush.
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Soft rain began.
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Splish.
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Splish.
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Splish.
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Pip wanted to run for cover.
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But she stayed.
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And made herself a roof.
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She curled close.
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Her brother stayed warm and dry.
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Drip.
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Drip.
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And then the rain was done.
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The clouds rolled off.
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The sun came back, warm and bright.
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Pip had kept him dry.
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She felt big and brave.
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But the day was long.
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Pip's legs ached to move.
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Maybe I'm a boring big sister, she thought.
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Out there is all the fun, and I'm just...
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still.
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Nis-sia-mendina.
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She sighed and stayed anyway.
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A promise is a promise.
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The meadow grew hushed and golden and calm.
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Then, a small face peeked from the ferns.
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A timid little creature, soft as a whisper.
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Pip didn't move.
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How?
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Not one bit.
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It wasn't scared, because Pip was calm and still.
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Then another came, and another.
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Shy ones who always run from stomping feet.
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Birds floated down.
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A fuzzy caterpillar inched near.
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Pip understood.
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They came because she was still.
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Her quiet had made the whole meadow feel safe.
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A still, soft world had gathered all around her. And then...
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Her brother opened his eyes.
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He saw the birds.
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He saw the fuzzy little friends.
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His mouth went wide, and out came a sound.
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His very first laugh!
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Eee-ee-ay!
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The happy little sound rang out across the golden meadow.
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Pip's heart went warm and big and bright.
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He laughed and laughed at the little gathered friends.
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I gave you your first laugh, Pip whispered.
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If she had run away,
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she'd have missed it all.
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Being still wasn't nothing.
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It was something wonderful.
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The sun slid low and painted the valley gold.
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Pip and her brother watched the sky together.
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Then, big soft footsteps, Mama was home.
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Mama stopped.
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She saw the gentle, gathered friends.
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Pip, she breathed.
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What did you do?
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I stayed still, and everyone came, said Pip.
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And the baby laughed his bright new laugh again.
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Mama's eyes shone.
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You kept him safe and happy.
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None.
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Being still, said Mama, is also being loving.
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The sky turned soft and blue.
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A first firefly blinked.
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Then, a hundred tiny lights floated up like stars.
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Pip held her brother close in the glowing hush.
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The little creature is curled up to sleep nearby.
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Her brother yawned and snuggled into her side.
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Good night, little brother, Pip whispered.
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The moon rose, round and kind, over the quiet valley.
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Pip wasn't bored anymore.
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She felt full and warm.
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Mama wrapped them both beneath her gentle neck.
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And the whole meadow slept, safe and still.
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When morning came, the sun woke up slow again.
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Pip ran and stomped and stretched up high, just like before.
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But now she also knew how to be still,
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and that too was love.

このレッスンについて

このレッスンでは、英語のリスニングとスピーキングスキルを向上させるための練習を行います。特に、赤ちゃんの恐竜「ピップ」が学んだ静かにすることの重要さを通じて、観察力や集中力を養う方法を学びます。このストーリーでは、周囲の小さな発見に気づくことの大切さが強調されており、英語学習者としてのあなたの感受性を高める良い機会です。

重要な語彙とフレーズ

  • ベイビーダイノサウルス - 赤ちゃんの恐竜
  • 静かにする - be still
  • 遊んで - play
  • じっと見る - watch
  • 小さな不思議 - tiny wonders
  • 静かな木 - quiet tree
  • 雨が降る - soft rain began

練習のポイント

このビデオのスピードとトーンに合ったシャドーイング練習を行うことで、あなたの英語スピーキング練習がより効果的になります。まず、ビデオを視聴し、各セクションを注意深く聞きましょう。理解できたら、今度は音声に合わせて声に出してみましょう。特に、赤ちゃんの恐竜ピップが静かにする場面では、速さや感情を注意深く模倣することが大切です。このようにすることで、shadowspeakやshadow speechの技術を身につけ、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立ちます。

また、ビデオのリズムに合わせて文を繰り返すだけでなく、言葉の選び方やイントネーションにも焦点を当てましょう。最初は難しいかもしれませんが、繰り返すことで自信がつき、より自然な英語が話せるようになります。

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。