シャドーイング練習: The Battle for Tenure | The Big Bang Theory - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Let's go over our emotional responses one last time.
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Okay.
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Professor Tupperman is dead, and that makes us...
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Sad.
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The fact that there are so many people here tonight doesn't make us cranky and claustrophobic.
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It makes us...
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Glad.
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Giving Mrs. Davis the box set of roots was...
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Bad.
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Yeah, however...
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No. Yeah, fine, bad.
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Unbelievable.
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You have some nerve showing up here just to schmooze with the tenure committee.
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You're here.
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Excuse me.
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I'm here to pay my respects to Professor Tupperware, or whatever his name is.
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So am I.
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His passing makes me feel bad.
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Well, well, well, Sheldon, fancy meeting you here.
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I guess the train store in Glendale wasn't having a cotillion after all.
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And you, you said you weren't coming here either.
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I would take accident.
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You don't know what I said.
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I'd like to know why Penny's here.
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I'm here to support my man, just like you.
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What are you going to do?
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Take people's drink orders and get them wrong? Do it.
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No!
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What, does she do it yet?
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She plans on flirting with members of the tenure committee to further Leonard's cause.
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Well, that's a fine how do you do.
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Don't just stand there, take your breaths out.
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Ooh, meerkat fight.
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You're all wasting your time.
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Sheldon is the most qualified for the job, and no amount of gravity-defying bosom's gonna change that.
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Seriously, is that tape?
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Like, how are they staying up like that?
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Way to hit him with both barrels.
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You two should be ashamed of yourselves, using women to advance your cause with sexuality, and whatever Amy plans on doing?
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Are you implying that my girlfriend has no sexuality to exploit?
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Yes.
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Okay, because that was not clear.
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Sheldon!
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What?
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That was ambiguous.
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Well, now it's big-ious.
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What are you gonna do about it?
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Um...
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You could talk some smack about his mother.
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Well, yes, of course.
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He wouldn't like that at all.
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Last night, I was feeling in need of sexual release when I happened to come across your mother.
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OK, OK, guys, what are we doing here?
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I don't know what you're doing, but I was about to insinuate that I had coitus with Raj's mother for a dollar.
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Well, you do what you want, but I don't want to lose my friends over tenure.
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Friends are forever.
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So is tenure.
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What?
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I'm just going to go home and let my work speak for itself.
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You're right.
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This is beneath me.
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Like your mother was last night.
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How about it, children?
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What do you think I should do?
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Well, you'll always be an academic success, but I seriously question whether you'll make any more friends.
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Well, I don't want any more, but let's go. Are you kidding?
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I would love to babysit for you.
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I could not ask you to do that.
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Nonsense.
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Children love me.
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Something about me just makes them laugh and laugh.
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No. We cannot lose to that, jerk.
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Yeah.
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Screw it.
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I'm going in.
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Hold on.
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At least screw it, I'm going in is what I said to your mother last night.
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Don't worry, I didn't really say that.
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I find the concept of coitus ridiculous and off-putting.
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Should have taken my breasts out while I had the chance.
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Mrs. Davis?
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Mrs. Davis?
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Mrs. Davis?
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Mrs. Davis, I know you're in there.
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I saw your car in the parking lot.
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What?
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I just found out that you recommended myself, Dr. Hofstadter, and Dr. Kuttharpali to be on the shortlist for tenure.
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Well, despite your quirks, the three of you are very accomplished in your respective fields.
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I don't know what you mean by quirks, but I do want to express my gratitude.
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You didn't bring another gift, did you?
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No, no. No, I learned my lesson.
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I understand that was inappropriate.
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Good.
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Anyway, thank you.
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You're welcome.
この動画で話す練習をする理由
この動画では、感情的な反応を振り返ることが中心になっています。登場人物たちの対話は、感情を表現する思考過程を示しており、さまざまな感情状態に対する反応を発音練習に活かすことができます。例えば、悲しみや嬉しさ、不快感などの感情を言葉で表すことで、実際の会話においてより豊かで自然な表現を身につけることが可能です。動画内の状況は、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つため、英語スピーキング練習を通じて、自身の感情や意見を伝えるスキルを向上させましょう。
文法と文脈の中の表現
- 感情の表現: "それは私たちを...悲しくさせる"というフレーズは、感情を具体的に述べる方法の一例です。自分の感情を説明する練習に役立ちます。
- 例外の表現: "まあ、それは悪いね"のように、会話の中で相手の意見に対して異議を唱える際の柔らかい言い回しを学ぶことができます。
- 対比の使用: "彼は最も資格がある"と「重力に逆らう胸部」などの表現を使っています。この対比は、強い意見を伝えるのに有効です。
一般的な発音の罠
この動画には、いくつかの発音の罠があります。例えば、「Tupperman」や「Davis」のような名前は、特に英語に不慣れな学習者にとって難しいかもしれません。また、「cotillion」や「meerkat」などの単語は、ストレスの置き方が分かりにくい場合があります。これらの単語は、shadow speak や shadowspeak を通じて繰り返し練習することで、発音を改善することができます。正確な発音を身につけることは、英語スピーキング練習において重要な要素ですので、日々の練習に取り入れてみてください。
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。