シャドーイング練習: The Biblical Cure for Anxiety (Philippians 4 Explained) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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What if the peace you've been searching for isn't found in changing your situation, but in changing your focus?
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What if the Bible already gave us a practical step-by-step fix for anxiety?
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Anxiety is everywhere.
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It shows up at 2 a.m when your mind won't stop racing.
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It whispers worst-case scenarios before you even step out of bed.
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It hijacks your thoughts in the middle of work, family time, even church.
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And for many of us, it feels spiritual to worry.
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Like if we don't stress about it, we don't care enough.
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But in Philippians 4, 6-7, the Apostle Paul says something that sounds almost impossible.
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Do not be anxious about anything.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Anything?
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That sounds unrealistic.
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Bills, health, family drama, uncertain future.
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How can anyone just stop being anxious?
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Here's what most people miss.
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Paul didn't just give a command.
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He gave a strategy.
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And what makes it even more powerful is this.
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Paul wrote Philippians from prison.
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He wasn't on a beach, he wasn't in comfort, he was chained to Roman guards.
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Yet the entire letter overflows with joy and peace.
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So today, we're gonna walk through the book of Philippians and uncover what I call the Do Not Be Anxious Fix, a biblical pathway to overcoming anxiety in real life.
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Stay with me, because by the end of this video, you'll have a clear, practical, scriptural framework to fight anxiety God's way.
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Number one, the context, peace in prison.
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Before we zoom in on Philippians 4, we need to understand the setting.
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Paul is in prison, Philippians 1.13.
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He doesn't know if he will live or die, Philippians 1.20-21.
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He's facing uncertainty, opposition, and possible execution.
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If anyone had a reason to be anxious, it was Paul.
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Yet he writes, Rejoice in the Lord always.
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Again, I will say, rejoice.
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Philippians 4.4.
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That word always is bold.
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not rejoice when things go your way, not rejoice when the diagnosis is good, not rejoice when your plans work out.
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Always.
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This tells us something critical.
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Peace is not rooted in circumstances.
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Peace is rooted in Christ.
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Paul says in Philippians 1.21, For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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That statement removes the ultimate fear.
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If he lives, he serves Christ.
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If he dies, he goes to Christ.
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Anxiety often grows from the fear of loss.
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What if I lose control?
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What if I lose money?
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What if I lose reputation?
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What if I lose someone I love?
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Paul's confidence was anchored in something that could not be taken from him, his relationship with Jesus.
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If your peace depends on your circumstances, anxiety will always win.
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But if your peace depends on Christ, prison cannot steal it.
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Number two, the command.
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Do not be anxious about anything.
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Now let's look at the famous passage.
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Notice something powerful.
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Paul doesn't say, ignore your problems.
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Pretend everything is fine.
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Suppress your feelings.
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Instead, he gives a replacement.
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Anxiety, prayer, worry, supplication, fear, thanksgiving.
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Anxiety thrives on internal conversations.
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You replay the scenario, you imagine the worst, you argue with yourself in your head.
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Paul says, stop talking to yourself about it.
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Start talking to God about it.
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In everything, not just spiritual issues.
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Financial stress, relationship tension, health concerns, career decisions, everything.
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And then he adds something surprising with Thanksgiving.
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Why Thanksgiving before the answer comes?
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Because Thanksgiving shifts your focus from what could go wrong to what God has already done.
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When you thank God, you remember past faithfulness.
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You remember previous deliverance.
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You remember answered prayers.
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Gratitude interrupts panic.
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It's like switching the channel in your mind.
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Instead of broadcasting fear, you broadcast faith.
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If this is already speaking to you, pause for a second.
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Like this video so more people struggling with anxiety can see it.
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Comment, Lord, I give it to you.
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and share this with someone who needs God's peace today.
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Now let's keep going.
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Number 3.
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The promise.
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The peace that guards your mind.
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Here's the result of Philippians 4.6.
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And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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Philippians 4 verse 7.
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That word guard is military language.
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Remember, Paul is chained to Roman soldiers.
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He uses a picture they would understand.
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Imagine soldiers standing at the gates of a city.
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Peace becomes the guard at the door of your heart.
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Anxiety says, what if, what if, what if.
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Peace stands at the gate and says, God is in control, God is faithful, God is present.
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Surpasses all understanding doesn't mean peace ignores reality.
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It means peace doesn't depend on reality making sense.
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nothing changes around you, but something changes within you.
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Have you ever experienced that?
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The situation was still hard, the outcome was still uncertain, but somehow you felt steady.
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That's not personality, that's not denial, that's the peace of God.
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Jesus promised this same kind of peace in John 14, 27.
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Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.
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Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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Notice, his peace, not the world's peace.
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The world's peace depends on control.
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Jesus' peace depends on trust.
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Number four, the mental shift, what you choose to think about.
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Paul doesn't stop at prayer.
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In Philippians 4.8, he says, Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure,
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whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, think about these things.
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This is huge.
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Anxiety is not just emotional, it's mental.
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It feeds on catastrophic thinking, imaginary scenarios, worst-case assumptions.
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Paul says your thoughts are not neutral shape your peace.
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If you constantly meditate on negative news, fear-driven narratives, self-condemning thoughts, your anxiety will grow.
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But if you intentionally choose to dwell on what is true, not imagined, what is honorable, what reflects God's character, your mind begins to stabilize.
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Think of your mind like a garden.
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Whatever you water grows.
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If you water fear, fear grows.
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If you water truth, faith grows.
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This isn't positive thinking.
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It's biblical Jesus said in Matthew 6, 34, Do not be anxious about tomorrow.
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Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Notice the focus.
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Today.
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Anxiety drags you into a future that hasn't happened yet.
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Faith anchors you in the present, where God is.
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Number five, the secret, contentment in Christ.
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One of the most overlooked anxiety killers in Philippians is found in 4, 11 to 13.
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Paul says, I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
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Philippians 4.11 Learned.
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Contentment isn't automatic.
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It's trained.
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He continues, I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
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I have learned the secret.
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Philippians 4.12 What's the secret?
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I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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Philippians 14 This verse is often used for success motivation.
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But in context, it's about endurance in hardship.
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Paul is saying, I can handle lack.
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I can handle abundance.
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I can handle uncertainty.
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I can handle suffering.
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Not because I'm strong, but because Christ strengthens me.
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Anxiety often grows from the belief, I can't handle this.
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Paul's answer, you're right.
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Alone, you can't.
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But through Christ, you can.
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Strength doesn't mean the situation disappears.
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It means God empowers you to endure it without falling apart.
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Earlier in Philippians 2 verse 5 to 8, Paul points to Jesus.
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He humbled himself.
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He became obedient to death, even death on a cross.
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Jesus faced the ultimate pressure and trusted the Father completely.
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If Christ endured the cross, he can sustain you through your trial.
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Let's recap the do not be anxious fix from Philippians.
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Anchor your joy in Christ, not circumstances.
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Philippians 4, 4.
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Replace anxiety with prayer and thanksgiving.
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Philippians 4, 6.
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Trust God's guarding peace.
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Philippians 4, 7.
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Discipline your thoughts toward truth.
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Philippians 4, 8.
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Learn contentment through Christ's strength.
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Philippians 4, 11-13.
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Anxiety may knock at your door, but it doesn't have to live in your house.
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You can't always control what happens around you.
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But through Christ, you can choose how you respond within you.
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The book of Philippians doesn't promise a stress-free life.
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It promises a Christ-centered peace.
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And that peace is stronger than prison, stronger than uncertainty, stronger than fear.
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If this message blessed you, like this video.
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Comment, Lord, teach me your peace and share this with someone who needs freedom from anxiety.
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And don't forget to subscribe to BibleFix for more biblical truth that strengthens your faith and transforms your mind.
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God's peace is available.
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You don't have to carry it alone you
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この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が178文、単語が1425語あります。 音声の長さは8:45です。 話す速さは1分あたり約163語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は81%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。
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動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
- anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (名詞) — 心配, 不安. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ (形容詞) — 心配した. Nervous and worried.
- prayer /pɹɛɚ/ (名詞) — 祈り, 祈祷. A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
- depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (動詞) — 依存する. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
- scenario /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ (名詞) — 脚本, 台本. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- verse /ˈvɝs/ (名詞) — バース. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/ (動詞) — 強くする, 強める. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
- anchor /ˈæŋ.kəː/ (名詞) — 錨. A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- biblical /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ (形容詞) — 聖書の. Of or relating to the Bible.
- circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ (名詞) — 状況, 事情. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
- ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (動詞) — 無視する, 忽略する. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ (形容詞) — 実践的な. Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- gate /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ (名詞) — 門, 大門. A doorlike structure outside a house.
- spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ (形容詞) — 精神的. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- broadcast /ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/ (名詞) — 放送. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
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話し手はdoesn't, don't, can'tなど、短縮形や弱形を29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。
- 「th」の音: thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/, pathway /ˈpæθˌweɪ/, thrive /θɹajv/
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
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| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
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| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | isn't found · was chained · is not rooted |
| 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 | has already done · hasn't happened · have learned |
| 関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加える | someone who needs |
| 動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞 | stop racing · stop talking · Start talking |
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