シャドーイング練習: The devil telling on himself - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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This is yours, right?
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You're not immune either.
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Because you can penetrate this machine, you can penetrate this little instrument,
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and you can say about Major Garrett anything you want, and I can paint you as a monster, and if I say it often enough,
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enough people will believe it.
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And we've not done well on the propaganda war.
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We have to fight back against these lies, this propaganda.
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We're the only weapon we have.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 8 sentences and 75 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:32.

Key vocabulary in this video

9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
penetrate verb/ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
instrument noun/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/A device used to produce music.
immune adjective/ɪˈmjuːn/Exempt; not subject to.
weapon noun/ˈwɛp.ən/An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
paint verb/peɪnt/To apply paint to.
monster noun/ˈmɑnstɚ/A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
machine noun/məˈʃiːn/A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
lie verb/laɪ̯/To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
yours/jɔɹz/That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, we've, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like penetrate, instrument, immune.

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
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているwe've not done

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。

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