シャドーイング練習: The impossible ring sizing - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

練習モードを選ぶ

各モードは全画面の練習ルームで開きます。

31 文
文が短すぎたり長すぎる場合は、Editをタップして調整してください。
1
Sometimes I really want to say no to a job.
2
This was one of those times.
3
The customer asked me straight up if I wanted to do it, and honestly, I told him no. So I quoted him $2,000 hoping he'd walk, but he didn't even flinch.
4
It's his wedding band.
5
Decades old, but hasn't been on his hand in over 10 years.
6
It needed to go up two full sizes.
7
Anyone can do that.
8
The problem was he wanted it seamless.
9
He didn't even think it was possible until one of my videos showed up in his feed.
10
That's when he decided I'm the guy for the job.
11
Normally I'm happy to carve a design from solid metal, But the braids on this ring are so open and full of voids that carving would never match.
12
So I cut the ring, stretched it open, and soldered in a solid block of white gold.
13
Then I spent an hour carving out a flat section before I even touched any wires.
14
Some jewelers spend their entire careers doing wire work, but I ain't one of them.
15
This was uncharted territory for me.
16
I spun up the twists in a power drill.
17
It went pretty smooth, but the braids took much thicker wire.
18
I held them in place with a vise, bent them with pliers, and hammered down each one to get them as tight as possible.
19
Then I sent it through the rolling mill, curved it in my ring bender, and spent a while figuring out where to cut it so it lines up evenly.
20
Oh, and these are all my failed attempts.
21
Real gold, by the way.
22
I placed them in and laser welded the three sections from the top.
23
The laser does a great job, but I still need solder to fill in the hard-to-reach crevices.
24
So I coated everything with whiteout.
25
It acts as a heat shield thanks to the titanium dioxide.
26
Now the solder has nowhere else to go but down into the gaps.
27
All that was left was cleaning up the welds, trimming the side rails, and polishing the ring inside and out.
28
The ultrasonic gets rid of the demon energy.
29
Standard procedure.
30
Even though I never wanted this job, I got to learn something new, and I'm pretty thrilled that the seams are about as invisible as they can get.
31
The ring's sitting right at 11 and 3 quarters now, and it better fit perfectly, because I do not want to do this again.

アプリをダウンロード

流暢に話すために必要なすべて

AI発音採点文ごとに採点
IPA練習すべての音をマスター
単語学習自分の単語帳を作る
単語ゲーム遊びながら覚える
QRをスキャン
QRをスキャン
Download on theApp StoreGet it onGoogle Play
FOR YOU

おすすめ動画

How To Become A Jeweler | My Self-taught Journey ~ With Progress Photos ~B1
1
272 文

How To Become A Jeweler | My Self-taught Journey ~ With Progress Photos ~

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Building the world's largest WORKING iPhone!B2
371 文

Building the world's largest WORKING iPhone!

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Marriage proposalB1
84 文

Marriage proposal

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
My Religious Freedoms Were VIOLATEDB2
1
333 文

My Religious Freedoms Were VIOLATED

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Building a REAL pawn that transforms into a queen (automatically)B2
1
148 文

Building a REAL pawn that transforms into a queen (automatically)

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
I Rebuilt My Entire Website in Astro… Was It Worth It?B2
1
191 文

I Rebuilt My Entire Website in Astro… Was It Worth It?

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Making Agamemnon's Helmet from The OdysseyB2
2
243 文

Making Agamemnon's Helmet from The Odyssey

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Machu PicchuB2
2
42 文

Machu Picchu

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
What's The Most Expensive Thing Ever?B2
3
106 文

What's The Most Expensive Thing Ever?

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
How He Made a Basic 600 Sq Ft Toronto Condo Feel Like a Luxury Hotel – FULL TOURB2
1
330 文

How He Made a Basic 600 Sq Ft Toronto Condo Feel Like a Luxury Hotel – FULL TOUR

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
I Defeated The Prison Boss And Became Their King - Stories For MenB2
1
272 文

I Defeated The Prison Boss And Became Their King - Stories For Men

Daily ConversationWorking Adults
I've NEVER Seen A Climb This Hard.. And Nobody Talks About ItB2
1
325 文

I've NEVER Seen A Climb This Hard.. And Nobody Talks About It

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「The impossible ring sizing」を教材にしています。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が31文、単語が417語あります。 音声の長さは1:34です。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は78%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語発音意味
solder 名詞/ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/半田
braid 名詞/bɹeɪd/組み紐
weld 動詞/wɛld/溶接する
carving 名詞/ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/彫刻
laser 名詞/ˈleɪzɚ/レーザー
crevice 名詞/ˈkɹɛvɪs/亀裂
flinch 動詞/ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/怯む
jeweler 名詞/ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/宝石商
pliers 名詞/ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/プライヤー, ペンチ
ultrasonic 形容詞/ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/超音
whiteout 名詞/ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/猛吹雪
titanium 名詞/taɪˈteɪni.əm/チタン, チタニウム
dioxide 名詞/daɪˈɑksaɪd/二酸化物
demon 名詞/ˈdiː.mən/悪魔, 悪霊
invisible 形容詞/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/目に見えない, 不可視の

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
clean up 動詞掃除する
go up 動詞上がる, 登る

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, didn't, ain'tなど、短縮形や弱形を8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。

  • 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: ultrasonic /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/, titanium /taɪˈteɪni.əm/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

  • /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: solder /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, jeweler /ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/, pliers /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/, ultrasonic /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/, thrill /θɹɪl/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: carving /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/, crevice /ˈkɹɛvɪs/, evenly /ˈiːvənli/, void /vɔɪd/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
  • 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: braid /bɹeɪd/, weld /wɛld/, crevice /ˈkɹɛvɪs/, flinch /ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/, pliers /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。solder, braid, weld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。

シャドーイングのやり方: ステップ別の完全ガイドを読む →