シャドーイング練習: The Mentalist - The best filicidal confession...EVER! - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Amazing, isn't it?
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Murder weapon revealed.
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Hey, Tamsin's spells seem to work.
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I guess she really is a witch.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
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I'm sure forensics will confirm your son's blood and tissue on one side of the wrench and your fingerprints on the other.
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I have no knowledge of that.
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Then why were you trying to hide it?
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Talk to us, Michael.
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Maybe there were circumstances.
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Maybe you had to defend yourself.
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I don't have to tell you or anything.
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What about your son's trips to the emergency room?
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Their broken bones?
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Just clumsy, I guess.
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Maybe a little dense at times.
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Good that they had you to keep him in line, huh?
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Some people just don't understand how lucky they are.
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That's right.
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I realized it was you when Brad said he liked going to Tamsin's house because he felt safe there.
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Safe.
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who feels safer in a witch's house than they do at home.
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You've been abusing and beating your wife and sons for years, haven't you?
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No. My guess?
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He was smacking Brad around a little too much.
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Cody wanted to protect his brother.
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Was that it?
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No. No, he says.
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Your wife and son are down the hallway, and they say no too.
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They know we caught him throwing away the murder weapon, and they still don't believe he killed Cody.
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Imagine how much they love this man to be in such denial.
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Cody confronted you, didn't he?
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He wouldn't put up with your crap anymore.
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Shut up, bitch!
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Ethan!
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Come on!
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But you wouldn't hear of it.
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He hit me.
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I was defending myself.
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Goodbye, Michael.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が40文、単語が275語あります。 音声の長さは2:10です。 話す速さは1分あたり約126語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の82%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語12語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (動詞) — 守る, 防ぐ. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • bone /boʊn/ (名詞) — 骨. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  • reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (動詞) — 現す, 表す. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  • confirm /kənˈfɝm/ (動詞) — 確認する. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
  • spell /spɛl/ (名詞) — 呪文. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
  • tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ (名詞) — 織物. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
  • goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — さようなら, さよなら. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
  • denial /dɪˈnaɪ.əl/ (名詞) — 否認. An assertion of untruth.
  • dense /ˈdɛns/ (形容詞) — 濃い, 密. Having relatively high density.
  • circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ (名詞) — 状況, 事情. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
  • clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/ (形容詞) — 不器用な, ぶきっちょ. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
  • fingerprint /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ (名詞) — 指紋. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — 頑張って. Come along with me; join me in going.
  • shut up /ʃʌt ʌp/ — だまれ, うるさい. Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
  • throw away (動詞) — 棄てる, 捨てる. To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, wouldn't, didn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を12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。

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。defend, bone, reveal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。

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