シャドーイング練習: The Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
1
Marcus Aurelius Concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you.
2
You don't have to turn this into something.
3
It doesn't have to upset you.
4
The present is all we have to live in, or to lose.
5
Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself, Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?
6
Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.
7
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind mind.
8
Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
9
Today, I escaped anxiety.
10
Or no, I discarded it because it was within me, in my own perceptions, not outside.
11
You have You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action.
12
The impediment to action advances action.
13
What stands in the way becomes the way.
14
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
15
You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.
16
Receive without pride.
17
Let go without attachment.
18
If it's endurable, then endure it.
19
Stop complaining.
20
Have I done something for the common good?
21
Then I share in the benefits.
22
It never ceases to amaze me.
23
We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
24
It's unfortunate that this has happened.
25
No, it's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed.
26
If it is not right, do not do it.
27
If it is not true, do not say it.
28
You always own the option of having no opinion.
29
Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?
30
If something is humanly possible, it's attainable by you too.
31
Think of yourself as dead.
32
You have lived your life.
33
Now take what's left and live it properly.
34
Someone despises me.
35
That's their problem.
36
Everything is born from change.
37
You have power over your mind, not outside events.
38
When jarred, unavoidably by circumstance,
39
revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help.
40
You could leave life right now.
41
Let that determine what you do, say and think.
42
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
43
If you don't have a consistent goal in life, you can't live it in a consistent way.
44
Get back up when you fail.
45
Celebrate behaving like a human.
46
Limit yourself to the present.
47
The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say, or think, or do only what you do.
48
Don't you see how much you have to offer, and yet you still settle for less?
49
Mastery of reading and writing requires a master.
50
The struggle is great, the task divine, to gain mastery, freedom, happiness and tranquility.
51
Do not let others hold you back.
52
A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.
53
To love only what happens, no greater harmony.
54
If it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
55
Choose not to be harmed, and you won't feel harmed.
56
Don't feel harmed, and you haven't been.
57
Don't procrastinate.
58
Don't confuse.
59
Don't wander.
60
Don't be passive or aggressive.
61
Don't be all about business.
62
Love the hand that fate deals you, and play it as your own.
63
Practice even what seems impossible.
64
There is never any need to get worked up about things you can't control.
65
People exist for one another.
66
The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.
67
This is my first copy of Meditations.
68
It's almost 15 years old.
69
I've read it more times than I can count.
70
This is my new edition, which is the same translation, but hopefully going to stand the test of time better.
71
This is a leather-bound edition of Gregory Hayes' Meditations, meant to really be able to put some miles on it,
72
which you can check out at dailystoic.com slash meditations.

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 Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです:action, harmed, meditations。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が72文、単語が643語あります。 音声の長さは7:16です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約89語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の86%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
discard 動詞/dɪsˈkɑɹd/捨てる, 棄てる
impediment 名詞/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/障害
procrastinate 動詞/pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/先延ばしにする
unharmed 形容詞無事な
despise 動詞/dɪˈspaɪz/蔑む, 見下す
brightness 名詞/ˈbɹaɪtnəs/明るさ
assemble 動詞/əˈsɛm.bəl/集める, 組み立てる
circumstance 名詞/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/状況, 事情
wander 動詞/ˈwɑndɚ/ぶらつく, さ迷う
confuse 動詞/kənˈfjuːz/混乱させる
blaze 名詞/bleɪz/炎, 火炎
injustice 名詞/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/不正, 不公平
endure 動詞/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/耐える
jar 名詞/d͡ʒɑː/広口瓶, ジャー
behave 動詞/bɪˈheɪv/振る舞う, 行動する

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

  • You don't have to turn this into something.
  • It doesn't have to upset you.
  • Have I done something for the common good?
  • If it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
  • Don't feel harmed, and you haven't been.

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has happened · have lived · haven't been
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is born · is thrown · be harmed

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, can't, I'veなど、短縮形や弱形を19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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): tranquility /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/, attainable /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/, endurable /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/, impediment /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/

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: tranquility /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/, endurable /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: revert /ɹɪˈvɝt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, fortunate /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, flame /fleɪm/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/

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。discard, impediment, procrastinate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 →