シャドーイング練習: The piano man Chapter 6 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Chapter 6 The Song
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In the morning, Ludmilla talked in Russian on her mobile phone for more than an hour, crying all the time.
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What's this all about?
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Dr. Sansom asked Avril.
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I don't know, said Avril.
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I think she's talking to her father in St. Petersburg.
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We need to know her story before we can help her.
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When is the interpreter coming?
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At eleven o'clock.
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When she had a moment, Avril went to see the piano man and to sit with him for a time.
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He was nearly always in the patient sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, sometimes playing, sometimes just sitting.
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When Avril talked to him, he listened but did not speak.
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His hands moved gently over the piano keys.
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He answered her with music.
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Other patients went in and out of the sitting room, but Doris was always there, in her usual chair there.
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Beautiful music, she said to Avril.
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Beautiful music.
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Yes, it is, said Avril.
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Does he talk to you, Doris?
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He's a nice boy, Doris said.
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Beautiful music.
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Very nice, Avril said.
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But does he say anything?
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Do you know his name?
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Yes, Doris said happily.
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He's the piano man.
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He plays music.
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Beautiful music.
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Avril went away, back to her other patients.
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In Ludmilla's room, it was quiet.
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Ludmilla lay on her bed and stared out of the window at the sky.
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Avril brought her a hot mug of tea.
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Would you like some tea?
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She said in her warm Irish voice.
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Thirsty work, all that talking.
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Ludmilla sat up and took the tea.
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Thank you.
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Did you talk to your father in St. Petersburg?
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Avril asked.
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Behind her, the door of the room was open, and sounds from the hospital came in.
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Suddenly, Ludmilla turned her head, and some of the hot tea went over the bed.
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Hey, be careful, said Avril.
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But Ludmilla did not hear her.
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She sat very still.
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What's that?
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She whispered.
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What's what?
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Avril asked. That, that music.
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Ludmilla said.
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Where's it coming from?
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It's a patient.
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He's playing the piano in the sitting room, Avril said.
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I think he's- Shh.
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Listen, Ludmilla whispered.
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She put her hand on Avril's arm.
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Listen.
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A second later, she was out of the bed and running.
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She ran out of her room, past the other rooms, and along to the patient sitting room at the end.
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Avril ran after her.
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Wait, she called.
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At the sitting room door, Ludmilla stopped.
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She saw the piano man at the piano, and her face turned white.
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She stood and stared.
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The piano man heard something and turned round.
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He stopped playing and stared at the girl by the door.
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For a long, long minute, nobody moved, nobody spoke.
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Every sound in the hospital stopped.
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Then, very slowly, the piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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He played a slow, beautiful piece of music.
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For a second or two, Ludmilla did not move or speak.
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Then she put her head back, closed her eyes, and began to sing.
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The song was very sad and very beautiful.
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Avril did not understand the words because they were in Russian, but tears came into her eyes.
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The piano man played and Ludmilla sang.
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Then, at the end of the song, she walked across the room to him.
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The piano man stood up and watched her.
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She came and stood in front of him, and very slowly, very gently, she held out her hand to him.
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Mikael?
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She whispered.
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Lita, Lita, Lita, said the piano man.
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Oh, Lita.
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Then he put his arms around her and held her for a long time.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

シナリオ:病院での日常会話

このビデオの対話は、病院という日常的な場面で展開されています。看護師のアヴリルが患者たちと交流し、ロシア語を話すルドミラや「ピアノマン」と呼ばれる男性とのやり取りが描かれています。病院での会話は、不安な気持ちを和らげるための優しい言葉遣いや、状況を確認するための質問が多く、IELTS スピーキング対策にも役立つリアルな場面です。特に、相手の反応に合わせた柔軟な発話が求められる点が、実践的な英語力向上につながります。

覚えておきたいフレーズとコロケーション

  • Thirsty work, all that talking.:「そんなに話すと喉が渇くでしょう」という、親しみのある表現。「~ work」で「~なこと」を表し、日常会話でよく使われます。
  • He answered her with music.:「音楽で彼女に答えた」。「answer with ~」は「~で答える」という便利なコロケーションで、言葉以外の方法で応答する場面に使えます。
  • She lay on her bed and stared out of the window.:「ベッドに横になり、窓の外を見つめていた」。「lie on ~」「stare out of ~」は、体の動作を描写する際の基本フレーズです。
  • Some of the hot tea went over the bed.:「お茶の一部がベッドにこぼれた」。「go over」は「こぼれる」「越える」などの意味で、日常的な出来事を表すのに適しています。

シャドーイングチャレンジ:今すぐできる練習

シャドーイング(shadow speech)は、英語の発音を良くするための効果的な方法です。このビデオの対話を使って、次のタスクを試してみてください。まず、アヴリルの台詞を1文ずつ聞き、その直後に同じ速さ・イントネーションで繰り返します。特に「Thirsty work, all that talking.」のような短いフレーズは、shadowing siteでもよく使われる練習素材です。3回ほど繰り返すと、自然な発音とリズムが身につきます。この練習は、shadowspeakの基本となるもので、スピーキングの流れを掴むのに大切です。

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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