シャドーイング練習: "The Schuyler Sisters" from HAMILTON - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slumming it with the poor.
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They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the commons just to watch them talk.
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Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded.
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Uh oh, but little does he know that his daughter is Peggy,
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Angelica, Eliza, snuck into the city just to watch all the guys at Wut Wut Angelica Wut Wut Eliza
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and Peggy Wut Wut the Schuyler sisters Angelica, Eliza, work!
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Daddy said to be home by sundown.
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Daddy doesn't need to know.
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Daddy said not to go downtown.
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Like I said, you're free to go.
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But look around, look around, the revolution's happening in New York.
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Angelica, work!
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It's bad enough Daddy wants to go to war.
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People shouting in the square.
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It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore.
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Look around, look around Angelica, remind me what we're looking for She's looking for me Eliza,
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I'm looking for a minded work I'm looking for a minded
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work I'm looking for a minded work I'm looking for a minded work Woah,
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woah, woah, woah, woah There's nothing like summer in the city Someone in a rush next to summer looking pretty Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
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But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money Smells like your daddy's got money
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While you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals Burr, you disgust me Ah, so you disgust me I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
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I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine So many say that I'm intense or I'm insane You want a revolution?
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I want a revelation So listen to my declaration
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We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal
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And when I meet Thomas Jefferson I'ma compel him to include women in this equal work Look around,
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look around And how lucky we are to be alive right now Look around,
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look around And how lucky we are to be alive right now History is happening in Manhattan
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And we just happen to be in the greatest city in
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the world In the greatest city in the world Cause I'm around, I'm in pain I'm in pain,
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I'm in pain You're watching a lot of passion around I'm in pain,
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I'm in pain We hope you're so proud And we're all gonna be here for Eliza Look around,
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look around Look how lucky we are to be alive right now History is happening in Manhattan
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And we just happen to be The greatest city in the world The greatest city in the world
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Angelica Eliza And Peggy The Skylark sisters We're looking for a wine at Hey,
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hey, hey In the greatest city,
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in the greatest city of the world In the greatest city of the world

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36文、単語が487語あります。 音声の長さは3:01です。 話す速さは1分あたり約162語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は77%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • whoa /woʊ/ — どう, どうどう. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
  • downtown /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (名詞) — ダウンタウン, 町. The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
  • disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/ (名詞) — 嫌気, 嫌悪. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
  • rush /ɹʌʃ/ (動詞) — 急ぐ, 駆け付ける. To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
  • ideal /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ (形容詞) — 理想的な, 理想な. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
  • passion /ˈpæʃən/ (名詞) — 激情. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  • insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (形容詞) — 気が狂った, 狂しい. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
  • intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ (形容詞) — 激しい. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
  • remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (動詞) — 思い出させる. To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • shore /ʃɔɹ/ (名詞) — 岸, 海岸. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  • shout /ʃaʊt/ (動詞) — 叫ぶ. To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
  • revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ (名詞) — 暴露. The act of revealing or disclosing.
  • heel /hil/ (名詞) — 踵, ヒール. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
  • perfume /ˈpɝfjuːm/ (名詞) — 香り, 香気. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
  • compel /kəmˈpɛl/ (動詞) — 強いる. To overpower; to subdue.

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • look around (動詞) — 見回す. To inspect a building or area.
  • look for (動詞) — 探す, 求める. To seek.

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, we're, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を23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: rush /ɹʌʃ/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

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. まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。whoa, downtown, disgustなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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
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 loaded · are created
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番the greatest
現在進行形 am/is/are + -ing — 今まさに、または最近起きていることwe're looking · I'm looking · is happening

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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