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My name is Alicia.
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My name is Alicia.
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I am 23 years old and I was born in a small town in India.
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When I was little, America felt like magic to me.
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I used to see pictures in magazines and on television,
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tall glass buildings, wide clean roads,
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and streets glowing with lights at night.
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Everyone around me said the same thing.
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America is the land of dreams.
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Go there and your life will be perfect.
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And honestly, I believe them.
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I believed it with my whole heart.
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I remember those warm summer nights,
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sitting on our rooftop, looking up at the stars and imagining myself walking through New York City.
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A smart dress, a coffee in one hand,
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a bag in the other,
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a beautiful apartment, college during the day,
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evenings with friends from all over the world.
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In my mind, America had no sadness, no struggle, no pain.
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Everyone there was happy, free, and full of life.
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So I worked hard, really hard.
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I studied English every single day.
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Sometimes, even when my friends were fast asleep,
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I was still up late reading English books by lamplight.
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I wanted to be ready.
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I wanted to deserve my dream.
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And then, last year, it finally happened.
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I got a student visa to study in New York city.
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I will never forget the day I left.
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At the airport in Delhi,
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my mother held me so tightly I could feel her tears on my shoulder.
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She whispered, take care of yourself.
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My father quietly slipped a small packet into my hand and said,
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open this only when you feel lonely.
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I smiled and promised them both, I'll be fine.
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I'll make you proud.
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When the plane landed in New York, my heart was racing.
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The airport was massive.
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The air smelled different, cool and clean.
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English was everywhere, in every direction.
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Everything moved so fast.
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As the taxi drove me through the city,
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I pressed my face close to the window,
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watching the tall buildings, the flashing billboards, the busy streets.
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I thought to myself, this is it.
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My new life starts right now.
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In those first few days, everything felt wonderful.
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The streets were full of energy.
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Restaurants from every country, people from every culture,
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food I had never tasted,
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technology I had only seen in movies.
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On my very first night,
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I stood by the window of my small rented room,
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looking out at all those city lights,
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and I thought, this is paradise.
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But slowly, very slowly, small cracks started to appear in that beautiful picture.
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The first thing that hit me was money.
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I knew America was expensive,
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but I had no idea how expensive.
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The rent for my tiny room,
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just one bed, one small table,
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and a cupboard, was more than my father's entire monthly salary.
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Food was costly.
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A bus ticket was more than I had expected.
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Even a simple cup of coffee felt like a luxury.
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My savings disappeared faster than I could believe.
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I had to find a job.
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I got a part-time position at a small cafe.
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My shift started in the evening and ended late at night.
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I cleaned tables, washed dishes, served coffee.
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I thought it would be easy.
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But after standing for hours, my feet ached.
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My hands smelled of soap and dishwater.
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When I came home at midnight,
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my back hurt so badly I could barely sleep.
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One night, walking home alone after my shift,
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the streets were dark and almost empty.
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I could hear my own footsteps on the pavement.
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Every shadow made me nervous Back in my homeland,
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people walked together at night Talking,
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laughing Here, I felt completely alone It was on one of those late nights
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That I saw something
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that broke my heart A man was sitting on the sidewalk
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Wrapped in an old blanket His hair was messy His face tired
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he looked up at me and said softly do you have a dollar i am hungry i didn't have much myself,
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but I gave him the little change I had.
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He smiled weakly and whispered, God bless you.
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After that night, I started noticing more and more.
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People sleeping under bridges, lying on sidewalks, using newskeepers as blankets.
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I realized something important.
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Even in the land of dreams,
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there are people who have lost everything.
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Then came the loneliness.
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In my country, neighbors visit without asking.
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We eat together, we share stories,
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we celebrate festivals like one big family.
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But here, everyone was busy.
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People walked fast eyes on their phones,
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no eye contact, no smiles for strangers.
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Some days I felt completely invisible.
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I missed my mother's voice calling me for dinner.
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I missed the smell of her cooking, warm spices, fresh ciabattis.
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I missed my father's gentle words and my brother's silly jokes.
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One winter night, I sat alone in my room,
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watching the cars move quickly below,
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and I thought, you can be surrounded by millions of people and still feel completely alone.
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Then came the culture shock.
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Back home, I dressed modestly and followed certain traditions.
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Here, life was more open, more fast, more independent.
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Sometimes I felt like I didn't belong anywhere.
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One day in class, the professor asked us to share our opinions.
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I spoke carefully, choosing my words.
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After class, a girl came to me and said,
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You need to speak louder.
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Be more confident.
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This is America.
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I smiled politely, but inside I thought,
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confidence is not always about being loud.
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The hardest moment came when I got sick in winter.
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The cold had been biting my face for days,
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and one morning I woke up with a fever.
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Weak, sore throat, body aching.
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I needed a doctor, but I had no health insurance.
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When I checked the fee, I was shocked.
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It was more than my entire week's salary.
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So I stayed in bed for three days,
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drinking tea, eating instant noodles,
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and waiting for my body to heal on its own.
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That was the day I truly understood.
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America is not perfect.
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One Sunday morning, feeling a little better,
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I went for a walk in Central Park.
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The trees were bare, the air was crisp Children were playing in the distance I sat down on a wooden bench,
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closed my eyes, and thought about everything I came here believing I would find paradise Instead,
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I found reality And reality is never perfect Happiness,
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I realized, is not about where you live.
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It is about how you live.
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Yes, America gave me hard lessons.
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Life here is expensive.
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Loneliness is real.
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Dreams are not handed to you.
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You have to fight for them.
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But America also taught me how to be independent.
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how to work hard, how to respect different cultures,
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and how to survive even when life gets tough.
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Now, when my friends back in India ask me,
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is America really as perfect as they say?
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I smile and answer, America is like any other place.
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It has light and it has darkness.
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The dream is real, but so is the struggle.
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And if you are planning to come here, don't expect magic.
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Expect challenges.
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Expect to work harder than you ever have before.
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But if you are patient,
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strong, and wise, you will find your place.
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My name is Alicia.
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I am 23 years old.
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I came to America to chase a dream.
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I found beauty and I found pain.
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and I discovered that the real dream is not about living in America.
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It is about living with courage,
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with hope, and with an open heart,
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no matter where you are.
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That is my story.
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And maybe it is the story of many others who left their homes searching for something better,
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only to discover that every place has its own light and its own darkness.
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Thanks for listening to my story.
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If you liked it, hit that subscribe button,
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drop a comment, and tell me where you're listening from.
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このビデオでスピーキングを練習する理由
このストーリーでは、アリシアという23歳のインド出身の若者がアメリカでの夢を追い求める姿が描かれています。彼女の体験談を通じて、英語スピーキング練習が進むだけでなく、文化理解も深まります。アリシアの情熱や挑戦を知ることで、教室外でも自分の言語能力を発揮できる自信がつくでしょう。また、このビデオを使って英語シャドーイングに取り組むことで、リスニング能力も自然に鍛えられます。
文法と文脈における表現
アリシアの語りからは、次のような重要な文法構造や表現が見られます：
- 過去形の使用: 彼女は「あの時、私は信じていました」といった過去形を用いることで、彼女の過去の感情を強調しています。
- 未来形の表現: 「これから始まる新しい生活」という表現は、彼女の希望と期待を反映しています。
- 感情を表現するためのインタープリテーション: 「母が涙を流して私を抱きしめていた」といった具体的な描写は、聞き手に感情的なインパクトを与えます。
- 比喩の使用: 「アメリカは夢の国」という表現は、アリシアの視点を表す重要なフレーズです。このような比喩を使うことで、説明が視覚的にわかりやすくなっています。
発音の罠
ビデオ内で注意が必要な発音やアクセントには以下のような言葉が含まれます：
- 「airport」: アメリカ英語では「エアポート」と発音されますが、インド英語では少し異なる発音になることがあるため、注意が必要です。
- 「coffee」: ストレスのかかる部分（コー）によって、聞き取られづらくなることがあります。正しい発音を練習することで、話す際に自信を持てるようになります。
- 「different」: 特に「で」での発音に注意し、一音一音を明確に発音することが重要です。
これらの発音練習を通じて、英語のダイナミクスを理解し、流暢さを向上させることができます。
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。