シャドーイング練習: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Official Video) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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The I've
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been trying to call I've been on my own for long enough Maybe you can show me how to love Maybe
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I'm going through a drought You don't even have to do
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too much You can turn me on with just a touch Baby
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I'm a cold one Sin city's cold
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and empty No one's around to judge me I can't see clearly when you're gone Oh,
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oh, oh I'm still I'm blinded by the lights No,
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I can't sleep in it till I feel your touch I said,
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ooh, I'm drowning in the night Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I just Hey,
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hey, hey I'm running out of time
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Cause I can see the sunlight up the sky So I hit the road in overdrive,
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baby Oh, the city's cold and empty No one's around to judge me,
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I can't see clearly when you're gone, on, on.
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I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights,
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no, I can't sleep in till I feel you're gone.
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I said, ooh, I'm drowning in the night Oh,
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when I'm like this, you're the one last
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I just want to let you know I can never see it on the phone We'll never let you go this time
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I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights No,
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I can't sleep in it till I feel your touch Hey,
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hey, hey Hey, hey, hey I said,
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ooh, I'm blinded by the lights Though I can't sleep in till I feel your touch The
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Weeknd - Blinding Lights”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: blinded, lights, till, touch, sleep. This video has 23 sentences and 256 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:18. The speaker talks slowly, about 60 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 10 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
drown verb/dɹaʊn/To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
drought noun/ˈdɹaʊ̯t/A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
sunlight noun/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
overdrive noun/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/A state of heightened activity.
blind adjective/ˈblaɪ̯nd/Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
empty adjective/ˈɛm(p).ti/Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
touch verb/tʌt͡ʃ/To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
till/tɪl/Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
judge verb/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
clearly adverb/ˈklɪɚli/In a clear manner.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like drown, drought, sunlight.

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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