シャドーイング練習: Tom Holland - interview "Billy Elliot" (2010) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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it's the heartwarming tale of a young boy who follows his dream billy elliott secretly goes to ballet lessons
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and goes on to become a star the musical telling his
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story has been wowing crowds since its west end debut more than three years ago
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billy elliott has smashed box office records An estimated two and a half million people have seen the show, and it's still a sellout.
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Several young boys share the role of Billy, and two of the newest recruits came in to see us.
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Tom and Tana, welcome to 5 News.
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Tom, you've done four performances so far.
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You're both playing Billy Elliot.
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You've done four performances so far.
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You're about to start.
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Tom, how's it going?
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Oh, yeah, it's going fantastic, yeah.
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I'm loving it.
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Have you always wanted to do something like this?
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Well, I just, it was my dad's birthday two years ago, so me and my mum decided to take my dad to come and see the show, and I was a bit of a fan of dancing, and then I said, oh,
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mum, why don't I audition for this, because it looks quite cool.
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Yeah.
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And then I ended up auditioning, and then two years later I got the role.
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Tana, I mean, you're American, aren't you?
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So how did you get the job?
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Well, I was actually auditioning for the New York,
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the New York musical, but instead, after about...
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four auditions they asked me if I wanted to come over here
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and I said yes
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and you all live in this big Billy Elliot house explain how this like all of us live together
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so like because some of us come from Manchester America Newcastle
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so we've all got a live in one big house yeah
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but you have a lot of fun yeah
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so it's what has it work in terms of the schoolwork
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and the and the acting and the practice and all
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that kind of stuff tana well um we have school in the morning at the house it starts at nine
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and then we finish about 12 15 have our lunch till 1 15
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and then we travel to wherever we have our rehearsals
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and we do our rehearsals from two o 'clock till um probably about eight at night
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so it's a full schedule
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and i'm just wondering i mean billy ellick comes in the northeast
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so you've got to do a northeast you've got to do an accent haven't you um how's it going Um, it's going well, yeah.
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Can you two give us a bit of a demo on what you're like when you're doing the accent?
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Sure.
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I can't really explain it.
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I haven't got the words.
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It's a feeling that you can't control.
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I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are.
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And at the same time, something makes you whole.
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Very good.
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Thank you so much.
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That was really good.
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Now, you've signed up for how long, the pair of you?
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Well, we have a contract for six months, and then if we get too tall of our voice breaks, we get kind of kicked out.
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So our contract gets renewed if we're not too tall and our voice doesn't break.
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Listen, all the best for the show, and thank you so much for coming in.
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Thank you.
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Good to meet you.
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They're great.

この動画で話す練習をする理由

「Billy Elliot」のインタビューは、日常会話から演技的な表現まで幅広いshadowspeakの機会を提供します。若手俳優の自然な会話は、リアルなスピードとイントネーションを学ぶのに最適で、英語の発音を良くするだけでなく、会話の流れを掴む力も養えます。また、地域のアクセント(北東部)の練習も含まれているので、多様な発音に慣れることができます。

文脈の中の文法と表現

  • 「I ended up auditioning」:「end up + 動名詞」で「最終的に~することになる」。結果が予期せぬ場合に使われ、会話で頻繁に登場します。
  • 「if we get too tall or our voice breaks, we get kicked out」:「get + 過去分詞」の受動態。日常会話では「be動詞 + 過去分詞」よりも自然に使われ、「~される」という意味です。
  • 「it's a feeling that you can't control」:「that節」を使った名詞句。抽象的な概念を説明する際に便利で、話の深さを増します。

発音の注意点

この動画の最大のチャレンジは北東部アクセントです。「house」や「about」などの単語の発音が標準英語と異なり、母音の伸ばし方や抑揚が重要です。また、「gotta」(got to)や「kinda」(kind of)などの縮約形も多く使われており、shadowing siteで繰り返し練習することで、自然な発音に慣れましょう。特に「accent」の発音は「アクセント」ではなく「アクセント」(弱めの「t」)に注意してください。

これらのポイントを意識してshadowspeaksを行えば、会話力が飛躍的に向上します。動画を何度も繰り返し聞き、真似ることで、自然な英語表現が身につきます。

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。