シャドーイング練習: track 4 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Unit 2 Christmas Trees Americans opt to cut their own Christmas trees.
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On a chilly December afternoon, the Sylvester family heads to Snickers Gap Tree Farm, about an hour west of Washington,
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D.C., to choose and cut down the perfect Christmas tree.
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Decorating the Christmas tree, usually a pine decorated with lights and ornaments, ornaments is one of the traditions
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which makes the holiday season special the sylvester spend 45 minutes
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out in the cold wandering among the groves comparing trees
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when they find their favorite a three meter tall beauty as
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wide as daughter elsa's outstretched arms they cut it down themselves
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then they drag it across the snowy field to the cash register where they pay about 100 for the privilege
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It doesn't have to be this way.
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Many roadside lots spring up at this time of year, selling pre-cut trees for half or a third as much.
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Hardware stores and other places sell them too.
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And artificial trees are becoming increasingly popular.
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About 12 million reusable plastic trees were sold last year, up from about 10 million in 2003.
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In an age where cost and convenience drive many purchasing decisions, asking customers to pay more to cut their own Christmas tree seems like a bad business model.
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But choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms remain the most popular place for Americans to buy a tree, accounting for a third of sales.
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Our business is as robust as it can possibly be, says Snickers Gap owner Stephen Wolf.
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I don't see the artificial trees as currently a threat to what we're doing.
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An artificial tree is not what Christmas is about, Elsa says.
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And the family clearly enjoys spending the time together outside.
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They take pictures and play in the snow.
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It's more special, says Elsa, whose family has come to chop down their own tree.
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It's fun.
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Her mom, Amy, agrees.
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It's about memories, good times, she says.
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Wolf's father started the farm in the 1980s.
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My dad always said it was about the experience, not the tree.
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He says, Everyone's so involved with things that don't connect them anymore with nature and the earth.
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And I think this is one thing that people enjoy doing.
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And for many Americans, it's a family experience that makes the extra effort worthwhile.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：tree, Christmas, cut, artificial, farm。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が30文、単語が379語あります。 音声の長さは2:25です。 話す速さは1分あたり約157語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。 単語の84%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。
この動画の重要語彙
動画の中で特に難しい単語12語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| artificial 形容詞 | /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ | 人工の |
| decorate 動詞 | /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/ | 飾る, 装飾する |
| ornament 名詞 | /ˈɔɹnəmənt/ | 装飾 |
| roadside 名詞 | /ˈɹoʊdsaɪd/ | 道端 |
| wander 動詞 | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | ぶらつく, さ迷う |
| chili 名詞 | /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ | チリ, 唐辛子 |
| metre 名詞 | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | メートル, ㍍ |
| grove 名詞 | /ɡɹoʊv/ | 林, 木立 |
| convenience 名詞 | /kənˈvinjəns/ | 便宜, 便利 |
| pine 名詞 | /paɪn/ | 松, ゴヨウ |
| privilege 名詞 | /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/ | 特権 |
| hardware 名詞 | /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ | ハードウェア, ハード |
注意したい発音
話し手はdon't, doesn't, we'reなど、短縮形や弱形を4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。
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/
- /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: grove /ɡɹoʊv/, convenience /kənˈvinjəns/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: ornament /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, outstretched /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, robust /ɹəʊˈbʌst/, grove /ɡɹoʊv/
この動画での練習方法
- 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。
- 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。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。artificial, decorate, ornamentなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
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。