シャドーイング練習: UNIT 10 CD2 TRACK 7 COMPLETE FIRST - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Unit 10.
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Listening Part 4.
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Exercise 2.
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Hi.
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I'm in a new shopping centre with some guys who've been finding out a bit more about the place.
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Kerry.
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Yeah, first let me tell you where it is.
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You know you'd expect to drive for miles out into the countryside to a place among green fields.
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When they build them in the country, everyone has to get there by car, but at least then the parking's easy.
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This new one's taken over some abandoned industrial land on the outskirts of the city and it's pulling in young people, families, everyone, so there's a really great atmosphere.
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So why do you think they went for this particular site, Salim?
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Well, apparently they were offered a place in the country and the plans were approved, but they chose this place for its convenient access from the station and the motorway.
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The locals did start kicking up a fuss about traffic noise
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and fumes and that sort of thing
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So it took quite a long time to get things started
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But they managed to get permission in the end But why do you think there are such masses of people here now?
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What's behind its popularity?
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Well, you see, people don't just come to shop They come to spend the
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day There are tons of good stores with branches here So even though you end up spending quite a bit In general,
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the stuff's good quality and there's something here for everyone.
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It caters for every taste, including people like myself, who'd rather not shop at all, but would prefer to take in a film or hit the gym instead.
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So, you see lots of families having fun here too, without having to hang around with each other the whole time.
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Dad goes off to look at sports equipment or electronics, while Mum hunts for clothes, you know, that sort of thing.
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From where I'm standing now I can see trees and fountains.
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There are cafes, music for chilling out and even a free fashion show.
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It's a bit of a change from your normal high street
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isn't it yeah it's incredible isn't it you know these places
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are pretty safe i mean i know some rough lads come here
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but with all the security staff around there's never any trouble
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but what i really like is
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that the place feels a bit like a palace you know
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i can spend all day here with my friends surrounded by
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all this expensive stuff without it costing me a penny people treat you pretty well
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and you don't have to spend anything unless you want to.
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We're always hearing about families having arguments when they go shopping.
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Why's that?
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Apparently it's because they're spending the day together and their tastes in how to spend their free time are different.
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So they get irritable with each other and this breaks down into arguments about which shops to go to and so on.
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And this place is organised to cater for different tastes, isn't it?
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Well, yeah, what they've done is organised the shops, cafes and other places, so there's a wide range of quite different shops in each section.
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This means that families can still be fairly close to each other, even though they're up to different things.
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You know, Mum can wander into the clothes shop if that's what she wants to do, while Dad can pop into the computer shop next door, and the kids can go to a game shop or a music shop.
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They're all nearby and they can find each other easily.
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And what else have they done, Salim?
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Well, they've come up with ways of making shopping less tiring.
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You know, a day's shopping wears people out.
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They thought of hiring out small electrically driven cars to shoppers to cut down the amount they walk.
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They came up against problems of space.
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There just wasn't enough room for them all.
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So they also thought about those moving walkways you see at airports, and that would have involved redesigning everything.
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What they actually came up with is a new technology which sends everything you've bought to your exit point
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and you just pick it up there.
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Awesome.
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Thanks Kerry and Salim.
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Cheers.

この動画のスピーキング目標

日常会話での流暢性と情報伝達力を鍛えるのが目標です。ショッピングセンターの話題を巡る自然な会話を通じて、理由や感想を明快に述べる能力を養います。特に「なぜ人気があるのか」「家族の揉め事をどう解決したのか」など、説明的な発言をスムーズに行うことがミルストーンです。shadowing siteでの反復練習により、リズムとイントネーションを身につけ、実践的な英語スピーキング練習につなげましょう。

フレーズバンク

  • pulling in young people, families, everyone(若者、家族、みんなを引きつける)
  • kicking up a fuss about(~について騒ぐ)
  • take in a film(映画を見る)
  • hang around with each other(一緒にいる)
  • come up with ways of(~する方法を考え出す)

これらのフレーズはshadow speechの練習に最適です。文脈に合わせて使い分けることで、自然な表現力が向上します。

弱点を直そう

この会話の特徴は口語的なリズムと省略表現が多いことです。例えば「it's incredible isn't it」のようなタグ質問のイントネーションや、「they've done is organised」のような構文の流れが難しい点です。shadowspeaksの技術を使い、発音のアクセントとポーズを徹底的に模倣することで、これらの問題を解決できます。特に「kicking up a fuss」のようなイディオムは、発音のリズムを捉えることが重要です。shadow speakの練習を重ねることで、自然な会話ができるようになります。

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。

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