シャドーイング練習: Unit 11 Smile Trial - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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A smile is a powerful thing.
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Did you know that when you smile at someone, they are likely to smile right back?
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But did you also know that a fake smile is one of our most common nonverbal lies?
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Today we are going to test your ability to spot a fake smile.
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One of these smiles is real, and the other is fake.
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Which one do you think is fake?
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If you picked the one on the left, you were correct.
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OK, let's try that again.
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The one on the right is fake.
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Were you surprised?
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It's harder than you thought, right?
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If you didn't get these correct, you're not alone.
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Research showed that people only get the correct answer about 50% of the time.
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So how do you spot a fake smile?
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First, you need to know what a real smile looks like.
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Scientists have learned that a real smile involves the muscles around the eyes.
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A genuine smile is called a Duchenne smile.
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Guillaume Duchenne was a scientist who in the mid-1800s ran experiments to learn about facial expressions.
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He used electricity to move the muscles around people's mouths, making fake smiles.
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Then, he compared them to real smiles by telling his test participants a joke.
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And the difference was clear.
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What he discovered was that a real smile causes the muscles around your eyes to move,
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creating lines or crinkles.
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Scientists now know this is because real smiles are made by the area of the brain related to emotion,
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so our whole face moves.
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But a fake smile is made by a part of the brain called the motor cortex.
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This part controls movements that we choose to make.
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Now that you know the trick, let's see if you can pick out the fake smile. Which smile is real?
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The right or the left?
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Look closely at the eyes.
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The smile on the left is real.
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Want to try another one?
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What do you think?
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See how the skin around the eyes moves?
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The left smile is real.
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Okay, one more.
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Which smile is real?
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right or left.
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Can you see how her eyes are different on the right image?
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That's the real smile.

このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が40文、単語が367語あります。 音声の長さは3:13です。 話す速さは1分あたり約114語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の89%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語9語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

  • muscle /ˈmʌs.əl/ (名詞) — 筋肉, 筋. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
  • scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (名詞) — 科学者. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
  • trick /ˈtɹɪk/ (名詞) — 欺き, 企み. Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
  • compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (動詞) — 比べる, 比較する. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (動詞) — 発見する, 見つける. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ (名詞) — 実験. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of…
  • genuine /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/ (形容詞) — 本物の. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native.
  • emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ (名詞) — 感情, 心緒. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
  • participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/ (名詞) — 参加者, 関与者. One who participates.

注意したい発音

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。muscle, scientist, trick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。

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