シャドーイング練習: Universe Size Comparison 3D - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Ceres, 950 km
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The Moon, 3500 km
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Callisto, 4800 km
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Mercury, 4900 km
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Mars, 6800 km
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Venus, 12000
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Earth, 13000 km Kepler 22b, 30000 km
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Neptune, 50000 km
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Uranus, 51000 km
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Saturn, 120 000 km
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Jupiter, 140 000 km
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Proxima Centauri, 200 000 km
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The Sun, 1.4 Million km
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Sirius A, 2.5 Millions km
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Vega, 3.8 Millions km
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Arcturus, 36 Millions km
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Rigel, 97 Millions km
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Betelgeuse, 1.3 Billion km
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Vy Canis Majoris, 2 Billions km
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Uy Scuti 2.4 Billions km
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The Black hole Ngc 1277, 60 000 000 000 km
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The Black hole Ton 618, 400 000 000 000 km
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Cat's Eye Nebula, 0.250 Light Years
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Helix Nebula, 3 Light Years
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Orion Nebula, 24 Light Years
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Omega Centauri, 150 Light Years
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Small Macellanic Cloud, 7 000 Light Years
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The Milky Way, 100 000 Light Years
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IC 1101, 6 000 000 Light Years
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Bootes Void, 250 000 000 Light Years
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The Universe, 150 000 000 000 Light Years <

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Universe Size Comparison 3D”. This video has 31 sentences and 105 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:41.

Key vocabulary in this video

10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
mar verb/mɑɹ/To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
mercury noun/ˈmɜɹkjəɹi/A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
venus noun/ˈviːnəs/Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
omega noun/oʊˈmeɪ.ɡə/The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last…
jupiter nounA class of planets that are similar in mass to Jupiter.
saturn nounThe Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae.
cere noun/sɪɚ/A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
helix noun/ˈhiːlɪks/A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw…
vega noun/ˈveɪɡə/An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.
hole noun/hoʊl/A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.

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 mar, mercury, venus.

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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