シャドーイング練習: Vocabulary for IELTS - 16 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が37文、単語が428語あります。 音声の長さは3:26です。 話す速さは1分あたり約125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82%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

動画に出てくるやや難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

• wash /wɑʃ/ (動詞) — 洗う. To clean with water.
• bulb /ˈbʌlb/ (名詞) — 球根. The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant…
• ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ (形容詞) — 通常な, 普通な. Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
• estimate /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ (名詞) — 推定. A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
• potato /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ (名詞) — じゃがいも, 馬鈴薯. The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
• cloth /klɒθ/ (名詞) — 布. A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• vast /væst/ (形容詞) — 広大な, 莫大な. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
• atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (名詞) — 大気, 大気圏. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
• passenger /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ (名詞) — 乗客, 旅客. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
• depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (動詞) — 依存する. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
• myth /mɪθ/ (名詞) — 迷信. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are…
• oven /ˈʌ.vn̩/ (名詞) — オーブン. A chamber used for baking or heating.
• bake /beɪk/ (動詞) — 焼く. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• cleaner /ˈkli.nɚ/ (名詞) — 清掃員, 掃除婦. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
• absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/ (動詞) — 吸収する. To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in…

動画に出てくる句動詞

• find out (動詞) — 見出す, 調べる. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
• turn off (動詞) — 消す, 切る. To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

注意したい発音

• 「th」の音: cloth /klɒθ/, myth /mɪθ/
• 「sh」と「zh」の音: wash /wɑʃ/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/
• 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/

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。wash, bulb, ordinaryなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。