シャドーイング練習: we call this hide-and-sand #FindingDory #30DaysOfDisney #Freeform - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

レッスンを作成中...
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I suffer from short-term memory loss.
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Yes!
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That's exactly what you say.
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OK, OK.
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We'll pretend to be the other kids now.
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Ahem.
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Hi, Dory.
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Ahoy there.
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Do you want to play hide and seek?
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OK.
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We'll hide, and you count, and come find us.
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OK, Daddy.
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No, no, not Daddy.
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I'm the nice fish who wants to be your friend.
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OK?
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OK, Daddy.
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No. I'm hiding.
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Now count to ten.
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One, two, three, um, four, um...
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I like sand.
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Sand is squishy.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “we call this hide-and-sand”. This video has 21 sentences and 84 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:43. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
sand noun/sænd/Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
suffer verb/ˈsʌfɚ/To undergo hardship.
pretend verb/pɹəˈtɛnd/To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
ahem/əˈhɛm/The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.
ahoy/əˈhɔɪ/Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
squishy adjective/ˈskwɪʃi/Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
seek verb/ˈsiːk/To try to find; to look for; to search for.
count verb/kaʊnt/To recite numbers in sequence.
fish noun/ˈfɪʃ/A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
memory noun/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • That's exactly what you say.
  • We'll pretend to be the other kids now.
  • Do you want to play hide and seek?
  • We'll hide, and you count, and come find us.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: squishy /ˈskwɪʃi/, fish /ˈfɪʃ/

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 sand, suffer, pretend.

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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