シャドーイング練習: we just graduated high school - 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224文、単語が1628語あります。 音声の長さは19:35です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約83語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の85%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。

• barn [ˈbɑɹn] (名詞) — 納屋, 家畜小屋. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
• glacier /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/ (名詞) — 氷河. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
• delta /ˈdɛltə/ (名詞) — デルタ. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
• sword /soɹd/ (名詞) — 刀, 剣. A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
• bone /boʊn/ (名詞) — 骨. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
• angel /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ (名詞) — 天使, 天の使い. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
• mason /ˈmeɪsən/ (名詞) — 石工. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
• selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/ (形容詞) — 自分本位の, 勝手な. Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
• shout /ʃaʊt/ (動詞) — 叫ぶ. To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
• insist /ɪnˈsɪst/ (動詞) — 主張する. To hold up a claim emphatically.
• vibe /vaɪb/ (名詞) — 氛囲気. An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
• fade /feɪd/ (動詞) — 薄れる. To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
• finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (名詞) — 指. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
• horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (形容詞) — 恐ろしい. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
• disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ (形容詞) — 失望した. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

動画に出てくる句動詞

• get on (動詞) — (...に)乗る, (...に)乗っかる. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
• check out (動詞) — 試験する, 検査する. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
• go down (動詞) — 降りる, 降下する. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — 頑張って. Come along with me; join me in going.
• get up (動詞) — 起きる. To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
• give up (動詞) — 降服する. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
• look for (動詞) — 探す, 求める. To seek.
• wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (動詞) — 目覚める, 目を覚ます. To stop sleeping; to awake.

注意したい発音

話し手はwe're, I'm, can'tなど、短縮形や弱形を75回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

• 「sh」と「zh」の音: glacier /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shoe /ˈʃu/
• 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, immaculate /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/, photogenic /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/

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。barn, glacier, deltaなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。