シャドーイング練習: Westlife - Soledad (Official Audio) - 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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If only
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you could see the tears In the world you left behind If only you could heal my heart
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Just one more time
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Even when I close my eyes There's an image of your face And once again I come to realize
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You're a loss I can't replace Soledad,
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it's a keeping for the lonely Since the day that you were gone Why did you leave me so? Did I?
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In my heart you were the only And your memory lives on Why did you leave me so? Did I?
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Walking down the streets of nothing real Where our life was young and free
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Can't believe just what an empty place it has come to be I would give my light away
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If it could only be the same Cause I can still the voice inside of me That is calling out your name
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Soledad It's a keeping for the lonely Since the day that you were gone Why did you leave me?
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Solid In my heart you were the only And your memory lives on Why did you leave me?
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Solid Soledad Time will never change the things you've told me
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After all we're meant to be Love will bring us back to you and me If only you could see
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Soledad, it's a keeping for the lonely Since the day that you were gone,
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why don't you leave me?
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Soledad, in my heart you were the only And your memory lives on,
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why don't you leave me?
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So did I, it's keeping for the lonely It's the day that you were gone Why did you leave me so late?
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Why did you leave me so late?
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Why did you leave me so late?
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Why did you leave me so late?
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I can live in soledad

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23文、単語が298語あります。 音声の長さは3:49です。 話す速さはゆっくりで、1分あたり約78語です。一つ一つの音をまねる余裕があります。 単語の92%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。

  • lonely /ˈloʊnli/ (形容詞) — 寂しい. Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
  • tear /tɛɹ/ (動詞) — 破る, 引き裂く. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
  • heal /ˈhiːl/ (動詞) — 治す, 癒す. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
  • empty /ˈɛm(p).ti/ (形容詞) — 空の, 空っぽな. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
  • replace /ɹɪˈpleɪs/ (動詞) — 取り換える. To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
  • memory /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/ (名詞) — 記憶. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
  • solid /ˈsɑ.lɪd/ (形容詞) — 中実, 堅実な. That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
  • image /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ (名詞) — 姿, 覚え. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
  • realize /ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪz/ (動詞) — 気付く, 悟る. To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).

動画に出てくる句動詞

  • leave behind (動詞) — 置き忘れる. To abandon.

注意したい発音

話し手はcan't, don't, we'reなど、短縮形や弱形を7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。

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。lonely, tear, heal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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