シャドーイング練習: What surprises me most 🥀🖤#poetry #quotes #deepthoughts - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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What surprises me most about humankind is that we get bored of our childhood, rush to grow up and long to be children again.
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That we lose our health to make money and then lose our money to restore our health.
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That by thinking anxiously about the future we forget the present, such that we live in neither the present nor the future.
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That we live as if we'll never die, and die as though we've never lived.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “What surprises me most 🥀🖤”. This video has 4 sentences and 78 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| restore verb | /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ | To reestablish, or bring back into existence. |
| bore verb | /boɹ/ | To inspire boredom in somebody. |
| anxiously adverb | /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ | In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. |
| humankind noun | /ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/ | The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens. |
| childhood noun | /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ | The state of being a child. |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| neither | /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ | Not either (used with nor). |
| surprise noun | /sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/ | Something unexpected. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | we've never lived |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, anxiously /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rush, restore, bore.
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。





















