シャドーイング練習: Why Knowing Better Doesn’t Help in the Moment - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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You've read the books, you know the tools, you could probably explain them to someone else, and maybe you have.
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You know you shouldn't send the reply tonight, and you know that raising your voice won't help.
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You know how to take a breath and step back, and when the moment comes, none of that knowledge shows up.
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Afterwards, you replay it and think, I know exactly what to do, why can't I do it?
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I'm Dr. Tracy Marks, a psychiatrist, and I teach practical neuroscience that helps high performers stay sharp under pressure.
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Today, I'm talking about why understanding what to do often disappears right
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when you need it in a way that you can set yourself up so that it does it.
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If you're someone who's thoughtful and self -aware, this could be a really frustrating experience.
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See if any of these three scenarios sound familiar to you.
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One, you go to a family dinner and on the drive over, you tell yourself you're not going to take the bait this time.
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You know exactly what your brother is going to say and you've even planned what you'll do.
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20 minutes in, he says it and you're right back in the same argument that you've had for years.
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Two, it's late and you've been reading a message that got under your skin.
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You know the rule, don't reply tonight, just sleep on it.
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But you're already typing and part of you is watching yourself do it.
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Three, you're good at calming other people down.
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People come to you when they're upset and you know what to say.
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But when it's you, you can't reach any of it.
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You tell yourself to calm down, and it doesn't touch what you're feeling.
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If anything, now you're upset and frustrated that you can't calm down.
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And the next morning, when you're calm again, it all just seems so obvious.
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You can see exactly where you could have paused and what you could have said.
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And the clarity is right there.
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It just wasn't there when you needed it.
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If this is you, you don't have a knowledge problem.
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You have an access problem.
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Let me explain what's going on.
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There's a concept in behavioral science called the hot -cold empathy gap.
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It comes from the economist and psychologist Dr. George Lowenstein at Carnegie Mellon.
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The idea is that when you're in a calm state, which he calls a cold state,
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you tend to underestimate how much a strong feeling will drive your behavior once you're in a hot state.
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Research on this has looked at things like cravings and the pattern holds.
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People who aren't in the grip of a strong urge tend to misjudge how they will act when they are.
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That means the calm version of you is making plans for a version of you that won't be calm.
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Your plan of, I just won't take the bait, was made by someone who wasn't feeling the heat.
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And a plan like that only works if you can think clearly when it's time to use it.
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And that's the second piece.
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When you're under pressure, the prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain that helps you pause and choose your response, has a harder time doing its job.
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Stress weakens its control, while the alarm system in your brain gets more reactive.
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Now, think about what most of the advice you know says to do.
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Reframe the situation.
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Consider other people's point of view.
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Remind yourself what matters.
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Those are all good skills, and they all rely on thinking part of your brain.
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When researchers give people a choice of how to handle something upsetting, the more intense the feeling, the more people choose to think about something neutral,
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like what they need to pick up at the store, instead of trying to see the situation differently.
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Thinking through it takes some processing time, and intense emotion can move faster than you can think it through.
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So it isn't that your insight is wrong or that you haven't learned enough.
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Your insight lives inside a state of mind that you're not in when things heat up.
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In other words, when you're upset, what you know is much harder to use.
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So what can you do?
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Close the gap ahead of time.
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Let your calm self make the decision so that your heated self doesn't have to.
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And this is done with what's called an if -then plan.
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You decide in advance.
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If this specific thing happens, I'll do this specific thing.
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For example, if I feel heat in my chest while I'm reading a message, then I'll put the phone face down and stand up.
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If my brother brings up that topic, then I'll say, I'm going to grab some water and step out of the room.
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Or if I hear my voice getting louder, then I'll stop talking and take one slow breath before I say anything else.
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Notice what these have in common.
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The if is something that you can notice in your body or your surroundings, not something that you have to figure out.
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And the then is a small physical action.
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There's no reframing, no reasoning required in the moment.
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You just follow the plan.
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There's a lot of research behind this.
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The psychologist, Dr. Peter Goldwitzer, and his colleagues have studied if -then plans for decades.
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And a large review of that research found that they help people follow through on what they intend to do, including managing their emotions.
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Part of why they work is that once you've made the plan, the situation itself becomes your cue.
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You don't have to figure out what to do in the moment because you've already decided.
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A few tips to make this work.
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Pick one situation that keeps happening.
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Don't try to plan for everything.
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Make the if as specific as you can.
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When I get stressed is just too vague, but when I feel my jaw tighten or when I start typing a reply after 9 p .m at night,
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That's something that you can actually catch.
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Also, keep the then small enough so that you'll do it on your worst day.
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And say it to yourself a few times or write it down.
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You want it to be familiar before you need it.
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If you've been frustrated with yourself for knowing better and yet not doing better, I hope this gives you a different way to look at it.
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That gap doesn't have to mean you're not self -aware enough or that you haven't done enough work on yourself.
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It just means that you've been asking your heated self to do a job only your calm self can do.
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The good news is most of your time is spent calm, or at least I hope it is.
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That's when you can decide what you'll do the next time things heat up
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so that you're not trying to figure it out in the moment.
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In my next video, I'll talk about why you can still feel wound up hours after something is over, even when it's been handled.
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If you're not already subscribed, subscribe so that you don't miss it.
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Thanks for watching today.
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See you next time.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Why Knowing Better Doesn’t Help in the Moment」を教材にしています。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が88文、単語が1210語あります。 音声の長さは6:24です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約189語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 単語の89%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
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| intense 形容詞 | /ɪnˈtɛns/ | 激しい |
| breathe 動詞 | /bɹiːð/ | 呼吸する, 息をする |
| emotion 名詞 | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | 感情, 心緒 |
| subscribe 動詞 | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | 購読する |
| pause 名詞 | /pɔːz/ | 休止, 中断 |
| bait 名詞 | /beɪt/ | 餌 |
| psychologist 名詞 | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | 心理学者 |
| topic 名詞 | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | 話題, テーマ |
| practical 形容詞 | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | 実践的な |
| sharp 形容詞 | /ʃɑɹp/ | 鋭い, 鋭利な |
| afterwards 副詞 | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | その後, それから |
| skill 名詞 | /skɪl/ | 腕, 技 |
| remind 動詞 | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | 思い出させる |
| rely 動詞 | /ɹɪˈlaɪ/ | 頼る, あてにする |
| alarm 名詞 | /əˈlɑɹm/ | 警報 |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| calm down 動詞 | 落ち着く |
| bring up 動詞 | 育てる |
| show up 動詞 | 現れる |
| stand up 動詞 | 立ち上がる |
繰り返し練習したい文
動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。
- Three, you're good at calming other people down.
- It just wasn't there when you needed it.
- Let me explain what's going on.
- That's something that you can actually catch.
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 |
|---|---|
| 条件文 if + 節, will/would + 動詞 — 条件とその結果 | If this specific thing happens, I'll do |
| 現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作 | you've been reading · you've been asking |
| 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 | You've read · you've even planned · has looked |
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | was made · is done · you've been frustrated |
注意したい発音
話し手はyou're, you've, don'tなど、短縮形や弱形を58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。
- 「th」の音: breathe /bɹiːð/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, behavioral /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/, psychiatrist /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/, rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/, alarm /əˈlɑɹm/, neutral /ˈnuː.tɹəl/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
- /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: vague /veɪɡ/, behavioral /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/, craving /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/, reactive /ɹiːˈæktɪv/
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/, performer /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/, frustrate /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
この動画での練習方法
- 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。
- まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。intense, breathe, emotion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。