シャドーイング練習: Why This Watch Costs Over $450,000 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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The watch comes in two different versions, and the difference between the two is pretty much restricted just to the case material.
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The $460,000 version is in red gold, and the more expensive half million dollar version is done in platinum.
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Many of the most expensive watches are expensive because they're set with precious stones, which, of course, raises the price through the roof.
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In the case of the Récital 22 Grand Récital, however, the watch is as expensive as it is entirely because of the amount of craftsmanship that goes into it and the length of time that it takes to produce the various effects that make the watch what it is.
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BOVET watches are inherently limited in production simply because of the complexity that's associated with making them.
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This particular watch is a limited edition of 60 pieces worldwide.
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Those are going to roll out very slowly, simply because they can't be made quickly.
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It's just inherent in the nature of the watch.
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The single decorative element that's probably most strongly identified with BOVET today is the use of extremely fine miniature painting, often in the form of, what's called, cold enameling on the dials of their watches.
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And the Récital 22 Grand Récital has a really, really wonderful example of this particular craft.
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The centerpiece of the watch is a hemisphere representing the Earth as seen from above the North Pole.
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There are many, many layers of enamel that have been, that have been applied to the hemisphere in order to achieve a wonderful kind of translucent effect in which the clouds literally seem to float above the oceans and continents.
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The paints are actually luminous and very, very luminous, and, when you turn the lights off, you are treated to a view of the continents glowing up at you that's just incredibly compelling.
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This particular wristwatch is in a class of, what are called, astronomical complications.
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These are timepieces that show, often, the relative position of the stars to an observer standing on Earth, or, in this case, the relative position of the sun and the moon relative to an observer standing on Earth.
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So the centerpiece is this revolving hand-painted depiction of the upper hemisphere, the northern hemisphere of the Earth.
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Placed just below it, in the six o'clock position, is, what's called, a tourbillon.
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We can see the tourbillon rotating as we look at the watch, and the position that it's in is identical to the position that the sun would be in, relative to the Earth.
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So it kind of stands in for, the tourbillon stands in for the sun in this wristwatch.
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Rotating around the Earth is a spherical depiction of the moon divided into a sunlit hemisphere and a dark hemisphere.
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And you can read the phase of the moon from the position of this little hemisphere as it rotates around the Earth.
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The back of the watch is also loaded with information.
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It's what's called the perpetual calendar.
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Now, a perpetual calendar is a mechanical watch which knows the difference between a leap year and a non-leap year, and which also advances the date correctly at the end of each month, whether it's a 30-day month or a 31-day month.
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The relative rarity of the watches and the amount of handwork that goes into finishing the movement, the case, and other aspects of the watch all adds up to a tremendous, tremendous amount of real old-school craftsmanship, which simply doesn't come cheap.
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At this level of watchmaking, you're really talking about something that's designed to appeal to someone with extremely specific tastes and with a budget to match.
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There are 705 components in this wristwatch.
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高級時計についての説明を聞き、その特徴をスラスラと話せるようになることで、説明的なスピーチの流れを身につけましょう。複雑な名詞句（例えば「perpetual calendar」）や技術的な用語を使った文を自然に発音し、リスナーに伝わるようにする練習ができます。また、「shadow speak」の技術を使って、ネイティブのリズムとイントネーションを模倣することで、流暢性と自然な発音を向上させるのに最適です。
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- 「the difference between A and B is pretty much restricted just to...」（AとBの違いはほとんど...に限られる）
- 「in the case of...」（...の場合）
- 「be identified with」（...として認識される）
- 「the centerpiece of... is...」（...の中心となるのは...）
- 「add up to」（...になる、合計して...）
弱点を直そう：発音とリズムのポイント
この動画のダイアログには「astronomical complications」「perpetual calendar」などの長い単語や熟語が多いです。これらを正しく発音するには、単語のアクセントと拍数に注意が必要です。例えば「perpetual」は「パーペチュアル」ではなく「パーペチュアル」（アクセントは最初の音節）と発音します。また、「shadow speak」の練習をする際は、ネイティブの話す速度に合わせて、自然なリズムで繰り返し言うことで、英語の発音を良くすることができます。IELTS スピーキング対策にもなるこれらの表現を使いこなせば、複雑なトピックでも自信を持って話せるようになります。
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。