シャドーイング練習: Wicked Wonderland - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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I've been thinking about wrong, I've been thinking about right I just wanna thrive,
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I don't wanna fight I don't wanna fight Can you see the flickering lights, baby?
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Put your glass up in the air with me Holla, holla, let them hear us, loud they Our top is soft,
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let's show them off, proudly With you, with you, Wonderland, it's like cross and the Rio Grande You gotta have the cash
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and store to reappear on our front door With you, with you, Wonderland, it's like cross and the Rio Grande You gotta have the cash
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and store to reappear on our front door
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Is this a fairy tale?
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I see a hacienda Know I've no English but you're on my agenda Where are my friends up?
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Weak you, weak you, wonderland, it's like crescendo real grid You gotta have the cash in store to re-opair on our front door Weak you, weak you, wonderland, it's like crescendo real grid You gotta have the cash in store to Rio Teyano front door Wake you,
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wake you, wonderland It's like crescendo, Rio Grande You gotta have the cash in store to Rio Teyano front door
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Can you see the flickering lights, baby?
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Put your glass up in the air with me Holla, holla, let them hear us Loudly,
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our top is up, let's show them up Proudly We do, we do, Wonderland It's like crust in the Rio Grande You gotta have
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the cash in store To Rio Grande on our front door We do, we do, Wonderland It's like crust in the Rio Grande You gotta have
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the cash in store To Rio Grande on our front door We do, we do, Wonderland W-w-w-w-wonderling
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With you, with you, Wonderland, it's like Christ and the Rio Grande You gotta have the cash in store to reappear on our front door With you, with you, Wonderland, it's like Christ
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and the Rio Grande You gotta have the cash in store to reappear on our front door

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 17 sentences and 340 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:24. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
wonderland noun/ˈwʌndɚˌlænd/A place full of wonder or marvels.
grid noun/ɡɹɪd/A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
proudly adverb/ˈpɹaʊdli/In a proud manner.
crust noun/kɹʌst/A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
agenda noun/əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
tale noun/ˈteɪl/A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
thrive verb/θɹajv/To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
holla/ˈhɑlə/what's up; a greeting
reappear verbTo appear again.
crescendo noun/kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
flicker verb/ˈflɪkɚ/To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
hacienda noun/ˌ(h)ɑsiˈɛndə/A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as gotta, I've, wanna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wonderland, grid, proudly.

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
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作I've been thinking

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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