シャドーイング練習: Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Hello.
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So, I gather you denied that Mr. Halifax's phone had been bugged.
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Well, obviously.
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It was the one question today to which I could give a clear, simple, straightforward, honest answer.
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Yes.
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Unfortunately, although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement,
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inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated And the facts, insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated,
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is such as to cause epistemological problems
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of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language
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a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear.
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Epistemological?
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What are you talking about?
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You told a lie.
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A lie?
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A lie.
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What do you mean, a lie?
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I mean you.. lied.
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Yes, I know this is a difficult concept to get across to a politician.
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You were...
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I'm sorry.
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Ah, yes, you did love to tell the truth.
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You mean, we are bugging you Halifax's telephone?
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We were.
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We were?
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When did we stop?
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Um, 17 minutes ago.
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Well, you can't call that lying.
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What would you call the opposite of telling the truth?
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Well, I mean, there was no intent.
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I didn't mean to deceive them.
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I'd never knowingly mislead the house.
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Nonetheless, you have done so.
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Well, it wasn't my fault.
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I didn't know he was being bugged.
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Mr. You are deemed to have known you are ultimately responsible.
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Why wasn't I told?
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The Home Secretary might not have felt the need to inform you.
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Why?
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Perhaps he didn't know either.
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Or perhaps he'd been advised that you did not need to know.
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Well, I did need to know.
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Apparently the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time
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that the now known need to know was known.
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And therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt
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that the information
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that he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority the highest authority of the known information was not yet known.
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And therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed
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because the need to know was not at that time known or needed.
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What?
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We did not know that you would deny it in the House.
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Well, obviously I would if I didn't know and I were asked.
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We did not know that you would be asked when you didn't know.
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There's bound to be asked when I didn't know if I didn't know.
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What?
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It was thought that it was better not to inform you.
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You see, Hugh Halifax is one of your government team and as such, it was thought that it was better not to create distrust.
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We only tell you when you should be aware.
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When's that?
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You should now be aware because you've just denied it.
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Well, it would be rather more helpful if I'd been aware before I denied it.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, if you had been aware before you denied it, you wouldn't have denied it.
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But I needed to know.
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We do not always tell you about bugging when you need to know.
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You see, at times, Prime Minister, we need you not to know.
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Why did you decide that I didn't need to know?
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I didn't.
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Well, who did?
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Nobody.
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It was just that nobody decided to tell you.
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Well, it's the same thing.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, to decide to conceal information from you is a heavy burden for any official to shoulder,
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but to decide not to reveal information to you is routine procedure.
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Humphrey, I need to know everything.
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Everything?
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Everything.
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Very well.
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Stationary deliveries this week to the Commonwealth system.
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Four dozen brackets of size two-paces.
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Humphrey, don't be silly.
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I mean important things.
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Who should decide what is important?
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Humphrey, how can you possibly defend this cock-up?
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Well, as you said in the House, we got it wrong.
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You got it wrong?
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I, Prime Minister, I am merely a humble servant, a lowly official.
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The Home Secretary made the decision.
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Can you think of any reason why I shouldn't ask him to resign?
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With respect, Prime Minister, you should only ask him to resign
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when he has made a mistake which could have been seen at the time and not with the benefit of hindsight.
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But you see, the trouble today has arisen because of your own error of judgment in making this denial.
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What?
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You should not have denied something about which you did not know.
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That was your fault.
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You've just admitted keeping secrets from the Prime Minister.
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Not at all, Prime Minister.
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The system works perfectly well as long as the Prime Minister tells the civil service everything
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that he's going to say before he says it.
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But if precipitately he says something without first clearing it with his officials, he has only himself to blame, you must not say anything in public without first clearing it.
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With respect, Prime Minister, you must learn discretion.
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I didn't know there was anything to be discreet about.
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In government, there's always something to be discreet about.
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この動画は誰におすすめ？
中級以上のレベルで、IELTS スピーキング対策やネイティブらしい会話力を養いたい方にぴったりです。政治的な駆け引きの中での早口な会話が特徴で、shadow speech（シャドーイング）の練習に最適。一瞬でも集中力を抜かないようなリズムが、リアルな会話に慣れるのに役立ちます。動画で英語学習をしている方なら、必見のコンテンツです！
覚えておきたい単語とイディオム
会話の中には、ネイティブが自然に使う面白い表現がたくさんあります。
- epistemological：認識論的な（知識の性質や範囲に関する）。例：「epistemological problems」は「認識論的な問題」と訳されます。
- deem：～とみなす、認める。受動態でよく使われ、「be deemed to have known」は「知っていたとみなされる」。
- lay a burden on：～に負担をかける。文中では「英語の論理的・意味的資源に過重な負担をかける」と使われています。
これらの表現は、作文やスピーチでもインパクトを与える「盗んで使いたいフレーズ」です！
アクセントのコツをつかもう
この動画のスピーカーは、早口でも抑揚がはっきりしています。shadowing siteやshadowspeakを使って練習する際は、特に「否定表現の強調」に注目しましょう。例えば「Well, obviously.」の「obviously」は最後の音を引き延ばして自信を示し、「You told a lie.」の「lie」は高い声で発音して驚きを表しています。また、長い文を話す時の息継ぎのタイミングも重要で、「the precise correlation between...」のような箇所では、語句の間にわずかな休止を入れることで、聞き手が理解しやすくなります。繰り返しシャドーイングをすることで、自然なリズムが身につきます！
動画で英語学習を楽しみながら、スピーキング力を向上させましょう。少しずつ練習すれば、必ず成果が出ます！
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | had been bugged · be expected · being bugged |
| 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 | have done · you've just denied · has made |
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。