シャドーイング練習: Yippee - I'm Cancelled - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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- So, I got some news this morning.
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I heard that I was canceled.
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Thank you.
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Do you want to know what I said when I found out?
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Yay.
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I said yay.
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Because that's the best news I could have possibly gotten for my career.
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Let me ask you a question.
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What is the most powerful currency in our society?
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Think very carefully before you answer.
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It's not money.
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It's not sex.
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It's not even power.
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It's attention.
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The attention that you're giving me right now.
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The attention that I've been farming from you idiots for the past three years.
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Everybody was mad at me on Twitter the other day because of a video that I made screaming in my car.
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Oh, it's getting pretty old, they said.
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Never seen this one before, they said sarcastically.
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a tweet like that.
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Every time I would see...
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Every time I saw a tweet like that, I jumped Cha -ching!
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Attention!
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If you can capture people's attention, you will be the most powerful person on our planet.
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Look at where I am right now.
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I'm on Malibu Beach at 11 a .m on a Monday afternoon.
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I have you all to thank for that.
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All of you who said, "This guy sucks." This guy's an idiot.
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This guy's a psychopath.
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This guy is a narcissist.
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Bing, bong, bing.
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Engagement goes up.
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Because if there's one thing I learned on Twitter, being a rage baiter, that's what they would call me, a troll.
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engagement farming.
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It's that you idiots will do anything but ignore somebody Who wants attention?
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You're not capable of it.
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When you're scrolling on your social media, and you see something that upsets you, why can't you just scroll away?
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Why do you have to let it consume every second of your attention?
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fiber of your brain.
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You have to share it.
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You have to retweet it.
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You have to like it.
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You have to let everyone know that you are better than me.
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You have to let everyone know that you're smart.
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Your morals are superior.
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You know why this is wrong.
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You know what If they just listen to you,
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even though you get two likes maybe, zero most of the time,
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it doesn't stop you, does it?
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If you're smart, then 15 minutes later, you go back and delete it because you think, I was just upset.
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I don't know why I tweeted this.
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I don't know why I posted this.
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shared this to my story.
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Because you have the brain of an ape.
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Because when you see something that upsets you, you pounce.
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Because the only thing you're capable of processing is that You want to feel important.
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So you can't ignore me.
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You love me.
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Even if you say you hate me.
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You love it You love getting upset.
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You love feeling superior.
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You love telling me off, don't you?
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Don't you? Because you need that.
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You go to work.
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You drink all night.
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You hate your life, don't you?
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Yep. Because life sucks!
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So you need that attention.
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You need that moment where just for one single second you feel like you are important.
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You are special.
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You are valid.
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Right?
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Because deep down you know that you're not.
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If you felt like you were, if you felt whole, if you felt like you had everything that you needed in life,
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you would be able to ignore me. But you can't.
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It's not possible.
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Because you need me to be a bad person more than I need me to be a good person. So yay!
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I'm canceled!
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You're talking about me!
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You're sharing me!
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You're commenting on me!
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I have your attention!
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And I'm not giving it up without a fight. So thank you.
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Thank you for everything that you've done.
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Because I am really enjoying myself.
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Thank you.
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I told you that we needed to go back farther, but you told me, oh, the focal length,

このビデオでスピーキングを練習する理由

このビデオは、英語スピーキング練習に最適です。話者は注意を引くための戦略や、ソーシャルメディアにおける感情表現について語っています。これにより、英語の会話の流れや、あなたの感情を表現するための言葉選びを学ぶことができます。また、話者の自信に満ちた口調を模倣することで、英語シャドーイングの技術を向上させることができます。話の内容をキャッチしながら、自分の声で再現することが、スピーキング能力を高めるために非常に効果的です。

文法とコンテキストでの表現

  • “I got some news this morning.” - 現在完了形を使った、この文は新たな情報の入手を表現しています。この表現を使うことで、近況を共有する際の自然な言い回しを学ぶことができます。
  • “What is the most powerful currency in our society?” - この疑問文は、話者が重要なトピックを引き出すための効果的な手法です。質問を通じて相手の関心を引く方法を学ぶことができます。
  • “If you can capture people’s attention, you will be the most powerful person.” - 条件文を使ったこの構文は、因果関係を示す際に非常に役立ちます。相手に対する影響力を示すための強力な表現です。

一般的な発音の罠

このビデオでは、特に次のような言葉の発音に注意が必要です。

  • “attention” - この単語は、ストレスのある音節を意識して発音することが大切です。初めての学習者にとってはなじみのない音かもしれませんが、英語スピーキング練習では重要です。
  • “psychopath” - 発音の流れに注意を払い、各音の間をしっかりと区別することが求められます。発音を正確にすることで、自信を持って話せるようになります。
  • “narcissist” - ここでも強調すべき音の流れがあります。音を滑らかに繋げる練習をすることで、より自然な会話が可能になります。

これらのテクニックを使いながら、shadow speechをリスニングし、実際に模倣することで、あなたのshadowspeakスキルを向上させることができます。スピーキング力の向上には、意識的な練習が欠かせませんので、ぜひ取り入れてみてください。

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。