シャドーイング練習: "You Help Kim, I Quit The Law..." | Gloves Off | Better Call Saul - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Going into the office really takes it out of you, doesn't it?
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If I stay too long, yeah.
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Guess it's hard not to stay.
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So many important things for you to do there.
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Like, you know, stick it to Kim Wexler.
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What did I do to Kim Wexler?
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She's back in the cornfield, isn't she?
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I didn't do anything to Kim.
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I mean, I was present, yes.
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But management of personnel, those decisions are all Howard's.
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That is rich.
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Tell me, when Howard was making his management decisions, was he sitting on your knee with your arm up his ass?
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Hey, can he talk while you drink a glass of water?
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That's uncalled for.
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And if Howard were my puppet, he certainly wouldn't have recommended you to Davis in Maine.
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Actually, I'm sure it was Kim Wexler who talked him into doing that, hence his anger.
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Don't punish Kim.
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If you're mad at me, take it out on me.
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I know you like to think the world revolves around you, Jimmy, but this has nothing to do with you.
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Kim had a responsibility to Hamlin Hamlin McGill.
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She should have been looking out for her firm's interests.
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Not letting us know what you were up to was her mistake.
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Oh, come on.
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You can't be pissed off at her about this.
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I'm not!
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Howard is.
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Why shouldn't he be?
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Because she didn't know.
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She didn't know I was gonna air the commercial.
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She didn't know I hadn't gotten it approved.
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She just.. she didn't know.
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I see.
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So she didn't know there was anything she was supposed to tell Howard.
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As far as she was concerned, Cliff Main was already looped in.
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You told her he was?
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He was?
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I implied it.
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So it's on me, not her.
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She didn't say anything to us about that.
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Well, she wouldn't.
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She wouldn't want to make me look bad.
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You have to admit this shows a lack of judgment on her part.
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She knows you.
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She should have known better.
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You are such an asshole!
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Why?
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For pointing out that her one mistake was believing in you?
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Christ's sake, can we get some perspective here?
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It was a simple little commercial it aired once, that's all.
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Can I remind you, it worked.
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It worked like a dream.
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You see, that's your problem, Jimmy, thinking the ends justify the means.
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And you're forever shocked when it all blows up in your face.
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What did I do that was so wrong?
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You broke the rules.
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You turned Kim into your accessory.
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You embarrassed Howard, who, God help him, inexplicably vouched for you with Cliff Main.
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You made Cliff and his partners look like schmucks.
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Shall I go on?
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How he hasn't fired you for this positively mystifies me.
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Perspective.
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You want perspective?
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I'll give you mine.
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You're my brother.
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And I love you.
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But you're like an alcoholic who refuses to admit he's got a problem.
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Now someone's giving you the keys to the school bus, and I'm not gonna let you drive it off a cliff.
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Yeah, can we just get down to brass tacks here?
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What can I do to put Kim back where she belongs, huh?
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Wait, you want me to quit Davis and Main?
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That's fine.
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I-I never wanted that job in the first place.
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Can't get through to you.
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Life is not one big game of let's make a deal.
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Yes, it is!
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I'm Monty Hall.
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What's behind door number two?
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What'll it take, huh?
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You want me to quit being a lawyer?
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Just a chip with a machine gun?
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That's me, right?
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Huh?
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So, what do you say?
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You help Kim, I quit the law.
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Is that a deal?
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I didn't say that.
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No, you didn't say it, but that's what you want, right?
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That's why you put the screws to Kim in the first place, to squeeze me!
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I didn't say that, and I would never say that.
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Why not? Because
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if I were impeding the career of one of my employees
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for the purpose of compelling you to do something against your will, that would be extortion.
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Yeah, it would.
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So, you gonna extort me, Chuck?
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It's a lead pipe cinch.
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You get away with it.
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I'm not gonna tell anyone.
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It's real easy.
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You just set things right for Kim.
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You get her back in her office, out of doc review, everything back to normal, and I quit the law for good.
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No more Jimmy McGill Esquire.
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Poof!
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Like he never even existed.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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But I need to hear the words come out of your mouth, okay?
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You're a man of your word.
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You're an upstanding man, right?
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God's sake, Jimmy.
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Come on, Chuck.
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Extord me.
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Say quit, and I will quit.
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But I need to hear it from your mouth.
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You want me to commit a felony?
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Because that's what you do, right?
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Because you want to believe that deep down I'm some hypocrite.
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Let's find out.
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Come on down, Chuck.
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Roll around in the dirt with me.
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All your dreams will come true.
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Go on, do it!
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Go on!
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I am not the bad guy here.

このビデオでスピーキングの練習をする理由

このビデオは、緊迫した対話を通して、英語のスピーキングスキルを向上させる絶好の機会を提供します。登場人物の間で交わされる会話は、日常会話のコンテキストで使われる自然な表現やリズムを学ぶのに最適です。また、感情の起伏やトーンの使い方も容易に理解できるため、効果的なコミュニケーション技術の習得に繋がります。このような具体的な状況を体験することで、IELTS スピーキング対策としても役立つでしょう。

文法と表現の文脈

このビデオでは、いくつかの重要な文法構造や表現が使用されています。以下にその一部を分析します：

  • 条件文：諦めないための条件を示す表現がよく使われています。「もし、〜したら」といった形で始まることで、より具体的なシナリオを提示しています。
  • 会話調の表現：口語表現やスラングが多く含まれており、特に「stick it to」や「take it out on」といったフレーズは、日常の会話に頻繁に登場します。
  • 過去形の活用：過去の出来事を説明するための過去形が多用されており、正しい文法を理解する手助けになります。

一般的な発音の罠

ビデオ内で使われる発音の中には、学習者にとって難しいと感じられるものがあります。特に注意が必要なのは：

  • 合成語や省略形：特に「you are」を「you're」と省略して発音する部分は、英語を学ぶ上での発音のトラップとなることが多いです。
  • 感情を伴う言葉：感情的な強調がある言葉は、発音が普段とは異なることがありますので、何度も繰り返し練習してみてください。
  • 異なるアクセント：登場人物によって異なるアクセントを持っているため、その特徴を真似してみることで、より自然な会話を身につけることができます。

これらのポイントを意識して練習することで、スピーキング能力を向上させることができます。特に、shadow speechやshadow speakの技術を取り入れることで、効果的な学習が期待できるでしょう。ビデオを何度も見て、自分の声で繰り返すことが重要ですので、ぜひ自分だけのshadowing siteをつくってみてください。

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。