Activity 11

シャドーイングするときは、リスニングしながら、耳に入ってくる内容を同時にリピートする。一度に１つの発音にフォーカスするようにしょう。ここに並べている単語は共通点のあるセットだ。１、２分ほど、これらの単語の発音を練習しよう。それから文節全体をシャドーイングしてみよう。

これらの”s”がついた単語発音を練習しよう。ケースによっては”s”が”z”と聞こえることに注意を払おう(例、was)

Hadashi no Tabi( HNT)の第１章全体をシャドーイングしてみよう。１０分間練習しよう。

The following words all end with the letter ‘s’. Practice pronouncing them for a minute or two (YouTube). Notice how the 's' sometimes sounds like an 's' (e.g. 'us') and sometimes like a 'z' (e.g. 'was'). 

It’s, words, days, sentences, starts, was, questions, Christmas, trips, islands, countries, mountains, rivers, cities, has, cars, us

Now listen to HNT Chapter 1 (where you’ll encounter those words) and shadow along.

Repeat until the 10 minutes are up. 

HNT Chapter 1

Hi. It’s nice to meet you.

I want to tell a story. Would you like to hear it? It’s a true story. If you read it, your English will improve. At the same time, I hope you will enjoy it. It’s easy. It has simple words and short sentences. (Slowly, the sentences will grow.)

This story starts in 2004, in New Zealand. I come from New Zealand. I was born there, so New Zealand is my country. I am a New Zealander married to a Japanese woman. At the start of the story, she was in Japan, and I was in New Zealand.

“Why was she in Japan?” you ask. “Why weren’t you together?” Well, those are good questions. Let me answer them.

My wife, Mami, went to Japan to spend Christmas and New Year with her family. She also wanted to prepare for our trip. Mami and I like making trips. We enjoy traveling together.

We don’t like traveling by car. We enjoy walking much better. A few years ago, we did a very long walk. We walked all of New Zealand. New Zealand has two big islands, and we walked each island from top to bottom. Now, we want to travel the length of Japan.

New Zealand and Japan are both island countries. They’re both long, with mountains, rivers and cities. But Japan has many more people and cars.

I wish to walk in Japan, but Mami will ride a bicycle. South Japan to North Japan is a long way. It may take us 100 days.