Thefirstexerciseiswhat I wouldcallspontaneousrepetition.
最初の練習は、私が自然発生的反復練習と呼んでいるものだ。
Nowwhatdo I meanbythat?
どういう意味だろう?
Wheneveryou'rereadingorlisteningtoanypieceofmediaintheEnglishlanguage, andyoucomeacross a wordthatisbrandnewtoyou, thatyoudon't understand, or a wordthatyoustruggletopronounceyourself, I wantyoutostop, pausewhateveryou'relisteningto, orstopwhateveryou'rereading, andsaythatwordoutloudatleast 5 times.
Soforexample, if I'm readingsomethingonmyphone, andthen I comeacrossthewordthorough, and I'm notreallysurewhatthatmeans, I'm goingtolookupwhatitmeans, andthen I'm goingtosaythorough 5 times, justlikethis.
例えば、携帯電話で何かを読んでいて、"thorough "という単語を見つけたとする。
Thorough, thorough, thorough, thorough, thorough.
徹底、徹底、徹底、徹底、徹底。
Justbyphysicallysayingit 5 timesin a rowlikethat, physicallytrainingmymouthtosay a wordthat I'm unfamiliarwith, I'm goingtohave a mucheasiertimerememberingthewordandnotforgettingit.
So, forexample, if I wasstartingtowrite, type, ortextabout a subjectthat I'm unfamiliarwith, let's sayitisaudio, and I don't knowwhatthisobjectiscalled, then I'llsimplysay, thethingthatpeoplespeakintowhenthey'redoinginterviews, orthethingthatpeoplesingintowhenthey'redoingmusicalperformances.
If I don't knowwhatthewordmicrophoneis, I'llsimplyfindanotherwaytoexpressitforthesakeofconversing.
マイクという言葉が何なのかわからなければ、会話のために別の表現方法を探すだけだ。
Thisisactually a verypowerfulexercisebecauseinreallife, whenyouspeakEnglishwithrealnativeEnglishspeakers, you'regoingtocomeacross a lotofsituationslikethese.
Now, you'regoingtofindaninterviewor a podcastabout a subjectthatyou'reinterestedin, andwhentheinterviewerasks a questiontothepersonbeinginterviewed, you'regoingtoanswertheinterviewquestionasifyouwerethepersonwhoisbeinginterviewed.