つぶやき出すには《お題》が必要だよね！
「英語でつぶやくこと」は、英語を話せるようになる1人トレーニングとしてとても有効。でもそれを、いざ実践しようとすると…「さて、何をつぶやく？…えーと…」となってしまい、つぶやき始めるまでに結構時間を食ってしまう。何をつぶやくか？いちいち考えなくても、即、つぶやきをスタートできる方法ってないかなあ…。と言うわけで、つぶやきを引き出してくれる刺激になりそうなアレコレ（質問、問いかけ、働きかけ、…などの言葉やイメージ ※もちろんFRIENDSからも色々抜粋！）を、《お題》として予めリストしておくことにしました。そうすれば「これらを見るだけで、何を言おうか迷うことなく、自動的に、言葉にしたい内容が湧き上がってくるだろう」。そんなアイデアの実践です。さて、うまく機能するかどうか？ひとまずこれを使って英語つぶやきトレーニングを続けてみたいと思います。英語を話せるようになりたい方々とシェアできればうれしいです。
《トレーニング要領》
- ①以下の《お題》を見て湧いてくることを英語でつぶやく。
- ②必ず声に出して行う。（ヒソヒソでも良いから）
- ③一旦、日本語を介さないようにする。
- ④センテンスが出てこなければ、単語を並べていくだけでも良い。
- ⑤Google翻訳などに音声入力し、答え合わせしてみる。（言いたいことが通じてれば良いと思う）
新着つぶやき《お題》
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2023/04/19
My next door’s dog kept barking!
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
At the coffee house. You, Ross, and Phoebe are on the couch. Phoebe is sleeping very peacefully. You and Ross are watching her.
①Phoebe: (waking and yelling suddenly) Oh! What the–!
②Ross: It’s okay, y’know, you just nodded off again.
③You: What’s going on with you?
④Phoebe: I got no sleep last night!
⑤Ross: Why?
⑥Phoebe: My next door’s dog kept barking all day and night. The dog is crazy! I talked to the owner, Clara, about it, but she doesn’t care at all. What am I gonna do?
⑦you:( )
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2023/04/18
C’mon! Get up the courage!
あなたは⑤で何と言う？
At the coffee house. There’s the couch. You and Joey are there. And you noticed a woman at a table by the window who is really your type.
①You: Wow! Look at her! She is amazing! I wish I could have a girlfriend like her.
②Joey: Well, go over to her! She is not with anyone.
③You: What?! well, if I were you, I could do you like ” How you doin’ “.
④Joey: Why not! Listen, you’v been wanting a girl friend for long time, right? If you aren’t gonna take a chance like this, you would never get any girl friend. C’mon! Get up the courage!
⑤You: ( )
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2023/04/18
How was your first day?
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
At the coffee house. Joey sits on the couch. You are sitting next to him.
①You: Hey!
②Joey: Hey, how was your first day at (work)?
③You:( )
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2023/04/18
How’s it going? Living alone.
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
①Chandler: How’s it going? Living alone, huh? Is everything going well?
②You:(Yeah, it’s pretty good except for my mom calling me every day.)
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2023/04/18
Whatcha reading?
( )にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
①You: Hey, whatcha reading?
②Ross: Oh, this is a new book by Haruki Murakami. It just came out today! I’ve been really excited for this one.
③You: ( )
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2023/04/13
I almost started crying.
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
At the coffee house, Ross is sitting on the couch and listening to something on his headphones. You are approaching him.
①You: Hey, what’s up? Are you okay?
②Ross: Oh, I’m okay. It’s just this song on my headphones. It’s really touching. I almost started crying.
③You: (Aw, that’s so sweet).
④Do you have any songs like this?
⑤You: ( )
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2023/04/09
Back in school
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
①Ross: Oh, entrance ceremony…I wish I could go back in school. Hey, If you could go back in school, What would you do?
②You: ( )
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2023/04/09
I can’t believe this actually worked!
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
①Ross: Guess what, I went to a hair salon earlier and ended up having a great conversation with the stylist. I mustered up the courage to ask her out to dinner tonight, and she said yes. I’m picking her up in front of her salon at 7 pm. I can’t believe this actually worked!
②You:( )
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2023/04/04
Living alone tips.
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①Me:Right now, a lot of people are trying to start living on their own for the first time. What advice would you guys give them?
②Ross:Don’t easily accept any invitations, and don’t rush into marriage.
③Joey:Never let your fridge run out of food.
④Monica:Don’t be messy. Keep things organized!
⑤Rachel:Don’t use your parents’ credit card.
⑥Phoebe:Don’t underestimate any fortune-tellers.
⑦Chandler: Tell jokes!…Don’t be afraid of relationship.
⑧You:( )
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2023/04/02
Do some part-time work for moving companies.
（ ）にはまるセリフを作ってつぶやけ。
①Joey: I need to make some more money. Do you have any good ideas?
②You : Yeah, you could do some part-time work for moving companies. It’s the season for it now, and it’s pretty good because customers might give you tips, and sometimes even treat you to lunch.
③Joey: Really? That sounds great!
④You: Yeah, tips and lunch can be great perks. I once got a 5000 yen tip and sushi for lunch!
⑤Joey: Wow, that’s amazing! What else, what else?
⑥You: ( )
