ホリスティック音読用スピーチ 2024
ホリスティック音読用のスピーチ動画とスクリプトを以下にまとめました。
(1) Steve Jobs
私はこのスピーチは徹底的に音読したので、結果的に以下の箇所は完璧に暗記しています。暗記を目指す必要はないのですが、結果的に暗記してしまうほどに繰り返し音読を実施して、「イントネーション」「緩急」「間」「感情表現」等の高度な内容にもフォーカスできるようになってください。
12:08
If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something ― your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference.
15:21
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometime life... Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is gonna fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle.
19:12
No one wants to die. Even people who wanna go to heaven don't wanna die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
(2) Oprah Winfrey
Oprah（オプラ）氏はアメリカで「大統領よりも知名度が高い人」と言われることがあるほど有名な方です。Oprahはプレゼンテーションの達人だと思います。音楽のような彼女のスピーチは「間（ま）」「（スピードの）緩急」「音量の変化」「ピッチ（音の高さ）の変化」「感情表現」等の練習に最適です。
"Lesson One"
14:14
When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.
It's true. And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead. Every right decision I've made ― every right decision I've ever made ― has come from my gut. And every wrong decision I've ever made was a result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself.
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. And that lesson alone will save you, my friends, a lot of grief. Even doubt means don't. This is what I've learned. There are many times when you don't know what to do. When you don't know what to do, get still, get very still, until you do know what to do.
"Lesson Two"
17:44
Now I want to talk a little bit about failings, because nobody's journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks.
If things go wrong, you hit a dead end, as you will, it's just life's way of saying, “time to change course.” So, ask every failure ― this is what I do: every failure, every crisis, every difficult time, I say, “what is this here to teach me?”
And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on. If you really get the lesson, you pass and you don't have to repeat the class. If you don't get the lesson, it shows up wearing another pair of pants, or skirt, to give you some remedial work.
And what I've found is that difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper, because life always whispers to you first. And if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.
Whatever you resist persists. But, if you ask the right question ― not “why is this happening”, but “what is this here to teach me? ― What is this here to teach me?” ― it puts you in the place and space to get the lesson you need.
(3) Randy Pausch
以下は冒頭の挨拶の部分を除いただけで、ほぼスピーチの全てのスクリプトです。音読教材として成立させるために、私が一語一句すべてスピーチ通りであることを確認済みです。亡くなる直前のRandy Pauschが語る「生きる意味」には耳を傾ける価値があります。
01:54
Last August I was told that all likely I had three to six months left to live. I’m on month nine now, and I’m not gonna get down and do any push-ups. But there will be a short pick-up basketball game later. Somebody said to me, in light of those numbers, “Wow, so you’re really beating the Grim Reaper”. And what I said without even thinking about is, “We don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well and living fully, for the Reaper will come for all of us. The question is what do we do between the time we’re born and the time he shows up. Because when he shows up, it’s too late to do all the things that you’re always gonna kind of get around to.”
So I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember, it’s a cliche but I love cliches, “It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed. It is the things we do not. Because I assure you I’ve done a lot of really stupid things, and none of them bother me. All the mistakes and all the dopey things and all the times I was embarrassed. They don’t matter. What matters is that I can kind of look back and say, “Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it.” And that’s where my solace comes from.
The second thing that I would add to that, and I didn’t coordinate on the subject of this word but I think is the right word that comes up, is passion. And you will need to find your passion. Many of you have already done it; many of you will later; many of you may take till you’re 30s or 40s. But don’t give up on finding it. Right? Because, then, all you’re doing is waiting for the Reaper.
Find your passion and follow it, and if there is anything I have learned in my life, you will not find that passion in things. And you will not find that passion in money. Because the more things and the more money you have, the more you will just look around and use that as the metric, and there will always be someone with more. So your passion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside.
And honors and awards are nice things but only to the extent that they regard the real respect from your peers. And to be thought well of by other people that you think even more highly of is a tremendous honor that I’ve been granted.
Find your passion and in my experience, no matter what you do at work or what you do in official settings, that passion will be grounded in people, and it will be pound grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes. If you can gain the respect of those around you and the passion and true love…
And I’ve said this before, but I waited till 39 to get married because I had to wait that long to find someone where her happiness was more important than mine. And, if nothing else, I hope all of you can find that kind of passion and that kind of love in your life. Thank you.
(4) Simon Lancaster
Simon Lancaster氏による講義（"Speak Like a Leader"）の動画と音声練習指定箇所のスクリプトです。
メタファー(metaphor）についての部分を取り出しました。政治、広告、教育、セラピー等の様々な分野においてメタファーは重要な要素であり、私自身もクラス内でメタファーを重要な要素として活用しています。イギリス英語の練習題材として選ばせていただきました。
06:46
Metaphor is probably the most powerful piece of political communication. But it’s the bit no one ever talks about, the elephant in the room, so to speak, which is extraordinary because we use metaphor once every 16 words on average. So our conversation is littered with metaphors, scattered with metaphors. We can’t speak for very long without reaching for a metaphor, and metaphors are very loaded.
So you see, metaphors are all over the place, and they are political in that they are used by people to lead people towards things, or indeed to make them recoil. And so we use beautiful images, images of people, images of love, images of family, of sunshine, in order to draw people towards things, and we use disgusting images ― vermin, scary monsters, disease, sickness, in order to make people recoil. And they’re all lies, and they are never challenged. And yet they have an enormous impact on the way that people behave and respond. There’s been research showing that changing nothing more than the metaphor in a piece of text can lead to fundamentally different reactions from people on questions ranging from whether or not they’ll invest in a company, whether or not they will back particular crime policies to even whether or not they’ll support a foreign war. And so this is really, really important stuff. And it’s all around us.
So let me just take three of the big metaphors ― three is the magic number ― three of the big metaphors that are around at the moment. “The Arab Spring”. You’ve all heard of The Arab Spring. You can’t talk about what’s going on in the Middle East without calling it an Arab Spring. “The Arab Spring”. Sun’s shining, flowers blooming. This is a time of regrowth, rebirth, rejuvenation. And yet it’s a big lie, isn’t it? Even the most optimistic, geopolitical experts look at the Middle East and say this is going to take two generations to recover. It’s not an Arab Spring; it’s an Arab Inferno.
尚、トランスクリプトの出典は以下のページです。
(5) Tim Minchin
イギリス系オーストラリア人Tim Minchin氏によるスピーチです。メタファーの使い方が見事です。アメリカ流とは異なるタイプの知性やウイットを感じさせてくれます。私はこの手のアイロニーが大好きです。
01.19
Arts degrees are awesome and they help you find meaning where there is none. And let me assure you there is none. Don’t go looking for it. Searching for meaning is like searching for a rhyme scheme in a cookbook. You won't find it, and it will bugger up your soufflé.
02:50
One. You don’t have to have a dream. Americans on talent shows always talk about their dreams. Fine. If you have something you’ve always wanted to do, dreamed of, like in your heart, go for it. After all it’s something to do with your time: chasing a dream. And if it’s a big enough one, it’ll take you most of your life to achieve, so by the time you get to it and are staring into the abyss of the meaninglessness of your achievement, you’ll be almost dead, so it won’t matter. I never really had one of these dreams, and so I advocate passionate dedication to the pursuit of short-term goals. Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you. You never know where you might end up. Just be aware the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery, which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out the corner of you eye.
03:49
Two. Don't seek happiness. Happiness is like an orgasm. If you think about it too much, it goes away. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy and you might find you get some as a side effect. We didn't evolve to be constantly content. Contented Homo erectus got eaten before passing on their genes.
06:48
We must think critically and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and hit them with a cricket bat. Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privileges. Most of society’s arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies and then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions. Like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of separate tennis courts.
By the way, while I have science and arts graduates in front of me, please don’t make the mistake of thinking the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid, and damaging idea. You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art, to write beautiful things.
(6) Nick Vujicic
私自身も子供の頃にいじめられていて自己肯定感の低さに苦しんできたので、この方のメッセージには深く共感します。キリスト教的なメッセージが強すぎるというご批判にも一理あると思いますが、決してそのような考え方を押し付けるような内容ではありません。自信がない若者を勇気づける素晴らしい”motivational speech”だと思います。オーストラリアアクセントが強いので、IELTS Listeningのオーストラリア英語対策にもなります。
37:06
You have a choice to either uplift somebody or put someone down. You either have the choice to step towards your goals and dreams or step away going into temporary things. You have a choice to either give up or keep going. Give up or get up. When you fail, try again. And again. And again.
I want you to close your eyes, please. If you don’t wanna close your eyes, that’s fine, just stare at the floor. Don’t talk to the person next to you, please. I wanna ask you. How are you? What heaviness are you carrying? What tears do you hold back? What pain ,what fears, are kept inside? You don’t have to hold on to these fears. You just take one step at a time. Not to say that one day these fears are just gonna completely disappear, but can you forgive those who've hurt you? Because that’s when healing starts. Every time someone puts you down, will you make a decision to bring somebody else up? Picture yourself in an open area. There is no buildings and there is no shelter. And there is a storm above you. And this storm represents the situations in your life And you don’t tell anybody what you are going through because first of all, they wouldn’t understand. And second of all, they can’t even help you anyway. During this storm and you’re down on your knees, and you’re cold and you’re weak, and you feel like this is the end, are you not still here? You are still here.
(7) Air New Zealand's Safety Video
以前、ニュージーランドで客室乗務員の研修を受ける予定の学生たちに英語を教えるという、なかなか独特な仕事を引き受けたことがあります。その際にクラスで使用した「機内安全ビデオ」のニュージーランド英語バージョンです。ちなみにビデオの出演者たちはなかなか勇気ある服装をしています。（笑）ニュージーランド英語の練習に楽しくご活用ください。
以下、Affinity英語学院のJessica King講師の助けを借りて作成したスクリプト及びアメリカ英語版の音声（by Jessica）です。
Kia ora, and welcome aboard our Boeing 737-300. Shortly we’ll be winging our way to your next port of call. But before we lift off, we’d like to give you what we call the bare essentials of safety aboard this flight. Even if you fly with us quite a lot, we’d appreciate it if you’d take a second look. All baggage should be tucked away overhead. Or under the seat in front of you. We require all passengers to follow crew member instructions and lighted signs. If we happen to switch on the seat belt sign, please return to your seat and fasten your seat belt.
Not so tight as to lose the feeling in your legs, but enough to ensure that it’s snug, and it’s low across your hips. We recommend that you keep your seat belt fastened throughout the flight, but if you do need to get up, undo the seat belt by lifting the flap. If the oxygen mask does drop in front of you, don’t stop to ask why.
If the oxygen mask does drop in front of you, don’t stop to ask why, or if you can have one in another color. Simply pull down on the mask, place over your nose and mouth, and tighten by pulling on both sides of the elastic. If you’re seated with children, put on your own mask before helping with theirs. Don’t worry if the bag doesn’t inflate, oxygen will flow through it automatically.
If an emergency were to happen during takeoff or landing, brace yourself either on the seat in front of you or by placing your hands on your head with your elbows on the outside of your thighs and your feet flat on the floor. Coincidentally, this is the perfect place to find your life jacket
Life jackets are easy to put on while seated. All you need to do is remove it from the pouch. Put it over your head, clip the straps together, and pull it tight like this. This red tab inflates the jacket, so don’t pull it until you’re leaving the aircraft. If it doesn’t inflate enough you can blow into the mouthpiece. And we’ll be on hand to provide life jackets for babies if needed.
If you find yourself wanting to smoke while on board, sorry but you’re plumb out of luck. Yep, smoking anywhere on the plane is a big no-no, as it’s a hazard.
It’s good to know that if you do need to find your way out, even in the dark, there’s floor strip lighting that will lead you to the exit. Your crew are now pointing out your exits. It would pay to know your nearest exit could be behind you, so have a quick look and count the number of rows to the exit. You’ll find more information on the safety card in your seat pocket.
Portable electronic devices such as mobile phones can interfere with our navigation systems and mustn't be used in flight at any time unless you’ve switched it on to flight mode.
Finally, during takeoff and landing, we ask that you pop your tray table back, make sure your seat upright, armrest down, and fasten your seat belt.
It’s a pleasure having you all on board today, so please sit back, relax, and enjoy our great Kiwi service. From the airline whose fares have nothing to hide, kia ora, and have a great flight.
(8) Lars Nootbaar インタビュー
05:25
Is Lars Nootbaar gonna come on in and join us.
Take a seat.
I tried to calm down after all that emotion
Ahh, Wow.
We're just...
We're...
We're reliving it, just like you lived it.
I mean...
What just happend, Lars?
I don't even know.
I really don't even know.
I'm still trying to figure it out.
I don't know if you guys figured it out.
I was saying earlier
I didn't want it to get like a flag or a penalty for too many men on the field
after right there at the end of the game when the relay was coming in, so...
Crazy game, man.
Crazy emotions.
Oh...
It's good to be on top, though.
That's for sure.
(9) イチロー選手が投手に
00:59
In the 1996 Japanese all-star game, he pitched to a hitter.
（略）
In that all-star game, Ichiro was going to pitch to a position player, but the opposing manager thought "You know what? I'm not happy with this. " So he put a pitcher up there to hit against Ichiro.