英語で考えよう！　～YouTube "Think in English / English with Lucy!"～

※下記は、この動画の英語スクリプトをもとに、素人の私が趣味で和訳したものです。

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Hello, everyone! And welcome back to English with Lucy!

こんにちは、みなさん。ルーシーの英語チャンネルへようこそ。

Today, I am going to teach you how to train yourself to think in English and thus, stop translating in your head.

今日は、英語で考えるトレーニングの仕方を教えます。頭の中で翻訳することを止める方法です。

I have got five steps. They may seem simple at first glance, but the devil is in the detail. If you follow these five steps, you will be well on your way to thinking completely in English, with no need for translating in your head. Right, let's get started with step number one.

５つのステップがあります。この方法は簡単に思えるかもしれませんが、ここには悪魔が潜んでいます。もしあなたがこの５つのステップに従うなら、あなたは完全に英語で考えられるようになるでしょう。頭の中で翻訳することなしにです。では、最初のステップにいきましょう。

Word identification.

最初は、単語を覚えることです。

So, when you're training yourself to think in English or any other language, the first thing you should do is start with simple words. When we are children learning a language for the very first time, we start off with individual words, so that's what we're going to do here.

英語を始める時、最初は簡単な単語から始めましょう。子供の時、一番最初に言葉を習うのは、簡単な言葉からだったでしょう？だから、ここでもそうします。

Wherever you are, whenever you become aware of the fact that you have an oppotunity to learn some English. You maight be on the bus, you might be walking somewhere, you might be staying at home, like a lot of us are at the moment.

どこにいても、いつでも、英語を学ぶ機会があることに気づいて下さい。バスに乗っていても、歩いていても、家にいても、今この瞬間すべてが学ぶ機会です。

Look aroud you. What do you see? Start picking out words from your surroundings. They'll probably be nouns at first. So, I can see windows, curtains, radiators, boxes, because we've just moved. If you identify a word that you don't know in English, you're going to need to note it down. But I don't want you to write it down in your own language.

周りを見てみましょう。何が見えますか？まずは、自分の周囲から単語を集めていきましょう。多分、最初に集まるのは名詞でしょう。窓やカーテン、ラジオ、箱などが目に付きませんか？もし英語では分からない物を見つけたら、書き留めておきましょう。でも、日本語で書き留めてはいけません。

I want you to describe it using the language that you do already have. We need to get out of the habit of relying on our first language. At the end of the day, look at your new word list and go through Google in English preferably, trying to work out what all of these thing are.

あなたが既に知っている単語で、その分からない物を説明してほしいのです。私たちは母国語の習慣から抜け出す必要があります。毎日、その日の終わりに、その分からない物リストを見て、できるだけ英語でググってみて、分からない物の名前を見つけるようにして下さい。

Now let's move on to step number two, which is silent narration.

では、第2ステップにいきましょう。次は頭の中で呟くようにします。

When we're small children, we start with words and we move on to simple short sentences and then as we grow older they become more complex. It's exactly the same when you learn a second language, or additional language. Just like we did in step one, I want you to look around, but think more about what is happening rather than what there is.

私たちが子供の頃、短くて簡単な言葉から覚え始めましたね。そして、年を追うごとにより難しい言葉を習得していきました。英語もそのように習得していきましょう。自分の周囲を見て、次はそこにある物よりも何が起こっているかについて考えてみます。

Narrate what you are doing, what animals are doing, what is happening around you. So this means you're going to start needing to use verbs. Everytime, you come across something that confuses you, something you don't know how to describe or narrate in your head. You need to note it down to ask your teacher or language partner.

自分がしていることを頭の中で言ってみましょう。ペットがしていることとか、あなたの周囲で起こっていることを呟いてみましょう。これは動詞を習得するプロセスです。もしかしたら、あなたはどのように頭の中で呟けばいいか分からなくて、混乱してくるかもしれません。そういう時は、先生やネイティブに質問できるようにメモしておきましょう。

Which brings me on to step there. Step three is daily correction.

では、ステップ３に移ります。ステップ3は、毎日英語を触れるということです。

You need correction, ideally, every single day. It's very very difficult to learn a language to a fluent level without having someone else help you. To keep your mind connected to English all the time it is important that you study everyday.

理想的には、毎日英語を勉強し、誰かに間違いを修正してもらうことが必要です。その助けなしに流暢に話すレベルにまで達するのは難しいでしょう。毎日、英語を勉強し、英語に触れておくことが大切です。

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Let's move on to Step four. Step four is self conversation.

では、第4ステップに移りましょう。第4ステップは独り言です。

Having conversations with yourself, it sounds like something a crazy person might do. But, actually, it's not at all crazy. It's very very useful. This is going to help you practice, asking questions and giving replies. It's training you to go through the motions of having a conversation in another language. It seems simple but you've got to force yourself to do it.

「独り言を言うなんて、頭がおかしいと思われるわ」と思うかもしれません。でも、実際は、とてもとても有効な方法なんです。これは、練習です。質問したり、その返事をしたり、英語で会話をするトレーニングになります。簡単そうに聞こえますが、実際は努力が必要です。

Not only is this going to help you train yourself to think in English. It's also going to help you with your general conversation in English. When you become stuck, don't forget to note it down.

これは、英語で考えるようになるためのトレーニングというだけではありません。実際の英会話でも役に立ちます。もし、なんて言えばいいのか分からなくなったら、必ず書き留めておきましょう。

And then, bring it to your teacher or your language partner and they should be able to help you. Now, if you do this enough, if you have enough conversations with yourself in English, or your chosen language, you mihgt find that you start to automatically think in English without even trying.

そして、書き留めたことを先生やネイティブに聞いてみましょう。きっと教えてくれるでしょう。そうやっているうちに、あなたは英語で会話ができるようになっていきます。会話ができるようにさえなれば、自動的に英語で考えるようになっていくでしょう。

It happens to me in Spanish all the time. I was so obsessed with Spanish when I was really in the process of learning it. I'm always learning. But, when I was really trying to get to that fluent level, I always used to chat to myself in Spanish, out loud at home, and in my head when I was in public.

私はスペイン語を学んでいるので、いつもそうやっていました。流暢なレベルに本当になりたくて、家の中ではいつも大きな声でスペイン語を話し、外では頭の中で呟いていました。

Even now, I've lived away from Spain since 2014. So, six years. But, I still think in Spanish. I'm going to talk about this more in step number five, but what you're doing here is mimicking immersion.

2014年からスペインを離れて6年ですが、まだスペイン語で考えています。ステップ５で詳しくお話ししますが、これは没頭するということです。

By always having English going on in your head, you are mimicking being in England and having English conversations or any other English speaking country. Of course, I'm not biased, but I totally am.

常に頭の中で英語を話すことにより、イギリスやその他英語圏の国にまるで自分がいるような気分に浸るのです。

And, step number five is actually immersion or near Immersion.

そして、次は第5ステップです。これは、まさに没頭の境地です。

Full immersion, surrounding yourself by English isn't totally possible for everyone. The best thing you can do is get up and go to an English speaking country, but that's very hard. At the moment, what you've got to do is create a fake England, or America, or Canada, or Australia around you.

完全に英語に没頭して生活するのは、難しいでしょう。一番いいのは目が覚めたらすぐに英語圏に行くことですが、それは困難です。なので、あなたは自分自身で自分のまわりを英語圏にするのです。イギリスやアメリカ、カナダ、オーストラリアにいるような気分に浸るのです。

Start and end the day with your chosen dialect. If you have a TV in your bedroom, or radio in your bedroom, or even on your smartphone, set it. So that in the morning instead of an alarm, a radio swith is on a radio that is spoken in your chosen dialect. Maybe, you could use a VPN to access British morning TV or Amercian morning TV. Something that seems very mundane, and would be very mundane for native speakers, but mundane is what you want in every day immersion.

1日の最初から最後までを英語で過ごしましょう。テレビやラジオ、携帯を英語に設定します。朝の目覚ましも英語にしましょう。VPN通信ができるなら、イギリスやアメリカのテレビが見られます。イギリス人やアメリカ人が日常やっていることを、あなたもするのです。

Another great option is making friends and speking with natives. I have a whold video about this. Many people find this very difficult whinch is why I made the video to help you out. I'll put it up there and also link it in the description box. But, in general, people feel like there are more studnets wanting to learn English, than there are English speakers wanting to speak to studets. And, this is true, but there are ways around that. So, I really do recommend that video. If you find it really difiicult, or really anxiety inducing, then you could set up English nights or English sessions with your friends, or maybe just with yourself. It's absolutely fine to continue doing this by yourself.

さらに必要なのは、ネイティブの友達を作って英語で会話することです。これについては、多くの人が困難に感じるでしょう。なぜなら、日本には英語が母国語の人よりも、英語を学んでいる人の割合が多いからです。しかし、これについては、いい方法を知っています。それは、他の動画で詳しく説明していますので、そちらを参考にしてください。

As I said, it's better to have help, but not everyone wants that. Throw a dinner party in English, buy an English cookbook, or look at English recipe websites there are loads. I'll put some recommendations down below. But, BBC Good Food is a great one, we do British dishes there. Look for chefs like Jamie Oliver. He does a great fifteen minute meals range.

少しだけお話すると、英語で食事会を開くことなどがオススメです。英語のレシピ本を買うか、インターネットで英語のレシピを探しましょう。オススメはBBC放送の「Good Food」という番組です。この番組ではジェイミー・オリバーが15分で作れるイギリス料理を紹介しています。

They're really quick and easy and are supposed to be quite healthy. Follow the recipe in English narrate as you do it. Identify words around you and you're doing it. And then, serve it in English with your friends or not. And, have either real or silent conversation as well.

本当に素早く簡単に作れて、しかもかなりヘルシーです。英語の説明通りに料理を作ってみましょう。聞こえた言葉を理解しながら、やってみましょう。友達と一緒に、会話しながら作ってもいいですね。

Now, what will youstart noticing? How will you know when you're finally able to think in English? One thing I noticed was that I started dreaming in Spanish, and my brain got really confused, and I actually started dreaming of my parents talking to me in Spanish. Very odd because it wasn't my mom's voice but it was my mom speking to me in Spanish.

さて、何か気づきませんか？だんだん英語で考えるようになってきてはいませんか？私が最初にスペイン語で考えているということに気づいたのは、スペイン語で夢を見始めた時です。私の両親がスペイン語で私に話しかけてきたのです。驚きました。

You'll also find yourself, understanding jokes, and humor. And that's something that's really, really enjoyable. And you'll also surprise yourself on multiple occasions.

次第に、ジョークやユーモアも理解し始めていきます。これは、本当に楽しい出来事です。理解できていることに気づいた時、あなたはきっと驚くでしょう。

When you realize, oh my god, I was thinking in that language. We haven't even tried to. We realize that it's becoming second nature, and one of the best things is when you can think of a word in the lanugage you're learning. But you can't think of it in your own lanugage that's so weird when that happens, but it really means you're getting somewhere. The brain is automatically going to the language you're learning first.

「なんてことなの！私は英語で考えているわ！」あなたはそう思うでしょう。英語で考えようとはしていないのに、英語で考えているのです。これは、いい兆候です。英語が第2言語になってきているということです。あなたの脳は、自動的に英語を認識しているのです。

Right. That's it for today's lesson. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you learn something. Please feel free to share any more tips down below, especially , if you've managed to start thinking in English, and to stop translating in your head.

では、今日のレッスンは以上です。楽しんで頂けましたか？もし、あなたが頭の中で英語を翻訳しているのを止めたいなら、これは非常に大切なヒントになるでしょう。

Don't forgot to check out Lingoda, and then language sprint. The link to sign up is in the description box and you can use my code, sign up five to 10 euros off your first month. 

Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media. I've got my Facebook, my Instagram, my Twitter, and my personal YouTube page where I talk about everything that isn't related to English.

最後に、私のSNSをフォローすることを忘れないでください。私は、フェイスブック、インスタグラム、ツイッターをやっており、英語の勉強とは関係ない私生活の動画もYouTubeにあげています。

I will see you soon for another lesson.

それでは、また別のレッスンでお会いしましょう。

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