英語の早口言葉

正確に言うのが難しい文章や、一連の言葉は英語で"tongue twister（早口言葉）"と言います。子供たちは早口言葉が好きで、友達同士で何度も繰り返して競い合います。英語を学ぶ人にとっては、1-2音ずつ、正確に発音する楽しい方法です。最初は、早口言葉をゆっくりと言い、徐々に速度を増します。上手く言えるようになったら、一度に2-3回続けて言ってみましょう。

早口言葉	音/言葉の強調	（ネイティブスピーカーにとっての）難易度
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?	wood & chuck (意味：投げる)	易しい
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?	p	易しい
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?	can	易しい
Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously	f	易しい
To begin to toboggan first buy a toboggan, but don't buy too big a toboggan. Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.	b & t	易しい
She saw Sharif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif's shoes she saw?	s & sh	易しい
Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup.	c & p	普通
Black background, brown background	b	普通
Seventy-seven benevolent elephants	l & v	普通
The chic Sikh's sixty-sixth sheep is sick	s & k	普通
A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.	l & r	普通
A pessemistic pest exists amidst us.	s & st	普通
Drew Dodd's dad's dog's dead.	d	普通
Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches?	w, s & ch	難しい
She sells seashells by the seashore.	s & sh	難しい