Pratique du Shadowing: #100 More or less? Talking about quantities | SBS Learn English - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
Création de la leçon...
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Yeah, plenty of times.
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Learn English helped me to talk about quantities.
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Heaps!
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SPS acknowledges the traditional custodians of country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia.
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This is a special episode for us.
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You know why?
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It's our 100th episode.
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To us, that's a big number.
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So we decided that for this episode, we will talk about numbers.
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Quantities, to be more precise.
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I'm Josipa and today I'm taking you to Claire's, who just entered.
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Pags of Christmas shopping in her hands.
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The thought of Christmas.
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I need to wrap these.
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Makes you smile.
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Claire puts some music on, makes herself a cup of tea, and is ready to start wrapping her presents when Alan arrives.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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There are a lot of English expressions for talking about quantities.
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And the words themselves are pretty simple.
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The key is knowing when to use each one.
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So today we are focusing on how much each phrase really means and when to use it.
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Let's begin.
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We will start small and get bigger.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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We use a few when we are referring to a small number of things that you can count.
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We say countable things.
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We use it when we want to say that there is a small quantity of whatever it is, but enough to matter.
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We can also use the phrase a couple of, which technically means only two,
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but can be used in some context for about two, if you're not exactly sure how many, but it is a small number.
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I bought a couple of different flavours, so you can choose.
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When it's a bit more than a few, we can use the word several.
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There are several questions I'd like to ask.
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But let's say we want to talk about a lot of something.
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We could use Alan's example.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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If you say you've got loads of something, you mean you have a lot, a big number or amount.
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It's a really common, informal way to talk about a quantity that you think is large or large enough.
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So you could say...
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Please stay for dinner.
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We've got loads of food.
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You could also say plenty of, which means pretty much the same thing.
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We've got plenty of time.
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Other casual phrases we can use to mean the same thing are heaps of or tons of.
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She's got heaps of clothes.
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We've got tons of work to do.
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So, we talked about a small, medium and large quantities.
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But what about if you want to describe a really, really, really big number?
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This is where English is fun, because you can use a made-up word like gazillion.
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There are gazillions of shops in that mall.
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You could also use zillion or bazillion.
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None of these are real numbers, but they do sound big, don't you think?
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Now, remember we said that a few refers to a very small countable number of something?
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Well, if we want to talk about a slightly larger amount, we can say quite a few, which actually means the opposite.
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There are quite a few presents on your table.
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We often use quite a few when we think the number is a little larger than we might expect.
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True, but for roughly half of them, I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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We can use roughly to describe an amount, number or time that is approximate, not exact.
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It's often used when you want to give a general idea rather than a precise measurement.
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For example, I've already spent roughly half of my budget for presents.
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And how about you?
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Do you have a lot of presents to buy at this time of the year?
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Some people buy heaps of presents when they go to visit their families, while others only buy a few.
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What about you?
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While you think about who you need to give presents to and when, let's hear the dialogue once again.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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It's time to practice.
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See if you remember the meaning before hearing the answer.
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When we say that we have a few of something,
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we have… When we say we have a few of something,
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we're talking about a small number, not many, but more than one.
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we have...
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we mean a noticeable or fairly large number, more than just a few, but not loads.
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Let's now practice saying that we have a lot of presents.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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She's got heaps of presents.
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I'm buying a ton of presents for my family.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette vidéo contient 87 phrases et 888 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:57. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 128 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 83 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| wrap verbe | /ɹæp/ | envelopper, emballer |
| quantity nom | /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/ | quantité |
| roughly adverbe | /ˈɹʌf.li/ | rudement |
| phrase nom | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | expression |
| refer verbe | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | référer |
| ton nom | /tʌn/ | tonne |
| precise adjectif | /pɹɪˈsaɪs/ | précis |
| arrive verbe | /əˈɹaɪv/ | arriver |
| dialogue nom | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | dialogue, conversation |
| mall nom | /mɔːl/ | centre commercial, mail |
| casual adjectif | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | fortuit, accidentel |
| continuous adjectif | /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ | continu, continuel |
| acknowledge verbe | /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/ | reconnaître |
| technically adverbe | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | techniquement |
| measurement nom | /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ | mesure |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbe | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | constituer, composer |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 15 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'll, I'm, we've. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, approximate /əˈpɹɑk.sə.mət/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme wrap, quantity, roughly.
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | be wrapped |
| Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ing | start wrapping · practice saying |
| Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédiction | will talk · I'll use · will speed |
| Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce moment | I'm taking · is knowing · are focusing |
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.