Pratique du Shadowing: 2025 Was A Weird Year - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Good morning, good morning.

It is currently the 30th of December, 2025. And...

I woke up with this thought that I think I don't know, I think a lot of people can agree with me on this.

which is that 2025 was a really weird year.

I don't think I've ever been a part of a year where there were so many twists and turns, plot twists left and right.

I mean we all go through different lives but I feel the main theme of this year has been kind of completion, I guess, for a lot of people.

It reflects with numerology, it reflects with the zodiacs and all of those other things, but that aside, when I talk to people throughout this year,

it feels like we're all kind of going through the same recurring themes.

At least for me this year, I have learned how to I don't know if I can say let go yet, but ease off of the control.

of my own life because listen, I don't think I can plan anything anymore.

I'm just going to take it as it comes, but still keep my direction, you know what I mean?

I had been in situations this year where I had been

planning next steps with a person and immediately that person is taken out of my life.

Poof.

Gone.

All this being said, I actually had a really good year

I guess because I went with the punches or however else you say it,

I ended up finding myself in a lot of unexpected situations as well that were so worth it. So...

You know.

balance.

And for me this year, I got lucky.

my balance scale definitely tips into the lucky side.

I think it's so important to practice discernment in your life.

And when I say discernment, I don't mean in a way of trying to block everybody off.

You know what I mean?

When I say discernment, Discernment only happens after you yourself know what you want and nobody can actually tell you what you want.

Because here's the thing about humans, we're actually kind of a mess.

And so even when someone tells us to do something, even if we do it, there's this gnawing feeling that sits inside of us.

that kind of knows it's not aligned.

And I know that over years and years and years of not listening to that little voice, it gets quieter, I guess but it doesn't really go away.

So I've kind of been approaching life more of identifying what that little voice even means, and then going off of that

more so than outside noise events can happen events can shift

and honestly depending on context depending on person like everything is

its own singular situation there's no overarching rules to anything but that little voice that's a subconscious version of you

that learn through all the things that you've been through, all the things that you've thought, and somehow turns it into a little gut feeling, you know?

I just think people need to trust themselves more.

And This year?

This year I feel like the universe forced it on all of us.

Everybody had to trust themselves more, okay?

It was the wild west out here.

So a couple years ago, back in 2024, I started having a motto for myself for each year.

And at the beginning of 2024, it was, "Tahong Kyeol."

Okay, now that's Vietnamese but the loose translation or at least my translation of it is I'll fucking play.

But, Guess what happened?

I got played all year.

No, seriously, people were trying me left and right.

It was ridiculous.

And so for 2025, last year, my motto was Fuck it, we ball.

And we kind of did, honestly.

yeah yeah yeah it wasn't a bad year at all.

And so for 2026 I've already decided my motto My motto for 2026 will be "Send it to space." Now,

I don't really exactly know what that means.

And I think that that's kind of the fun in it this year.

I don't know, something about...

Speaking it into existence.

Space might be a little weird, you know, but we'll see how it plays out this year.

I am grateful for this year, I am thankful for this year, while also happy that it is over.

which is what I think a lot of us feel about the year 2025.

The year of the brain were online for real.

Anyway, if you're still here, sitting and listening to me yap.

I hope you have a good day and I hope you have a

good 2026 and that you're ringing in the new year with your loved ones and yeah Bye!

I'll see you next time.

Thank you.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « 2025 Was A Weird Year ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : discernment, motto, guess, voice, situation. Cette vidéo contient 64 phrases et 793 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:51. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 164 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 85 % 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

Les 11 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

Mot	Prononciation	Sens
discernment nom		discernement
motto nom	/ˈmɑ.toʊ/	devise
depend verbe	/dɪˈpɛnd/	dépendre
twist verbe	/twɪst/	entortiller, tordre
numerology nom	/ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/	numérologie
zodiac nom	/ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/	zodiaque
align verbe	/əˈlaɪn/	aligner
thankful adjectif	/ˈθæŋkfəl/	reconnaissant
completion nom	/kəmˈpliː.ʃən/	achèvement
unexpected adjectif	/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/	inattendu, imprévu
punch nom	/pʌnt͡ʃ/	coup de poing

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

Mot	Sens
go through verbe	traverser
end up verbe	se terminer, se finir
go away verbe	partir, s'en aller

Des phrases à répéter

Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :

You know what I mean?
I don't really exactly know what that means.
I don't know, something about...
I'll see you next time.

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

Structure	Dans la vidéo
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant	I've ever been · has been · have learned
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait	is taken · being said
Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédiction	will be · we'll see · I'll see
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessaire	need to trust · had to trust

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 22 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I've, I'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

Les sons « sh » et « zh »: subconscious /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/, completion /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/
Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: numerology /ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, overarching /ˌoʊvəɹˈɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

/tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: numerology /ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, overarching /ˌoʊvəɹˈɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/, punch /pʌnt͡ʃ/
/r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: numerology /ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, overarching /ˌoʊvəɹˈɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme discernment, motto, depend.

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.

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