Pratique du Shadowing: A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a large painting from the 1560s that hangs in Belgium's largest museum, the Musée des Beaux -Arts,
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and is held to be a meticulous copy of an original work now lost by the Flemish artist
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Peter Bruegel the Elder.
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The painting shows a superficially bucolic scene.
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Ships are taking sail, a shepherd is tending to his flock, distant cities look prosperous and ordered.
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But in the bottom right -hand corner of the canvas, a tragedy is unfolding, all but unheeded.
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Reckless Icarus, the legendary figure from classical mythology, is in the final stages of one of the ancient world's most famous aeronautical disasters.
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Together with his father Daedalus, the young man had made himself a pair of wings glued together with wax.
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Daedalus had warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, in case its heat were to melt the structure,
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but the impetuous boy soared too high anyway and, in the painting, has just tumbled down into the waves to his death.
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Icarus' end is deliberately not the central focus of the painting.
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The eye is drawn instead to the glittering cities and smart ships in the distance.
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As if to emphasise the point, the ploughman at the centre of the painting references a popular proverb, no plough stops for the dying man.
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This neglect of Icarus' tragedy is at one level terrifying and sad.
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We read into it how little the world cares about our own pains.
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And yet, from another perspective, this neglect is deeply gratifying and importantly redemptive.
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It is one of the central sources of our unhappiness
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that we spend so much of our lives fearing for our reputations
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and wondering what others will think of us when we fail, as we inevitably will at points.
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The slightest change in our image in the eyes of others can obsess us.
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We lie awake at night wondering how we could cope without the approval of people we don't even like very much.
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We surrender our freedom to the verdicts of strangers.
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But the painter's stroke of consoling genius is here to show us how, when we really mess up,
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almost no one will be looking or caring very much.
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The farmer is too busy ploughing, the shepherd is too taken up with thinking about the weather, someone else is overwhelmingly intent on fishing.
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Our tragedies don't occupy society the way we fear they will.
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A few people might notice for a moment, then swiftly move on to the next thing.
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We are at the centre of the galaxy, only in our own tortured minds.
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The world is still filled with humans who haven't heard of us and never will.
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Those who might be angry or disappointed with you now will have forgotten all about you soon enough.
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Your disgrace will, in time, be subsumed within the larger amnesia of a consolingly indifferent world.
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It isn't just Icarus who is being swallowed up and obscured by the waves, some of the same obscurity awaits our greatest errors and embarrassments.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think ». Cette vidéo contient 32 phrases et 513 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:11. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 161 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. Seuls 77 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| tragedy nom | /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ | tragédie |
| shepherd nom | /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ | berger, bergère |
| neglect verbe | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | négliger |
| reputation nom | /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ | réputation, renommée |
| deeply adverbe | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | profondément |
| disappointed adjectif | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | déçu |
| disaster nom | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | désastre, catastrophe |
| landscape nom | /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ | paysage |
| genius nom | /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ | génie |
| galaxy nom | /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ | galaxie |
| intent nom | /ɪnˈtɛnt/ | intention |
| stranger nom | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | inconnu, inconnue |
| legendary adjectif | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ | légendaire |
| slight adjectif | /slaɪt/ | insignifiant, léger |
| farmer nom | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | agriculteur, fermier |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| mess up verbe | gâcher |
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 | is held · is drawn · is still filled |
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | has just tumbled · haven't heard |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 4 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, haven't, isn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, amnesia /ˌæmˈniʒə/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, deliberately /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, genius /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/, stranger /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, torture /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, stranger /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/
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 tragedy, shepherd, neglect.
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.