Pratique du Shadowing: Are vampires real? - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Hey, it's Esther.
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When I was a kid, sometimes my family forgot to turn the TV off after we were done watching a show.
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Because the TV stayed on, I'd catch a glimpse of the shows that were on late.
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And every once in a while, that meant I ended up watching a show that was scary.
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The ones that creeped me out the most had these.
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Vampires.
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Someone named Alfredo has a question about vampires.
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Let's give Alfredo a call now.
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Hi, Esther.
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Hey, Alfredo.
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I have a question for you.
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Are vampires you?
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Great question.
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You've probably heard of or seen stories about vampires, just like I did.
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Vampires are always a little different in different stories.
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Sometimes they're goofy, like Count Chocola or Mavis in the movie Hotel Transylvania.
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Sometimes, they're scary.
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But across many stories, vampires often have these things in common.
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They have fangs, they drink blood, and they hide from sunlight.
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What do you think?
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Could a real living creature have all these characteristics?
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Now would be a good time to pause the video and discuss.
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us.
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So far as scientists know, there are no humans who have all these qualities.
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The human vampires we see in stories are made up.
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However, I bet you can think of animals that do have at least some of these qualities.
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There are even some wild animals that have vampire in their names.
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Let's take a closer look.
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You might be able to think of lots of animals who only go out when it's dark outside.
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Many animals are nocturnal.
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They are awake and active at night.
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This is true of everything from flying squirrels to moray eels.
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But the vampires in our stories, they don't just stay up all night, they actively avoid the sun.
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In some stories, a vampire that sees sunlight burns up into a pile of ashes.
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Being awake at night is different from never seeing the sun.
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Still, there are some creatures that never see sunlight because of where or how they live.
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For example, check out this creepy creature.
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This animal lives in the deepest, darkest waters of the ocean, where there's almost no light at all.
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And it's called a vampire squid.
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Besides living in the dark, see if you can tell what else about this animal is vampire-like.
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Some of these animals are blood red, others midnight black, but they all have this webbing connecting their arms.
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It kind of looks like a vampire's cape.
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Still, vampire squid don't do some things the vampires in stories do.
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They don't drink blood.
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In fact, vampire squids aren't even hunters.
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They're scavengers, which means they eat things that are already dead.
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and they don't have a vampire's famous long sharp teeth.
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So let's see if there are any animals that have those teeth.
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Lots of animals have impressive chompers.
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Check out the teeth on this hippo, or this baboon, or this fish, or even this deer.
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Animals use sharp teeth for different purposes, to smash food or tear into meat or fight off and defend themselves from challenging animals.
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But story vampires use their teeth for a really specific purpose.
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They use them to drink blood.
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So do any animals drink blood?
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You're probably already familiar with one animal who drinks blood all the time.
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Mosquitoes.
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These tiny creatures have thin, needle-like mouth parts that use to pierce skin and suck blood.
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But these aren't the only animals who enjoy a blood meal every now and then.
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Like check these out.
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These moths are also blood suckers.
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Like mosquitoes, they have a thin pointy mouth part at the front of their face
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that they use to pierce skin and drink blood.
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These animals are called, you guessed it, vampire moths.
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Okay, so there are plenty of animals that avoid sunlight or have fangs or drink blood.
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But does any animal do all three of these things?
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I'd like to introduce you to the vampire bats.
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These creatures are nocturnal.
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They're much more active at night, and during the day, they prefer to spend their time inside dark caves, so not much sunlight for them.
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They might not have teeth the size of hippos, but if you look closely, wow, they have impressively sharp fangs,
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which they use to help them drink blood.
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And not only that, but look at their leathery dark wings.
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Kind of looks like a vampire's cape, right?
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And in some stories, vampires like these have the power to transform into an animal, specifically bats.
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So wait, are vampire bats true vampires?
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Well, I wouldn't go that far.
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Story vampires may be able to transform into bats, but vampire bats can't transform into people.
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And vampire bats aren't obsessed with chasing down humans to drink their blood.
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They drink the blood of cows and horses mostly.
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Still, you gotta say, as far as animals go, the vampire bat is probably more like a vampire than any other creature.
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So in summary, no, vampires aren't real.
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Not the human ones in stories anyway.
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However, many animals do have traits we associate with fictional vampires, such as having fangs, drinking blood, and hiding from sunlight.
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Some of these animals even reminded scientists of vampire stories so much that scientists named them after vampires,
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like the vampire squid, the vampire moth, and of course, vampire bats.
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But they're still not vampires.
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Not really.
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Still, dramatic animals like these can give writers and storytellers ideas for incredible,
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fantastical monsters, like vampires, dragons, werewolves, and so many others we see in our favorite scary stories.
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The animal kingdom is wild.
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It's full of so many bizarre and beautiful creatures.
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No wonder they've inspired humans to tell creepy and wacky and wild tales for years and years.
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Maybe you'll invent a fantastical creature based on your favorite animals.
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That's all for this week's question.
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Thanks Alfredo for asking.
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We want to know what you're curious about.
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It's time to cast your vote.
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We picked three questions that we're thinking about answering.
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When this video's done playing, click on the one you're most excited to see answered.
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Your vote will help us plan for future mini-lessons.
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There are mysteries all around us.
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Stay curious and see you next week.

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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 « Are vampires real? ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : vampire, animal, blood, stories, drink. Cette vidéo contient 101 phrases et 1047 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:29. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 140 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 80 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
sunlight nom/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/lumière du soleil
fang nom/ˈfæŋ/croc
moth nom/mɔθ/mite, papillon de nuit
transform verbe/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/transformer
scientist nom/ˈsaɪəntəst/scientifique, savant
nocturnal adjectif/nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/nocturne
mosquito nom/məsˈki.toʊ/moustique, maringouin
pierce verbe/pɪɹs/percer
creepy adjectif/ˈkɹipi/angoissant, flippant
awake verbe/əˈweɪk/se réveiller
cape nom/keɪp/cap
hippopotamus nom/ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/hippopotame, hippo
leathery adjectif/ˈlɛðəɹi/coriace
obsess verbe/əbˈsɛs/être obsédé
scavenger nom/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/animal nécrophage, charognard

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
check out verbemater, regarder
end up verbese terminer, se finir
go out verbesortir
make up verbe/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/constituer, composer

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • What do you think?
  • Let's take a closer look.
  • I'd like to introduce you to the vampire bats.
  • We want to know what you're curious about.
  • It's time to cast your vote.

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantYou've probably heard · they've inspired
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitare made · are called
Possibilité avec « might / may » might/may + verbe — quelque chose de possible mais pas certainmight be · might not have · may be
Superlatifs the -est / the most … — le plus haut ou le plus bas d’un groupethe most had · the deepest

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 25 contractions et formes réduites, comme they're, aren't, don't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « th »: moth /mɔθ/, leathery /ˈlɛðəɹi/
  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: fictional /ˈfɪkʃənəl/, smash /smæʃ/, ash /ˈæʃ/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: fantastical /fænˈtæstɪkəl/, hippopotamus /ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: chomper /ˈt͡ʃɑmpɚ/, scavenger /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/, pierce /pɪɹs/, creepy /ˈkɹipi/, leathery /ˈlɛðəɹi/, scavenger /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme sunlight, fang, moth.

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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