Pratique du Shadowing: Cam 19 Listening Test 2 Part 2 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Part 2.
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You will hear a man called David talking on the radio about his work as a lifeboat volunteer.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions eleven to sixteen.
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I never really planned to be a lifeboat volunteer when I came to live in North Sea.
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I'd been working in London as a website designer, but although that was interesting, I didn't like city life.
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I'd been really keen on boats as a teenager and I thought if I went to live by the sea, I might be able to pursue that interest a bit more in my free time.
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Then I found that the Lifeboat Institution was looking for volunteers, so I decided to apply.
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The Lifeboat Institution building here in North Sea is hard to miss.
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It's one of the largest in the country.
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It was built 15 years ago, with funds provided by a generous member of the public who'd lived here all her life.
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As the Lifeboat Institution is a charity that relies on that kind of donation, rather than funding provided by the government, that was a huge help to us.
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When I applied, I had to have a health assessment.
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The doctors were particularly interested in my vision.
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I used to be short -sighted, so I'd had to wear glasses, but I'd had laser eye surgery two years earlier, so that was okay.
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They gave me tests for colour blindness, and they thought I might have a problem there, but it turned out I was okay.
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When the Coast Guard gets an alert, all the volunteers are contacted and rushed to the lifeboat station.
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Our target's to get there in five minutes.
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Then we try to get the boat off the dock and out to sea in another six to eight minutes.
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Our team's proud that we usually achieve that.
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The average time across the country is eight and a half minutes.
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I've recently qualified as what's called a helmsman, which means I have the ultimate responsibility for the lifeboat.
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I have to check that the equipment we use is in working order, the crew have special life jackets that can support up to four people in the water,
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and it's ultimately my decision whether it's safe to launch the boat.
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But it's very rare not to launch it, even in the worst weather.
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As well as going out on the lifeboat, my work involves other things too.
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A lot of people underestimate how quickly conditions can change at sea, so I speak to youth groups
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and sailing clubs in the area about the sorts of problems
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that sailors and swimmers can have if the weather suddenly gets bad.
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We also have a lot of volunteers who organise activities to raise money for us, and we couldn't manage without them.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.
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The training we get is a continuous process, focusing on technical competence and safe handling techniques,
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and it's given me the confidence to deal with extreme situations without panicking.
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I was glad I'd done a first aid course before I started, as that's a big help with the casualty care activities we do.
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We've done a lot on how to deal with ropes and tie knots.
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That's an essential skill.
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After a year, I did a one -week residential course led by specialists.
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They had a wave tank where they could create extreme weather conditions
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so we could get experience of what to do if the boat turned over in a storm at night, for example.
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Since I started, I've had to deal with a range of emergency situations.
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But the work's hugely motivating.
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It's not just about saving lives.
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I've learned a lot about the technology involved.
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My background in IT's been useful here, and I can use my expertise to help other volunteers.
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They're a great group.
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We're like a family, really, which helps when you're dragging yourself out of bed on a cold stormy night.
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But actually, it's the colder months that can be the most rewarding time.
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That's when the incidents tend to be more serious, and you realise that you can make a huge difference to the outcome.
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So, if any of you listeners are interested, why don't you give us a call?
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part two.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Cam 19 Listening Test 2 Part 2 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : lifeboat, volunteer, sea, boat, Institution. Cette vidéo contient 51 phrases et 747 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:08. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 122 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 82 % 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 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
lifeboat nom/ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/radeau de survie
blindness nom/ˈblaɪndnəs/cécité
helmsman nom/ˈhɛlmz.mən/barreur, timonier
stormy adjectif/ˈstɔɹmi/orageux
listener nom/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/auditeur, auditrice
competence nom/ˈkɑm.pə.təns/compétence
motivate verbe/ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/motiver
casualty nom/ˈkæʒu.əlti/accident
hugely adverbe/ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/colossalement
underestimate verbe/ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/sous-estimer
knot nom/nɑt/nœud
sailor nom/ˈseɪ.lɚ/matelot, matelote
dock nom/dɑk/darse
donation nom/doʊˈneɪʃən/donation, don
sail nom/seɪl/voile

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
turn out verbese finir, se terminer

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • Our target's to get there in five minutes.
  • Our team's proud that we usually achieve that.
  • I've learned a lot about the technology involved.

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 maintenantWe've done · I've learned
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitwas built · are contacted

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 16 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'd, I've, couldn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: helmsman /ˈhɛlmz.mən/, hugely /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: hugely /ˈhjuːd͡ʒli/, teenager /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/, generous /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: stormy /ˈstɔɹmi/, rope /ɹoʊp/, generous /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/

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 lifeboat, blindness, helmsman.

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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