Pratique du Shadowing: CAMBRIDGE 13 TEST 2 SECTION 2 LISTENING - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Section 2.

You will hear a manager in a company talking to employees about volunteering for charity work.

Thanks for coming everyone.

Okay, so this meeting is for new staff and staff who haven't been involved with our volunteering projects yet.

So basically the idea is

that we allow staff to give up some of their work

time to help on various charity projects to benefit the local community.

We've been doing this for the last five years and it's been very successful.

Participating doesn't necessarily involve a huge time commitment.

The company will pay for eight hours of your time.

That can be used over one or two days all at once or spread over several months throughout the year.

There are some staff who enjoy volunteering

so much they also give up their own free time for a couple of hours every week.

It's completely up to you.

Obviously many people will have family commitments and aren't as available as other members of staff.

Feedback from staff has been overwhelmingly positive.

Because they felt they were doing something really useful, nearly everyone agreed that volunteering made them feel more motivated at work.

They also liked building relationships with the people in the local community and felt valued by them.

One or two people also said it was a good thing to have on their CVs.

One particularly successful project last year was the Get Working project.

This was aimed at helping unemployed people in the area get back to work.

Our staff were able to help them improve their telephone skills, such as writing down messages and speaking with confidence to potential customers,

which they had found quite difficult.

This is something many employers look for in job applicants.

and something we all do without even thinking about every day at work.

We've got an exciting new project starting this year.

Up until now, we've mainly focused on projects to do with education and training,

and we'll continue with our reading project in schools and our work with local charities.

But we've also agreed to help out on a conservation project in Redfern Park.

So, if any of you fancy being outside and getting your hands dirty, this is the project for you.

I also wanted to mention the annual Digital Inclusion Day, which is coming up next month.

The aim of this is to help older people keep up with technology.

And this year, instead of hosting the event in our own training facility, we're using the ICT suite at Hill College, as it can hold far more people.

We've invited over 60 people from the Silver Age Community Center to take part, so we'll need a lot of volunteers to help with this event.

If you're interested in taking part, please go to the volunteering section of our website and complete the relevant form.

We won't be providing any training for this, but you'll be paired with an experienced volunteer if you've never done it before.

By the way, don't forget to tell your manager about any volunteering activities you decide to do.

The participants on the Digital Inclusion Day really benefited.

The majority were in their 70s, though some were younger, and a few were even in their 90s.

Quite a few owned both a computer and a mobile phone, but these tended to be outdated models.

They generally knew how to do simple things, like send texts, but weren't aware of recent developments in mobile phone technology.

A few were keen to learn, but most were quite dismissive at first.

They couldn't see the point of updating their skills.

But that soon changed.

The feedback was very positive.

The really encouraging thing was

that participants all said they felt much more confident about using social media to keep in touch with their grandchildren,

who prefer this form of communication to phoning or sending emails.

A lot of them also said playing online games would help them make new friends and keep their brains active.

They weren't that impressed with being able to order their groceries online, as they liked going out to the shops,

but some said it would come in handy if they were ill or the weather was really bad.

One thing they asked about was using tablets for things like reading newspapers.

Some people had been given tablets as presents, but had never used them.

So that's something we'll make sure we include this time.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette vidéo contient 54 phrases et 742 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 5:00. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 148 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 89 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc facile à suivre.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

15 mots moins courants de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ (nom) — volontaire, bénévole. One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
charity /ˈtʃæɹɪti/ (nom) — charité. An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ (nom) — engagement. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
skill /skɪl/ (nom) — habileté, compétence. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ (nom) — évaluation, réaction. Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/ (nom) — participant, participante. One who participates.
necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ (adverbe) — absolument, nécessairement. Inevitably; of necessity.
encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ (verbe) — encourager. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ (verbe) — participer (à), prendre part. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
telephone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ (nom) — téléphone. A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to…
conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/ (nom) — préservation. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ (verbe) — inviter, convier. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/ (verbe) — impliquer, involver. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
employer /ɪmˈplɔɪə/ (nom) — employeur, employeuse. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
suite /swiːt/ (nom) — suite. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

give up (verbe) — se rendre. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
come up (verbe) — se montrer, sortir du bois. To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
keep up with (verbe) — aller de pair avec. To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
look for (verbe) — chercher, rechercher. To seek.
think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbe) — penser à, réfléchir à. To ponder.
write down (verbe) — noter, écrire. To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 20 contractions et formes réduites, comme we've, we'll, weren't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/

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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	haven't been involved · has been · we've also agreed
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait	been involved · was aimed · be paired

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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