Pratique du Shadowing: Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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Part 2.
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You will hear the managing director of a company called Stevenson's welcoming a group of work experience students.
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First you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Stevenson's, one of the country's major manufacturers of metal goods.
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Thank you for choosing us for your two weeks of work experience.
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My name is Julia Simmons and since the beginning of this year I've been the managing director.
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Stephenson's is quite an old company.
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Like me, the founder, Ronald Stephenson, went into the steel industry when he left school.
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That was in 1923.
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He set up this company when he finished his apprenticeship in 1926.
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although he actually started making plans two years earlier in 1924.
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He was a very determined young man.
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Stevenson's long-term plan was to manufacture components for the machine tools industry,
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although in fact that never came about and for the automotive industry
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that is cars and lorries however there was a delay of five years before that happened
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because shortly before the company went into production Stevenson was given the opportunity to make goods for hospitals
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and other players in the healthcare industry so that's what we did for the first five years.
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Over the years we've expanded the premises considerably.
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We were lucky that the site is big enough, so moving to a new location has never been necessary.
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However, the layout is far from ideal for modern machinery and production methods,
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so we intend to carry out major refurbishment of this site over the next five years.
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I'd better give you some idea of what you'll be doing during your two weeks with us
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so you know what to expect.
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Most mornings you'll have a presentation from one of the managers to learn about their department,
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starting this morning with research and development.
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And you'll all spend some time in each department, observing what's going on and talking to people,
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as long you don't stop them from doing their work altogether.
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In the past, a teacher from your school has come in at the end
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of each week to find out how the group were getting on, but your school isn't able to arrange that this year.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Thank you.
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20. Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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OK, now I'll briefly help you to orientate yourselves around the site.
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As you can see, we're in the reception area, which we try to make attractive and welcoming to visitors.
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There's a corridor running left from here, and if you go along that, the door facing you at the end is the entrance to the coffee room.
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This looks out onto the main road on one side
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and some trees on the other and that'll be where you meet each morning.
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The factory is the very big room on the far side of the site.
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Next to it is the warehouse
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which can be accessed by lorries going up the road to the turning area at the end.
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You can get to the warehouse by crossing to the far side of the courtyard
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and then the door is on your right.
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Somewhere you'll be keen to find is the staff canteen.
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This is right next to reception.
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I can confidently say that the food's very good, but the view isn't.
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The windows on one side look onto a corridor and courtyard, which aren't very attractive at all,
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and on the other onto the access road, which isn't much better.
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You'll be using the meeting room quite often
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and you'll find it by walking along the corridor to the left of the courtyard and continuing along it to the end.
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The meeting room is the last one on the right and I'm afraid there's no natural daylight in the room.
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Then you'll need to know where some of the offices are.
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The Human Resources Department is at the front of this building,
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so you head to the left along the corridor from reception and it's the second room you come to.
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It looks out onto the main road.
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And finally the boardroom, where you'll be meeting sometimes.
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That has quite a pleasant view as it looks out onto the trees.
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Go along the corridor past the courtyard right to the end.
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The boardroom is on the left next to the factory.
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Okay now, are there any questions before we move...
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part two.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : corridor, onto, questions, courtyard, industry. Cette vidéo contient 63 phrases et 772 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:33. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 118 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 88 % 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

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

MotPrononciationSens
corridor nom/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/couloir, corridor
courtyard nom/ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/cour
warehouse nom/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/entrepôt, dépôt
apprenticeship nom/əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/apprentissage
canteen nom/kænˈtin/gourde, bidon
confidently adverbe/ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/candidement, confidemment
premise nom/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/prémisse
daylight nom/ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/jour, lumière du jour
yourselves/jəˈsɛlvz/vous-mêmes
automotive adjectif/ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/automobile, automoteur
considerably adverbe/kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/considérablement, largement
arrange verbe/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/arranger, organiser
visitor nom/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/visiteur, visiteuse
machinery nom/məˈʃiːnəɹi/machines, parc de machines
observe verbe/əbˈzɜːv/respecter, observer

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
carry out verbe/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/sortir, transporter dehors
find out verbedécouvrir, savoir
go up verbemonter, s'élever
set up verbe/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/mettre en place, installer

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 maintenantI've been · we've expanded · has never been
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitwas given · can be accessed

Prononciation à surveiller

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

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, machinery /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, orientate /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/, automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, considerably /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: corridor /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/, courtyard /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/, boardroom /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/, lorry /ˈlɔɹi/, warehouse /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/

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 corridor, courtyard, warehouse.

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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