Pratique du Shadowing: Cambridge 19 listening test 1 section 4 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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For my presentation today, I’m going to talk about  the Ceide Fields in the northwest of Ireland, one of the largest Neolithic sites in the  world. I recently visited this site and observed the work that is currently being  done by a team of archaeologists there.
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The site was first discovered in the 1930s by  a local teacher, Patrick Caulfield. He noticed that when local people were digging in the  bog, they were constantly hitting against what seemed to be (Q31) rows of stones. He realised  that these must be walls and that they must be thousands of years old for them to predate  the bog which subsequently grew over them He wrote to the National Museum in Dublin to  ask them to investigate, but no one took him seriously. It wasn’t until 40 years later,  (Q32) when Patrick Caulfield’s son Seamus, who had become an archaeologist by then, began  to explore further. He inserted iron probes into the bog to map the formation of the stones,  (Q33) a traditional method which local people had always used for finding fuel buried in the  bog for thousands of years. Carbon dating later proved that the site was over 5,000 years old  and was the largest Neolithic site in Ireland.
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Thanks to the bog which covers the area, the  remains of the settlement at Ceide Fields, which is over 5,000 years old, are extremely  well-preserved. A bog is 90 percent water; its soil is so saturated that when the grasses  and heathers that grow on its surface die, they don’t fully decay but accumulate in layers.  (Q34) Objects remain so well preserved in these conditions because of the acidity of the peat and  the deficiency of oxygen. At least 175 days of rain a year are required for this to happen; this  part of Ireland gets an average of 225 days.
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The Neolithic farmers at Ceide would have  enjoyed several centuries of relative peace and stability. Neolithic farmers generally lived  in larger communities than their predecessors, with a number of houses built around a community  building. As they lived in permanent settlements, Neolithic farmers were able to build bigger  (Q35) houses. These weren’t round as people often assume, but rectangular with a small hole  in the roof that allowed smoke to escape. This is one of many innovations and indicates that the  Neolithic farmers were the first people to cook indoors. Another new technology that Neolithic  settlers brought to Ireland was pottery. Fragments of Neolithic pots have been found in Ceide and  elsewhere in Ireland. The pots were used for many things; as well as for storing food, pots were  filled with a small amount of fat and when this was set alight, (Q36) they served as lamps. It’s thought that the Ceide Fields were mainly used as paddocks for animals to graze in.  Evidence from the Ceide Fields suggests that (Q37) each plot of land was of a suitable  size to sustain an extended family. They may have used a system of rotational grazing in  order to prevent over-grazing and to allow for plant recovery and regrowth. This must  have been a year-round activity as (Q38) no structures have been found which would have  been used to shelter animals in the winter.
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However, archaeologists believe that this way  of life at Ceide ceased abruptly. Why was this?
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Well, several factors may have contributed  to the changing circumstances. (Q39) The soil would have become less productive and  led to the abandonment of farming. The crop rotation system was partly responsible for  this as it would have been very intensive and was not sustainable. But there were also  climatic pressures too. The farmers at Ceide would have enjoyed a relatively dry period, but  this began to change and the conditions became wetter as (Q40) there was a lot more rain. It was  these conditions that encouraged the bog to form over the area which survives today. So now I’d like to show you some .

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Cambridge 19 listening test 1 section 4 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Ceide, Neolithic, bog, farmers, Ireland. Cette vidéo contient 6 phrases et 658 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:41. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 140 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 78 % 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
archaeologist nom/ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/archéologue, archéologiste
graze verbe/ɡɹeɪz/faire paître
abandonment nom/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/désertion
accumulate verbe/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/accumuler
acidity nom/əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti/acidité
climatic adjectif/klaɪˈmæt.ɪk/climatique
settler nom/ˈsɛt.lɚ/colon
abruptly adverbe/əˈbɹʌp.li/abruptement, tout d'un coup
indoors adverbe/ɪnˈdɔɹz/à l'intérieur, dedans
rectangular adjectif/ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/rectangulaire
deficiency nom/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/déficience
saturated adjectifsaturé
circumstance nom/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/circonstance
pottery nom/ˈpɑtəɹi/poterie
predecessor nom/ˈpɹɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚ/prédécesseur, prédécesseuse

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitbeing done · are required · have been found
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenanthave been found
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une choseFields, which is

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 5 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'd, I'm. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: rotational /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/, deficiency /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/, rotation /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: archaeologist /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, abandonment /əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/, acidity /əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti/, rotational /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: archaeologist /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, graze /ɡɹeɪz/, predate /pɹəˈdeɪt/, rotational /ɹoʊˈteɪʃənəl/, abruptly /əˈbɹʌp.li/

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 archaeologist, graze, abandonment.

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