Pratique du Shadowing: Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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So, Jane, you'll be off to Denmark soon to do your work placement.
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Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
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And I've just started packing up all my books to put in storage.
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Well, I hope they don't get spoiled.
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It's OK.
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My grandfather works in a bookshop and he told me how to pack them.
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Oh, that's helpful.
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He says you have to support the spine, otherwise the paper can come away from the cover.
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Yeah, that's obvious.
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He also told me to pack them flat in the box, not on their side.
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Again, because they can bend, and if you leave them like that for, say, a year, it's quite hard to get them back to their normal shape.
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Well, it's pretty clear that ruins them.
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But a lot of people just can't be bothered to protect their books.
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He always says it's such a shame that publishers don't use better quality paper.
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It's the acid in the paper that causes the problem, isn't it?
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Yeah, that's why old books go yellow.
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You know, some of the books my grandfather's given me are like that already.
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Oh.
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I should dump them really if they're going to deteriorate further, but I'd feel bad.
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They'll always remind me of him.
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He's quite a collector, you know.
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Well, if they're important to you.
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Yeah, I'd regret just throwing them away.
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You know, maybe it's because I was taught to treasure books, but I hate seeing students force open the pages of paperbacks.
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They press so hard they end up breaking the spine.
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I know.
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But unfortunately, paperbacks aren't designed to last a long time, and people know that.
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Hardbacks aren't quite as weak.
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Yeah, they're different, I suppose.
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but I still don't think people value hardbacks like they used to.
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Well, they aren't decorative, are they, like other objects?
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Plus, nowadays people don't keep them out on shelves as much as they used to.
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That's such a pity.
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When I visit someone, if they have, say, a colourful book on a table, it's the first thing I'm drawn to.
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I agree.
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And book covers can be a work of art in themselves.
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Some are really eye-catching.
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I've always been taught to handle books carefully.
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If you watch someone take a book off a shelf, well, they usually do it wrong.
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My grandfather says you should put your hand right over the top of the book.
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Or, if you can't do that, pull the other books on the shelf aside, so that you can hold the whole cover.
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When did you learn all this?
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He watched me pull a heavy book off the shelf
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when I was small and it fell on the floor and broke apart.
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Oh dear.
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I can still remember it.
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You know what I really like?
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What?
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The smell of new books.
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Me too.
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My parents used to laugh at me when I was a kid
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because I loved putting books up to my nose almost as much as reading them.
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New books aren't cheap though are they?
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I guess we're lucky we can buy them.
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My grandfather stock second-hand books as well as new ones and they don't smell quite as good.
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I'd love to have a bookshop like your grandfather.
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What's it like?
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Well, it's quite big.
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It's got two floors and an attic and he stocks all kinds of books really.
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I guess he treasures things like first editions and other rare books.
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Yeah, you might think he'd keep those in the attic or somewhere.
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So they'd be hidden?
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Yeah, but he likes people to know that he has them.
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So he puts them out in the shop, but makes sure you need a ladder to get them.
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Right, that would prevent any thefts.
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Uh-huh.
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Does he stock books for children?
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He does.
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He particularly likes to encourage kids to read.
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He always says
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that he used to to sit under the stairs as a child with a pile of books and read them all.
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Is that where he keeps them then?
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Not exactly.
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He's got a dedicated area on the ground floor with cushions, so that parents can enter with their toddlers,
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go there and spend some time reading to them.
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Oh, cool.
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And then there's a place for push chairs by the front door, and a cafe if anyone needs refreshments.
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That's good to know.
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As I said, it's a big shop and there's a storage area out the back as well.
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Oh, what does he keep there?
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Books he wants to throw away?
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He hardly ever throws anything away.
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He just leaves unwanted books by the front door for customers to take.
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Well, that's very nice.
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Yeah, and books people or institutions have requested, they all go at the far end.
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Oh.
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He thinks it's best to keep these out of the main shopping area as they're boxed and new.
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Did you get your course books from him?
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Naturally.
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He stocks books for a lot of the colleges.
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He used to keep these books on the first floor, but now there's a new university in my hometown.
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He's moved them downstairs to attract the students.
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They're actually part of the coffee shop on low shelves all around it.
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Pretty central then.
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You'll have to take me there sometime.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : grandfather, stock, floor. Cette vidéo contient 96 phrases et 891 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 5:22. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 166 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 86 % 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
shelf nom/ʃɛlf/rayon, étagère
grandfather nom/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/aïeul
bookshop nomlibrairie
hardback nom/ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/livre relié
paperback nom/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/livre broché
attic nom/ˈætɪk/grenier, combles
spine nom/spaɪn/colonne vertébrale, échine
treasure nom/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/trésor
deteriorate verbe/dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/détériorer
refreshment nom/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/rafraîchissement
dedicate verbe/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/consacrer, vouer
cushion nom/ˈkʊʃən/coussin
downstairs adverbe/daʊnˈstɛɹz/au-dessous, en bas
decorative adjectif/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/décoratif
spoil nom/spɔɪl/dépouilles, butin

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
end up verbese terminer, se finir
look forward to verbeavoir hâte de, attendre avec impatience
throw away verberejeter, jeter

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
  • They'll always remind me of him.
  • When did you learn all this?
  • You know what I really like?
  • Did you get your course books from him?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
« Used to » used to + verbe — une habitude ou un état passé qui n’est plus vraiused to laugh · used to to · used to keep
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitcan't be bothered · was taught · aren't designed
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantI've just started · I've always been taught · have requested
Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ingstarted packing · hate seeing · loved putting

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 30 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, they're, aren't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « th »: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, theft /θɛft/
  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: shelf /ʃɛlf/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, publisher /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: deteriorate /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hardback /ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/, hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, hardback /ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, deteriorate /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/

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. Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme shelf, grandfather, bookshop.

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