Pratique du Shadowing: Chapter 5 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Chapter 5 A Letter for Raoul That Wednesday,
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a letter also arrived for the young Vicombe de Chani.
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He opened the letter, saw the name at the bottom, and smiled for the first time that day.
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Dear Raoul, of course I remember you.
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How could I forget you?
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Meet me on Thursday at three o'clock in the Tuileries Gardens.
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Don't be angry with me, Raoul, please.
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Christine Dye Raoul put the letter carefully into his pocket.
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Angry?
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How could he be angry with an angel?
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On Thursday, he was in the Tuileries Gardens by two o'clock.
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At ten past three, he began to feel unhappy.
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At half past three, he wanted to die or to kill somebody.
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And then she came.
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She ran through the gardens to him.
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And in a second, she was in his arms.
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Oh, Christine, he said again and again.
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Oh, Christine!
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They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time.
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They remembered their happy weeks in Brittany, four years ago.
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But why did you go away, Christine?
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Raoul asked.
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Why didn't you write to me?
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For a minute or two, Christine said nothing.
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she said slowly.
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We were so young, you and I.
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I was just a poor singer from Norway.
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And you, you were the Vicombe de Chani.
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I knew I could never be your wife.
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But I love you, Christine.
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No, shh.
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Listen to me, Raoul, please.
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I went home to Norway, and a year later, my father died.
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I was very unhappy.
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But I came back to France, to Paris.
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I worked and worked at my singing, because I wanted to be an opera singer.
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Not just a good singer, but the best opera singer in Paris.' "'And now you are,' Raoul said.
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He smiled.
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"'All Paris is at your feet.' Christine turned her face away and said nothing.
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Christine, Raoul said quietly, I want to ask you a question.
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Who was the man in your dressing room on Tuesday night?
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Tell me, please.
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Christine stopped and stared at him.
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Her face went white.
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What man? she whispered.
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There was no man in my dressing room on Tuesday night.
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Raoul put his hand on her arm.
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I heard him, he said.
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I listened outside the door and heard a man's voice. Who was he?
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Don't ask me, Raoul.
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There was a man's voice, yes.
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But there was no man in my room.
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It's true.
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Oh, Raoul, I'm so afraid.
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Sometimes I want to die. Who is he?
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Tell me, Christine, please.
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I'm your friend.
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I can help you.
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Tell me his name.
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I cannot tell you his name.
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It's a secret, whispered Christine.
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I never see him.
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I only hear his voice.
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But he is everywhere.
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He sees everything.
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He hears everything.
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That's why I didn't speak to you on Tuesday night.
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He is my music teacher, Raoul.
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He's a wonderful singer.
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I sang so well on Tuesday night because of him.
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I am famous because of him.
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He is my angel of music.
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And he says he loves me.
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How can I leave him?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Raoul, Christine, singer, gardens, Tuesday. Cette vidéo contient 76 phrases et 519 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 5:57. Le locuteur parle lentement, environ 87 mots par minute, ce qui laisse le temps d’imiter chaque son. Seuls 81 % 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
litter nom/ˈlɪt.ɚ/litière
angel nom/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ange
opera nom/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/opéra
unhappy adjectif/ʌnˈhæpi/malheureux, triste
pocket nom/ˈpɑ.kɪt/poche
carefully adverbe/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/soigneusement
arrive verbe/əˈɹaɪv/arriver
quietly adverbe/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/paisablement, tranquillement
stare verbe/stɛɚ/fixer, mirer
singer nom/ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/chanteur, chanteuse
angry adjectif/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/fâché, en colère
smile verbe/ˈsmaɪl/sourire
sing verbe/ˈsɪŋ/chanter
everywhere adverbe/ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/partout, à tous les coins de rue
chapter nom/ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/chapitre

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
go away verbepartir, s'en aller

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • How could I forget you?
  • Why didn't you write to me?
  • How can I leave him?

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 6 contractions et formes réduites, comme didn't, don't, I'm. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, everywhere /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: angel /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/, chapter /ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: opera /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/, carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, angry /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/, everywhere /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/

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 litter, angel, opera.

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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