Pratique du Shadowing: Character: Obstacles - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Now that we've thought about what motivates a character to act in the world,
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Let's flip things around and think about things that can stand in their way.
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These can be referred to as obstacles.
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Obstacles can be anything.
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A person a great distance, or something internal like fear.
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Whatever it is, An obstacle is something
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which stands in the way of a character and prevents them from getting what they want or need.
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Let's hear again from our story artists.
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How do they think about this?
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So the core of storytelling is not only what's your character want and need, but then what is standing in their way.
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What's the conflict?
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We have this expression that we create these characters, we put them in a tree and we throw rocks at them.
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we make their life a little harder.
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Marlin's obstacle would be his fear of the ocean.
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tells Nemo all the time you stay in the reef, it's safe here.
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And so in order to get back to Nemo, he has to break everything that he's comfortable with.
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The obstacles that were in Marlin's way from
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that point on were engineered to force Marlin out of his comfort zone in order to get to his son
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and reach a place where he could trust his son.
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In E .T., Elliot the boy meets E .T the alien, and he wants E .T to stay with him on Earth, but the obstacle is that E .T is an alien.
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He can't stay on Earth.
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He can't survive.
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He's dying.
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I think about what's the best way to make this character realize what they need to accomplish.
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- Here at Pixar, when we're creating these stories and making these films
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we go through iteration after iteration of what this journey could be for this character.
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Fear plays a part as an obstacle, depending on the character.
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A lot of times we try to skirt around our fears and not deal with them.
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So if you present a character with a fear that they have to confront, it's a very immediate-- fight or flight.
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um, scenario that you've created, and so it forces your character to react.
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When you're developing your stories, you want to think, "Okay, what's the fun external?
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You know, what's the car chase?
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What's the villain?
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But More importantly, how does that car chase and how does that villain reflect
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the obstacle inside the character and reflect all of their flaws and their shortcomings.
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So those kinds of obstacles you put in front of your characters because it makes them think about their wants and needs.
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One of my favorite examples is from Cars.
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McQueen's primary want is to get to California and win the big race.
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But when confronted by the obstacle of being stuck in Radiator Springs having to fix a road, What he needs.. is to slow down.
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Enjoy the journey.
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and make friends.
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In the next exercise, you'll have a chance to think about the obstacles characters can face.
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and the choices they make in response.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Character: Obstacles ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : character, obstacle, fear. Cette vidéo contient 43 phrases et 513 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:07. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 164 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 85 % 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 :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| obstacle nom | /ˈɑbstəkəl/ | obstacle |
| iteration nom | /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | itération |
| confront verbe | /kənˈfɹʌnt/ | confronter |
| villain nom | /ˈvɪl.ən/ | scélérat |
| shortcoming nom | /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/ | défaut, lacune |
| motivate verbe | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | motiver |
| flaw nom | /flɔ/ | défaut, fissure |
| storytelling nom | narration, mise en récit | |
| reef nom | /ɹiːf/ | écueil, récif |
| skirt nom | /skɚt/ | jupe |
| accomplish verbe | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ | accomplir |
| react verbe | /ɹiːˈækt/ | réagir |
| scenario nom | /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ | scénario |
| flip verbe | /flɪp/ | retourner |
| depend verbe | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | dépendre |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| go through verbe | traverser |
| slow down verbe | ralentir, décélérer |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | can be referred · were engineered · being stuck |
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | we've thought · you've created |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 7 contractions et formes réduites, comme can't, we're, we've. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: iteration /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shortcoming /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: iteration /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: iteration /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, confront /kənˈfɹʌnt/, reef /ɹiːf/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme obstacle, iteration, confront.
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.