Pratique du Shadowing: Christmas in Prague Chapter 2 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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England, 1995 Hey!
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Jan!
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Look at this!
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Carol said.
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She had a letter in her hand and took it across to her husband at the breakfast table.
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It's from the Oxford Orchestra, she said.
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They're giving concerts in the Czech Republic this Christmas.
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They're doing three concerts in Prague and they're asking me to go because they need a harpist.
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Shall we go to Prague for Christmas?
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I can play with the orchestra and you can come with us.' When are the concerts? asked Jan.
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I always have a lot of work in the weeks before Christmas.
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I must finish writing my new book then.
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Jan taught Czech at Oxford University and wrote books about languages.
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He was born in Czechoslovakia, but came to England with his father when he was very young.
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He met Carol when she was one of his students at university.
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''The first concert is on December 20th,'' Carol answered.
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''Are you free then?'' No, I'm sorry, Carol, Jan said,
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but I can't come before December the 24th.
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Well, it doesn't matter.
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You can come for the second concert.
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It's on December the 25th.
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But what about my father? said Jan.
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We can't go away and leave him at Christmas time.
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He loves a family Christmas with us.
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You know that.
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Josef Vlach was sixty-eight years old, and his eyes were bad.
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He couldn't see very well.
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So he lived with Carol and Jan.
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Yosef can come with us, Carol said.
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He often talks about Prague at Christmas.
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He says it's the most beautiful time of the year there, because of all the snow on the old buildings.
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I know, said Jan, but he only talks about Prague.
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He never wants to go there.
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Every time we ask him to come with us, he says no. I don't know why,
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but I think it's because of my mother.
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When he thinks about Prague, he remembers her.
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You know, sometimes he cries when he looks at his photo of her, after all these years.
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Just then, the door opened and Jan's father came slowly into the room.
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Good morning, he said, and sat down at the table. Is there any coffee?
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It's cold now, said Carol.
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Shall I make you some more?
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Thank you, my dear, he answered.
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You're very good to me.
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Carol went out for some coffee.
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Jan looked at his father carefully.
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I must ask him now, he thought, while Carol is out of the room.
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You're very quiet, Jan, said the old man. Is something wrong?
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No, no, said Jan quickly.
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Nothing's wrong.
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It's just...
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I want to ask you a question, but...
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It's difficult.
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Jan stopped.
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His father smiled.
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Difficult?
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Why is it difficult?
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Are you afraid of an old man?
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Of course not, said Jan.
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But I am afraid of your answer.
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You see, Carol wants to go very much.
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She loves playing her harp, but it's Christmas time and- Stop, said Josef.
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What are you talking about?
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Where does Carol want to go at Christmas?" "'To Prague,' said Jan.
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And I would like to go with her.
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We want you to come too.' "'Ah,' said the old man, "'to Prague.
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I understand now.' The room was suddenly very quiet.
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Jan drank his cold coffee and waited.
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The old man took something out of his pocket.
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It was a photograph of his dead wife, Jan's mother.
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He spoke very quietly, not to Jan, but to the photograph in his hand.
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Perhaps now, before I die, just once I can go back again.
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Carol came back with some hot coffee.
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She looked at Josef, then at Jan.
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Shh!
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He's thinking about Prague, Jan said quietly.
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Carol put the coffee on the table and sat down.
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The hands on the clock slowly moved through two long minutes.
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Then the old man put the photograph back in his pocket.
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All right, he said.
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Let's all go to Prague for Christmas.
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It's beautiful there when it snows.
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I remember it so well, so very well.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette vidéo contient 84 phrases et 674 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:59. Le locuteur parle lentement, environ 84 mots par minute, ce qui laisse le temps d’imiter chaque son. 87 % 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

15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
photograph nom/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/photographie, photo
pocket nom/ˈpɑ.kɪt/poche
quietly adverbe/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/paisablement, tranquillement
orchestra nom/ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/orchestre
carefully adverbe/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/soigneusement
clock nom/klɑk/indicateur de vitesse, compteur de vitesse
litter nom/ˈlɪt.ɚ/litière
harpist nom/ˈhɑɹpɪst/harpiste
concert nom/kənˈsɝt/concert
snow nom/snoʊ̯/neige
quiet adjectif/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/calme, silencieux
slowly adverbe/ˈsloʊli/lentement
suddenly adverbe/ˈsʌd.ən.li/soudainement, tout d'un coup
teach verbe/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/apprendre, enseigner
smile verbe/ˈsmaɪl/sourire

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
go away verbepartir, s'en aller
go back verberentrer, retourner
sit down verbes'asseoir

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ingfinish writing · loves playing
Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce momentThey're giving · They're doing
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessairemust finish · must ask

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 11 contractions et formes réduites, comme they're, can't, you're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

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 photograph, pocket, quietly.

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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