Pratique du Shadowing: English Bites - Series 8, Episode 1: Skiing - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

This story is about Faye, who is experiencing snow and skiing for the first time.

We'll look at how Faye describes how she feels, explain the uses and forms of the word fall,

and the expression butterflies in my stomach.

First, listen to her use fall as a verb.

I'd like to ski because I've never tried it before

and it looks like a lot of fun and if I do fall, hopefully it'll be in some very soft snow.

If I do fall, she's talking about what might happen, so she uses if and the base form fall.

Fall.

Listen for another form of the verb.

Fall.

Learning to ski, I can honestly say, is a bit nerve -wracking, but when you learn it properly and when you have a good instructor, it's all worth it.

It's so much fun.

Yes.

I'm just glad I haven't fallen over yet.

Wow.

That was pretty good.

I enjoyed that.

Haven't fallen over.

You use the form fallen with have, haven't, has, or hasn't.

Fall over is a phrasal verb.

Listen out for another one that means the same thing.

I'm six foot two, so I've got a long way to fall down if I do fall down while skiing.

Fall down means the same as fall over.

Let's watch Faye fall down or fall over.

I just want to get in there and do it.

I've still got butterflies in my stomach, but I know I can do it.

She fell down.

The past tense of fall is fell.

Now, what did she have in her stomach?

I've still got butterflies in my stomach, but I know I can do it.

She had butterflies in her stomach.

She was feeling very nervous.

Now listen for another way of using the word fall.

That was my first fall.

Let's try this again.

My first fall.

That's a noun.

The act of falling is called a fall.

Now listen for the words Faye uses to describe how she feels.

Learning to ski, I can honestly say, is a bit nerve -wracking but when you learn it properly

and when you have a good instructor it's all worth it it's

so much fun yes I'm just glad I haven't fallen over

yet I'm just glad to talk about your feelings in the present you say I'm

or I am she's happy not to fall over how does she feel about learning to ski.

Learning to ski, I can honestly say, is a bit nerve -wracking.

It's a bit nerve -wracking.

Nerve -wracking means it makes you feel nervous or afraid.

How does she express her curiosity about what might happen?

I am interested in finding out what it is all about.

She says, I am interested.

we can say that we are interested in doing something i am interested in skiing

but if the subject is not a person we use the ing form interesting skiing is interesting but

when you say i am you use the ed form interested

listen for a similar construction here although i'm a I'm a bit unsure about this slope

because I haven't been down this slope before and it's the highest one so far.

But I'm pumped and I just want to get in there and do it.

I'm pumped.

Pumped here is an adjective meaning excited.

Now listen for how she talks about her feelings in the past.

Oh, I was a bit nervous, but I held it in there and just remembered the emergency position

and I think I was pretty sure of myself and I hoped it looked that way.

She was nervous, but she was sure of herself. or was confident.

So, to express feelings, we use the verb to be,

I am, I was, and the adjective.

I am interested.

I was nervous.

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.

Pratique du Shadowing: English Bites - Series 8, Episode 1: Skiing - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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