Pratique du Shadowing: English in a Minute: The Third Degree - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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A third degree burn requires medical attention.
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But is this what Anna and Dan are talking about when they say the third degree?
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Hey, I'm headed to the lunch meeting.
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You want to walk with me?
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Um, no thanks.
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I'm busy doing other things far away with other people people.
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What are you doing?
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Where are you going?
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Who are you meeting?
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Dan, stop with a third degree.
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If you don't want so many questions, I need answers.
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A third degree is a long and intense period of questioning.
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We usually call it THE third degree.
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It is what police officers do to get information or even a confession from a suspect.
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And that's English in a Minute.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: The Third Degree”. This video has 16 sentences and 124 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:53. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 5 of its 16 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
intense adjective/ɪnˈtɛns/Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
confession noun/kənˈfɛʃən/The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
lunch noun/lʌnt͡ʃ/A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
burn verb/bɝn/To cause to be consumed by fire.
suspect verb/səˈspɛkt/To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
degree noun/dɪˈɡɹiː/A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.
welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
require verb/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Hey, I'm headed to the lunch meeting.
  • You want to walk with me?
  • What are you doing?
  • Where are you going?
  • Who are you meeting?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like intense, confession, lunch.

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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