Pratique du Shadowing: Everyday English: Talk About Your Job | American English Connected Reading - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, let's look at the connected sounds in a short piece where somebody is explaining what kind of job they do.
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Now, this isn't actually my job.
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I just made this up.
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But let's take a look anyway.
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I'm a freelance drone photographer.
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I'm a freelance drone photographer.
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So there's not really any changed sounds here in this first sentence.
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But pay attention to how the sounds connect.
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I'm a free, I'm a freelance drone, drone photographer.
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All of these sounds connect to each other, the vowels and the consonants.
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I'm a freelance drone photographer.
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I own a couple different types of drones and people hire me to get aerial photos for them.
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I own a couple different types of drones.
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I own a couple different types.
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Different types.
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We connect the two T sounds together.
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Different types.
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And look at this.
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I'm not saying different.
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That first E in different is completely removed.
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I'm not saying different types.
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It's just different.
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Different types.
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I own a couple different types of drones.
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Here, of, before the consonant in drones, removes its sound.
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Types a drones.
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Types a drones.
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I own a couple different types of drones.
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And people hire me.
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And people, and people hire me.
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Now this is interesting and usually loosens its sound.
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It's normally an and people right and people but before a sound often turns into a sound.
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So it becomes and people and people hire me and people hire me.
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Now you can only say this if you're speaking quickly.
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As soon as you're speaking slowly, these connected sound rules don't usually apply.
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So if you're speaking slowly, and people hire me, and people.. now suddenly I'm saying every letter in the word,
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but as soon as I start speaking quickly, it's, and people hire me, and people hire me, and people hire me to get.. hire me to get..
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so the word to gets reduced a lot here.
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hire me to get aerial photos.
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So here to get ariel, there's a tap there, to get aerial photos, to get aerial photos.
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Hire me to get aerial photos for them.
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Forum.
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Forum.
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Now I could say for them, both are fine, but here aerial photos forum.
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Forum.
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The important part is that we're taking out the TH in them.
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Aerial photos for them.
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Most of my clients are businesses who want images for an ad campaign.
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Most of my clients, we take out the v in of again, most of my clients, sir, sir, most of my clients are businesses.
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You might have seen sometimes the apostrophe R E spelling of R.
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Most of my clients are businesses.
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You might have seen sometimes the apostrophe R-E spelling of R.
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Most of my clients are businesses.
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Now, in American English, we don't normally write that.
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It's very uncommon to see apostrophe R-E after an ordinary noun like clients, for example.
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But we say it like that.
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Most of my clients are businesses.
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Most of my clients are businesses who want images.
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Who want images.
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Here the T gets completely removed from want.
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Who won images for an ad campaign.
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For an ad campaign.
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Here for turns into fur.
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For an ad campaign.
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Like car dealerships or small farms.
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Like car.
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Like car dealerships.
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Here the K in like and the K in car connect together.
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Like car dealerships or small farms.
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or turns into just er, or small farms.
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I also sometimes do work for developers.
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I also connect these two vowel sounds together.
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I also sometimes, I also sometimes do work for developers.
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Here we're changing for into fur, for developers, for developers, for developers who want images of the land they're thinking about buying,
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who want images.
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And we're going to take out that T after the N before a vowel.
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Who wan images, who wan images of the land they're thinking about buying.
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Of the turns into a the.
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Wan images of the land, of the land there of the land they're thinking about buying
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and this is a series of complicated changes here of the land there
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so when I say land the D disappears and the N connects to the TH
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images of the land they're thinking about buying of the land they're thinking about buying.
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So we have two words here that end in ing, thinking about buying.
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In a lot of fast speech, the ing just turns into in.
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This happens to me if I'm speaking really informally, but if I'm speaking a little bit more formally, like if I'm talking about my job,
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I'll probably keep the ng sound at the end of an ing word thinking about buying instead of thinking about buy-in
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finally the t in about turns into a glottal stop thinking about thinking about about buying
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so whether you're saying ing or just in for the thinking
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and buying words the t in about will always turn into a glottal stop in fast speech.
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I'm a freelance drone photographer.
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I own a couple different types of drones and people hire me to get aerial photos for them.
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Most of my clients are businesses who want images for an ad campaign like car dealerships or small farms.
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I also sometimes do work for developers who want images of the land they're thinking about buying.
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice talking about jobs and professions in English, focusing on the connected sounds often used in everyday conversation. By listening to a simulated introduction about being a freelance drone photographer, you will become more familiar with how native speakers blend their words together, which is crucial for achieving fluency. This practice will help you enhance your IELTS speaking practice skills, enabling you to sound more natural and confident when discussing your own job or profession in conversations.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Freelance - Working independently for various clients instead of being employed by a single organization.
- Drone - An unmanned aircraft that can take photos or videos from the air.
- Aerial photos - Images taken from a high perspective, typically from the sky.
- Hire - To employ someone to work for you or your company.
- Types of drones - Different models and varieties of drones available for use.
- Ad campaign - A planned series of advertisement messages for a specific product or service.
- Clients - People or businesses that hire someone to provide a service.
- Images - Visual representations, such as photos, drawings, or graphics.
Practice Tips
To effectively improve your speaking through shadowing, pay close attention to the speed and tone of the speaker in this video. Here are some tips to help you:
- Shadow Speech: Start by listening to the sentences at normal speed. Once you’re comfortable, begin to repeat them simultaneously with the speaker. This technique, known as shadow speak, enables you to mimic natural speech patterns.
- Simplify Connections: Focus on the interconnected sounds. Notice how phrases like "and people" are pronounced quickly as "an people." To replicate this, practice speeding up your delivery so that you can blend sounds effectively.
- Fast vs. Slow Speech: Recognize that slower speech emphasizes each word clearly, but in natural conversations, words blend. Try alternating between speaking slowly and quickly to master both styles.
- Use YouTube for Reinforcement: To reinforce your learning, watch this lesson multiple times. You can learn effectively with YouTube by pausing and repeating sections that challenge you.
- Record Yourself: After practicing, record your voice. Listen back to assess pronunciation and fluency, helping you fine-tune your skills.
By incorporating these practice techniques into your learning routine, you’ll be well on your way to becoming more fluent in English and improving your speaking abilities for the IELTS speaking practice.
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.