Pratique du Shadowing: How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English! - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Well, hello and welcome to this ultra casual, super relaxed English lesson.
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And if you're wondering why it's ultra relaxed, super casual, it's because today is a holiday.
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So in this English lesson, I want to teach you some words and phrases we use when we're talking about a holiday or a day off.
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The first phrase I want to teach you is long weekend.
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Right now it is a long weekend in my part of Canada, and it is a long weekend because instead of Saturday and Sunday off, I actually have three days off from work.
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Now a long weekend can apply to school or work, it doesn't matter which.
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But it's definitely a long weekend here in my part of Canada.
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So a long weekend, three days instead of two for the weekend.
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But you might be wondering, does a long weekend include the Friday off or the Monday off?
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When we use the word off after a day, it means you don't have to go to work and, and you don't have to go to school.
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So this particular long weekend I had Monday off, I have today off.
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By the way, I'm recording this on Monday.
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You're probably watching this on a Tuesday where, I'm back at work on Tuesday.
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Anyways, so when someone has a long weekend, you can ask them, do you have Friday off or do you have Monday off?
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And you could even put the in front.
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You could say, do you have the Friday off or the Monday off for your upcoming long weekend?
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So in my case I had the Monday off, which is today, and it was wonderful.
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I spent most of the day relaxing and half of the day mowing lawn, which for me is a little bit more fun than work because I get to drive my riding mower when I do it.
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So it's a long weekend.
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Three days off.
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I had Monday off.
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There are other weekends, long weekends where you have Friday off.
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And again with a normal weekend, you just have Saturday or Sunday.
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But every once in a while during the school year or during the work year, for some people, there's a really special weekend called the four day weekend.
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And a four day weekend, as you might have guessed, you get the Friday off and you get the Monday off.
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They are rare.
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For me, I think I only get one or two a year where I have a four day weekend.
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And they are wonderful.
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Some people might create their own four day weekend if they know there's a long weekend coming up.
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They might ask for a personal day or they might ask for a day off on the Monday or Friday.
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So if they get the Friday off, they might ask the boss if they can have the Monday off as well.
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And they'll make their very own four day weekend.
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So they can ask for a personal day, which is a day where you can take off work and do whatever you want.
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Or they might just ask for a day off and if the boss is nice, they will say yes.
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So four day weekends, either you get one for real or sometimes you can make your own.
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So why am I doing this short lesson today?
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I'm doing this short lesson because I felt like taking the week off and not doing a lesson.
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But when I looked back over the year, I realized that I've taken some time off this year already and it was a nice day.
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I got all my work done early on my day off.
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I had a few extra minutes to spare.
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I thought, why don't I just go sit outside?
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I, I just mowed lawn, had a shower.
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I'm all cleaned up and relaxed.
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It's a beautiful day out here.
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I thought I would sit down and make an English lesson for you.
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So a few words and phrases that you can use to talk about the weekend, the long weekend, days off, personal days, asking for a day off and all of those things.
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Anyways, thanks for watching.
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You guys are awesome.
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Thank you so much for helping make this channel very successful.
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And I will continue to help with the success of by continuing to make English lessons for you.
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Bye. Have a good week.
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I'll see you Friday with a live lesson.
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If you haven't gone to one of those, you should.
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I'll see you Wednesday with a Wednesdays with Bob if you're a member.
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I'll also see you Wednesday on my other channel if you watch Bob's Short English lessons, because there's a video there.
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And what else?
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I think that's everything.
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And then I'll see you next week with another English lesson like this. Again, you guys are all awesome.
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Have a great week.
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Bye. Sa.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « How to Talk about a Long Weekend in English! ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : weekend, lesson, Monday, Friday, English. Cette vidéo contient 60 phrases et 825 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:04. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 203 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 86 % 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 12 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| lesson nom | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | leçon |
| relax verbe | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relâcher |
| phrase nom | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | expression |
| casual adjectif | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | fortuit, accidentel |
| lawn nom | /lɔːn/ | gazon, pelouse |
| upcoming adjectif | à venir, prochain | |
| spare adjectif | /spɛɚ/ | rechange |
| mow verbe | /ˈmoʊ/ | couper l'herbe, faucher |
| mower nom | /ˈmoʊ.ɚ/ | faucheuse |
| teach verbe | /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ | apprendre, enseigner |
| holiday nom | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | fête |
| shower nom | /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/ | averse, ondée |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| clean up verbe | nettoyer |
| come up verbe | se montrer, sortir du bois |
| sit down verbe | s'asseoir |
| take off verbe | enlever, ôter |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | I've taken · haven't gone |
| Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose | off, which is · day, which is |
| Possibilité avec « might / may » might/may + verbe — quelque chose de possible mais pas certain | might be · might have · might create |
| Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédiction | they'll make · will say · will continue |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 19 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'll, I'm, don't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, shower /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, ultra /ˈʌltɹə/
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 lesson, relax, phrase.
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.