Pratique du Shadowing: Middlemarch by George Eliot | Brief Plot Summary - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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In the introduction of Middlemarch,
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the novel's omniscient narrator, who's wise, empathetic, and clear-sighted, takes time to comment on the action of the story and its meaning,
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as well as comment on how epic life is not possible in modern times.
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In The Rising Action, Dorothea Brooke, an ardent and religious young woman who aspires to lead an epic life, is being courted by a handsome baronet, Sir James.
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But she chooses instead a middle-aged clergyman,
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Edward Cazabon, because she thinks he has a great mind and will broaden her intellectual and spiritual horizons.
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Cazabon has been compiling notes for 30 years for a treatise he called the key to all mythologies.
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Essentially, he's a failed scholar and writer.
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Will Ladislaw, a student and Casabon's cousin, falls in love with Dorothea.
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He comes to Middlemarch to work for Mr. Brooke.
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Meanwhile, Fred Vinci does not inherit the wealthy Featherstone's money.
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Casabon has a bad heart, and after an emotional scene with Dorothea, he has a heart attack.
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Not long after, he dies, having left a codicil to his will, saying that if Dorothea ever marries Ladislaw, she will lose Casabon's wealth and estate.
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A secondary protagonist, Tertius Lydgate, a gifted doctor who comes to Middlemarch hoping to participate in medical reform and make an important scientific discovery,
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falls for the beautiful and charming narcissist, Rosamund Vinci, who marries him to move up the social ladder.
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The shady character Raffles arrives in Middlemarch, lurking around Mr. Bolstrode, a powerful evangelical Christian,
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philanthropist, banker, and the paternal uncle of Lydgate's wife, threatening to reveal the man's dark family secrets.
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It turns out Bolstrode made his first fortune by snatching the inheritance of the heirs of his first wife, who is now deceased.
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Lydgate, as a result of his marriage, teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
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In the climax of the novel, Raffles gets sick because of his drinking and is taken to Stone Court, a property Bolstrode recently bought.
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Raffles is suffering from alcohol poisoning, and when Bolstrode doesn't follow Lydgate's treatment orders, he passively kills the patient.
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In the following action, the town finds out about Bolstrode's disreputable past.
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Lydgate is under suspicion of taking a bribe.
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Dorothea defends Lydgate.
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Rosamond clarifies a mix-up of whether or not Will loves her.
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Dorothea and Will determine to defy the codicil.
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In the resolution, Dorothea and Will marry, and Fred marries lower-class Mary Garth, whom he's always loved.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette vidéo contient 28 phrases et 410 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 2:49. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 146 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 69 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

15 mots moins courants de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

  • marry /ˈmæɹi/ (verbe) — se marier, épouser. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • epic /ˈɛp.ɪk/ (nom) — épopée. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  • meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ (adverbe) — pendant ce temps-là, entretemps. During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (verbe) — défendre. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ (nom) — découverte. Something discovered.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verbe) — souffrir. To undergo hardship.
  • uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ (nom) — oncle, tonton. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
  • reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (verbe) — révéler. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  • essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ (adverbe) — essentiellement, en essence. In essence: by nature.
  • participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ (verbe) — participer (à), prendre part. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
  • cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (nom) — cousin, cousine. Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
  • spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ (adjectif) — spirituel. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
  • arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (verbe) — arriver. To reach; to get to a certain place.
  • fortune /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ (nom) — destin. Destiny, especially favorable.
  • intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ (adjectif) — intellectuel. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

  • fall for (verbe) — tomber dans le piège, tomber dans le panneau. To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
  • turn out (verbe) — se finir, se terminer. To end up; to result.

Prononciation à surveiller

  • Les sons « th »: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, mythology /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, shady /ˈʃeɪdi/, omniscient /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/, inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

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 marry, epic, meanwhile.

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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