Pratique du Shadowing: Real British English conversation practice , Going out to town (B1–C1) - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Listen to this everyday English conversation that took place in my home.
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Don't worry if you don't understand everything.
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For now, just listen.
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Hi, I'm Steve.
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Let's do this.
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Right, I'm nipping out.
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Do you need anything?
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Where are you off to?
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Post office first I've got a parcel to send.
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What sort of parcel?
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It's that bag I flogged on eBay.
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How much did you get?
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Only 30 quid but better than chucking it.
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Too right.
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What are we doing for lunch?
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Probably just get a slice from Gregg's.
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I could just go at Gregg's.
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Never mind, I'll make cheese on toast or something.
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Make yourself something proper.
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Honestly, you're going to end up looking like cheese on toast.
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What time will you be back?
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Well, I need to drop some stuff off at the charity shop.
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It's been sitting in the hall for a fortnight.
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Is it all that bric -a -brac?
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Yes, with the move I thought I'd have a clear out.
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While you're there, ask if they want DVDs.
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There's a load in the spare room.
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I can ask, but I'm not sure they take them anymore.
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Give it a whirl.
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Are you going near the iPad repair place? Can do.
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Hang on.
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Here you go.
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It keeps freezing.
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What if they say it can't be fixed?
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In that case, don't try anywhere else.
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Just bring it back.
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Your birthday's soon, so if they can't sort it, maybe you could ask for a new one.
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That's a good call.
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Are you going to pop into the estate agents?
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Defo, it's on my list.
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We're moving in in a fortnight and we still haven't got the keys.
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Shocking.
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Give them down the banks.
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I'll pick up some lamb chops for tea as well.
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Nice one.
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I'll go to that nice butcher's by the station.
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Smashing.
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Take care and I'll see you later.
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See you in a bit.
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Now we're going to go through that conversation in detail, looking at what was said and why.
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If you haven't already got it, then you can download the free guide to this video by clicking the link in the description.
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Stay to the end and you'll get a chance to improve your fast, natural speaking by taking part yourself.
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First, you heard...
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Right, I'm nipping out.
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Do you need anything?
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To nip somewhere means to go there quickly.
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It suggests a short trip.
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I'm nipping to the shops.
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I'll just nip upstairs.
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Can you nip out and get some milk?
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It's very common and very British.
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You hear it all the time in everyday conversations across the UK.
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I asked what was in the parcel she was posting and she replied, it's that bag I flogged on eBay.
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This is a British slang word, vlog.
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It means to sell something.
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Use it like this.
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I got a new bike so I'm flogging my old one.
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When I asked what she got for the bag, Sarah said, only 30 quid but better than chucking it.
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Two things here.
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Quid is British slang for pounds.
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One quid is one pound.
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30 quid is 30 pounds.
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Never changes.
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You never say quids.
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It's just quid.
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And to chuck means to throw something away.
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To get rid of it.
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Put the two together and Sarah is saying that 30 pounds isn't much, but it's better than throwing it in the bin.
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I replied, too right.
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This is a very English way of saying absolutely or you're completely correct.
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Strong agreement without hesitation.
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That film was brilliant.
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Too right.
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The weather was awful.
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Too right.
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You try.
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Have you subscribed to my channel?
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Too right.
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Sarah said she was going to the most famous chain of bakeries in the UK.
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Greggs.
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Probably just get a slice from Greggs.
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This is a slice, although Greggs are most famous for their sausage rolls.
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We'll see it in Greggs in another video.
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And I replied, I could just go a Greggs.
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Never mind.
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If you could just go something, it means that you would be really happy if you got it.
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For example, I could just go a holiday or I could go a cup of tea.
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Next, you heard me shorten, what time will you be back to?
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What time will you be back?
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What time will you be back?
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This is an example of why English people sound fast when they talk.
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It's this squashing together of words.
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You try.
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This will will become thistle.
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Life will becomes life -le.
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And it will becomes it -tle.
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Next, you heard she was going to a charity shop, which is a shop where people give things for free
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and then the shop sells them and gives the money to a charity or a good cause.
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What she was giving was...
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Is it all that bric -a -brac?
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This is another way of saying bits and bobs or odds and sods.
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Small objects for your home.
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You often find them in charity shops.
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Next, you heard something that is true for me at the moment.
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Yes, with the move, I thought I'd have a clear out.
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When you hear someone talking about the move, it almost always means either moving from home or moving their place of work.
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And before moving, you often have a clear out, which means getting rid of things that you don't use anymore, like bric -a -brac.
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Next, you heard me say, Give it a whirl.
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To give something a whirl means to give it a try, to have a go at something, even if you're not sure it'll work.
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I've never tried karaoke, but I'll give it a whirl.
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When I asked about the estate agents, which are people who sell houses, she said, Defo, it's on my list.
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Defo is short for definitely.
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You'll hear this a lot in casual conversations, especially among British speakers.
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Do you fancy some tea?
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Defo.
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It's informal, so you defo wouldn't use it in a job interview.
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But in everyday chat, it's completely natural.
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Are you sure?
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Defo.
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Because we were moving in a fortnight, which is how people say two weeks, and the estate agent hadn't given us the keys,
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you heard me say, shocking, give them down the banks.
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Give them down the banks is telling someone to shout and put pressure on them.
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If someone isn't doing what they're supposed to, you give them down the banks.
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I was late and my boss gave me down the banks.
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Now it's your turn to really improve your English conversation skills by taking part yourself.
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Your words will appear on screen as you need them and for the best results, speak out loud.
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Where are you off to?
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What sort of parcel?
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How much did you get?
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Too right.
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What are we doing for lunch?
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I could just go at Greggs.
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Never mind.
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I'll make cheese on toast or something.
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What time will you be back?
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Is it all that bric -a -brac?
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While you're there, ask if they want DVDs.
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There's a load in the spare room.
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Give it a whirl.
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Are you going near the iPad repair place?
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Hang on, here you go, it keeps freezing.
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In that case, don't try anywhere else, just bring it back.
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That's a good call.
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Are you going to pop into the estate agents?
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Shocking.
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Give them down the banks.
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Smashing.
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Take care and I'll see you later.
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Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « Real British English conversation practice , Going out to town ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : quid, defo, Greggs, banks, conversation. Cette vidéo contient 160 phrases et 1254 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 11:18. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 111 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 83 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer. 27 de ses 160 phrases sont des questions : un bon entraînement pour l’intonation interrogative et les réponses courtes.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
charity nom/ˈtʃæɹɪti/charité
parcel nom/ˈpɑɹsəl/colis, paquet
everyday adjectif/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/usuel
shock nom/ʃɔk/choc
slice nom/slaɪs/tranche, tronçon
toast nom/toʊst/pain grillé, toast
repair verbe/ˈɹiːpɛɚ/réparer
spare adjectif/spɛɚ/rechange
freeze verbe/ˈfɹiːz/geler, glacer
smash verbe/smæʃ/fracasser
awful adjectif/ˈɔːfʊl/affreux, horrible
odd adjectif/ɑd/bizarre, étrange
skill nom/skɪl/habileté, compétence
casual adjectif/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/fortuit, accidentel
shout verbe/ʃaʊt/crier

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
end up verbese terminer, se finir
go through verbetraverser
pick up verbesoulever
speak out verbese prononcer, s'affirmer

Des phrases à répéter

Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :

  • Where are you off to?
  • How much did you get?
  • What are we doing for lunch?
  • What time will you be back?
  • Are you going near the iPad repair place?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

StructureDans la vidéo
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une choseshop, which is · out, which means · agents, which are
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantHave you subscribed · I've never tried
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitcan't be fixed · was said

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 44 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 »: shock /ʃɔk/, smash /smæʃ/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, shout /ʃaʊt/, squash /skwɔʃ/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, whirl /(h)wɝl/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: charity /ˈtʃæɹɪti/, chuck /t͡ʃʌk/, sausage /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/, chop /t͡ʃɑp/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: charity /ˈtʃæɹɪti/, parcel /ˈpɑɹsəl/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, repair /ˈɹiːpɛɚ/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/

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 charity, parcel, everyday.

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