Pratique du Shadowing: THB that the Monarchy Died with the Queen - Hugo Vickers - Opp - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Well, Madam President, I know it's been said before,
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this motion, this house believes that the monarchy died with the Queen.
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Well, it's an easy motion to refute because quite obviously, it did not end with the Queen.
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And when the Queen died in September 2022, she was immediately succeeded by Prince Charles as King Charles III.
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And nearly four years on, he's very much in place and he will remain so.
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I wish I could sympathize with the proposers of the motion
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and wonder to what extent they really believe some of the things that they're saying.
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I also wanted to say that when I saw this debate advertised, I did what one should never do.
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I looked at the comments.
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Usually, these are negative as people sound off.
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Most back the survival of the monarchy as of supreme importance.
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Some even questioned why this honorable institution should consider debating such a case.
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Interesting points were made.
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The 3,000 charities that profited from the monarchy, the importance of continuity.
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One said, and I agree, the monarchy is woven into the fabric of the country and is a source of national pride.
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Another, that continuity is not stagnation, that tradition is not weakness.
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Now, if this were a court of law, I would take the stance that there is no case to answer.
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But you very kindly invited me here to hear my opinion, and I think it would be rather churlish of me not to give it to you.
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I think, I hope you will find that my reasoning is calm and reasoned and not a lot of shouting and yelling,
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as we have heard, or indeed, the autobiography of the previous speaker and her various allegations against the family.
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Now, the monarchy has weathered the turbulence that toppled many European crowns, particularly after the First World War.
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You will find few people in this land who admire the late queen less than I do.
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Indeed, I've just published a 600-page biography of her, which has been hailed as a love story
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and I cannot think of a reign in history in
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which I would have preferred to live under any economic or political circumstances.
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But the great thing is that there was a very smooth transition from the Queen to King Charles, and despite illness and fractures within the family,
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he has performed and continues to perform an admirable job.
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I have a feeling that many times in history, negative elements in the population have predicted the end of the monarchy, but it does not happen.
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Over the centuries, the monarchy has evolved from a position where the king was
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all powerful to a point where the monarch is a constitutional head of state above the political fray,
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and as such can be respected by people of different political persuasions.
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This is effective.
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His powers were curbed in many ways by things like the Bill of Rights, and by voluntarily surrendering these powers, we reach the current situation,
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a constitutional head of state serving our nation.
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When I concede that you might not invent a monarchy for a new country, since we have one, we are very lucky.
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The system works.
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King George V used to quote Pericles on the greatness of Athens.
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We are happy in a form of government which cannot envy the laws of our neighbors, for it has served as a model for others, but is original in ourselves.
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That applies to us, he used to say, and it applies today.
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The monarch arrives by hereditary right.
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The present king did not climb the slippery pole of politics to get where he is.
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He arrived there by being his mother's son.
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Therefore, we have known him since he was a baby photographed by Cecil Beaton, a young man of subtle humor, interviewed by Jack D'Amanio.
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We've watched him grow up, and of prime importance, we know that he is there to represent the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
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He's not there for for his own advantage, so we can trust him to be completely on the side of Britain.
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And incidentally, what is interesting about the coronation is
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that it affirms in a very strong way the fact that the king is there to serve, not to be served.
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It is all about the denial of self.
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We saw a supreme example of this last month in Washington.
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There were many dissenting voices saying he should not go on his state visit to Trump.
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I was not one of them.
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I realized that he was the ideal person to pour oil on troubled waters, indeed the only one who could.
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He and Prince William are about the only people in Britain that President Trump respects.
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Only the King could have delivered such a magnificent and thought-provoking speech to Congress, which everyone has greatly admired.
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An example of what is mentioned in the brief, his deft diplomatic prowess on the world stage.
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I know that the team opposite are trotting out anti-monarchical sentiments.
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They must have fun being on the attack and attempting to destroy the best elements in our constitution.
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I won't respond with the usual boring defenses about the tedium of elected heads of state,
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but I will say that monarchy is one of the great safeguards against dictatorship,
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partly because power may in theory be invested in the king, but he cannot and will not use it.
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No bill submitted to parliament becomes an act until he signs it.
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This means that a lot of people see it along the way.
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He is therefore an important safeguard in the constitution.
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There's also a major difference between the king and his prime minister.
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If the prime minister gives him formal advice as to how to act, he must and will take it.
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But if the king advises the prime minister on a point, he's not obliged to take it, though he would do well to listen since the king has been around a long time,
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and his advice is likely to be sound.
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That is a rather subtle distinction, but it is valuable.
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The final argument for the king is this.
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What country in the world would not want to have a head of state like ours, a man trained for the job since birth, totally on the side of Britain,
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removed from the political fray, a diplomat and ambassador for our country to represent us at home and abroad.
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Look at the heads of state that other countries produce, men like Armin, Abote, Bokassa,
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Makarios, Ceausescu, and even, dare I say it, Trump.
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Be careful trying to destroy the safeguards to our nation's stability.
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Remember what Churchill said, A nation may last a thousand years.
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An hour can lay it in the dust.
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Madam President, I'm sorry to disappoint the team opposite.
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There is no appetite in this country to say that the monarchy has ended or that it should end.
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And I have no hesitation in opposing the motion.
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Thank you.

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Cette vidéo contient 80 phrases et 1170 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:03. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 166 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 83 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.

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MotPrononciationSens
monarchy nom/ˈmɑnɚki/monarchie
safeguard verbe/ˈseɪfɡɑːd/protéger
element nom/ˈɛləmənt/élément
arrive verbe/əˈɹaɪv/arriver
admire verbe/ədˈmaɪɹ/admirer
continuity nom/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/continuité
monarch nom/ˈmɑnɚk/monarque
extent nom/ɪkˈstɛnt/mesure
transition nom/tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/transition
charity nom/ˈtʃæɹɪti/charité
formal adjectif/ˈfɔɹməl/formel, soutenu
ideal adjectif/aɪˈdi(ə)l/idéal
dust nom/dʌst/poussière
illness nom/ˈɪl.nəs/maladie
institution nom/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/institution

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Le locuteur utilise 5 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, I've, they're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: constitutional /ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n.(ə)l/, transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: constitutional /ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n.(ə)l/, continuity /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, ambassador /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/

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Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantit's been said · have heard · has weathered
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitbeen said · was immediately succeeded · were made
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une choseher, which has · one who could

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