Pratique du Shadowing: The piano man Chapter 4 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Chapter 4 The Music How can I play music without leader?
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Music was my life.
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Now it is my death.
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The sound of one note on the piano goes through me like a knife.
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Oh, why did I swim to land?
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Why didn't the sea take me down, down, down, to sleep the long sleep?
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The next morning, Avril took her patient into the sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, but he did not touch the keys.
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His face was closed.
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His eyes saw nothing.
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You're a long way away, Mr. Piano Man, Avril said to him smiling.
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Where are you now?
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Are you thinking about your home, about your family?
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No answer.
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Avril took some photographs out of her bag.
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Would you like to see some photos of my family, Mr. Piano Man?
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She said.
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Look, here's my husband, Jerry.
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I told you about him yesterday.
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And this is my son, Ryan.
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He's 16 now.
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He's a big boy, taller than me.
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He loves playing football.
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And this is my daughter, Mary.
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She's 14.
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She loves music.
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She listens to it all the time.
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One by one, she gave the photos to the piano man.
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He looked at them, and then gave them back to her.
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Oh, here is one to show you.
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This is Mary when she was little.
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About eight, I think.
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She's having a piano lesson.
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But she stopped lessons after two years. So sad.
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I love listening to piano music.
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The piano man held the photo of Mary and looked at it for a long minute.
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His face did not change, but suddenly he put the photo down,
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turned round to the piano, and began to play.
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It was a happy piece of music, light and easy.
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Avril laughed.
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Oh, how wonderful.
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I know that.
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My Mary played that piece.
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Well, she didn't really play it, but she tried to learn it.
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You play it so well.
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The piano man stopped playing.
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Avril watched him.
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Can you play some more music for us? she asked.
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She looked round the sitting room.
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There was another patient, sitting at the back of the room.
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This was Doris, a very old lady.
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Sometimes Doris remembered things, sometimes she didn't.
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I think Doris is enjoying your music, Avril said.
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The piano man looked round.
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Doris nodded and smiled at him.
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The piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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This was a very different piece of music, fast and exciting, full of color and life.
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The piano man's eyes were closed.
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His body moved to the music, and his fingers danced over the keys.
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Avril watched his hands.
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You're a musician, aren't you?
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She said.
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A pianist.
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All that day, the piano man was in and out of the sitting room.
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Sometimes he just sat at the piano.
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Sometimes he played fast, exciting music, slow, sad music.
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Then he went back to his room and lay on his bed, with his hands over his head.
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Then back to the piano again.
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dr. Sansom came to listen to him you're right Avril he
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said he's a wonderful musician the music is talking through him there's a change coming leave him alone and wait
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late in the afternoon the piano man went to the piano again and began to play a new piece of music
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It was slow, very beautiful music, like a song.
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Avril sat with him for a time, then stood up.
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Don't stop, she whispered.
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I must see another patient for a few minutes, back soon.
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She went quietly out of the room.
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Doris was still in her usual chair at the back of the room, smiling and nodding to the music.
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Avril was with the other patient for ten minutes, then went back to the sitting room.
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She heard Doris's voice.
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Nurse?
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Nurse?
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Come quick!
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What is it, Doris?
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What's the matter?
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Look, said Doris.
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He's crying, poor boy.
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The piano man sat at the piano, with his face in his hands.
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Tears ran between his fingers and down the backs of his hands.
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Poor boy, said Doris.
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Poor boy.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, all right, Doris, Avril said.
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I'm here now.
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She put her hand very gently on the piano man's arm.
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He wants a cup of tea, said Doris loudly.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, you're right, Avril said.
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She went quickly to the nurse's kitchen and came back with a large, hot mug of tea.
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Gently, she took the piano man's hands away from his face and gave him the mug of tea.
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There, she said, drink some tea.
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Tea always helps.
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The piano man's hands closed around the hot mug.
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He looked up into Avril's face.
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Spasiba, he whispered.
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Before she went home, Avril went to the computer in the nurse's room.
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Now, what was that word?
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She thought.
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Spas something.
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Spasi.
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She tried the spelling, spas-see-ba, and Google found the word for her at once.
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Spas-eba was thank you in Russian.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « The piano man Chapter 4 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : piano, Avril, Doris, boy, tea. Cette vidéo contient 113 phrases et 834 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 8:16. Le locuteur parle lentement, environ 101 mots par minute, ce qui laisse le temps d’imiter chaque son. 85 % 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 11 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
piano nom/piˈænɪː/piano
spa nom/ˈspɑ/ville d'eau, spa
excite verbe/ɪkˈsaɪt/exciter
nod verbe/nɑd/dodeliner, hocher
musician nom/mjuˈzɪʃən/musicien, musicienne
pianist nom/ˈpi.ənɪst/pianiste
loudly adverbe/ˈlaʊdli/fort, à voix haute
spelling nom/ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/orthographe
quietly adverbe/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/paisablement, tranquillement
swim verbe/swɪm/nager
photograph nom/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/photographie, photo

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotSens
go through verbetraverser
hand over verberemettre, donner
stand up verbese lever, se mettre debout

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • Where are you now?
  • Are you thinking about your home, about your family?
  • He's a big boy, taller than me.
  • Can you play some more music for us?
  • You're a musician, aren't you?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitwas closed · were closed
Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ingloves playing · love listening · stopped playing
Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce momentis enjoying · is talking

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 10 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, didn't, aren't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

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 piano, spa, excite.

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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