Pratique du Shadowing: This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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This feels like an obvious thing to say, but tanks are expensive, both to buy and to fuel.
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If you want to train someone to drive one, it'd be great if they could learn the basics on a simulator first.
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So in the 1970s, the Swiss Army had the idea to design and build tank simulators.
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But this was well before computer-generated images, they couldn't create a virtual world.
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So instead, they built a wonderful example of 70s analog technology.
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The view screen in that box is connected to a real camera and a real miniature landscape through there.
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In the past, thousands and thousands of tank drivers trained on machines like that.
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There's now only one simulator left in the world, and it's in the Swiss Military Museum about an hour north of Zurich.
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And tourists can try it.
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There existed in the past 12 simulators for different type of tanks.
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It's very accurate for teaching the basics and teaching where to go with the hand and with the feet.
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Put that over your head, and then, because in a normal tank it's too loud with the motor noises, we have a special microphone that goes around exactly the throat mic.
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So this goes on like...
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Yes.
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Oh, that is...
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Okay, that's interesting.
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Yep, okay.
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That's it.
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Okay.
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Looks good.
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Let's let's drive a tank.
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Yeah, I wish you a good drive.
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Thank you.
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Wow, okay.
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All right, so...
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So I'm gonna start the hydraulics.
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Yep.
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Oh boy, okay.
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Okay.
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Haha.
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Sounds good.
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Now you can start the main motor.
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Starting the main motor.
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Very well, sounds good.
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Fucking brake is off.
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Okay.
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Should probably be on the right hand side of the road I guess.
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Umm, you can drive in the middle.
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I'm in a tank.
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It's a tank.
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What am I gonna do?
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Alright.
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Yeah, sure.
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You can go into fourth gear.
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Fourth gear.
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Oh!
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Okay, I'm gonna sit a little bit more forward so I don't hit the back of my head when that happens.
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That's the only one of the Type 68 tank that's remaining and we managed to get it running here.
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It took roughly about one and a half, two years.
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We had to really go into it from ground up.
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It was very difficult, not for everything, but mostly for the electrical and electronic parts,
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because it's all tech, it's not like you can go to any supermarket and buy it.
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Fifth gear?
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Fifth gear.
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I need to sit forward.
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This feels very fast now, all of a sudden.
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There is something about the analog miniature model.
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Like not only close up to make sure, but when the trees are in the distance, this is really convincing.
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There is a memory function on the computer module which on base of this X and Y axis says you're here,
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you're on gravel, you're on snow, you're on normal earth, you're on road and something like that.
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If you're driving 2, 3, the feet where the camera sits on just moves up
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and it's like you're having a panoramic ride right above our model with a helicopter.
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Okay, we can go ahead.
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Oh, I am good.
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Yeah, I've definitely...
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No worries, left gear.
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Right, right, right, right.
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Fifth gear, fifth gear.
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Fifth gear, fifth gear.
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Was that being right from the camera?
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The foot where you're driving on, like it's kind of a metal slide.
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If that moves a tiny bit, for instance, if there's some contact with it and it moves, for instance, I need to go up to go over that.
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It will notice that and signalize the cabin that you're moving over something.
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The camera is original, the foot is original, the whole model is original, everything except for the computer part is original.
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But it was too old and you don't find parts easily for that, so we have to rebuild it on Raspberry Pi.
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You can go into fourth gear again if you're comfortable.
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Yeah.
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Every time!
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We should say, of course, this is a bit of fun for tourists now, but this was a serious training game.
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Like, if you actually have to drive around a tank in wartime, it's a very, very different experience to this.
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It is really dangerous what you do.
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Here is a game.
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It's like a game.
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This job is not a game.
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Thank you very much.
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You're welcome.
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How do I get out of here?

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : gear, tank, fifth, drive, simulator. Cette vidéo contient 87 phrases et 740 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:31. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 164 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 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 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
simulator nom/ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtɚ/simulateur
miniature nom/ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/miniature
analog adjectif/ˈænəlɔɡ/analogique
hydraulics nom/haɪˈdɹɔːlɪks/hydraulique
panoramic adjectif/ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/panoramique
wartime nom/ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/temps de guerre
gravel nom/ˈɡɹævəl/graviers, gravillons
microphone nom/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/microphone
supermarket nom/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermarché
module nom/ˈmɑd͡ʒul/module
rebuild verbe/ɹiːˈbɪld/reconstruire
axis nom/ˈæksɪs/axe
helicopter nom/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/hélicoptère
cabin nom/ˈkæbɪn/cabane
generate verbe/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/générer

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
go ahead verbe/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/vas-y, allez-y

Des phrases à répéter

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

  • Let's let's drive a tank.
  • What am I gonna do?
  • How do I get out of here?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

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

StructureDans la vidéo
Conseil avec « should » should + verbe — dire ce qu’il vaut mieux faireShould probably be · should say
Obligation : must / have to / need to dire qu’une chose est nécessairehad to really · need to sit · need to go
Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce momentyou're driving · you're having · you're moving
Futur avec « going to » be going to + verbe — un projet ou ce que l’on voit venirgonna start · gonna do · gonna sit

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 22 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, gonna, I'm. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: simulator /ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtɚ/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/, panoramic /ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/

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. Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme simulator, miniature, analog.

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