Pratique du Shadowing: Why Do Animals Have Tails? - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Hey, Squeaks!
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Look what we have here!
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We just got an awesome question from one of our viewers.
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They want to know, why do animals have tails?
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That's such a great question!
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Lots of animals have tails!
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Yes, including rats, Squeaks!
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But humans don't!
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Personally, I'm pretty glad we don't have tails.
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Can you imagine trying to sit in class at school with the tail getting in the way all
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But the real reason other animals have tails is that they need them and we don't.
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I bet you could even guess what some animals use their tails for.
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When you think of an animal with a tail, what's the first one that comes to mind?
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A dog!
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That's a great one, Squeaks!
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Maybe you have a dog in your family, or you know someone who does, and I bet you've seen that dog wag their tail a lot.
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When dogs wag their tails, that's often because they're happy or excited.
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Since they can't talk using words, their tails do the talking for them.
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And if you see a dog with their tail lowered between their legs, that might mean they're scared.
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So that's one reason some animals have tails, to help show what they're feeling.
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Can you think of any other animals that have tails?
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Maybe one you'd see on a farm?
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Yeah, horses have tails, too!
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Sometimes horses use their tails to communicate like dogs do, but their tails are also useful for something else, flicking away at all those pesky flies buzzing around them.
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Some other animals, like cows, do the same thing.
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That's true, Squeaks!
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There's another very important example that we haven't talked about yet.
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Rats.
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Rats mainly use their tails for a different reason, to help them balance.
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You know how sometimes if you're walking along the edge of a curb
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and you start to feel like you might lose your balance, you can throw your arms out to the side like this and keep yourself from falling over?
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Well, rats and lots of other animals use their tails in the same way.
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If they're climbing something really high or narrow, where they might fall, they can stretch out their tail to help keep their balance, just like you stretch out your arms.
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Cats use their tails for balance, too, which is really important for them because they jump very high.
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Some animals, like monkeys, can actually use their tails almost like an extra hand.
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A monkey's tail helps them balance, but they can also use it to hang on to the tree branches and swing.
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I know, it would be so much fun!
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It'd be like having a swing set wherever you go.
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So whether they're using their tails to communicate, flick away bugs, or balance, tails are really important for lots of animals.
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And there are plenty of other ways animals use their tails that we haven't even talked about.
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But humans don't have a tail at all, because we don't need one for any of those reasons.
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We have other ways to show what we're thinking or feeling, like by talking, or even just using our faces to smile or frown.
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If bugs bother us, we can swat them away with our hands!
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And since we walk on two legs, we don't need a tail to help us balance.
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We can use our arms for that, like when you're walking on the edge of a curb.
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So even though tails are really helpful for lots of other animals, For us humans, they would mostly just get in the way.
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Thanks for asking such a good question!
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Do you have more questions about animals, or the human body, or anything else?
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Ask a grown-up to help you leave a comment down below, or send us an email to kids at scishow.com.
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Thanks, and we'll see you next time here at the Fort!
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette vidéo contient 50 phrases et 652 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:20. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 196 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 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
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| tail nom | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | queue |
| rat nom | /ɹæt/ | rat, souris |
| stretch verbe | /stɹɛt͡ʃ/ | étirer, étendre |
| swing verbe | /ˈswɪŋ/ | osciller, se balancer |
| bug nom | /bʌɡ/ | punaise |
| communicate verbe | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | communiquer |
| curb nom | /kɝb/ | bordure, bordure du trottoir |
| helpful adjectif | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | utile, serviable |
| bother verbe | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | bâdrer, déranger |
| narrow adjectif | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | étroit |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | où, là où |
| climb verbe | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | grimper, monter |
| cow nom | /kaʊ/ | vache |
| monkey nom | /ˈmʌŋki/ | singe, guenon |
| scare verbe | /skɛɚ/ | effrayer |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 22 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, they're, haven't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme tail, rat, stretch.
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | you've seen · haven't talked · haven't even talked |
| Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose | someone who does · too, which is |
| Possibilité avec « might / may » might/may + verbe — quelque chose de possible mais pas certain | might mean · might lose · might fall |
| Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce moment | you're walking · they're climbing · they're using |
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.