Pratique du Shadowing: Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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My name is Sophie and I live on the island of Maui.
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The perfect place to go surfing, hiking, go to the beach every day.
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And that's exactly how I should be spending my time, right?
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Actually, my day-to-day looks quite different.
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I'm a proud homebody, and it brings me
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so much joy to have a whole day to get lost in a good book, tend to my little patio garden,
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or dive into one of my hobbies.
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Every day looks more or less the same.
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Nevertheless, it's full of meaning and made of little moments of happiness.
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importantly, this ordinary boring life is what fulfills me.
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I mean, I'm the first to admit that I feel
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so blessed to live in this beautiful place and I can go see the ocean whenever I want to, but for the majority of us,
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including myself, we spend a lot of our times at home in some kind of a routine,
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whether it's eating, sleeping or working and I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying the ordinary side of our day-to-day lives.
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Just reflecting back on some of my happiest moments, I can really say with certainty that it doesn't take that much for me to be happy.
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I mean I look forward to walking my dogs every single
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day as much as I look forward to going out on the weekends with my friends.
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Trying out new recipe at home is just as exciting as going out and dining out at some resort.
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And maybe this is because I am an introvert and I am a homebody, but I can't deny
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that I feel the same kind of joy from these activities as those activities that society would label as fun and exciting.
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And I think I've resisted admitting this for the longest time
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because there is so much pressure to stand out and also to live our best lives, whatever that means.
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We're so often told to dream big, be bold, live large, and to stand out from the crowd.
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And everything else falls under this category of being boring or just being average, like that is the worst thing to be.
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We look to our friends and peers on social media
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and feel like we have to constantly do cool things or upgrade in lifestyles to be validated in some way,
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or just to look like we're also having a great time.
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Not only social media, but the constant noise of advertisements telling us to buy this, go on that trip, drive this car,
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and only then we can live this extraordinary life.
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Our society pushes this narrative that happiness is something to be pursued,
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that we have to spend our time and money to acquire happiness.
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Maybe there's some truth to that, but I just don't think it tells the full story.
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Definitely does not tell the other side of the story.
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As a very impressionable 20-year-old something girl, I was very influenced by social media, but also advertisements.
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Even if I knew that social media was just a highlight reel of
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and marketing was just big companies trying to do their jobs.
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I guess the constant exposure to it really changes the way
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that we think and can have an influence on how we define happiness for ourselves.
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So I bought those outfits.
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I went on those trips.
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I had a very full social calendar, but these things didn't make me any happier as a person.
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And I think it's because these were not my dreams.
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It felt like I was living someone else's life.
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And in fact, it actually distracted me from being satisfied with everything that I already had.
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Now living an ordinary or a boring life does not mean that I can never dream or have aspirations.
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I mean, I still dream of being able to move to the coast of Portugal or Spain one day.
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I dream of having a huge lot where my dogs can run around freely
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and maybe even live on an orchard with big mango trees and fruit trees.
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Yeah, I think I will always be a dreamer.
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But my dreams now don't interfere with what's happening right in front of me, my real life.
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And to be honest, if I can't find contentment in my day-to-day now, there's no way that I'll be able to feel it, no matter where I am or what I'm doing,
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even on my orchard with all my mango trees.
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This ordinary and simple life is what appeals to me,
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but I also notice that I gravitate towards others who share more real and authentic moments of their lives.
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In a world where it's becoming so easy to fabricate things,
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I think seeing life and people in the rawest forms is such a nice change.
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I love seeing what people eat for breakfast instead of what you ate at a Michelin star restaurant.
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I'm more interested in seeing what your home looks like instead of what your vacation looks like.
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I notice myself paying more attention to the person and their story because that is truly what makes you unique and interesting.
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Maybe you really enjoy living a fast-paced or eccentric life and there's nothing wrong with that.
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But there's also nothing wrong with not wanting that.
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In fact, I think there's so much value in embracing living an ordinary life.
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It really focuses on the deep and meaningful relationships, being rooted in our communities, getting to know the people that shape our lives.
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This is a life where we have the time and energy to be fully present with our families, friends, and partners, being able to celebrate the little wins
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and enjoying the getting there instead of but always wanting to skip to the result.
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Instead of meeting society's standard of good time, it encourages us to explore and figure out what we enjoy as individuals,
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no matter how lame it might be to others.
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And instead of putting so much emphasis on having a story to retell, it lets us focus on what's happening in the moment.
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I'm not claiming that everything ordinary is impressive in any way,
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but I am putting the message out there that we might be ignoring what's really beautiful about living an ordinary life.
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Thank you guys so much for watching today's video.
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I hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, take care, and I'll talk to you soon.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : ordinary, dream, instead, happiness, moment. Cette vidéo contient 74 phrases et 1087 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:44. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 140 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 84 % 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 :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| bore verbe | /boɹ/ | ennuyer, barber |
| excite verbe | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | exciter |
| homebody nom | casanier, pantouflard | |
| mango nom | /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ | manguier |
| orchard nom | /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/ | verger |
| advertisement nom | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | publicité, pub |
| aspiration nom | /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ | aspiration |
| contentment nom | /kənˈtɛntmənt/ | contentement |
| dreamer nom | /ˈdɹimɚ/ | rêveur, rêveuse |
| fabricate verbe | /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/ | fabriquer |
| impressionable adjectif | /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/ | impressionnable |
| introverted adjectif | /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/ | introverti |
| retell verbe | /ɹiˈtɛl/ | raconter de nouveau, redire |
| validate verbe | /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ | valider, justifier |
| eccentric adjectif | /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/ | excentrique |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| look forward to verbe | avoir hâte de, attendre avec impatience |
| figure out verbe | cerner |
| go out verbe | sortir |
| run around verbe | courir partout |
| try out verbe | essayer, expérimenter |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 16 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, can't, don't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hike /haɪk/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: bore /boɹ/, orchard /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, dreamer /ˈdɹimɚ/, fabricate /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme bore, excite, homebody.
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.