Pratique du Shadowing: Why Is My Leg Asleep? - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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INTRO Hey, Squeaks...
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Oh, I'm ok.
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My leg just feels kinda weird...
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It’s tingling, but in a way that feels prickly!
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Oh yeah, you're right!
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I think my leg is asleep!
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Maybe this has happened to you before, too.
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Sometimes if you’ve been doing something that presses on your arms or legs for a while, like sitting in one position or leaning on your elbow, it’ll start to go numb and you can’t feel as much with that part of your body.
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Then, once you move so you’re not sitting or leaning that way anymore, your arm or leg starts to get all prickly, almost like you’re getting lots of tiny pokes all over, even though there’s nothing actually poking you.
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People sometimes call that feeling pins and needles.
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And that sounds a lot like what happened to me!
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It’s something that can feel pretty weird, even though it happens to people all the time.
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When we say that an arm or leg fell asleep, we don’t really mean that it was asleep the way you are when you fall asleep at night.
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It’s just called that because you can’t feel much with it while it’s numb, almost like it’s sleeping.
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And that tingling, pins and needles feeling you get when you shift your position is kind of like your arm or leg is waking up!
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You get that prickly feeling because your body is a little bit confused.
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You might already know that there’s blood moving everywhere in your body all the time, pumped through little tubes called blood vessels by your heart.
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It’s really important that the blood moves through all the parts of your body, because that’s how they get energy so they can work properly.
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But when you sit in one position or lean on your arm or leg for a while, you’re pressing on those blood vessels and making the tubes smaller, so not as much blood can get through.
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And without enough blood, your arm or leg can start to go numb.
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The reason you can feel something when you touch it is because of little things called nerves that are all over your body.
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Whenever you pick up a toy or touch something that’s hot or cold or hurts, these nerves are like little messengers that tell your brain all about what you’re touching.
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But the nerves only work well if they’re getting enough blood.
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I must have sat in a way that was pressing on his leg for a few minutes, the nerves in my leg weren’t getting enough blood.
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So my leg stopped being able to feel as much — it went numb and fell asleep.
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But then I moved!
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And once my body wasn’t pressing on his leg anymore, more blood started moving through it again and his nerves woke up.
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But nerves get a liiiittle confused when they wake up.
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At first, they don’t really know /what/ you’re feeling.
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They start telling your brain that you’re feeling tiny little pokes, even though nothing is really touching you!
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That’s where the pins and needles feeling comes from.
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Pretty soon, your nerves get used to having enough blood again and go right back to normal.
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So to keep yourself from getting pins and needles, you can just make sure you don’t sit or lean in one position for too long.
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And if you do get them, all you have to do is just wait.
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You can shake around the arm or leg in the meantime to help the blood get flowing again, but either way, the prickling will go away after a minute or two.
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Whew, Squeaks!
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It feels like my nerves are finally getting back to normal!
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My leg is better now!
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But now the next time I get pins and needles, I’ll know all about why it happens.
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And so will you!
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Thanks for joining us!
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If you want to keep learning and having fun with Squeaks and me, hit the subscribe button, and we’ll see you next time here at the Fort!
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau A2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Why Is My Leg Asleep? ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : leg, blood, nerves, arm, feeling. Cette vidéo contient 43 phrases et 674 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:10. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 212 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 87 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc facile à suivre.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| nerve nom | /nɝv/ | nerf |
| asleep adjectif | /əˈsliːp/ | endormi |
| pin nom | /pɪn/ | épingle |
| needle nom | /ˈniː.dəl/ | aiguille |
| lean verbe | /ˈliːn/ | pencher |
| numb adjectif | /nʌm/ | gourd, engourdi |
| poke verbe | /poʊk/ | piquer |
| confused adjectif | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | désorienté, perdu |
| tube nom | /tuːb/ | tube |
| vessel nom | /ˈvɛsəl/ | vaisseau |
| shake verbe | /ˈʃeɪk/ | secouer, agiter |
| pump nom | /pʌmp/ | pompe |
| meantime nom | /ˈmiːntaɪm/ | pendant ce temps, en attendant |
| subscribe verbe | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abonner, s'abonner |
| messenger nom | /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ | messager, coursier |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verbe | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | se réveiller |
| get through verbe | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | franchir |
| go away verbe | partir, s'en aller | |
| pick up verbe | soulever |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ing | started moving · start telling · keep learning |
| Passé continu was/were + -ing — une action en cours à un moment du passé | was pressing · wasn't pressing |
| Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce moment | you're not sitting · is waking · you're pressing |
| Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédiction | it'll start · will go · I'll know |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 21 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, don't, can't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, intro /ˈɪntɹoʊ/, outro /ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/, prickle /ˈpɹɪkəl/
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 nerve, asleep, pin.
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.