Pratique du Shadowing: Why the UK is in the EU - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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The writing's on the wall.
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Well, in any event, we'll have to think of something to make the public think kindly towards administration because of the Europass.
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Quite.
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Europass?
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Europass.
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European Identity Card.
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Well, Bernard, surely you've informed the Minister...
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Minister, didn't you do your boxes last night?
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No, I was redrafting the redraft of the draft.
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Well, briefly, Minister, Brussels is about to decree
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that there should be a new European Identity Card to be carried by all citizens of the EEC.
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Now the Foreign Office is quite ready to go along with it as a quid pro quo
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for a deal over the butter mountain, the wine lake and the milk ocean.
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The lamb war and the cod stink.
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And quite obviously the Prime Minister wants you to introduce the legislation.
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Me?
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Yes, well it's well known that you're pro-Europe you see
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and it would simplify our administration enormously in the long run So it's a good idea.
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Good idea.
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Good idea.
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Good idea.
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Not a good idea.
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Political suicide.
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Trying to make British people carry compulsory identification papers.
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They'll say I'm introducing a police state again.
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Is this what we fought two world wars for Humphrey?
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Well Minister it's really little more than a sort of driving license.
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It's the last meal in my coffin that's what it is.
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You might get away with calling it Euro Club Express.
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Why do we have to introduce it?
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Can't the Foreign Office do it?
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Well in fact that was the Prime Minister's original suggestion
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that the Foreign Secretary thought that this was a Home Office matter
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and the Home Office took the view that it was essentially an administrative matter and the Prime Minister agreed.
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They're all playing pass the parcel.
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Can you blame them when you can hear it ticking?
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Well I'm afraid that the identity card bill is planned to be the last action of this department.
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Wonderful ammunition for the anti-Europeans.
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Yes, don't the Foreign Office realize what damage this will do to the European idea?
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Well, I'm sure they do.
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That's why they support it.
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Well, surely the Foreign Office is pro-Europe, isn't it?
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Yes and no. If you'll forgive the expression.
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The Foreign Office is pro-Europe because it is really anti-Europe.
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The Civil Service was united in its desire to make sure that the common market didn't work.
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That's why we went into it.
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What are you talking about?
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Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years to create a disunited Europe.
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In that cause, we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians.
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Divide and rule, you see.
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Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
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Ancient history, surely.
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Yes, and current policy.
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We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside.
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We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work.
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Now that we're inside, we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing.
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Set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch.
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The Foreign Office is terribly pleased.
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It's just like old times.
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Surely we're all committed to the European ideal.
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Really, Minister?
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If not, why are we pressing for an increase in the membership?
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Well, for the same reason.
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It's just like the United Nations, in fact.
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The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.
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Appalling cynicism.
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Yes.
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We call it diplomacy, Minister.
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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 the UK is in the EU ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Minister, foreign, Europe, European, French. Cette vidéo contient 68 phrases et 618 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:29. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 178 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 87 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc facile à suivre. 13 de ses 68 phrases sont des questions : un bon entraînement pour l’intonation interrogative et les réponses courtes.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| appalling adjectif | /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ | épouvantable, effroyable |
| cynicism nom | /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/ | cynisme |
| enormously adverbe | énormément | |
| futile adjectif | /ˈfju.taɪl/ | futile |
| impotent adjectif | /ˈɪm.pə.tənt/ | impuissant |
| simplify verbe | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ | simplifier |
| parcel nom | /ˈpɑɹsəl/ | colis, paquet |
| compulsory adjectif | /kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/ | obligatoire |
| diplomacy nom | /dɪˈpləʊməsi/ | diplomatie |
| tick nom | /tɪk/ | tique |
| coffin nom | /ˈkɔfɪn/ | cercueil |
| decree nom | /dɪˈkɹiː/ | décret |
| terribly adverbe | /ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/ | terriblement |
| ammunition nom | /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/ | munitions |
| stir verbe | /stɝ/ | remuer |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| get away with verbe | s'en tirer | |
| stir up verbe | /ˈstɜː.ɹʌp/ | stimuler, inciter |
Des phrases à répéter
Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :
- Minister, didn't you do your boxes last night?
- They'll say I'm introducing a police state again.
- Why do we have to introduce it?
- What are you talking about?
- Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
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 informed · has had · have fought |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | be carried · is planned · was united |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 17 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, didn't, we're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: cynicism /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/, compulsory /kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/, diplomacy /dɪˈpləʊməsi/, ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: parcel /ˈpɑɹsəl/, compulsory /kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/, decree /dɪˈkɹiː/, terribly /ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/, inform /ɪnˈfɔɹm/
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 appalling, cynicism, enormously.
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.