Pratique du Shadowing: Why This Watch Costs Over $450,000 - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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The watch comes in two different versions, and the difference between the two is pretty much restricted just to the case material.
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The $460,000 version is in red gold, and the more expensive half million dollar version is done in platinum.
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Many of the most expensive watches are expensive because they're set with precious stones, which, of course, raises the price through the roof.
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In the case of the Récital 22 Grand Récital, however, the watch is as expensive as it is entirely because of the amount of craftsmanship that goes into it and the length of time that it takes to produce the various effects that make the watch what it is.
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BOVET watches are inherently limited in production simply because of the complexity that's associated with making them.
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This particular watch is a limited edition of 60 pieces worldwide.
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Those are going to roll out very slowly, simply because they can't be made quickly.
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It's just inherent in the nature of the watch.
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The single decorative element that's probably most strongly identified with BOVET today is the use of extremely fine miniature painting, often in the form of, what's called, cold enameling on the dials of their watches.
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And the Récital 22 Grand Récital has a really, really wonderful example of this particular craft.
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The centerpiece of the watch is a hemisphere representing the Earth as seen from above the North Pole.
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There are many, many layers of enamel that have been, that have been applied to the hemisphere in order to achieve a wonderful kind of translucent effect in which the clouds literally seem to float above the oceans and continents.
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The paints are actually luminous and very, very luminous, and, when you turn the lights off, you are treated to a view of the continents glowing up at you that's just incredibly compelling.
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This particular wristwatch is in a class of, what are called, astronomical complications.
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These are timepieces that show, often, the relative position of the stars to an observer standing on Earth, or, in this case, the relative position of the sun and the moon relative to an observer standing on Earth.
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So the centerpiece is this revolving hand-painted depiction of the upper hemisphere, the northern hemisphere of the Earth.
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Placed just below it, in the six o'clock position, is, what's called, a tourbillon.
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We can see the tourbillon rotating as we look at the watch, and the position that it's in is identical to the position that the sun would be in, relative to the Earth.
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So it kind of stands in for, the tourbillon stands in for the sun in this wristwatch.
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Rotating around the Earth is a spherical depiction of the moon divided into a sunlit hemisphere and a dark hemisphere.
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And you can read the phase of the moon from the position of this little hemisphere as it rotates around the Earth.
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The back of the watch is also loaded with information.
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It's what's called the perpetual calendar.
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Now, a perpetual calendar is a mechanical watch which knows the difference between a leap year and a non-leap year, and which also advances the date correctly at the end of each month, whether it's a 30-day month or a 31-day month.
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The relative rarity of the watches and the amount of handwork that goes into finishing the movement, the case, and other aspects of the watch all adds up to a tremendous, tremendous amount of real old-school craftsmanship, which simply doesn't come cheap.
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At this level of watchmaking, you're really talking about something that's designed to appeal to someone with extremely specific tastes and with a budget to match.
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There are 705 components in this wristwatch.
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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 This Watch Costs Over $450,000 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : hemisphere, Earth, position, relative, cital. Cette vidéo contient 27 phrases et 617 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 3:16. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 189 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. Seuls 80 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| hemisphere nom | /ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/ | hémisphère |
| wristwatch nom | /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/ | montre, bracelet-montre |
| rotate verbe | /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/ | tourner, rotationner |
| depiction nom | /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ | représentation |
| enamel nom | /ɪˈnæməl/ | émail, glaçure |
| luminous adjectif | /ˈluːmɪnəs/ | lumineux |
| perpetual adjectif | /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/ | perpétuel |
| observer nom | /əbˈzɝvɚ/ | observateur |
| leap verbe | /ˈliːp/ | sauter, bondir |
| tremendous adjectif | /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/ | formidable |
| continent nom | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | continent |
| astronomical adjectif | /ˌæs.tɹəˈnɑm.ɪ.kəl/ | astronomique |
| compel verbe | /kəmˈpɛl/ | contraindre, forcer |
| complication nom | /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | complication |
| rarity nom | /ˈɹɛəɹəti/ | rareté |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| stand in for verbe | remplacer, suppléer |
| roll out verbe | déployer, sortir |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 4 contractions et formes réduites, comme can't, doesn't, they're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: craftsmanship /ˈkɹæfts.mən.ʃɪp/, depiction /dɪˈpɪkʃən/, complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: astronomical /ˌæs.tɹəˈnɑm.ɪ.kəl/, complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, inherently /ɪnˈhɛɹəntli/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hemisphere /ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/, inherently /ɪnˈhɛɹəntli/, inherent /ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: wristwatch /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/, perpetual /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: tourbillon /ˌtʊə(ɹ)bɪˈjɒn/, wristwatch /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/, rotate /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/, craftsmanship /ˈkɹæfts.mən.ʃɪp/, tremendous /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/
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 hemisphere, wristwatch, rotate.
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.