Pratique du Shadowing: Work Stories (sooubway) - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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I think that everyone at some point in their life should work in a fast-food or retail job.
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Not to improve their work ethic or anything, but so that everyone knows what it's like to have that kind of job.
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They wouldn't work in fast-food their whole lives, maybe just like, for six months.
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Just so they get a feel for it.
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So with that, let's talk about the time when I worked in fast food.
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I used to work at a very small, local, sandwich shop.
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I don't know if any of you guys heard of it, it's called SOOUBWAY?
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Our spokesperson was in the news recently.
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I don't know if you guys look at the news.
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Did you hear he got beat up in jail?
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I kinda want to meet the person who beat up Jared, more than Jared.
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Not in person, we wouldn't meet in person, obviously.
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But like, he would be behind bars, and I would just look at the guy who beat up my spokesperson.
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How many people get to say that they beat up a fast-food icon, who was also a pedophile?
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Only one, and it's that guy.
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Okay but seriously guys, working at Subway was probably one of the most easiest jobs out there.
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I don't know what I'm about to complain about it to you guys.
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We got free cookies! And you know the comic with the Subways in Hell?
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I was actually working at Subway when I made that comic.
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I just think it had sort of a little bit of value to it.
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You see, the owners, who were husband and wife...
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Can you believe it? ...of the Subway I worked at, owned two stores.
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One of the Subway stores was in a Walmart, on an Indian Reservation, 'cause we have those in Arizona, and the other Subway...
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...was the Subway I worked at.
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And since the Walmart store was always busy, the owners would spend 99% of their time at that store.
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So I didn't really have a boss, most of the time. On the off-chance the owners did show up, they would just pick up some food and then they would make sure I was making sandwiches the right way.
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And every time I made a sandwich in front of them, they would always find something wrong with it, without fail.
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YOU PUT ON TOO MANY OLIVES.
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Do you know, according to the Subway formula, you're only supposed to put on 6 olives on a foot long?
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SIX!..... One for every other bite.
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That's just ridiculous! Can you imagine someone just counting out 6 olives?
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Nobody does that!
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I usually worked the closing shift, and at the end of the night, we would turn the alarm and we would have 60 seconds to get out of the store.
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But one time, I had the opening shift.
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So I unlocked the door to get in with my key, and the alarm went, meaning I had 60 seconds to turn it off.
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No big deal, right?
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I turned the alarm on all the time when I was closing.
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So I go to the little control panel, and I type in the code, and nothing happens.
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The beeping is still there and the clock is still ticking down.
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So I go, "Okay, I'm going to press each button very carefully.
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I'm going to make sure each button makes a beep when I press it." Nothing still happens.
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So I go, "OKAY! I'm going to make sure to press each button, VERY CAREFULLY!" And I start thinking, did they change the pass code without telling me?
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Was the only pass code I know, so we're just gonna try it again.
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And I press each button, very carefully.
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And it goes quiet...
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AND THEN THE ALARM GOES OFF!
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I still had, like, 20 seconds left, but I guess when you get it wrong 3 times, it automatically assumes that you're a burglar.
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So while the alarm is going off, I look on the contact sheet for the owner's cell phone number, I step outside, I call him, and he doesn't pick up.
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So I go back inside, find the number for the other Subway store, they open an hour before we do, Someone picks up with their stupid voice, "Oh, thank you for calling Subway, I'm...
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...how may I help you?" And I go, "Hey, is Mike there?" That's not his real name guys, don't worry.
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And they go, "Um, just a minute." Yeah, sure, I have all the time in the world. The cops might be on their way, but take your time.
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So, Mike picks up.
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MIKE: y-hello JAMES: Hey Mike, this is James. Uh, what's the pass code for the alarm?
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MIKE: Who is this?
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JAMES: It's James. What's the passcode?
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MIKE: What are you doing there James?
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JAMES: WHY AREN'T YOU ANSWERING THE QUESTION?
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I have the opening shift.
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MIKE: Is the alarm going off?
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JAMES: Yeah. No one told me the new code.
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MIKE: Yeah, we changed it. It's the last 4 digits of your social security number.
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JAMES: Oh, oh, okay. Thanks Mike.
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I DON'T KNOW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!
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So I finally get the alarm off, no one showed up, thankfully.
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Which, I actually don't know if that's a good thing or not, now that I say it out loud.
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We did have a store manager who would, like, make the schedule and sometimes tell us, "Hey, can you guys do a better job at...
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your job?" But other than that, she was cool!
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She watches my videos and so do her little brothers, They're big fans. Shout out to Ivan and Andy.
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Those are the brothers.
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So get this, at Subway, you only work with one other person.
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Just you and them in an empty Subway for 5 hours.
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I mean we weren't, like, empty all the time. Okay?
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And when you're not making sandwiches, you have other stuff to do like, stocking the chips or...
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...we had stuff to do.
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But okay, we did watch a lot of Netflix and do homework, so I mean...
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That other person you worked with, would make or break your entire shift.
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It wasn't the annoying customers. I kinda got used to annoying customers.
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So I worked with a lot of crappy people.
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And I also worked with a lot of people who I would probably never become friends with except in a work setting.
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You see, you got to understand the type of people who got jobs at Subway.
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Potheads. Most of them were potheads.
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY COOL!
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I'm just gonna go over a couple of the characters that I worked with.
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There was Tyler, I freakin love this guy. He smoked a lot of weed.
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He actually told me what vaping was, and he got me into Clash of Clans.
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I actually mentioned him and his girlfriend in my riddles video.
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I don't know if I ever told him that.
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And of course I have to mention Corey, he was cool.
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We watched "How To Get Away With Murder" on Netflix, and I've also hung outside with him outside of work.
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What him and Tyler had in common is that they would actually do their job, Which you got to appreciate.
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Then there was this guy.
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And get this, I can say these things. He's dosen't watch my videos.
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There's Sarah. She was cool. She make me a bread bowl, and her boyfriend, Jay.
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He talked about chacras and...
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...third eyes, he was...
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interesting.
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And also, there's Anthonee. He's cool.
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What's up Anthonee!
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For the hundred thousand sprinkles video, I actually went back to Subway to use their scale because I knew they had one, and we counted 500 sprinkles again just to be more accurate for the hundred thousand, and Anthonee helped me count.
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Instead of working.
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I mean, at least he got paid...
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...minimum wage for it.
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So 2 more stories, before I go.
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One time...
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Jared asked to take out this pile of trash, and I was like, "Oh, okay, I'll just put this pile of trash in the dumpster." And as I was taking it out, I saw that there was a chip poster in the pile.
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And I thought, "This is too cool to throw away. I'm going to keep it." So I took it home with me, and then the next day, when I went in, people were saying, "Oh, where's the chip poster?
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We can't find the chip poster! We ha- We haven't seen it anywhere!" And I'm thinking, "I have the poster." I decide not to tell anyone that I had the poster, and it's still hanging up in my room.
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Sorry boss if you're finding out about this now.
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Okay, then the other story, I was working with the manager and we were just making sandwiches like usual, and I noticed that when we toasted a sandwich, it would burn the paper a little on the edges.
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"That probably shouldn't be happening." So then a customer asks for just bacon toasted.
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And the boss lady put some bacon on paper, and then puts it in the toaster.
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And we don't have a setting for just bacon.
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So then when she opens the toaster, There was a fire, on the bacon!
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So then she starts to wack it with the little, metal, tray thing, but all she ended up doing was fanning the flames, making the fire bigger. "Uh, you got this, right?" Then I went in the back and I got the fire extinguisher and I actually used it!
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I single-handedly saved that Subway!
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Wait. What have I done?
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BOSS LADY: Is it okay if the bacon's a little crispy?
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And has nitrogen and carbon dioxide stuff on it?
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette vidéo contient 118 phrases et 1631 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:03. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 232 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. 83 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| alarm nom | /əˈlɑɹm/ | alarme |
| poster nom | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | poster, affiche |
| chip nom | /t͡ʃɪp/ | brisure, fragment |
| bacon nom | /ˈbeɪ.kən/ | lard, lardon |
| carefully adverbe | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | soigneusement |
| pile nom | /paɪl/ | monceau, tas |
| olive nom | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | olive |
| comic nom | /ˈkɑmɪk/ | comédien |
| trash nom | /tɹæʃ/ | déchet |
| toast nom | /toʊst/ | pain grillé, toast |
| spokesperson nom | /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/ | porte-parole |
| ridiculous adjectif | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | ridicule |
| formula nom | /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/ | formule |
| wage nom | /weɪd͡ʒ/ | salaire |
| clock nom | /klɑk/ | indicateur de vitesse, compteur de vitesse |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| beat up verbe | flanquer une tripotée, tabasser |
| go off verbe | exploser |
| pick up verbe | soulever |
| show up verbe | apparaître, se montrer se pointer |
| end up verbe | se terminer, se finir |
| get away with verbe | s'en tirer |
| go back verbe | rentrer, retourner |
| take out verbe | supprimer, sortir |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 39 contractions et formes réduites, comme don't, I'm, you're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: trash /tɹæʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
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 alarm, poster, chip.
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose | person who beat · guy who beat · people who I |
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | I've also hung · haven't seen |
| Passé continu was/were + -ing — une action en cours à un moment du passé | was actually working · was making · was closing |
| Conseil avec « should » should + verbe — dire ce qu’il vaut mieux faire | should work · shouldn't be |
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.