Pratique du Shadowing: WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 1) - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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The world of 1914. A time of modern technology, culture, and fashion.
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Truly the height of civilization.
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Let's have a war.
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Everyone knew a big war was coming.
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France wanted some stuff back that Germany had taken from it, Germany wanted to take more of EVERYONE'S stuff, and they're building a big sexy navy that was making the British uncomfortable.
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These two empires thought they're really cool.
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But lots of different people who live there didn't think it was so cool.
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And some of them had even been declaring independence, with help from Russia.
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Everyone was talking about each other behind each other's backs.
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Throw in the fact that military technology had come a long way since the last major war, and suddenly everyone was pretty eager to beat each other up.
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In this area of Austria-Hungary lived some Serbs and Bosnians who hated living in Austria-Hungary.
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So the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand goes there for a nice drive in an open-top car, with his car's route published in advance.
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And that went just about as well as you'd expect.
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Some assassins were waiting for him along the way and threw bombs at his car, but they missed and blew up some officers behind him, instead.
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So, the Archduke goes into hiding, leaves Sarajevo and whole war never happens.
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Except no. The Archduke doesn't leave, but instead goes back out in the open top car, to visit the injured officers in hospital.
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The driver takes a wrong turn and by sheer coincidence gets stuck besides one of the failed assassins.
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Who shoots him.
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Austria-Hungary is understandably pissed about all this, and they think the Serbian government had something to do with it (which they might have).
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So they go to their ally Germany and say: "Hey Germany, we're gonna declare war on Serbia!", and Germany is all for that.
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So Austria-Hungary sends a big list of impossible demands to Serbia and when Serbia refuses, they declare war.
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Austria-Hungary and Germany are friends and Serbia is protected by Russia, who's friends with France, so they all declare war on each other.
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Montenegro joins in, too.
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France and Britain also have a kind of alliance.
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So, when France says: "Hey, Britain you got my back?", Britain is like: "Maybe...?", and then they decide to stay out of it.
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Which is great for Germany because Germany has a plan: They know that Russia is so big and clumsy that it will take them all to get ready for war.
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So with this guy in charge Germany will send all its troops into France at Lightning speed while Russia is getting ready.
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Defeat France then move all the troops to Russia and defeat Russia. Then we all speak German and eat Pfefferpotthast every day.
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Just one problem: France has loads of forts and defences along its German border.
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And Germany can't waste any time fighting them so Germany decides to go around them.
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Through Belgium.
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Belgium is neutral but Germany wants to march 750 thousand troops through it to get around France's defenses.
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They're hoping Belgium will just kind of sit down and shut up.
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But they don't. They fight back, and they're pretty good, too, so they slow the Germans down.
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What's worse is that Britain shows up. And they're pretty pissed that Germany is invading neutral countries.
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So now Britain declares war on Germany.
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So Germany push on through Belgium and commit some atrocities along the way. They also wear spikes and sometimes skulls on the uniform.
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So, if you're trying to not look like the bad guys: Good job.
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The allies have a propaganda extravaganda and this starts having an influence around the world, notably in America.
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The US President Woodrow Wilson sees himself as a bit of a Jesus figure and spends most of the war trying to get everyone to just hug it out.
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But there's also a large population of ethnic Germans living in the United States and when the war first broke out they were like: "Yay, Germany!!" But now that they are committing atrocities in Belgium they are less enthusiastic.
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Let's play: Spot the French soldier!
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Did you see him? Easy right? He's wearing a bright blue uniform with red trousers and do you know who else spotted him easily, too?
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The Germans.
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So, when the French were slowly marching in columns to the countryside the Germans easily tore them to shreds with their giant guns.
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All the nations involved in this war went in with an old-school war mentality.
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And all of them had to update the uniforms and tactics a lot during the great war.
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Because this war was going to be like nothing anyone had ever seen before.
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Russia is ready for war and way earlier than expected.
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"Hey, Austria-Hungary, can you get on top of that?" "Oh? Yeah, sure! We've got this." nope.
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So, Germany has to send some troops back to the east to defend against the Russians.
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The chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian army is this guy. And although he is handsome, He turns out not to be the best military strategist.
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Austria-Hungary constantly ignores Germany's advice, ...and then comes running back to Germany whenever they get in trouble.
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Austria-Hungary even gets its ass kicked by tiny Serbia who repels all their invasion attempts at the start of the war.
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It's better news for Germany in the North, though, where they almost completely wipe out the Russians second army.
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Back on the western front, the Germans continue advancing and are in sight of Paris.
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At this point anyone would be forgiven for thinking the Germans were going to get that quick victory after all.
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But then things start to go wrong. The French commander-in-chief knew something had to be done.
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And he ordered his armies to stop retreating.
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In the resulting battle, a gap opened up in the German lines.
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If a gap opens up, the enemy can use it to flank you from the side and behind.
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So the German armies have to retreat.
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The Allies launch a counter-attack, so the Germans dig into defensive positions. The Allies do the same.
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Then both sides move north trying to outflank each other along the way. When they reach the sea, They're in a stalemate with trench systems running the whole way from the coast to Switzerland.
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The beginning of trench-warfare on the Western front.
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Here's, how trench warfare works: Two opposing lines of trenches with No-man's land in between.
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One side would pummel the other with hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, sometimes for days at a time.
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This had a huge psychological effect on the soldiers leaving many shell-shocked.
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Then, the attacking troops would leave their trenches and rush across no-man's land, A muddy wet mess of shell craters and barbed wire.
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The defending trench would unleash machine-gun fire on the attackers inflicting thousands of casualties.
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The attackers would send wave after wave until either they gave up or the opposing trench was finally overrun.
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There would be months of fighting and the deaths of thousands in order to gain a few meters or kilometers of land.
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Living in the trenches was hard work, too. Corpses, mud that could swallow you whole, pools of poisonous water, rats, disease, the smell...
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It's insane that millions of soldiers put up with these conditions and commanders ordered them to do so for years.
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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 « WW1 - Oversimplified ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Germany, German, Hungary, Austria, Russia. Cette vidéo contient 74 phrases et 1250 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:07. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 204 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
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| trench nom | /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/ | tranchée, fossé |
| declare verbe | /dɪˈklɛɚ/ | déclarer |
| ally nom | /ˈæl.aɪ/ | allié, alliée |
| atrocity nom | /əˈtɹɑsɪti/ | atrocité |
| assassin nom | /əˈsæsɪn/ | assassin, assassine |
| oppose verbe | /əˈpoʊz/ | s'opposer à |
| warfare nom | /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ | guerre |
| retreat nom | /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ | retraite |
| clumsy adjectif | /ˈklʌmzi/ | empoté, gauche |
| inflict verbe | /ɪnˈflɪkt/ | infliger |
| injure verbe | /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | blesser |
| outflank verbe | déborder | |
| pommel nom | /ˈpɑ.məl/ | pommeau |
| stalemate nom | /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ | pat |
| strategist nom | /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/ | stratège |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| blow up verbe | faire sauter | |
| break out verbe | s'échapper, s’évader | |
| fight back verbe | /faɪt bæk/ | contre-attaquer |
| give up verbe | se rendre | |
| open up verbe | ouvrir | |
| show up verbe | apparaître, se montrer se pointer | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | tais-toi! informal, taisez-vous! formal or plural |
| sit down verbe | s'asseoir |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 15 contractions et formes réduites, comme they're, can't, didn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: unleash /ʌnˈliʃ/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: atrocity /əˈtɹɑsɪti/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: trench /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/, injure /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, strategist /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: trench /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/, troop /tɹup/, atrocity /əˈtɹɑsɪti/, warfare /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/, retreat /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/
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 trench, declare, ally.
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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.