Pratique du Shadowing: Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Hello.
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So, I gather you denied that Mr. Halifax's phone had been bugged.
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Well, obviously.
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It was the one question today to which I could give a clear, simple, straightforward, honest answer.
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Yes.
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Unfortunately, although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement,
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inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated And the facts, insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated,
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is such as to cause epistemological problems
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of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language
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a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear.
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Epistemological?
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What are you talking about?
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You told a lie.
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A lie?
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A lie.
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What do you mean, a lie?
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I mean you.. lied.
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Yes, I know this is a difficult concept to get across to a politician.
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You were...
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I'm sorry.
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Ah, yes, you did love to tell the truth.
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You mean, we are bugging you Halifax's telephone?
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We were.
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We were?
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When did we stop?
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Um, 17 minutes ago.
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Well, you can't call that lying.
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What would you call the opposite of telling the truth?
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Well, I mean, there was no intent.
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I didn't mean to deceive them.
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I'd never knowingly mislead the house.
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Nonetheless, you have done so.
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Well, it wasn't my fault.
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I didn't know he was being bugged.
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Mr. You are deemed to have known you are ultimately responsible.
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Why wasn't I told?
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The Home Secretary might not have felt the need to inform you.
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Why?
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Perhaps he didn't know either.
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Or perhaps he'd been advised that you did not need to know.
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Well, I did need to know.
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Apparently the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time
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that the now known need to know was known.
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And therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt
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that the information
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that he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority the highest authority of the known information was not yet known.
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And therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed
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because the need to know was not at that time known or needed.
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What?
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We did not know that you would deny it in the House.
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Well, obviously I would if I didn't know and I were asked.
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We did not know that you would be asked when you didn't know.
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There's bound to be asked when I didn't know if I didn't know.
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What?
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It was thought that it was better not to inform you.
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You see, Hugh Halifax is one of your government team and as such, it was thought that it was better not to create distrust.
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We only tell you when you should be aware.
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When's that?
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You should now be aware because you've just denied it.
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Well, it would be rather more helpful if I'd been aware before I denied it.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, if you had been aware before you denied it, you wouldn't have denied it.
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But I needed to know.
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We do not always tell you about bugging when you need to know.
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You see, at times, Prime Minister, we need you not to know.
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Why did you decide that I didn't need to know?
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I didn't.
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Well, who did?
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Nobody.
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It was just that nobody decided to tell you.
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Well, it's the same thing.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, to decide to conceal information from you is a heavy burden for any official to shoulder,
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but to decide not to reveal information to you is routine procedure.
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Humphrey, I need to know everything.
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Everything?
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Everything.
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Very well.
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Stationary deliveries this week to the Commonwealth system.
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Four dozen brackets of size two-paces.
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Humphrey, don't be silly.
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I mean important things.
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Who should decide what is important?
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Humphrey, how can you possibly defend this cock-up?
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Well, as you said in the House, we got it wrong.
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You got it wrong?
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I, Prime Minister, I am merely a humble servant, a lowly official.
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The Home Secretary made the decision.
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Can you think of any reason why I shouldn't ask him to resign?
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With respect, Prime Minister, you should only ask him to resign
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when he has made a mistake which could have been seen at the time and not with the benefit of hindsight.
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But you see, the trouble today has arisen because of your own error of judgment in making this denial.
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What?
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You should not have denied something about which you did not know.
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That was your fault.
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You've just admitted keeping secrets from the Prime Minister.
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Not at all, Prime Minister.
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The system works perfectly well as long as the Prime Minister tells the civil service everything
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that he's going to say before he says it.
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But if precipitately he says something without first clearing it with his officials, he has only himself to blame, you must not say anything in public without first clearing it.
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With respect, Prime Minister, you must learn discretion.
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I didn't know there was anything to be discreet about.
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In government, there's always something to be discreet about.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : Prime, Minister, denied, needed, inform. Cette vidéo contient 101 phrases et 870 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:34. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 191 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. 21 de ses 101 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 |
|---|---|---|
| discreet adjectif | /dɪˈskɹiːt/ | discret, respectueux |
| epistemological adjectif | /ɪˌpɪstəməˈlɑd͡ʒəkəl/ | épistémologique |
| straightforward adjectif | /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/ | facile, aisé |
| resign verbe | /ɹɪˈzaɪn/ | abandonner, céder |
| deceive verbe | /dɪˈsiːv/ | tromper, leurrer |
| distrust nom | /dɪsˈtɹʌst/ | défiance, méfiance |
| epithet nom | /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/ | épithète |
| hindsight nom | /ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/ | recul |
| justifiably adverbe | à juste titre, légitimement | |
| mislead verbe | /mɪsˈliːd/ | égarer |
| semantic adjectif | /sɪˈmæntɪk/ | sémantique |
| knowingly adverbe | sciemment | |
| conceal verbe | /kənˈsil/ | dissimuler, cacher |
| stationary adjectif | /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ | stationnaire |
| assign verbe | /əˈsaɪn/ | désigner |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| get across verbe | traverser |
Des phrases à répéter
Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :
- What are you talking about?
- What do you mean, a lie?
- Why wasn't I told?
- Why did you decide that I didn't need to know?
- Humphrey, how can you possibly defend this cock-up?
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | had been bugged · be expected · being bugged |
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | have done · you've just denied · has made |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 22 contractions et formes réduites, comme didn't, I'd, wasn't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « th »: epithet /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, discretion /dɪˈskɹɛʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: epistemological /ɪˌpɪstəməˈlɑd͡ʒəkəl/, precipitately /pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.tət.li/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, reasonably /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: discreet /dɪˈskɹiːt/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/, resign /ɹɪˈzaɪn/, distrust /dɪsˈtɹʌst/, insofar /ɪn.səʊˈfɑː(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 discreet, epistemological, straightforward.
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.