March 31, 2009
· Beginner, Frédéric, General French
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| Today, let’s focus on telling time in French, every 5 minutes from 5AM to 6AM. Click on the podcast below to listen all variations: you will hear that there are many different ways to say 5:40 AM ! |
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Quelle heure est-il ? de 5h à 6h du matin… [3:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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March 30, 2009
· 7th district, Expert, Frédéric, Monuments in Paris, Paris life and culture
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ParisbyPod takes you to the Invalides, an historical place where is Napoleon’s coffin. Nowadays, it is also the place for the Museum of the Armies. A place that louis XIV and Napoleon liked ! You can not miss it !
 “Ce canon semble menaçant, mais rassurez-vous, vous ne risquez rien car…” |
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Canon des Invalides [4:51m]:
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March 29, 2009
· Expert, Intermediate, Marie, Test
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Translate this text from English to French
 “The great men of France on their funny faces – that is what this picture is all about. But the more amusing fact of it all is that their funny faces are printed in a large-scale format to fit a very tall building! These are larger than life pictures and they cover the whole edifice. This photo shows a huge crane with a long arm being used to paste the pictures against the wall of the building.” |
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Funny faces on a wall [0:49m]:
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March 28, 2009
· Beginner, French people, Intermediate, Real life situation
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Real Life Situation
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French vowels read by a French teacher [2:17m]:
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March 27, 2009
· Beginner, Pronunciation, Yannick
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| Today, let’s hear the sounds of French vowels. This three part lesson will give you examples of French words using those sounds. Let’s start with the “a” sound : avancer, date, sac, marque, avocat, pâte, attention, blatte, mille-pattes… |
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French vowels read by a French teacher [2:17m]:
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March 26, 2009
· Beginner, Frédéric, Intermediate, Photo-Reportage
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Photo-Reportage: “visite chez le Président”, read by a French teacher [3:25m]:
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March 25, 2009
· Dictation, Expert, Frédéric, Intermediate
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| Today, a dictation taken from the famous novelist Stendhal : “le Rouge et le Noir”. Stendhal is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). Just click below to listen to the dictation in French, and try to type what you hear. Good luck ! |
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Dictation: "Le Rouge et le Noir", read by French teacher Frédéric:
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March 24, 2009
· Beginner, General French, Yannick
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Tuesday’s lesson:
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In this exercise, you will have to repeat the dates you hear in French. Here are the rules :
- the main audio file has all dates for one month (28 to 31 days)
- the teacher says the date in French
- each French date is spoken once
- every ten seconds a new date is spoken
- there are 8 seconds of silence between each date
- so that you can repeat each date , during the 8 seconds of silence
- a calendar picture of the month is provided to help you
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General French : "month of March 2007" [5:34m]:
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March 23, 2009
· 8th district, Expert, Frédéric, Paris life and culture, Shopping in Paris
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Un grand magasin de luxe des Champs-Elysées [6:47m]:
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March 22, 2009
· Expert, Intermediate, Marie, Test
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Translate this text from English to French
“Who says carousels are only for the young? People who are forever young at heart will find riding in this colorful carousel a good break from their otherwise stressful life. Choose your seat. Do you want to be up on a horse? Or maybe you want to ride a crescent-shaped vehicle? Swirl your troubles away with a carousel ride. And for sure, there are more rides you can try in this theme park fronting a big, medieval-looking building. Take your kids to this place. They will never forget the experience, for sure.” |
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A carousel for adults [1:04m]:
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