That's a pity, because the best extracts for listening practice are precisely those that are just a bit too hard, and also because one can return to such exercises after a year when, hopefully, the ear will have improved and one can start to fill in the holes. On this page I am going to post such extracts.

	We start with Fernand Raynaud, a comedian we've often had on the Humour page. This is called Restons Français and is from the period after the war when the France of General De Gaulle resisted the Americanisation of French culture (while accepting American financial aid). It is by far the most indistinct of the Raynaud sketches I've come across, but in the bits I've deciphered there are some very funny moments. I'll enjoy coming back to this one Text here        Audio Here
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	The two films based on the work of Marcel Pagnol, Jean de Florette and Manon des sources are always very popular - but always with English subtitles. The voices are of the deep French peasant south. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to try to follow the original. So first of all, my attempt at transcription ...                                            Text here        Audio Here However, I managed to find a subtitle file for the film of Manon on the Internet, so we also have the corrected version as subtitles. If you haven't done this before, download both files (by clicking on the top half, then the bottom half of the image) to the same directory. Your video software will then display the subtitles
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	At a pinch this could have gone on the Theatre page, but the sound quality, and the rapidity of the delivery of one of the actresses made this very difficult. It's from the play Journal à quatre mains. I think it makes a good, albeit frustrating exercise Text here        Audio Here
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