Miscellaneous extracts with text - Archive 3
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The measured tones of Jacques Chirac start us off on level1. There is a very hard bit in this clip where he talks to a farmer in Corrèze. Can you hear the trace of the accent in Chirac's own voice? |
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Esprits criminels. I have no idea of the American title. An amazingly wooden script, but it makes it a good piece for listening practise at this level |
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Here is the ever-jovial Patrick Sabatier interviewing Laurent Gerra and the excellent comedy duo Chevallier et Laspales |
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Moving into the world of everyday French with a BFM TV piece on the Philosophy exam which is still mandatory in the French Baccalaureat. A very intelligent teenager, and a remarkably stupid teacher. |
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Laurent Ruquier - one of the most professional of all French TV presenters - does Tous au théâtre. Here his chat with Pierre Arditi is interrupter by a trio of harridans. Very, very funny |
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Not often I watch TF1, but I caught the beginning of Secret Story - Big Brother French style. I'm not going to comment on this programme, except to say that if you want trendy voices these are trendy voices. |
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The great, great impersonator Nicolas Canteloupe, with a trio of political personalities. |
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Let's be serious for a moment. We need to listen to Molière, the greatest of all French dramatists. This is not for transcription. But try to follow it before you look at the text |
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And now we can stop being serious with this wonderful performance by Pierre Palmède. A very camp recruit to the army explains to his Colonel the two or three things that need to be changed to make life more comfortable for the soldiers |