Miscellaneous extracts with text - Archive 6
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In his series La traversée du miroir, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor interviewed the actor Michel Leeb |
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This extract from the 20 heures of France 2 illustrates neatly that an ordinary news item can contain some very difficult material - here the voices of pilots talking on the radio
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When I first heard this little piece on Lance Armstrong, from France 2 news, I thought it was a level 1 and destined for the new site listentofrench.org. However, while I managed to transcribe it, it took quite a while, and many repetitions. The style is florid, and the speaker's voice indistinct in a way I can't quite define. See what you think |
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I have just realised that we have not had so far any Florence Foresti. For many weeks a year or so ago she did a spot at the end of Laurent Ruquier's evening chat show. Here is one of the best - where she appears as la Ministre des Affaires problematiques |
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Patrick Sebastian interviewing
some young guests in the series Le plus grand cabaret du monde. I
find Sebastan harder to follow than the children, frankly.
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A little clip from the Internet that celebrates some of the responses to the questions posed in the Oral examination of the French Bac. As well as being very funny, it is a good example of the problem we have with the voices of young people. |
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Chevallier et Laspalès come high up on my list of favourite French comics. Their French is clear, and the humour always stylish. Here is Un weekend chez les amis |
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Here we have the First Lady of France, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, appearing on the pop music programme Taratata. I'm not going to be sarcastic about this lady who is not intellectual, but sharp a as a razor and a very good influence on her husband. |
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Brice de Nice is a cult film, a film for adolescents, a French film, and a very funny film, thanks to Jean Dujardin. As an exercise for listening comprehension, it's hard, but the dialogue for the most part is pretty clear. Strange how difficult it is to recognise English words used trendily by the French |
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Laurent Gerra interviewed by Christopher Hondelatte in a documentary called L'impertinence à la télévision. This I find very hard. The discussion is very relaxed and indistinct, the sound quality from the stage is fairly poor. But there are some good jokes |