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Learn French with the news! This clip is from RFI’s Revue de Presse Française 24 Aug Episode. Listen and fill in what you hear below. Read more and find a translation below. Find the full episode here.
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Are alone in the world
Oof. Some heavy listening to close out August. I liked this clip for a couple of reasons:
First and foremost, we’ve got two speakers, as far as I can tell. Both reading/reciting from a clip of news.
And that brings me to the second part, and why I like this whole program. They recite the news rote, going quickly and without normal inflections. Meaning, you really have to pick up the words that are said. Ignore the medium and really get the message.
The pace is quick, nay, rapidfire and there’s little inflection except to make a point about the paper, it seems, not the message. This makes it a challenge for me.
Fortunately we’re studying a langauge, so there’s no reason to feel alone in the world. And… And…. I definitely did not choose “l’espoir est mort” for this title. Stick with it.
This clip has rapid pace through the last few sentences. I can barely hear the “et” before “l’espoir”. On first listen, I even thought that the clip was cut shorter than the text… It was over so fast.
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—En fait, résument Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, ce matin, les Afghans sont seuls au monde.
—Il n’y a plus dans le pays ni soldats américains pour faire rempart ni plus personne pour les protéger de la barbarie ordinaire. Ce matin, le ciel est silencieux. Les portes de sortie sont toutes condamnées et l’espoir est mort.
– In fact, summarizes Les Latest Nouvelles d’Alsace, “This morning the Afghans are alone in the world.
– There are no longer any American soldiers in the country to defend themselves and no one to protect them from ordinary barbarism. This morning the sky is silent. The exits are all locked and hope is dead.
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ce matin
seuls
soldats américains
rempart
barbarie ordinaire – commonplace barbarism
condamnées
l’espoir
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