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| INTRODUCTION |
| Virginie: Bonjour à tous! Hello, everyone. |
| Eric: Eric here. You Had Better Bring a Short Sleeve T-Shirt. |
| Virginie: Oui, hi, I am Virginie. |
| Eric: In this lesson, we are going to be looking at Joe’s adventures. |
| Virginie: Yeah we still follow Joe. So Joe is landing finally in France and he is a bit unprepared. |
| Eric: This is Joe’s arrival in France and he is still speaking with his friend Manon. |
| Virginie: Right. They are landing and in France, it’s 9 AM but still, it’s very hot. |
| Eric: Let’s have a listen. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Pilote : Bonjour à tous. Ici votre commandant de bord. Bienvenue à l'aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle à Paris, France. Il est 9 heures du matin, nous sommes lundi le 2 juin. La température est de 25°C. Bon séjour à tous. |
| Joe : 25 degrés ? Ouh là. Il fait chaud. |
| Manon : Oui. J'ai un T-Shirt à manches courtes. |
| Joe : Pas moi. |
| Eric: One more time, a little more slowly. |
| Virginie: Encore une fois, plus lentement. |
| Pilote : Bonjour à tous. Ici votre commandant de bord. Bienvenue à l'aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle à Paris, France. Il est 9 heures du matin, nous sommes lundi le 2 juin. La température est de 25°C. Bon séjour à tous. |
| Joe : 25 degrés ? Ouh là. Il fait chaud. |
| Manon : Oui. J'ai un T-Shirt à manches courtes. |
| Joe : Pas moi. |
| Eric: One more time, with the translation. |
| Virginie: Encore une fois, avec la traduction. |
| Pilote : Bonjour à tous. Ici votre commandant de bord. Bienvenue à l'aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle à Paris, France. Il est 9 heures du matin, nous sommes lundi le 2 juin. La température est de 25°C. Bon séjour à tous. |
| Eric: Hello everyone. It is the pilot. Welcome to the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. It is nine o'clock in the morning, it is Monday, June the second. The temperature is 25°C. Have a nice stay. |
| Joe : 25 degrés ? Ouh là. Il fait chaud. |
| Eric: Twenty-five degrees? Oh. It is warm. |
| Manon : Oui. J'ai un T-Shirt à manches courtes. |
| Eric: Yes. I have a short sleeve t-shirt. |
| Joe : Pas moi. |
| Eric: Not me. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: So Virginie, how many airports are there in Paris? |
| Virginie: In Paris, there are two airports. Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly. |
| Eric: We talk about which one? |
| Virginie: The one in our dialogue is Roissy Charles de Gaulle, it’s in the north of Paris. And then Orly, the other airport, is in the south. |
| Eric: So do French people fly a lot? |
| Virginie: Well, they do but there are definitely trained people, too. |
| Eric: Ah okay and the French railway system is really good right? |
| Virginie: Oui, tres bien, very good, quite expensive though, but very good. And also the railroad national company is called La SNCF, the SNCF. |
| Eric: Ah, la SNCF. |
| Virginie: Yes, la Société nationale des chemins de fer français, You don’t need to know that in details. |
| Eric: Just know la SNCF, that’s good to know. |
| Virginie: Also, it’s good to know that employees of the SNCF are often on strikes. |
| Eric: So, if you travel in France, I would recommend taking a look at the website prior to your trip. |
| Virginie: Yes the SNCF actually has a great website and they outline all of the strikes that are happening, and this way, you can avoid taking the wrong line. |
| Eric: And you can also get other information and buy tickets. |
| Virginie: Yes very handy. |
| Eric: Okay. So let’s listen to some vocabulary. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Virginie: bonjour [natural native speed] |
| Eric: hello |
| Virginie: bonjour [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: bonjour [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: tous [natural native speed] |
| Eric: all, every |
| Virginie: tous [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: tous [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: lundi [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Monday |
| Virginie: lundi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: lundi [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: le temps [natural native speed] |
| Eric: climate, weather |
| Virginie: le temps [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: le temps [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: température [natural native speed] |
| Eric: temperature |
| Virginie: température [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: température [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: degrés [natural native speed] |
| Eric: degrees |
| Virginie: degrés [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: degrés [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: le séjour [natural native speed] |
| Eric: stay |
| Virginie: le séjour [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: le séjour [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: avoir [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to have |
| Virginie: avoir [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: avoir [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: chaud(e) [natural native speed] |
| Eric: hot, warm |
| Virginie: chaud(e) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: chaud(e) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: le T-shirt à manches courtes [natural native speed] |
| Eric: the short sleeve t-shirt |
| Virginie: le T-shirt à manches courtes [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: le T-shirt à manches courtes [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: faire [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to do, to make |
| Virginie: faire [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: faire [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Virginie: un commandant de bord [natural native speed] |
| Eric: a pilot, a captain |
| Virginie: un commandant de bord [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Virginie: un commandant de bord [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Virginie: Ok, so which words are we looking at, Eric? |
| Eric: Well, why don’t we talk about the weather? |
| Virginie: Oh, yes! Let’s talk about the weather. |
| Eric: One of the most fascinating topics. |
| Virginie: Exactly, yes! Actually, I like to talk about the weather. Anyway, Yes. |
| Eric: Virginie usually watch the weather channel for hours. |
| Virginie: Ok, I admit it, I confess. Ok, so Joe says "il fait chaud" |
| Eric: He is surprised because..where is he coming from again? |
| Virginie: well, California, so I guess he should be used to warm weather. |
| Eric: Let's say he's from SF where it's always a bit chilly. |
| Virginie: OK so Joe says "il fait chaud, it's hot! |
| Eric: the first two words are "il fait", which in French means "it is"when talking about the temperature. |
| Virginei: Yes and then we have "chaud", which means hot. |
| Eric: Il fait chaud. Hopefully, you live somewhere you'll be able to say that phrase. |
| Virginie: Otherwise, if it's cold it's really easy too in French |
| Eric: Yes it starts the same way, il fait |
| Virginie: And then you just say "froid" |
| Eric: And that means cold. Il fait froid. |
| Virginie: Good to know if you live in Canada for example. |
| Eric: Ok what do we have next Virgnie? |
| Virginie: Next is Lundi. |
| Eric: and that's Monday. |
| Virginie: The pilot says "nous sommes lundi 2 juin" |
| Eric: That's the date. In France, to say the date you will say literally "we are" then the day of the week, then the date and finally the month. |
| Virginie: Yes let's here it one more time- nous |
| Eric: We |
| Virginie: Sommes |
| Eric: Are |
| Virginie: Lundi |
| Eric: Monday |
| Virginie: 2 |
| Eric: That's two, in this case, the second |
| Virginie: And finally juin |
| Eric: That's June. |
| Virginie: Nous sommes lundi 2 juin. |
| Eric: By the way this gives you another conjugation of the verb etre, to be |
| Virginie: Oh yes, to be with "we". We are, nous sommes. |
| Eric: In the lesson notes you'll also find out how to say the time and th etemperature in French. |
| Virginie: Yes. Now let's look at some grammar points. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: So first let's see how in french you say what time it is, since we're at it. |
| Virginie: Yes we'll just give you the proper phrase. |
| Eric: Let's be simple. How should I say "it is two o'clock? |
| Virginie: Ok. Il est deux heures. It is two o'clock. |
| Eric: The first two words are "il est", which means it is in french when talking about the time. |
| Virginie: You probably recognized the verb etre here. |
| Eric: And then we have deux |
| Virginie: Which we've now learned is two. |
| Eric: Finally we have "heures", which is hours in French. |
| Virginie: so literally we have "it is two hours" |
| Eric: Absolutely. So to say the time in French you say "il est" followed by the time. |
| Virginie: Again, to get details about how to say the time you can refer to our lesson notes. |
| Eric: Great. What is next Virginie? |
| Virginie: So in our dialog Joe realizes that it's hot outside. |
| Eric: YEs it's the summer in Paris, it can get pretty hot. |
| Virginie: Yes, in August Parisians escape from the city. |
| Eric: Which is nice because all of a sudden Paris seems quiet |
| Virginie: Yes like a village in the south of France. |
| Eric: Paris is a village anyway. |
| Virginie: Well that's coming from a new yorker! |
| Eric: You know what I love about Paris in the summer? |
| Virginie: No. What is it, Eric? |
| Eric: Paris Plage. Paris beach. |
| Virginie: Oh yes in August the city sets up an artificial beach by the river Seine |
| Eric: On the highway! |
| Virginie: That's great no more cars, just transats! |
| Eric: It's really nice, and it lasts a month. |
| Virginie: OK what were we talking about again? |
| Eric: You said Joe realizes it's hot. |
| Virginie: Right. And Manon, who knows Paris weather, says" j'ai un t-shirt a manche courte" |
| Eric: I have a short sleeve shirt. |
| Virginie: So let's focus on the first part of this sentence.J'ai un t-shirt |
| Eric: And that's "I have a t-shirt" |
| Virginie: First encounter with the verb avoir, to have. |
| Eric: So avoir with I, is j'ai, I have. SPELL |
| Virginie: and it's followed by "un", |
| Eric: Which is "a" |
| Virginie: And then "t-shirt", and that's easy. So to say what you have, just say j'ai followed by the thing you have. |
| Eric: For example, j'ai un rendez-vous. |
| Virginie: I have a date. You have a date, Eric? |
| Eric: No, that was just ane example. |
| Virginie: I like the way you choose your examples. |
| Eric: ahah |
Outro |
| Virginie: Ok, I think we’re done for this lesson. Thank you for listening. |
| Eric: Thanks so much for listening. |
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