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novembre-dcembre 2004 ISSN 1536-0989

French transcript with English translation

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Novembre Dcembre 2004 Le mariage 1 SECTION 1

Bonjour et bienvenue Fluent French Audio deHello, and welcome to Fluent French Audio for

novembre et dcembre 2004. Les sujets traits dans cetNovember and December, 2004. The topics covered in this

album sont tous issus dune passion.album are all born of a passion.

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Tout dabord, le tmoignage de Nicolas et Audrey, quiFirst of all, the account of Nicolas and Audrey, who

vivent Paris et viennent de

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se marier.

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Cet t,live in Paris and just got married. This summer,

alors quils taient toujours en pleins prparatifs,while they were still in the midst of preparations,

ils nous ont parl de lorganisation des crmonies de leur20they spoke to us about the organization of the ceremonies of their

mariage dans le sud-ouest de la France.wedding in the southwest of France.

Nicolas. Audrey.

1venir de faire quelque chose = to have just done something.Literally, to come from doing something.Je viens darriver. = Ihave just arrived.

2 Note that, in French, the mayor may marry a couple, (Le maire les

a maris. = The Mayor married them.), but to get married withsomeone is se marier avec quelquun. Marie et Paul se sontmaris. = Marie and Paul got married.


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2 8 Fluent French Audiosur mon voile, quelque chose datroce,1020on my veil, something atrocious,

a pourrait me mettre en boule !1that could make me really upset!

Quest-ce quon peut vous souhaiter,What can we wish you,

deux mois de votre mariage ?two months from your wedding?1030

[A] Bonne chance.Good luck.

[N] Bon courage.Hoping all goes well.

Merci.Thank you.

1mettre quelquun en boule (slang) = to make someone furious; tomake someone very upset.

Novembre Dcembre 2004 Lescargot 29 SECTION 12

Marc Mage, hliciculteur Barjac en Arige,1Marc Mage, snail farmer in Barjac in Arige

nous communique sa passion pour llevage2 des escargots.communicates to us his passion for snail farming.

Il dvoile au micro de Martin Venzal le secret de leurHe reveals to the microphone of Martin Venzal the secret of their

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reproduction mystrieuse et les multiples recettes quimysterious reproduction and the many recipes that

permettent de les consommer.allow us to eat them.

Marc Mage.

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Marc Mage, bonjour.Marc Mage, hello.

1 Mr. Mage gives tours of his farm and snail museum! The cost is only3 euros. Children under 7 dont pay. The tour includes thereproduction area, the farm and the snail museum. It lasts an hourand a half. There are two tours per day: at 3 PM and 5 PM. The bestmonths are February through October. (The snails hibernate fromNovember through January.) Group rates are available. Telephonenumber: 00 33 5.61.96.41.27.

2un levage = a livestock operation. Compare to lever (to raise)

and un leveur (a livestock farmer) and un animal dlevage (afarm animal).


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Novembre Dcembre 2004 Le bouquiniste 51 SECTION 21

Maintenant, Joseph Trotta, bouquiniste Rouen,1Now Josept Trotta, a dealer in old books in Rouen,

nous confie ses motivations et les circonstancestells us of his motivations and the circumstances

qui lont conduit ce mtier. Yann Chouquet a enregistrthat led him to this occupation. Yann Chouquet recorded

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cet entretien avec un homme qui exerce la mme professionthis interview with a man who exercises the same profession

quun libraire, mais avec lhumour en plus. as a bookseller, but with humor in addition.

Joseph Trotta.

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Comment on devient bouquiniste? Parce queHow does one become a dealer in old books? Because

il [n]y a pas de formation, il [n]y a pas20there is no training, there is no

1 If you are in Rouen, try to visit Mr. Trottas shop. He is there Mondaythrough Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Mornings are spent makingpurchases and sorting new inventory.) His address is 148, rueBeauvoisine. Telephone: 00 33 2 35 71 84 70. You can also send him

an email and see some more pictures by visiting his website:http://josephtrotta.free.fr.


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7 4 Fluent French Audio Novembre Dcembre 2004 Guignol 75


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SECTION 27

Philippe Ocher, du thtre Le Guignol de Lyon,1Philippe Ocher, of the Le Guignol de Lyon theater,

rappelle Jean-Louis Rioual les origines derecalls for Jean-Louis Rioual the origins of

la clbre marionnette, qui poursuit les mchantsthe famous marionette, who has been pursuing the bad guys

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de scne en scne depuis deux sicles, et cefrom stage to stage for two centuries, and this

pour le plus grand bonheur des adultes et des enfants.

for the great pleasure of adults and children.

Philippe Ocher.

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Donc, pour comprendre Guignol aujourdhui,So, to understand Guignol today,

forcment, il faut revenir au dbut du dix-neuvime20obviously, it is necessary to return to the beginning of the 19th

sicle pour comprendre cette histoire-l ?century to understand this story?

1 To see the calendar of upcoming shows, visit the website:

http://www.guignol-lyon.com or call 04 78 28 92 57. The theater islocated in the 5th arrondissement at 2, Rue Louis Carrand.


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1 16 Fluent French AudioDenis Ceccon. Au revoir.

Denis Ceccon. Good-bye.


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Merci.Thank you.

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