French listening practice with side-by-side translation
Listening comprehension: See the links at the bottom for lessons related to the phrases in italics.
| Festival de Cannes | Cannes Film Festival |
| Maitresse de cĂ©rĂ©monie de cette 70e Ă©dition du Festival de Cannes : l’actrice italienne Monica Bellucci, arrivĂ©e discrètement lundi, animera la cĂ©rĂ©monie d’ouverture de ce soir. |
Translation
Mistress of ceremonies of this 70th edition of the Cannes Festival: Italian actress Monica Bellucci, [who] quietly arrived on Monday, will host tonight’s opening ceremony. [collapse]
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| Ă€ l’affiche : « Les FantĂ´mes d’IsmaĂ«l » d’Arnaud Desplechin, un drame français avec Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marion Cotillard et Mathieu Amalric.
– Je suis venue reprendre mon homme. |
Translation
On screen: "IsmaĂ«l’s Ghosts," [directed] by Arnaud Desplechin, a French drama with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marion Cotillard, and Mathieu Amalric. – I came to get my man back.
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| Au programme de ce festival comme toujours : des stars, des paillettes et douze jours de cinĂ©ma, sous l’Ĺ“il attentif du jury. Cette annĂ©e, le rĂ©alisateur espagnol Pedro Almodovar prĂ©side, aux cĂ´tĂ©s de quatre femmes et quatre hommes, parmi eux notamment l’actrice et rĂ©alisatrice Agnès Jaoui, Will Smith ou encore le rĂ©alisateur corĂ©en Park Chan-wook. |
Translation
On this festival’s program as always: stars, sequins, and twelve days of movies, under the attentive eyes of the jury. This year, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar is presiding, alongside four women and four men, including notably actress and director Agnès Jaoui, Will Smith, and Korean director Park Chan-wook. [collapse]
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| Mais avant la montĂ©e des marches, les flash crĂ©pitent Ă l’hĂ´tel Martinez oĂą les cĂ©lĂ©britĂ©s se retrouvent pour le traditionnel dĂ®ner du jury. Au total, douze films concourent pour la Palme d’or. |
Translation
But before [heading to] the red carpet, flashbulbs are going off at HĂ´tel Martinez where the celebrities have met for the traditional jury dinner. In total, twelve films are competing for the Golden Palm award. [collapse]
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| Video courtesy of TV5Monde. | Translation by LKL |
Listening comprehension
Vocabulary
Grammar
- cette 70e Ă©dition, ce soir – demonstrative adjectives
- arrivĂ©e discrètement lundi – past participle
- Monica Bellucci … animera la cĂ©rĂ©monie – future
- Je suis venue – passĂ© composĂ©
- mon homme – possessive adjective
- Tout ce que tu dis – indefinite relative pronoun
- parmi eux – stressed pronoun
- l’hĂ´tel Martinez oĂą les cĂ©lĂ©britĂ©s se retrouvent – relative pronoun
- les cĂ©lĂ©britĂ©s se retrouvent – pronominal verb
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