Montrol-Sénard, France

French reading practice with side-by-side translation

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Montrol-Sénard (Haute-Vienne) est un petit village qui, avec la réhabilitation et la restauration de plusieurs sites, a été transformé en un genre de musée qui évoque la vie rurale du début du XXe siècle. Vous n’avez qu’à vous garer à la cathédrale au centre du village et entrer dans l’ancienne école communale pour trouver des informations sur le parcours Nostalgie rurale, qui inclut

Translation

Montrol-Sénard (in the département of Haute-Vienne) is a small village that has, with the renovation and restoration of several sites, been transformed into a sort of museum that recalls rural life from the beginning of the 20th century. You just park at the cathedral in the center of town and enter the former communal school to find information about the Rural Nostalgia route, which includes

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  • une maison typiquement limousine avec son intérieur paysan, une étable et un cellier
  • un grenier avec la salle d’exposition
  • un jardin de grand-mère
  • un fournil et le four à pain communal
  • un bûcher
  • un poulailler et un toit à cochon
  • le lavoir
  • les ateliers du sabotier et du cordonnier
  • le café buvette
Translation

  • a typically Limousin house with farmhouse-style interior, stable, and storeroom
  • attic and display room
  • grandmother’s garden
  • bakery and communal bread oven
  • woodshed
  • henhouse and pig sty
  • wash house
  • clog-maker’s and shoemaker’s workshops
  • café / bar

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Mais attention : après notre visite, nous voulions déjeuner, mais le seul restaurant dans le village était déjà fermé à 13h30.
Translation

But be careful: after our visit we wanted to have lunch, but the only restaurant in the village was already closed at 1:30.

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 Reading comprehension

Grammar

Batteuse (Thresher) à Montrol-Sénard © LKL

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