169: "Faire du ski?... Allons-y, en piste!" (part I)
One of our listeners asked for a lesson that would include skiing-related vocabulary. In this two-part lesson, Bertrand plays the role of an experienced skiier while I'm a beginner. I'll soon be joini...
26 Joulu 201428min
168: "Bonjour, pouvons-nous nous installer à une table, s'il vous plaît?"
In this lesson, we take a look at some essential tourist vocabulary that just about everybody needs on a holiday to France. Our conversation is a typical one where a family arrives on the terrasse of ...
16 Marras 201411min
167: "As-tu suivi les événements récents en Ukraine?"
Little did we know when we were preparing this lesson in recent days that the situation in Ukraine would become even more fragile with the shooting down of a civilian airliner. Bertrand gives his view...
18 Heinä 201421min
166: "C'est confirmé... t'es atteint d'APC!"
The focus of our lesson this time is something which could be described as a modern-day disorder, afflicting a huge number of people. We're not talking about a physical disorder, per se... more of a s...
6 Kesä 201417min
165: "Hier, j'ai assisté à un concert éblouissant!"
Our lesson this time focuses on a concert Béatrix attended, a classical concert. Bertrand wonders what makes the difference between a concerto on the one hand and a symphony on the other. Béatrix give...
23 Touko 201414min
164: "As-tu vu 'Dallas Buyers' Club'?"
Our lesson this time centres around a film called "Dallas Buyers' Club", the story of a Texan cowboy who contracted AIDS at a time when most people had not yet heard of the disease. Let's listen. Then...
14 Touko 201418min
163. "Nelson Mandela: comment se fait-il que l'on parle autant de lui?"
If ever the term 'great statesman' were relevant, it could surely be attributed to Nelson Mandela. In our conversation this time, Bertrand puts some questions to Béatrix to discover why, exactly, Mand...
22 Helmi 20140s
162: "As-tu entendu parler des ouvriers népalais au Qatar?"
Our conversation this time focuses on working conditions as Qatar develops its infrastructure for the football World Cup in 2022. The tournament is some years away but the controversies surrounding th...
24 Tammi 201416min
