Miscellaneous
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Publicité.avi Publicité.srt Publicité.doc Publicité.mp3 |
These are very difficult. The pace of the voices is fast, the style informal, the vocabulary often very modern. Note however - they are designed to be easily understandable by native speakers ! |
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ANousRepublique.avi ANousRepublique.srt ANousRepublique.doc ANousRepublique.mp3 |
Listen carefully to the bit where he says that handicapped people - presumably blind - should be able to right-click on an image to hear an audio account of what the image shows ! |
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Amadeus.avi Amadeus.srt Amadeus.doc Amadeusmp3 |
This is very representative of what I'm trying to offer as Level 2 clips. It's reasonably clear, but it doesn't give you every word separately as happens with documentary voiceovers. The brain has to fill in the gaps |
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Ouvrard.avi Ouvrard.srt Ouvrard.doc Ouvrard.mp3 |
Although the speed of this patter
song makes it a Level 3, notice how clear is the diction of this music
hall entertainer ! |
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Experiences.avi Experiences.srt Experiences.doc Experiences.mp3 |
In between the scientific bits from the presenter, the conversations show well what we're trying to get the ear to pick up - the style of idiomatic French. Not easy. |
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TM091113.avi TM091113.srt TM091113.doc TM091113.mp3 |
What makes the first half difficult to follow is not just the speed, but also the incoherence of the presentation. Hang on in there, though. By contrast, the second half offers some challenges of vocabulary, like 'qui en fit et ses supports et ses suppôts' ! |
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Zygel.avi Zygel.srt Zygel.doc Zygel.mp3 |
Anglophones tend to describe the French voice as 'nasal'. Not true, it has the mellow resonance of a cello. Listen to Jean-François Zygel ! |
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PierreBachelet.avi PierreBachelet.srt PierreBachelet.doc PierreBachelet.mp3 |
I don't normally include songs because you can always get the words off the Internet, and they are not very good transcription exercises. So this is just for the pleasure of the songs... |
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MuseeToulouse.avi MuseeToulouse.srt MuseeToulouse.doc MuseeToulouse.mp3 |
Laurence Piquet's diction is perfect. If you have a tendency to 'roll' the French 'r' as if you were permanently in a chanson by Piaf, listen to this lady |
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Apocalypse.avi Apocalypse.srt Apocalypse.doc Apocalypse.mp3 |
There is considerable linguistic interest in this piece. The presenter speaks very quickly, but very clearly. You often have to pick up the sense of what he says without necessarily catching every word. And the chilling series of prophecies make for some nice formal French |
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Art.avi Art.srt Art.doc Art.mp3 |
As is often the case with surrealist theatre - Ionesco is the great example - the dialogue Level-1. But when the voices speed up ... the we have to work a little. |
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8Journalistes.avi 8Journalistes.srt 8Journalistes.doc 8Journalistes.mp3 |
You should have no difficulty following this Level-1 extract. I include it because we don't often have examples from television of this well-written formal French |
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Churchill.avi Churchill.srt Churchill.doc Churchill.mp3 |
Discussions are very good sources of 'incoherent language', of false starts, repetitions; and also, rapid speech, people speakin g one on top of another. But this one isn't too bad. A Level-2 |
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Barnaby.avi Barnaby.srt Barnaby.doc Barnaby.mp3 |
The dialogue is always very clear, but the fast-paced action lends a little difficulty, making it a Level-2 |