"Décès de l'ancien président Jacques Chirac, l'animal politique" has been shared to the blog from the French reading exercises section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills.
Former French president and mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac passed away on 26 September 2019. Learn about the legacy of this political animal in this video from France24.
Exercise: Jacques Chirac
Watch the video, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your notebook to practise later.
Note: The tenses in this French transcript and its English translation don’t match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense – learn more about historical French tenses.
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