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Enjoy the Rides!
This week, we’re visiting fun fairs and theme parks, and having a blast on roller coasters, carousels and other rides 🎡
Speaking of fun fairs, do you know what French people call “cotton candy” or “candy floss”? It’s la barbe à papa, literally “Daddy’s beard”! Though we can see the fluffly aspect, we’re less convinced by the pink hue comparison 😂
Alors, sans plus attendre, let’s enjoy the ups and downs of the thrilling French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🎢
Mirapolis, le fiasco du premier parc d’attractions français
Listening and Reading practice – B2 Level
Have you ever heard of Mirapolis, the “greatest” French theme park? No? Well, there’s a good reason for that! Learn about the disastrous story of this…*cough*…”stuff of nightmares”…*cough*…unique French parc d’attractions in this fascinating video and its bilingual transcript:
Mirapolis, le fiasco du premier parc d’attractions français
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À la française – Mini Podcast Edition
Idiomatic Expression
Learn a hilarious French expression with the third installment of our new fun format to learn French expressions. For each new expression, you get its meaning, some useful in-context examples and… a fun mini podcast to fully learn it!
This week, enjoy learning a fun expression coming right from French fun fairs, to talk about winning the big prize…literally and figuratively!
“Décrocher le pompon”
À la française – French expressions : “Décrocher le pompon”
Bonne découverte !
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Let’s fill in some blanks!
Devoir/Pouvoir/Vouloir in Le Présent – A1 Level
And last but not least, let’s take a nice trip to the fun fair with the fill-in-the-blank exercise below, while practising our present tense conjugations of modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir and devoir:
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Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!
Special treat for Premium subscribers
Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers, with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.
This week’s theme is Theme Parks.
Here’s a little taster for free: Au cirque (level A2)
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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !
Aurélie Drouard
Head of French
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