I think these would be great if we had the listening, followed by comprehension Qs and then the lecture to verify
"Qui sont-ils ? Les Frères Bogdanoff" has been shared to the blog from the French reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening exercises section.
Have you ever heard of the Bogdanoff brothers? Icons of the French media landscape, pioneers who introduced several French generations to science fiction and science, controversial figures with a most peculiar physique, learn about France’s most famous twins in our bilingual article below.
After listening to the audio, click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.
Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don’t match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical events 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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Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!
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Bonjour Nikkieta,
Thank you for your comment! I will pass this on to our language team. Merci et bonne journée !