{"id":12028,"date":"2025-08-14T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12028"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:54:42","slug":"newsletter-enjoy-the-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-enjoy-the-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Enjoy the Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"align-items: center;justify-content: center;margin: 16px\">\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;text-align: center\">Enjoy the Rides!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">This week, we&#8217;re visiting fun fairs and theme parks, and having a blast on roller coasters, carousels and other rides\u00a0\ud83c\udfa1<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Speaking of fun fairs, do you know\u00a0what French people call &#8220;cotton candy&#8221; or &#8220;candy floss&#8221;? 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No? Well, there&#8217;s a good reason for that! Learn about the disastrous story of this&#8230;*cough*&#8230;&#8221;stuff of nightmares&#8221;&#8230;*cough*&#8230;unique French <em>parc d&#8217;attractions<\/em> in this fascinating video and its bilingual transcript:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><a href=\"\/learn\/listening\/mirapolis-le-fiasco-du-premier-parc-d-attractions-francais\">Mirapolis, le fiasco du premier parc d&#8217;attractions fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">\u00c0 la fran\u00e7aise &#8211; Mini Podcast Edition<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Idiomatic Expression<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/07\/idiom-podcast-francaise-decrocher-le-pompon-1.jpg\" alt=\"a pompon at a carrousel\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Learn a hilarious French expression with the\u00a0third installment of our new <a href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-la-francaise-french-expressions-decrocher-le-pompon\/\">fun format to learn French expressions<\/a>. For each new expression, you get its meaning, some useful in-context examples and&#8230; <strong>a fun\u00a0mini podcast<\/strong>\u00a0to fully learn it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">This week, enjoy learning a fun expression coming right from French fun fairs, to talk about winning the big prize&#8230;literally and figuratively!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;font-style: italic;margin-bottom: 8px;background-color: #ffffff;padding: 12px;border-radius: 4px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>&#8220;D\u00e9crocher le pompon&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-la-francaise-french-expressions-decrocher-le-pompon\/\">\u00c0 la fran\u00e7aise &#8211; French expressions : &#8220;D\u00e9crocher le pompon&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Bonne d\u00e9couverte\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Let&#8217;s fill in some blanks!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Devoir\/Pouvoir\/Vouloir in Le Pr\u00e9sent &#8211; A1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/07\/para-a-la-fete-foraine.jpg\" alt=\"kids laughing in bumper cars\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\">And last but not least, let&#8217;s take a <strong>nice trip to the fun fair<\/strong> with the fill-in-the-blank exercise below, while practising our present tense conjugations of modal verbs <em>vouloir, pouvoir<\/em> and <em>devoir<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/17398975\">\u00c0 la f\u00eate foraine<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #fff5eb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3.png\" alt=\"French writing challenges and dictees\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>Theme Parks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Here&#8217;s a little taster for free: <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/78\">Au cirque<\/a> (level A2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Not Premium yet? 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To check your email preferences, please <a href=\"\/communications-preferences\">follow this link<\/a> and make sure there&#8217;s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Keep\u00a0the fun going by\u00a0checking out our <strong>social media<\/strong> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial\">Tiktok<\/a> &#8211; for more awesome French content!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 24px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Bonne semaine \u00e0 tous et \u00e0 jeudi prochain !<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;margin-bottom: 24px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto;margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/img\/signatures\/aurelie-email-signature.png\" alt=\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard signature\" width=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #1f2937;margin-top: 8px;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Aur\u00e9lie Drouard<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #4b5563;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Head of French<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your French against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-enjoy-the-rides\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"Newsletter: Enjoy the Rides\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy the Rides! 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