{"id":5126,"date":"2021-07-12T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2021-06-11T16:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:04:04","slug":"lhistoire-de-la-fete-nationale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/lhistoire-de-la-fete-nationale\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;histoire de la f\u00eate Nationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the history of France&#8217;s national holiday, <em>le 14 juillet<\/em>, in this informative video.<\/p>\n<p>After watching, scroll down for the transcript in our bilingual reader, where you can click any French phrase for the English translation and related grammar lessons.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L&#039;histoire de la f\u00eate Nationale et le d\u00e9fil\u00e9 du 14 juillet en France\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDOligI_Nic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kwiziq-reader\">\n                <div class=\"kwiziq-reader-header\">\n                    <div class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-top\">\n                        <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kwiziq-reader__logo\" src=\"\/img\/svg\/generic\/kwiziq-interactive-reader-logo.svg\" alt=\"kwiziq interactive reader logo\" title=\"Kwiziq Interactive Reader\"> -->\n                        <div class=\"kwiziq-reader__logo\"><\/div>\n                        <ul class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links\">\n                            <li class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links-item\"><span class=\"btn btn-link\"  data-tooltip=\"<strong>Kwiziq interactive readers<\/strong> are great way to practice your reading skills without getting lost. <strong>Click on any phrase for the English translation and related  grammar lessons<\/strong>, that you can study now or add to your Notebook.\" data-tooltip-theme=\"tooltipster-generic\"  data-tooltip-interactive=\"true\">What's this?<\/span><\/li>\n                            <!-- <li class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links-item\">More <a href=\"%s\">%s reading practice<\/a><\/li> -->\n                        <\/ul> \n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"text-panel text-panel--tip text-panel--tip-basic-icon\">\n                        <p>Click any word in the text to see its translation and related grammar lessons.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kwiziq-reader-body\"><div id=\"event-dispatcher\"><\/div> <!--  an ugly hack just to make dispatching \"global\" events in jQuery easy -->\n<div class=\"css-hidden\" id=\"speech-container\"><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"KwiziqReader\" class=\"\">\n    <!-- new reader entry point -->\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"flash-message\">\n    <div id=\"flash-message-action\"><\/div>\n    <div id=\"flash-message-progress\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"watchdog-footer\" class=\"\">\n\t<!--  VERSION:     <div class=\"ui-grid-b\">\n        <div class=\"ui-block-a\">\n            Backend layer signals\n            <ul id=\"layer-backend\">\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ui-block-b\">\n            User layer signals\n            <ul  id=\"layer-user\" >\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ui-block-c\">\n            Timing signals\n            <ul  id=\"layer-timer\" >\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div> -->\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ todo :: move those templates out of here\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar readerPopoverTemplate = '<div class=\"reader-popover bottom\"><div class=\"reader-popover-container\"><div class=\"arrow arrow-up\"><\/div><div class=\"arrow arrow-down\"><\/div><div class=\"reader-popover-close\">&times;<\/div><h3 class=\"reader-popover-title\"><\/h3><button class=\"listen btn btn--primary\">Listen<\/button><div class=\"reader-popover-content\"><h4 class=\"reader-popover-content-title\">Related grammar lessons:<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfunction ReaderPopupInit(config , title , links , hasAudio) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.find(\".reader-popover-title\").text(title);\n                            var readerPopoverContent = this.find(\".reader-popover-content\");\n                            var level = 0;\n                            \n                            if(links) {\n                                readerPopoverContent.show().find(\"a\").remove();\n                                \n                                for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {\n                                    var id = links[i].id;\n\n                                    var bookmarked = (Kwiziq.bookmarkData ? 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