Deux villes françaises pour un séjour romantique

"Two French cities for a romantic getaway"
French C1 dictation exercise

Patrick and Camille discuss two of their favourite romantic French cities in their podcast.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "partir à la découverte de", "incontournable", "faire de [quelque chose] un grand succès", "entouré.e de [quelque chose]", "à couper le souffle", "mériter", "Venise", "un canal", "pittoresque", "résister à [quelque chose]", "pour ma part", "se rendre [quelque part]", "une fontaine", "une touche de", "la sérénité", "un coin de rue", "enchanter", "une ambiance", "s'imprégner de [quelque chose]", "une escapade", "inoubliable", "un auditeur", "jeter son dévolu sur [quelque chose]", "planifer [quelque chose]".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
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