Monthly Archives: November 2007

Lance Amstrong

Lance Armstrong (born 1971) won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous records of five wins by Miguel Indurain (consecutive) and Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil. Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer. Voici un reportage en deux parties fait…

Le mot de la semaine

Une agrafeuse: Un appareil qui sert à attacher des feuilles de papier avec des agrafes (une agrafe = une attache métallique)

L’expression de la semaine

Une vache à lait: Une personne que l’on exploite, qui est une source de profit pour les autres.

Maurice Béjart

Tango Maurice Béjart, the French choreographer whose flamboyant and populist ballets made him the equivalent of a pop star in Europe, died in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 80. Béjart was born in Marseille, as Maurice Jean Berger. Physically frail as a child, the young Maurice Berger enrolled in ballet school at age 14 as therapy….

The comparative

French lesson: Counting from 1 to 100 in French

French lesson: Colors

Noir, gris, blanc, brun, bleu foncé, bleu ciel, violet, mauve, rose, vert foncé, vert clair, rouge, orange, jaune.

French lesson: Using prepositions with countries

The Valet – titre français La Doublure

When paparazzi catch him with his supermodel mistress, billionaire CEO Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) devises a plan to convince his wife that the beautiful woman is actually dating lovelorn valet Francois (Gal Elmaleh). But Pierre’s clever wife Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) cooks up a plan of her own. A hilarious farce written and directed by Francis…

Gad Elmaleh & Dany Boon – Cours de jonglage

Gad Elmaleh et Dany Boon jouent dans le film “La Doublure” ( The Valet ). On les voit dans un sketch pour une émission animée par le présentateur Arthur.