Leçon 5 -- Text |
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A classroom, a professor, some students. |
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Let's continue the invention of the story. |
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First (of all), it is necessary to give a first name to the young people. |
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Why? |
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Why? But it's elementary. Because everyone has a first name. |
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Me, I have a first name. You, you have a first name. |
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It's what, your first name? -- Michael. |
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Well, you see. He has a first name. |
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(to a female student) You too (also), you have a first name. |
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It's what, your first name? -- Julia. |
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She, also, she has a first name. Everyone has a first name. Me, her, him. |
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But the young people of the story don't have a first name. |
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That's not right. (literally - That doesn't go.) It's not possible. |
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So, let's give a first name to the young people. |
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Because it's not easy to tell a story without first names. |
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Let's see. The young girl, first. |
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It's going to be what, her first name? |
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Ethel. -- Well ... no. It's a pretty name, Ethel, but it's an American first name. |
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And the young girl is French. She needs (literally - It is necessary) a French first name. |
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Listen. The name of the young girl is going to be Mireille. |
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Why? -- Because it's a pretty name. |
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Huh .. Mireille, it's pretty? |
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And then, it's not easy to pronounce. |
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Hey. Try it. Say Mireille. Go ahead. Go ahead. |
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You see. It's not easy. |
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The first name of the young man is going to be Robert. |
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No, no. No discussion. It's decided. --- Whay? |
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First of all, because it's a first name at the same time French and American. |
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It's a French first name. It's also an American first name. |
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And then, it's not easy to pronounce either. |
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Good. Now the young people of the story have a first name. |
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The first name of the young girl is ..... Ethel. |
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No, it's not Ethel. It's Mireille. |
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OK (literally -- Good). Mireille if you want. |
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And the first name of the young man is ....Robert. |
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Now, it is necessary to give a family to the young people. |
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First of all, to the young girl. The family of Mireille is not poor. |
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But it isn't rich, either. It's a family ... well-to-do. |
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Is Mireille going to have a mother? .... Yes. |
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Is she going to have a father? ... Yes. |
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Good, then. It's agreed. Mireille has a father and a mother. |
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The father and the mother of Mireille both work. (literally -- all the two) |
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Her father is an engineer with Renault, |
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And her mother is a department head at the Health Department. (Ministry of Health) |
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Mireille has two sisters. Cecile is older (more aged). |
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She is 23 (has twenty-three years) and she is married. |
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Marie-Laure is much younger (more young). She is ten (has ten years.) |
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And she isn't married. Obviously. |
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And now, let's also give a family to Robert. |
The parents of Robert have some money. They are even rather rich. |
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Robert doesn't have any sisters. He doesn't have any brothers, either. |
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He's an only child. (only son) |
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His parents are divorced. His father hasn't (is not) remarried. |
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But his mother has remarried. Poor Robert. |
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Only child. Parents divorced. Mother remarried. |
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He is perhaps going to have some hang-ups. |
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Ah. Very good. I adore that. Let's talk about the hang-ups of Robert. |
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You want to talk about the hang-ups of Robert? |
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Yes. Because that's going to be amusing ... and useful ... in order to learn French. |
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You believe so? Perhaps. But not today. |
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We don't have the time. Another time. |
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