French Audio Post: Mariage de Kate Middleton et William : La liste des invités très VIP publiée !

Here is your dose of royal wedding news in French. The article was from purepeople.com.

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Mariage de Kate Middleton et William : La liste des invités très VIP publiée !.egg on Aviary.

French Audio Post: Philippines: glissement de terrain mortel

Here is another news article that I have recorded. The article is from Le Figaro and is about a previous landslide in the Philippines.

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Le Figaro: Philippines: glissement de terrain mortel 22 Avril 2011.egg on Aviary.

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French Audio Post: Les crucifixions ont toujours lieu aux Philippines même si l'Église désapprouve

This is the first ever audio post, I am doing a news article reading for my French Speaking Practice. These audio posts are mostly done by me reading out an article in French. I am hoping to make my speaking better and also to provide an audio library of listening exercises for the followers of this blog.

For this audio post, I decided to read an article about the crucifixions here in the Philippines. The article is from The Canadian Press.

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Mot du Jour: Environnement

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
environnement /ɑ̃viʀɔnmɑ̃/
masculine noun
environment.

Happy Earth Day everyone!

Mot du Jour: carême

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
Lent /lent/
noun
carême m.

Mot du Jour: Minière: Mining

minière:

WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2011

Compound Forms/Formes composées
concession minière nf mining claim
géologie minière mining geology
industrie minière lead mining

science minière mineral science

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Mot du Jour: Cartes

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
carte /kaʀt/
feminine noun
(pour écrire) card;
(document) gén card;
(laissez-passer) pass;
→ jeux Jeux card;
~ à jouer playing card;
jouer aux ~s to play cards;
mettre ~s sur table fig to put one's cards on the table;
il possède plus d'une ~ dans son jeu he's got other cards up his sleeve;
Géog map;
~ marine/du ciel sea/astronomical chart;
Biol ~ génétique genetic map;
(au restaurant) menu;
manger à la ~ to eat à la carte, to order from the menu;
horaire à la ~ fig personalized timetable;
activités sportives à la ~ choice (sg) of sporting activities.