LET'S SPEAK FRENCH

⏳ Fasten your seatbelts, this week we go back thousands of years in time. Meet the Celts, Romans, Gauls, Franks,… some of the ancient civilizations that lived in France. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 📕 "La Gaule retrouvée", Pierre Pinon, Découvertes Gallimard, 1991 🔗 https://www.histoire-et-civilisations.com/thematiques/antiquite/vercingetorix-contre-clovis-les-gaulois-face-au-passe-national-82786.php 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🥘 If you have been in Lyon, you have certainly come across the “bouchon lyonnais”, that traditional restaurant serving only local dishes made of local ingredients. It acquired a worldwide reputation thanks to the original chefs like Mère Brazier and her renowned student Paul Bocuse. If you tried one of them, let us know what your experience was like, it had to be memorable. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 More about the “bouchons lyonnais”: http://lesbouchonslyonnais.org/ 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🚴‍♀️ For about 120 years, the Tour de France has been exclusively for men. There have been a couple of attempts to organize a women's Tour in 1955 and 1984, but both were unsuccessful. Until today: following the success of "La Course by Le Tour de France", a miniature version organized since 2014 that has brought a lot of public attention, "Le Tour de France Femmes" is reborn! (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 Site officiel - Le Tour Femmes: https://www.letourfemmes.fr/fr 🔗 A brief history of the Tour de France Femmes (en): https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de-france-femmes/a-brief-history-of-the-womens-tour-de-france/ 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🇺🇸 The 18th and 19th centuries saw multiple revolutions worldwide. All of which have drastically modernized our society and planted the seeds for social revolutions to come. Undeniably, the US Declaration of Independence of 1776 was an inspiration to many, including the French Revolution, only thirteen years later. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 https://www.histoire-et-civilisations.com/thematiques/epoque-moderne/vers-la-revolution-comment-la-france-a-bascule-70129.php 📕 https://www.histoire-et-civilisations.com/papier/2021/edition-de-fevrier-n069/hc69-vers-la-revolution-pourquoi-la-france-a-bascule-70625.php 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

☕️ The word "coffee" comes from Africa, the coffee vocabulary is Italian, the beans are from South America, Africa and Asia, the best machines come from all over the world, and—as it turns out—the first espresso machine was invented in France exactly 200 years ago. Interesting enough material to discuss for hours! (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 https://baristas-choice.com/who-invented-the-espresso-machine/ 📕 Jean Pruvost's "La Story de la langue française", pp. 184 & 228 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

💒 17th century, Benedetta Carlini becomes a nun in the Convent of the Mother of God in Pescia, Italy. She distinguishes herself for her intense mysticism that will propel her higher and higher in the Church’s hierarchy. The question is: is it really faith that motivates her? Director Paul Verhoeven chose that true story for his latest and second movie shot in French. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🎬 Watch Paul Verhoeven's BENEDETTA (2021) on Hulu (US): https://www.hulu.com/start?cmp=12949 🎵 Video soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🖊 The false friends. We’re not talking about loveship and hateship this week. Actually, this is about vocabulary-ship. About the words whose journey through time caused them to evolve differently in French and English. Think about “actually”—which is not translated with “actuellement”—, or “journey”—which is not “une journée”—… (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 Find the full list of false friends and their actual translations in the online book "Les faux amis; ou, Les trahisons du vocabulaire anglais": https://archive.org/details/lesfauxamisoules00kssl/mode/2up 📕 Jean Pruvost's "La Story de la langue française": https://www.tallandier.com/livre/la-story-de-la-langue-francaise/ 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🕯 In 1434, Bruges (in the Duchy of Burgundy back then) was home to one of the most important Flemish Masters, Jan van Eyck. Even though little is known about him and his work, he left us enough material to spend hours investigating it. That’s exactly what writer Jean-Philippe Postel did on one key masterpiece of the painter: The Arnolfini Portrait. Let’s follow him and try to shed light on the little mysteries hidden in the painting. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 📕 Read Jean-Philippe Postel's "L'Affaire Arnolfini": https://www.amazon.com/Laffaire-Arnolfini-Enqu%C3%AAte-tableau-Eyck/dp/2330060912 🔗 3D recreation of the room: https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/egch.20071004.025-032?show=full 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🏙 Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone, …) and Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) are two of the most talented French directors of their generation. Put them together in a writing room and you get their latest project, “Paris, 13th District,” a very deep and intimate movie. No wonder the two regulars of the Cannes Film Festival made a big impression at the festival last year. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🎬 Watch "Les Olympiades" on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2gtfDo601ig 🔗 Article in Le Monde about: https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/11/03/les-olympiades-une-jeunesse-dans-le-tumulte-des-sens_6100765_3246.html 🎵 Video soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

☢️ A few weeks ago, the European Commission decided to label nuclear energy as “green” in an effort to meet the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement (https://youtu.be/_OUUSz3sPf0), and to reduce Europe’s dependence on foreign oil and gas. This decision left a lot of people aghast. The green parties are calling for a revision. Aren't there better ways to save energy and save the planet? (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 Learn more about energies: https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org/fiches-pedagogiques-energies 🔗 "Le Monde" article about using less energy: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2022/03/22/stephen-kerckhove-le-plus-sur-chemin-pour-acceder-a-l-independance-energetique-n-est-pas-le-nucleaire-mais-la-sobriete-energetique_6118613_3232.html 🎵 Video soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

⚓️ One of the most amazing pieces of romantic French art, “Le Radeau de La Méduse” on display in the Louvre, also has one of the most amazing stories. Painted in 1819, it represents sailors on a raft, hailing a boat in the horizon. Highly symbolic, it’s been used to illustrate political sinking many times. Let’s dive into the true story behind this masterwork. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 All about "Le Radeau de La Méduse" and its history: https://www.beauxarts.com/grand-format/le-radeau-de-la-meduse-du-calvaire-au-chef-doeuvre/ 🎬 Same but in video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9EstP8lLgM 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com

🏔 The word “alpinism” comes from the Alps, could have guessed that. But when, and under which circumstances was the term created? It finds its origins in the highest mountain of Western Europe, between France, Italy and Switzerland. Mont Blanc is one of the most sought-after peaks in the world for mountaineers, and the venue for the first ever Winter Olympic Games. (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). 🔗 Alexandre Dumas' "Impressions de Voyage; Jacques Balmat": https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Impressions_de_voyage/04 🔗 Histoire & Civilisations no. 80 - février 2022: https://kiosque.histoire-et-civilisations.com/reader/75a006cf-40b3-4e26-860c-27cf7937c92a?origin=%2Fhistoire-civilisations%2Fhistoire-civilisations%2Fn80-2022 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com