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How fast do we need to travel? 🛫

À quelle vitesse doit-on voyager ? 🛫


Salut à tou.te.s,


Il y a cinquante ans, le 21 janvier 1976, le premier Concorde était mis en service. Conçu pour relier l’Europe et les États-Unis en moins de trois heures, cet avion supersonique a fini par se casser le nez au début du millénaire. Aujourd’hui, des start-ups relancent le mythe de la vitesse. Elles rêvent de briser le mur du son et de vivre la vie de globe-trotters, naviguant d’un bout à l’autre de la planète aussi vite qu’on irait au travail le matin. C’est excitant, mais est-ce vraiment nécessaire ?


Fifty years ago, on January 21, 1976, the first Concorde entered service. Designed to connect Europe and the United States in under three hours, this supersonic aircraft ultimately crashed at the beginning of the millennium. Today, startups are reviving the myth of speed. They dream of breaking the sound barrier and living the lives of globetrotters, traveling from one end of the planet to the other as fast as one commutes to work in the morning. It's exciting, but is it really necessary?


Preparation:

  • watch this week's episode about the Concorde: https://youtu.be/Gf1NsGvJ7_o (subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar).

  • watch related episode: le voyage

  • prepare one or two questions


Join us in this week's sessions:

  • Tuesday January 20, 2026

French Conversation Group - B2
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  • Sunday January 25, 2026

French Conversation Group - A1
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Bonne semaine et à bientôt,

Rafaël

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