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A2 French Story

A Parcel, a Smile

Un colis, un sourire

0:54 min video · 3 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Pourquoi tu dis « pardon » à chaque client ?Why do you say 'sorry' to every customer?
  2. Marc répond : « Ce matin, tu ne dois pas le dire. »Marc answers: 'This morning, you must not say it.'
  3. Nadia a fait tomber un colis et dit : « Pardon ! »Nadia dropped a parcel and says: 'Sorry!'

About this lesson

Nadia, the new post office employee, always says sorry too much. Her boss Marc tries to help her stop, but the habit comes back.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
un colisa parcel
pardonsorry
ce matinthis morning

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