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The Taxi That Translates

Le taxi qui traduit

2:14 min video · 11 sentences · 5 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Pardon, mademoiselle, vous parlez français ?Excuse me, miss, do you speak French?
  2. Je ne comprends pas votre langue.I don't understand your language.
  3. Mei sort son téléphone de son sac.Mei takes her phone out of her bag.
  4. Elle parle, et le téléphone traduit en français.She speaks, and the phone translates into French.
  5. Monsieur Paul rit : « C’est incroyable ! »Monsieur Paul laughs: "It's incredible!"
  6. Il explique : « Je vais à un mariage. »He explains: "I'm going to a wedding."
  7. Mei est très surprise.Mei is very surprised.
  8. Elle a un cadeau pour le même mariage !She has a gift for the same wedding!
  9. Le taxi s’arrête devant la mairie.The taxi stops in front of the town hall.
  10. Monsieur Paul donne le bras à Mei.Monsieur Paul gives Mei his arm.
  11. Ils entrent ensemble, comme de vieux amis.They go in together, like old friends.

About this lesson

An old man and a young woman share a taxi and a translating phone app. The app helps them understand each other, and they discover they are going to the same wedding.

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
le taxithe taxi
le téléphonethe phone
un mariagea wedding
un cadeaua gift
la mairiethe town hall

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