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A2 French Story

The Train of Promises

Le train des promesses

0:44 min video · 3 sentences · 5 key words

Transcript with English

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About this lesson

On a long-distance train, one odd rule says a late passenger must pay with a promise. A young woman who is always late promises to change, and an old man listens.

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
une promessea promise
les genspeople
en retardlate
demaintomorrow
à l'heureon time

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