Innovative Language Learning - Learn French - level 9: advanced French: Volume 1

Welcome to Advanced French! This e-book with audio lessons is a completely new way to learn French fast! Start speaking French in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this book.

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The Review Track reinforces what you learn in the lesson. Hear the word, repeat it out loud, then hear the translation. And finally, listen to the Dialog Track while you read the Line-By-Line Transcript.

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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! You complain in French, "All I hear is static" and as you turn the radio dial, you continue to hear nothing but more static. You tell your friend in French, "This is exactly why I live by my iPod. I can't deal with static." Your friend replies in French, "Well, you could just listen to the radio over the Internet. That's what I do." You respond in French, "I guess, but then I have to be near my computer. I like to be mobile, and I like to listen to the radio in the car." Your friend explains in French, "That's true, but I need something to distract me from work. So I listen to lots of radio from the computer while I'm at work. It helps me pass the time." You inquire in French, "Doesn't your boss get mad?" Your friend responds in French, "No, because I make sure to tune into job-related talk shows while the boss is around!"

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Formal French
Votre radio est-elle rgle sur les stations franaises?
Tous les jours, j'coute la radio. Elle me permet de me tenir informe grce au journal.
J'apprends aussi tout un tas de choses grce aux nombreuses missions qui ont des sujets aussi diffrents que l'environnement, les spectacles, la politique, la musique. Je peux aussi me distraire grce aux programmes humoristiques ou de divertissement. De plus, comme je n'ai besoin que de mes oreilles pour couter la radio, je peux faire autre chose en mme temps. La vaisselle devient moins pnible par exemple !
La seule chose un peu nervante, c'est de trouver la bonne frquence. Moi, j'ai une solution. J'ai plusieurs postes de radio - dans la cuisine, dans la chambre, dans le bureau et bien sr la chane hi-fi du salon. Mon tuner est branch sur les antennes de Radio France, un ensemble de radios publiques dont une station qui diffuse l'tranger - RFI (Radio France Internationale). Mais il existe beaucoup de radios libres, gnralistes ou spcialises. Elles se sont multiplies depuis 1981 quand le monopole de Radio France s'est arrt.
Les radios sont un des meilleurs moyens de diffusion de la musique. Vous savez peut-tre que les radios franaises doivent passer un minimum de 40% de chansons dont les auteurs sont francophones. Et dans ces 40%, 20% doivent tre des nouveaux talents ou des nouvelles productions. Ce quota a t vot pour promouvoir la chanson franaise. Les Franais peuvent ainsi dvelopper leurs talents musicaux. Grce ce quota, la musique francophone est reste dynamique. Vous connaissez srement Edith Piaf ou Jacques Brel, mais vous connaissez aussi peut-tre Justice et Yael Naim (franco-isralienne).
Il y a tellement de choix. Souvent, j'ai peur de manquer une mission intressante parce que j'en coute une autre. Heureusement, grce aux nouvelles technologies, je ne rate plus une seule mission. Il me suffit d'aller sur le site de ma radio prfre qui me propose des missions en podcast. Je peux les couter chez moi tranquillement ou les mettre sur mon baladeur numrique. Dans le mtro, plus de problme pour capter les ondes.
Nous allons aussi bientt devoir changer nos postes de rception, car la radio va devenir numrique. Ce seront les mmes programmes, mais en meilleure qualit !
Et vous, avez-vous dj cout des radios francophones ?

Formal English
Every day, I listen to the radio. It allows me to stay informed with the news.
I also learn a lot of things from shows with themes that are as different as the environment, entertainment shows, politics, or music. I can also entertain myself with comedic or entertainment programs. Moreover, as I only need my ears to listen to the radio, I can do other things at the same time. Doing the dishes becomes less a chore, for example!
The only thing a bit annoying is to find the right frequency. Me, I have a solution. I have several radios, one in the kitchen, in the bedroom, in the office, and of course, the audio system in the living room. My tuner is programmed to the antennas of Radio France, a group of French public radio stations of which one, RFI ("Radio France Internationale"), is broadcast abroad. However, there are a lot of "radio libres"* that are both generalist and specialized. They have multiplied since 1981, when the monopoly of Radio France stopped.
Radios are the best way to broadcast music. You maybe know that French radios must broadcast a minimum of forty percent of songs from French native authors. Among these forty percent, twenty percent must be new talents or new productions. This quota was voted to promote French songs. French people can then develop their musical talents. Thanks to this quota, French music stays dynamic. You surely know about dit Piaf or Jacques Brel, but you might also know Justice and Yael Naim (French-Israeli).
There is so much choice; I am often afraid to miss an interesting show because I am listening to another one. Fortunately, thanks to new technology, I don't miss any show. I just have to go on my favorite radio website, which offers shows in podcast form. I can listen to them at home or download them on my digital iPod. In the subway, I do not have a hard time to catch the radio waves any more. I listen by "balladodiffusion."**
Soon, we also are going to have to change our radio receivers because radio will become digital! They will be the same programs, but in better audio quality!
And you, have you already listened to French-speaking radio?
* "Radio libre" is used to refer to "pirate radios" in France and nowadays refers to non-commercial associative radio, which is the heir of this movement.