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Coffee Break French

CBF 1:32 | Arrival in France

Coffee Break French

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French Lessons, Courses, Education, Coffee Break French, French Language, Français, Language Learning, Learn French

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2008

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Join Mark in this week’s episode as he arrives at Nantes Airport and asks for directions to get to Sainte-Marie. This gives you the chance to practise listening to French conversation and learn some new language at the same time.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head,

0:07.6

taking in the views instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap.

0:13.6

That's the bliss of getting where you need to go without worrying about driving.

0:19.2

Book your train journey via AvantiWescoast.co.uk and we'll take you there.

0:24.4

AvantiWescoast, feel good travel.

0:41.6

Bonjour et bienvenue à Coffee Break French.

0:44.2

Welcome once again to Coffee Break French.

0:46.6

In lesson 32, we arrive in Nantes Airport and we are heading to Saint-Marie-sur-Mer,

0:53.2

a little town on the coast of Luar Atlantique.

0:56.5

Now in this lesson we'll be using some travel and transport vocabulary

1:00.8

and you'll be picking up some new words and phrases also.

1:04.2

I hope that you find the lesson useful.

1:17.0

So we're going to begin by listening to the conversation between me and the person who works

1:23.0

at the airport information desk in Nantes Airport.

1:27.0

Have a listen to the whole conversation in its entirety and then I'll go through the whole

1:31.6

conversation splitting it up and making sure you understand everything.

1:35.7

Remember that this is real French spoken at a real conversational pace,

1:40.1

so don't worry if you don't understand things first time round.

1:43.2

Hopefully you'll be able to pick out some phrases.

1:46.6

Let's have a listen for the first time.

2:17.4

Yes of course, the travel will take a little less than an hour in taxi,

2:21.6

but it's very expensive and it's more slow in the car.

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