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#France: Heat wave and little rain bake the sunflower paradise of South France at Occitane. Simon Constable

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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#France: Heat wave and little rain bake the sunflower paradise of South France at Occitane. Simon Constable.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/french-cities-tell-residents-to-stay-home-for-entire-day-as-heat-wave-spreads/ar-AA1flSnT

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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.3

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

0:16.8

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:35.2

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batser. To ascertain the South of France, Simon Constable

0:40.6

reporting for barons, Wall Street Journal and other distinguished publications. But first,

0:46.0

Simon, the last we knew of your adventures in the South of France was that you were taking a

0:51.9

mandatory French class, and you were worried about the exam in the morning. How did you do?

0:57.6

Good evening to you, Simon. Good evening to you, John. I am shocked. Miracles do happen,

1:04.5

and what happened to me, I passed this test. It was rather surprised that there was listening,

1:09.8

that was reading, and then answering questions, and it was writing, and then there was a conversation,

1:15.4

you know, oral conversation in French back and forth. On the first bit of the listening,

1:21.5

I got nothing right. On the second bit of the listening, and then pretty much everything else,

1:26.2

I got 100%, except with a conversational stir, because I kept humbling on my tongue.

1:34.0

Anyway, I passed. I was very happy, and I went out and had an exceptionally large beer,

1:40.0

very, very happy, and I'm really, really surprised.

1:42.6

What does this mean? You can stay? You had to pass the test in order to be a,

1:48.7

you're an Englishman in France. You're not now a Frenchman, is that correct?

1:53.2

I'm not now a Frenchman, no. This was the very basic

1:57.7

introductory French lesson test, and I've got that. It's called A1, and I got that. I can check

2:04.9

that box, it means I can now go to A2, if I so choose, and having the A2 is very useful,

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