Le surfeur sans limites (The surfer without limits)
Duolingo French Podcast
Duolingo
4.6 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Eric Dargent devoted his life to surfing — the bigger the waves, the better. He wouldn’t let anything get in his way of his passion, not even a life-altering shark attack. After losing half of his leg, he set out to pursue a new dream, for himself and countless others.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2011, Eric Dargent planned to move his entire family 6,000 miles from the French |
| 0:07.4 | Riviera to La Reunion, a French island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. |
| 0:13.1 | Just so he could discover bigger, better waves. |
| 0:17.8 | I went on vacation on the island of La Reunion, with my wife and my children. |
| 0:25.6 | I thought we could go live there if we were on the right. |
| 0:38.5 | I was waiting for a last wave to go back to the beach when I felt it. |
| 0:46.0 | For a surf, it was the horror. |
| 0:48.6 | He realized it was a shark. |
| 0:51.2 | I really thought I was going to die. |
| 0:58.3 | Welcome to the Dual Lingo French Podcast. |
| 1:01.8 | I'm your host, Angle Fenn, Poutouboile. |
| 1:04.5 | Every episode, we bring you fascinating true stories to help you improve your French listening |
| 1:09.6 | and gain new perspectives on the world. |
| 1:12.1 | The storyteller will be using intermediate French, and I'll be timing in for context in English. |
| 1:17.2 | If you miss something, you can always skip back and listen again. |
| 1:21.1 | And we also offer full transcripts at podcast.dualingo.com. |
| 1:27.3 | A quick warning. |
| 1:28.2 | This episode includes an account of a traumatic injury that some may find intense. |
| 1:33.2 | So please listen at your own discretion. |
| 1:39.6 | Eric always lived by the sea. |
| 1:41.9 | He was born in Mardi Gras, a small town on the French Riviera, West of Marseille. |
| 1:47.0 | It is a rocky coastline in the Mediterranean, dotted with tiny beaches |
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