5 easy French Stories: Improve your reading and listening comprehension in French with

French Stories with English glossary + MP3

Frdric BIBARD (TalkinFrench.com)

Why This Book?

These French short stories are perfect for beginners and intermediate level in

French.

It's a painless way to improve your vocabulary in French and improve your

confidence at reading and listening in French (Free MP3 including).

No dictionary necessary = Each stories is breaking down with French and English

Glossary.

See an example below:

Trs contente Mme Dubois court appeler ses enfants : Erwan, Valentine, Isabelle.

Venez vite nous avons une surprise pour vous ! Les enfants, au courant, ne

cachrent pas leur joie, et rapidement un conseil de famille est mis en place pour

choisir le lieu o la famille passera ses vacances.

au courant aware

cachrent (cacher) To hide

conseil de famille family council

mis en place (mettre en place) Took place

le lieu place

Never forget the vocabulary again: Vocabulary recap at the end of the book and

each chapter.

Practice your writing: Try to make your own summary as well. Compare with an

example for each chapter;

Variety of situation. 5 stories about:

1. Travelling

2. Cooking

3. Shopping

4. Love

5. School

Diverse Grammar structure and vocab: A good mix of dialog and description.

Improve your reading comprehension of newspaper article but also French spoken in

the street.

Practice your pronunciation and your listening with the MP3 provided for free!

Contents Story 1 / Histoire 1 : Les Dubois partent en vacances ............................................................... 6

About the author: .................................................................................................................... 11

Questions about the ebook or French? ................................................................................... 12

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Podcast .................................................................................................................................... 19

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Story 1 / Histoire 1 : Les Dubois

partent en vacances

En rentrant du travail. M. Dubois se demandait o il allait emmener sa famille en

vacances. Les enfants ayant fini leurs annes scolaires, et sa priode de cong

toute proche, M. Dubois voulait faire plaisir tout le monde en les emmenant

visiter un nouveau pays pour les vacances.

Emmener drive/take

annes scolaires school years / academic years

cong vacation /holiday

toute proche approaching

faire plaisir tout le monde making everyone happy

tout le monde everyone

Une fois la maison, M. Dubois parle sa femme de son projet de vacances :

Chrie, jai vraiment envie quon aille ltranger cette fois-ci pour les

vacances. Mme. Dubois lui rpond : Ah ! a cest une bonne ide ! Mais pouvons

nous permettre des vacances ltranger ? . Son mari la rassure et lui dit : Ne

ten fais pas pour a. Nos conomies peuvent nous faire le tour du monde .

jai vraiment envie I really want

aille (aller) to o

ltranger to abroad

nous permettre allow us

Ne ten fais pas Don't worry about this

Nos conomies our finance

Faire le tour du monde go around the world

Trs contente Mme Dubois court appeler ses enfants : Erwan, Valentine, Isabelle.

Venez vite nous avons une surprise pour vous ! Les enfants, au courant, ne

cachrent pas leur joie, et rapidement un conseil de famille est mis en place pour

choisir le lieu o la famille passera ses vacances.

au courant aware

cachrent (cacher) to hide

conseil de famille family council

mis en place (mettre en place) took place

le lieu place

M. Dubois donne tout le monde le droit de proposer sa destination prfre, lui et

Mme Dubois avaient tout deux proposs le lieu o ils passrent leur lune de miel, il

y a des annes de cela. Erwan ne tarda pas montrer son refus : Non ! Pas le

Brsil. Ce nest plus aussi sr qu votre poque, de plus ce nest pas la priode du

carnaval de Rio. Si ce nest que pour aller la plage autant rester en France ! Et il

continua son discours en proposant le Royaume-Uni ce qui lui offrirai loccasion de

revoir ses amis, quil avait connu lors dun change scolaire.

le droit the right

de proposer to suggest

lune de miel honeymoon

sr safe

autant as well (it is probably best)

rester stay

offrirai (offrir) to offer (in future)

loccasion the chance/ the opportunity

avait connu has been knowing

change scolaire student exchange

Valentine, elle, ntait pas de lavis de son frre et dit ses parents : Papa !

Maman ! Ne lcoutez pas. Il ne pense qu lui. Il refuse le Brsil de vos souvenirs

en prfrant aller voir ses copains. Moi je vous propose daller en Thalande. Un

dpaysement total la rencontre dune culture exotique tout en profitant du soleil.

ntait pas de lavis de did not have the same opinion as of

lcoutez (coute) listen to him

souvenirs memories

dpaysement change of scene

en profitant while enjoying

Isabelle, qui vient peine de fter ses treize ans, approuve sa sur pour le

continent mais pas pour la destination : Val ! Tas vraiment raison lAsie cest trop

cool. Mais je prfrerais aller au Japon. Y a tellement plus voir l-bas. M. Dubois

se trouve dans une situation peu rjouissante. La famille narrive pas vraiment se

mettre daccord sur la destination des vacances.

peine de barely / just turn (13 years)

fter to celebrate

l-bas over there

peu rjouissante bleak

Nous pouvons tirer les destinations au sort (=tirer au sort) ! dclare Erwan. Son

pre lui rpond quils ne peuvent pas laisser le sort dcider de leurs vacances. A ce

moment l, une sage ide traverse lesprit de Mme. Dubois et elle en parle son

mari : Jol ! Pourquoi ne pas prendre les quatre destinations en compte?!

tirer au sort draw (pick randomly)

sage wise

traverse lesprit comes into the mind of

en compte (prendre en compte) take into account / consider

Tu veux quon aille visiter quatre pays ?!

Mais bien sr que non. Prenons un ordinateur et vrifions laquelle parmi

les quatre destinations nous convient le mieux en terme dargent, de

conditions, et de loisirs.

Trs bonne ide Magalie.

aille (aller) to go

ordinateur computer

convient (convenir) to be suitable

End of the sample.

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Frdric BIBARD is the founder of Talkinfrench.com. He helps

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