Today's story: GM and Ford are targeting defence and energy storage. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: GM et Ford visent la défense et le stockage d’énergie
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:36) Three more stories today
(01:44) Today's headline, slowly
(02:36) Present tense of chercher
(03:17) Having a contract
(03:58) Storing electricity
(04:34) Today's grammar point
(05:08) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-06
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
GM et Ford visent la défense et le stockage d’énergie
GM et Ford cherchent de nouveaux marchés.
Ils veulent aussi gagner de l’argent avec l’énergie.
GM a déjà un contrat avec l’armée américaine.
Ford veut investir deux milliards de dollars dans son activité d’énergie.
Ce type de système garde de l’électricité pour des maisons et des entreprises.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (chercher)
- vocabulary (veulent)
- vocabulary (a)
- vocabulary (investir)
- vocabulary (garde)
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