Today's story: Zheng Qinwen is through to the quarter-finals at the US Open. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Zheng Qinwen va en quart à l’US Open
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:33) Three more stories today
(01:38) Today's headline, slowly
(02:22) Present tense forms
(03:07) One after another
(03:50) Winning and the result
(04:43) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-08
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Zheng Qinwen va en quart à l’US Open
Zheng Qinwen a battu Iga Swiatek en trois sets.
Dans le premier set, elle était menée 5-0.
Puis elle a gagné sept jeux de suite.
Elle a gagné le match 7-5, 6-3.
Avec cette victoire, elle est en quarts de finale à New York.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (battre)
- vocabulary (menée)
- vocabulary (de suite)
- vocabulary (le match)
- vocabulary (victoire)
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