Today's story: Hollywood sets a summer record in the United States. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Hollywood bat un record d’été aux États-Unis
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:34) Today's headline, slowly
(02:20) Reaching a total
(02:52) A time range
(03:32) Ticket sales and totals
(04:19) Today's grammar point
(04:52) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-10
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Hollywood bat un record d’été aux États-Unis
Les ventes de billets ont atteint 4,76 milliards de dollars entre le 1er mai et le 7 septembre 2026.
Cette période va du premier week-end de mai au week-end de Labor Day.
Le record avant cela date de 2013.
La saison a aussi eu une semaine de vente de billets en plus.
En 2026, le total reste à 7,5 % du niveau de 2019.
ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (atteindre)
- vocabulary (va)
- vocabulary (date)
- vocabulary (en plus)
- vocabulary (reste)
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