Today's story: In the United States inflation stays at 3.4 per cent in August. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Aux États-Unis, l’inflation reste à 3,4 % en août
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:40) Today's headline, slowly
(02:31) The verb stay
(03:13) Going up
(03:57) Watching prices
(05:01) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-12
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Aux États-Unis, l’inflation reste à 3,4 % en août
Les prix sont restés à 3,4 % en août.
Le carburant a fait monter les prix.
L’essence a monté de 3,9 % le mois dernier.
Le gazole a atteint plus de 6 dollars le gallon en moyenne vendredi.
La banque centrale des États-Unis suit ces prix de près.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (rester)
- vocabulary (a fait monter)
- vocabulary (a monté)
- vocabulary (a atteint)
- vocabulary (suit)
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