{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a91694453508d8b54a7feb5/6aaa7de579ba7f1ecc199544?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The British Chancellor is speaking in Canada about a new defence bank | Beginner French class Nº064","description":"<p>Today's story: The British Chancellor is speaking in Canada about a new defence bank. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in French: Le chancelier britannique parle au Canada d’une nouvelle banque de défense</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(00:33) Three more stories today</p><p>(01:35) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:25) Talking</p><p>(03:10) Examples in a group</p><p>(04:01) Meeting again</p><p>(04:54) The story again</p><p>The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-16</p><p>TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT</p><p>Le chancelier britannique parle au Canada d’une nouvelle banque de défense</p><p>Cette semaine, John Healey parle au Canada avec son homologue canadien.</p><p>Le Canada a déjà invité le Royaume-Uni à devenir un membre fondateur.</p><p>Huit autres pays sont aussi invités, dont l’Ukraine et la Turquie.</p><p>Il a rencontré son homologue deux fois lors du sommet du G20, il y a deux semaines.</p><p>Ils doivent se revoir au Royaume-Uni cette semaine.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>Le gouvernement britannique discute d’entrer dans la DSRB</p><p>Aux États-Unis, Donald Trump rejette les règles sur l’IA</p><p>Dominik Szoboszlai, milieu de Liverpool, marque à la fin en Angleterre</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- verb (parler)</p><p>- vocabulary (membre fondateur)</p><p>- vocabulary (dont)</p><p>- vocabulary (sommet)</p><p>- vocabulary (doivent)</p><p>New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.</p><p>Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/assessment</p><p>Grammar explained in plain English:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/guide</p><p>If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.</p><p>Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.</p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}