Today's story: The US House of Representatives votes for sanctions against Russia and Iran. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: La Chambre des représentants des États-Unis vote des sanctions contre la Russie et l’Iran
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:33) Today's headline, slowly
(02:26) voter
(03:19) Voting against something
(03:58) Talking about last month
(04:48) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-17
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
La Chambre des représentants des États-Unis vote des sanctions contre la Russie et l’Iran
La Chambre a voté pour le projet par 262 voix contre 159 mercredi soir.
Le projet prévoit des sanctions contre des pays qui aident l’invasion de l’Ukraine.
Sept républicains ont voté contre le texte.
Il vise aussi des responsables russes, des banquiers et la flotte cachée russe.
Le Sénat a approuvé la mesure le mois dernier.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (voter)
- vocabulary (aident)
- connector words (contre)
- vocabulary (vise)
- numbers (le mois dernier)
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