Today's story: Ed Sheeran speaks about the controversy over the tour.. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Ed Sheeran parle de la controverse sur la tournée
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:36) Today's headline, slowly
(02:21) Présenter au présent
(03:01) When an event happens
(03:38) A lower price
(04:10) Today's grammar point
(04:44) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-20
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Ed Sheeran parle de la controverse sur la tournée
Samedi, Ed Sheeran a présenté ses excuses aux fans pour des erreurs.
La controverse concerne sa tournée avec Macklemore.
Le concert avait lieu à Philadelphie.
Le concert était simple, sans première partie.
Le prix des places a baissé à 32 dollars.
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Lord Tom Watson rejoint Palantir au Royaume-Uni
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (présenter)
- vocabulary (concerne)
- vocabulary (avait lieu)
- vocabulary (sans)
- vocabulary (a baissé)
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