Today's story: Saudi Arabia: a passenger treats the injured pilot after subduing a suspect.. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Arabie saoudite : un passager soigne le pilote blessé après avoir maîtrisé un suspect
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(01:31) Today's headline, slowly
(02:25) To land
(03:13) Injuries and body parts
(03:59) A reassuring update
(04:34) Today's grammar point
(05:04) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-02
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Arabie saoudite : un passager soigne le pilote blessé après avoir maîtrisé un suspect
Après environ quarante minutes, l’avion a atterri en Arabie saoudite.
Pendant le vol, il y a eu une attaque dans le cockpit.
Le pilote avait du sang sur la tête, le cou et les mains.
Les passagers ont reçu des soins après l’atterrissage.
Jeudi, le pilote parlait, souriait et riait, selon l’ambassadeur indien.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (atterrir)
- vocabulary (attaque)
- vocabulary (avait)
- vocabulary (des soins)
- vocabulary (riait)
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