Today's story: The Golden State Valkyries win the WNBA title. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Les Golden State Valkyries remportent le titre WNBA
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(01:38) Today's headline, slowly
(02:27) A match result
(03:22) Scoring points
(03:58) Winning
(04:50) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-11-01
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Les Golden State Valkyries remportent le titre WNBA
Samedi, les Golden State Valkyries ont battu l’Atlanta Dream 68 à 63.
C’était le premier septième match de l’histoire de la WNBA.
Gabby Williams a marqué trente points pour Golden State.
Elle a marqué vingt-huit points en seconde période.
Les Valkyries ont gagné leur premier titre dans leur deuxième saison.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (ont battu)
- vocabulary (premier)
- vocabulary (points)
- vocabulary (en seconde période)
- verb (gagner)
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