Today's story: In the United States, JD Vance condemns the sale of access to the White House.. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Aux États-Unis, JD Vance condamne la vente d’un accès à la Maison-Blanche
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) More stories today
(01:35) Today's headline, slowly
(02:25) A public meeting
(03:11) Asking someone to act
(03:53) Wanting something
(04:29) Today's grammar point
(04:59) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-18
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Aux États-Unis, JD Vance condamne la vente d’un accès à la Maison-Blanche
JD Vance a condamné la vente d’un accès à la Maison-Blanche pendant une réunion publique dans le Michigan.
Le journaliste Tony Dokoupil a parlé de plusieurs articles sur l’administration Trump.
Un article dit que Kimberly Guilfoyle a demandé à un homme d’envoyer 100 000 dollars.
Kimberly Guilfoyle dit qu’elle n’a rien fait de mal.
JD Vance veut juger cette affaire selon les faits, et il dit que l’administration respecte la loi.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (réunion publique)
- vocabulary (plusieurs)
- vocabulary (a demandé)
- vocabulary (rien)
- verb (vouloir)
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