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The First Swimming Lesson

Le premier cours de natation

2:10 min video · 11 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Hugo, tu ne sais pas nager ?Hugo, you don't know how to swim?
  2. Non, c’est la première fois à la piscine.No, it's my first time at the pool.
  3. Mais tu as dit « oui » hier !But you said yes yesterday!
  4. Léa lui donne des brassards orange.Léa gives him some orange armbands.
  5. Hugo entre doucement dans l’eau.Hugo goes slowly into the water.
  6. Elle est très froide !It is very cold!
  7. Hugo bouge les bras très vite.Hugo moves his arms very fast.
  8. Un brassard est parti au milieu de la piscine !An armband has gone to the middle of the pool!
  9. Léa rit et lui crie : « Reste calme ! »Léa laughs and shouts to him: "Stay calm!"
  10. Léa le tient par la main.Léa holds him by the hand.
  11. Hugo flotte sur le dos et sourit.Hugo floats on his back and smiles.

About this lesson

Two colleagues go to the pool together. Hugo, who has never swum, learns that the water is not as simple as he said.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
la piscinethe swimming pool
nagerto swim
la première foisthe first time
un brassardan armband (float)
l'eauthe water
froidecold

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