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8.3 Flashcards

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Vanves in the time of my infancy was a big village

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V, au temps de mon enfance, était un gros village

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With small houses surrounded by flower gardens

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Avec petites maisons entourées de jardins fleuris

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And vegetable gardens where we cultivated vegetables and picked cherries

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Et de potagers où on cultivait des légumes et cueillait des cerises

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4
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When I was small (f)

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Quand j’étais petite

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There were three farms

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Il y avait trois fermes

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The milkman would pass by, in the evening, to sell his milk with a horse cart

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Le laitier passait, le soir, vendre son lait avec une voiture à cheval

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I remember that in the 30s…

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Je me souviens que dan les années 30 …

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8
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A shepherd would come with his goats and he would sell us his cheese

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Un verger venait avec ses chèvres et il nous vendait ses fromages

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9
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When I was 16-17 years old

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Quand j’avais 16-17 ans

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10
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At the start of the 90s

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Au début des années 90

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I went to the Michelet school

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J’allais au lycée Michelet

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12
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I was not very serious

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Je n’étais pas très sérieux

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13
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With my friends, we were not always in class

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Avec mes potes on n’allait pas toujours en classe

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14
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We jumped (lit passed) over the wall

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On passait par-dessus le mur

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15
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We climbed on the roof of one of the buildings

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On montait sur le toit d’un des bâtiments

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16
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We beheld the view over Paris

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On regardait la vue sur Paris

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17
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We talked for hours

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On discutait pendant les heures

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18
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We went to (a) bat of the mercure hotel

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On allait au bar de l’hôtel Mercure

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19
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We would have a coffee and we could stay for hours

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On prenait un café et on pouvait rester des heures

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20
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The servers left us be (lit let us tranquility)

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Les serveurs nous laissaient tranquilles

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When I was a young teacher in the 80s

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Quand j’étais jeune instituteur dans les années 80

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I worked st the Gambetta school

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Je travaillais à l’école Gambetta

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It was a modern and innovative school

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C’était une école moderne et innovante

24
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We Organised often parties with the parents

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Nous organisions souvent des fêtes avec les parents

25
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The students went every year on school trips

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Les étudiants partaient chaque année en voyage scolaire

26
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One did various activities very varied

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On faisait des activités très variées

27
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The children were happy

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Les enfants étaient heureux !

28
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I remember that when i was in primary school

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Je me souviens quand j’étais à l’école primaire

29
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There was a bakery next door

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Il u avait in boulangerie à côté

30
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I ran … to buy sweets

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Je courais pour acheter des bonbons

31
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I remember sweets of all the Colours

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Je me souviens des bonbons de toutes les couleurs

32
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And above all the smell (odour :/) of pain au Chocolat

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Et surtout de l’odeur des pains aux chocolat

33
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One Valls them the Neo-rurals

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On les appelle les néo-ruraux

34
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City dwellers who were fed up of metro-boulot-dodo

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Des citadins qui en ont marre du métro boulot dodo

35
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They leave/quit their urban life to settle down in the country side

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Ils quittent la vie urbaine pour s’installer à la campagne

36
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According to a recent survey

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Selon une enquête récente

37
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Close to 3 million French have deserted the urban spaces these past years

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Près de 3m français ont déserté les espaces urbains ces dernières années

38
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In order to understand this phenomenon which is not diminishing…

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Pour comprendre ce phénomène qui diminue pas

39
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During the week (lit. In week) it was difficult to take advantage of the Parisian cultural life

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En semaine c’était difficile de profiter de la vie culturelle parisienne

40
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The weekend, one spent a lot of time to shop

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Le weekend, on passait beaucoup de temps à faire les courses

41
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Someone (lit. One) offered to my Husband a post in the province

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On a proposé à mon mari un poste en province

42
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I had the possibility of asking for a transfer to follow him

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J’ai eu la possibilité de demander une mutation pour le suivre

43
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I had had enough of Parisian stress, traffic jams, pollution,

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J’en avais assez du stress parisien, des embouteillages, de la pollution

44
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I wanted a way (lit. Frame) of life more friendly for my family

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Je voulais un cadre de vie plus sympathique pour ma famille

45
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I did not want to see my children grow up in the stress and the pollution

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Je ne voulais pas voir les enfants grandir dans le stress et la pollution

46
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What are the advantages of your (pl) new life

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Quel sont les avantages de votre nouvelle vie

47
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Before, we had an apartment of 55m2

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Avant, nous avions un appartement de 55m2

48
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It’s the countryside, less populated (lit. Peoples) than the Parisian Parks

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C’est la campagne, moins peuplée que les parcs parisiens

49
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And the trips are shorter

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Et les trajets et plus courts

50
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I’m more efficient when I work at home

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Je suis bien plus efficace quand je travail à la maison

51
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I’m better Organised in my work and more cool when I go to office I

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Je suis mieux organisé dans mon travail et plus cool quand je vais au bureau

52
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Furthermore, I have a much bigger lodging

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En plus j’ai un logement beaucoup plus grand

53
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There’s nothing but advantages

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Il n’ya que des avantages

54
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Inconveniences, there are few of it

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Des inconveniences, il y en a très peu

55
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There are fewer cultural nights

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Il y a moins de sorties culturelles le temps

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