Bonjour chers élèves,
Cette semaine découvrons l’histoire de Virginie: “la championne du fromage!”. Mais qui est-elle? D’où vient-elle? Et une championne du fromage, ça existe vraiment? Bonne découverte à tous!
Voici le podcast sur lequel vous allez travailler:
Vous pouvez aussi le trouver sur votre téléphone en utilisant l’application “Acast”. Cherchez le podcast “Duolingo podcast French” et téléchargez le podcast intitulé: “La championne du fromage (The cheese champion)“. Vous pouvez aussi travailler en utilisant la transcription du podcast en cliquant là.
Et maintenant, les questions (en anglais). Chaque section du podcast en français a une question à répondre:
- Why Virginie didn’t like to go to the cheesemonger with her mother as a child?
- Give any details about how Virginie and Jean-François feel in love.
- What did Virginie say to Jean-François when he decided to open a cheese shop?
- Where did Virginie and Jean-François kissed for the first time?
- How does Virginie describes Jean-François?
- What were Jean-François and his mother selling at the market?
- What does Jean-François say about the North of France?
- What was Virginie’s dream?
- What did Virginie had to do during her pregnancy?
- Did Virginie accept to work as the cashier of Jean-François’ shop?
- How many children does Virginie have?
- What do both Jean-François and Virginie like?
- Can you name some of the steps of “l’affinage” (the cheese ripening)?
- Why did Virginie take over the shop?
- How did her family react to Virginie dropping her studies?
- Was it easy for her to take care of the cheese shop?
- How many “cheese boards” did she have to prepare for the Christmas holidays?
- What was she dreaming about at night?
- What big change happen to Virginie during the Christmas period?
- What are the different cheese sections in her shop?
- Feel free to keep on listening to know what happens to Virginie 🙂
Would you now like to meet Virginie? She opens the doors of her kingdom for you. Spoiler alert: there will be information about how far she got in the Cheese World Championship.
- Why Virginie didn’t like to go to the cheesemonger with her mother as a child? – It was always cold there and there was always a bad smell.
- Give any details about how Virginie and Jean-François feel in love. – They went to the museum together. They talked about politics, religion. They watched the paintings at the Orsay museum. The looked at each other. They held each other’s hand.
- What did Virginie say to Jean-François when he decided to open a cheese shop? – That she would never work with him at the shop.
- Where did Virginie and Jean-François kissed for the first time? – On a platform at the train station in Paris.
- How does Virginie describes Jean-François? – A man of passion, of great charisma who wanted to create his own business.
- What were Jean-François and his mother selling at the market? – bread, fruits, vegetables and cheese.
- What does Jean-François say about the North of France? – It is a place with lots of farms, cows and milk. A very rich and interesting area.
- What was Virginie’s dream? – University life, German literature, books and poetry.
- What did Virginie had to do during her pregnancy? – To take a break from her work and studies.
- Did Virginie accept to work as the cashier of Jean-François’ shop? – Yes she did!
- How many children does Virginie have? – 4
- What do both Jean-François and Virginie like? – To think. The intellectual work.
- Can you name some of the steps of “l’affinage” (the cheese ripening)? – Cheese must be washed, turned around and dried several times.
- Why did Virginie take over the shop? – She was the only one able to do it. She felt she didn’t have any other choice.
- How did her family react to Virginie dropping her studies? – That it was such a pity. How could such an intellectual like Virginie could sell cheese?
- Was it easy for her to take care of the cheese shop? – No. It was difficult and humiliating.
- How many “cheese boards” did she have to prepare for the Christmas holidays? – 300
- What was she dreaming about at night? – Cheese.
- What big change happen to Virginie during the Christmas period? – She eventually feel in love with cheese!
- What are the different cheese sections in her shop? – cheese from the region, goat cheese, soft and hard cheese.