Christelle Daunay -French Marathoner

Christelle Daunay (born 5 December 1974) is a French long distance coureuse who specializes inroad running. Elle is the current French marathon record holder. Elle represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a numéro of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Elle has had top-trois finishes in the New York Marathon, Paris Marathon and the Course Paris-Versailles

Christelle Daunay started athletics at the age of 11. Elle a couru track races between 3,000 metres10,000 metres, cross country competitions, the half marathon and marathon. and

Since 2005 she has been affiliated to the SCO Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille) ("Sports and Cultural Society of Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille)"). In February 2006 she put sa carrière as a physiotherapist on hold in order to prepare full-time for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

With her time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds on 27 January 2008 at the Osaka Marathon (10th place), she not only beat the previous French record established by Chantal Dällenbach, but also qualified for the marathon in the 2008 Olympics. This was her deuxième major marathon, her first being the Paris Marathon in 2007 where she came third with a time of 2:28:54.

She came in 20th in the women's marathon at the Olympic Games 2008, with a time of 2:31:48.

She came 3rd in the 2009 Marathon de Paris setting a new French national record of 2:25:43, beating her previous record time set in 2008. In 2009 Daunay entered in her first New York Marathon. She came third with a time of 2:29:16. She further improved her French record at the 2010 Paris Marathon, in which she ran a time of 2:24:22 for second place. of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She has had top-three finishes in the New York Marathon, Paris Marathon and the Course Paris-Versailles.

coureuse (kore rooz) -female runner elle (ell) -she
numéro (noo may roh) -number trois (twah) -three
Elle a couru (ell ah koo roo) -she ran sa carrière (sah kah ree ehr) -her career
deuxième (dooz ee ehm) -second

Jean Dubuffet -French Artist

Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was one of the most

famous French peintre and sculptors of the second half of the 20th siècle.

Dubuffet was born in Le Havre. He moved to Paris in 1918 to study painting at theAcadémie Julian, but after six mois he left the Académie to study independently. In 1924, doubting the value of art, he stopped painting and took over his father's business selling vin. He took up painting again in the 1930s, but again stopped, only turning to art for good in 1942. Many of Dubuffet's works are painted in oil paint using an impasto thickened by materials such as sand, tar and straw,

giving the work an unusually textured surface. From 1962 he produced a series of works in which he limited himself to the colours red, white, black, and blue. Towards la fin of the 1960s he turned increasingly to sculpture, producing works in polystyrene which he then painted avec vinyl paint.

peintre (pahn truh) -painter

siècle (see eh
kluh)-century

six mois
(seece mwah) -six months

vin
(vahn) -wine

la fin
(lah feen) -the end

avec
(ah vehk) -with

The Moon

Babar the Elephant

Babar the Elephant is a very popular French children's fictional character who first appeared in L'Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931, and enjoyed immediate success. English language versions, entitledThe Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and the United States. The story is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cecile, had invented for their children. It tells of a young elephant called Babar who leaves the jungle, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants.

Jean de Brunhoff published 6 more stories before his premature death in 1937 at the age of 37. His sonLaurent de Brunhoff was also a talented writer and illustrator and he carried on the series from 1946 withBabar et Le Coquin d'Arthur and many more.

An animated TV series was produced by Nelvana Limited and Clifford Ross Company, and originally ran from January 3, 1989 to June 5, 1991. There were 78 episodes.

Story synopsis

After Babar witnesses the slaughter of his beloved mother, he flees from the jungle and finds his way toParis where he is befriended by the Old Lady. Babar eventually returns to the Elephant realm following the death of the previous King, who had eaten some poisonous mushrooms. Babar is crowned king, marries his 3rd cousin twice removed Celeste, and founds the city of Celesteville. Babar, who likes to wear a bright green suit, introduces a very French form of western civilization to the elephants, and causes them to dress in western attire.

A Must Read - Chasing Cézanne

Chasing Cézanne by Peter Mayle (author of "A Year In
Provence")

Photographer Andre Kelly is on assignment in the South of France when he decides to spend son jour libre in Cap Ferrat visiting some former clients, the Denoyers. As he arrives, he witnesses Claude, the Denoyers' hired man, loading a precious Cezanne into the back of a beat-up plumber's van. Deciding that quelque chose is amiss, Andre photographs the event and thus becomes involved in a wild escapade to track down la peinture. When he explains the situation to Lucy, his agent and soon-to-be love interest, they decide that they need some expert help and call in Cyrus, a wealthy art dealer, qui smells a scam. Add in a scoundrelly art dealer and his daffy lover, an art forger, and a former French Legionnaire, and the trail to the lost Cezanne becomes a comedy of errors. Along the way, there are vibrant descriptions of Paris, Provence, Cap Ferrat, and of course mouth-watering French meals and vin. Part travelog and part art mystère caper, this new tale from Mayle, the author who put Provence sur la carte, is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the international art world. Recommended for all fiction collections.

son jour libre (sohn zhoor lee bruh) -his free day quelque chose (kell kuh shoze) -something

la peinture (lah pehn chure) -the painting qui (kee) -who vin (van) -wine

mystère (miss stehr) -mystery

Numbers 16-20

More numbers: seize (sehz) -16, dix-sept (deeze set) -17, dix-huit (deeze wheat)-18, dix-neuf (deexe nuhf) -19, vingt (van) -20

Pizza Time!

Chocolate Milk

Children's Song - À La Claire Fontaine

A very pretty french children's song that is used in the film "The Painted Veil" Sad Video though.

À la claire fontaine, M'en allant promener, J'ai
trouvé l'eau si belle, Que je m'y suis baigné. Refrain: il y a
longtemps que je t'aime. Jamais je ne t'oublierai. Sous les ffeuilles
d'un chêne, Je me suis fait sécher, Sur la plus haute branche, Un
rossignol chantait. Refrain Chante rossignol, chante, Toi qui as le cœur
gai, Tu as le cœur à rire, Moi je l'ai à pleurer. Refrain J'ai perdu
mon amie, sans l'avoir mérité, Pour un bouquet de roses, Que je lui
refusai. Refrain Je voudrais que la rose, Fût encore au rosier, Et que
ma douce amie, Fût encore a m'aimer.

Refrain

English translation:

Athe clear fountain, While I
was strolling by, I found the water so nice, That I went in to bathe.
Chorus: So long I've been loving you. I will never forget you. Under an
oak tree, I dried myself, On the highest branch, A nightingale was
singing. Chorus Sing nightingale sing, Your heart is so happy, Your
heart feels like laughing, Mine feels like weeping. Chorus I lost my
beloved, Without deserving it, For a bunch of roses, That I denied her.
Chorus I wanted the rose, To be still on the bush, And my sweet beloved,
To be still loving me. Chorus

Numbers 11 - 15

onze (ownz) -11, douze (dooz) -12, treize (trehz) -13, quatorze (kahtorz) -14, quinze (kanz) -15

French Fries

Must See French Film -Man On The Train

This article contains french words we have previously learned in other lessons. The translations are printed at the end of this article for review.

L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) is a 2002 French crime-drama film, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday. It is also known as Man on the Train in the United States.

The Plot:

Un homme, Milan (played by Johnny Hallyday) steps off un train, into a small French village. As he waits for le jour when he will rob the town banque, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). Les deux hommes strike up a strange friendship and explore la rue not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.

film (feelm) -film, movie

un homme (uhn ohm) -a man

un train (uhn trahn) -a train

le jour (leh zhoor) -the day

banque (bahnk) -bank

les deux hommes (lay duhz ohm) -the two men

la rue (lah roo) -the street

Clocks & Watches

France Gall -French Singer

France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on October 9, 1947 in Paris) is a popular French yé-yé singer.

The first airplay of France's first single "Ne sois pas si bête" ("Don't Be So Stupid"), occurred on her 16th birthday. It was released in November and became a hit. Serge Gainsbourg, whose career was faltering, was asked by her manager to write songs for Gall. Gainsbourg's "N'écoute pas les idoles" ("Don't listen to the idols") became Gall's second single; it reached the top of the French charts in March 1964.

In addition to songs written by her father, Gall's success in the 1960s was built on songs written by some of the biggest names among French composers and lyricists: Gérard Bourgeois, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Vline Buggy Pierre Cour, Joe Dassin, Jacques Datin, Pierre Delanoë, Jean Dréjac, Alain Goraguer, Hubert Giraud, Georges Liferman, Guy Magenta, Eddy Marnay, Jean-Michel Rivat, Jean-Max Rivière, Frank Thomas, Maurice Vidalin, André Popp, Gilles Thibaut, and Jean Wiener.

The yé-yé movement had its origins in the radio programme "Salut les copains", created by Lucien Morisse and hosted by Daniel Philippacci, which was first aired in December 1959. This program became an immediate success and one of its sections ("le chouchou de la semaine" / "this week's sweetheart") turned to be the starting point for most yé-yé singers. Any song that was presented as a chouchou went straight to the first places in the charts.
Yé-yé music was new in a number of ways: first, it was the only musical movement so far to be spear-headed by females; second, it was a mostly European thing (although it grew very popular in Japan and there is even a Japanese version of the 1965 Eurovision-winning song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" composed by Serge Gainsbourg and performed by France Gall). Yé-yé girls were young (France herself was only 16 when she released her first album, 18 when she won the Eurovision song contest for Luxembourg) and innocent (most of their songs talked of finding the first love, such as Francoise Hardy's "Tous les garcons et les filles"

france gall - laisse tomber les filles

Days of the Week Review

lundi (luhn dee) - Monday
mardi (mare dee) - Tuesday
mercredi (mare kreh dee) - Wednesday
jeudi (zhuh dee) - Thursday
vendredi (vahn dreh dee) - Friday
samedi (sam dee) - Saturday
dimanche (dee mahnsh) - Sunday

Musical Moment - "On My Own"

One of the most beautiful songs from "Les Miserables"

The Parents

Claude Monet -French Artist

Claude Monet, born Oscar Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926)was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).

Numbers 1 - 10 Review

1 - une (oon) 2 - deux (doo) 3 - trois (twah) 4 - quatre (kat ruh) 5 - cinq (sank)

6 - six (seece) 7 - sept (set) 8 - huit (wheat) 9 - neuf (nuff) 10 - dix (deece)

Children's Words of the Day - Today & Tomorrow