G Leaving Cert 1998 Section I Français


un cyclone paralysé


les athlètes une medaille


a cyclone paralyzed


the athletes a medal


Anglais How to pronounce


an see-clone para-lee-zay lays at-let


oone meh-dye


You will now hear a radio interview with Claude Issora, a paralympic champion. The material will be played three times: first right through, then in three segments with pauses and finally, right through again.


1. What is Claude’s handicap? 2. What event spurred Claude to begin training very seriously? 3. Write down two sources of income that Claude says he has.


H Les faits divers Français le racisme


se précipiter faillir


soupçonner radier


racism


to rush or to dash to almost do


s’apprêter à faire quelque chose to get ready to do something to suspect to strike off


Écoutez et puis répondez aux questions.


Article 1. 1. Where did this incident take place? 2. How many people were watching at the time?


Article 2. 1. How many times had Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France cycling race? 2. The report on Lance Armstrong condemns three actions concerning performance- enhancing drugs. Name one of these actions.


Article 3. 1. What sport is mentioned in this news item? 2. Which country did the French team play in the semi-final?


Anglais How to pronounce


le rah-seize-meh suh press-sippy-tay fye-ear


sa-pret-tay a fair kel-kuh shows soup-son-nay rad-dee-ay


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