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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Welcome to the French Reading Comprehension for Absolute Beginners series. In this series, you will start to build up your French reading skills through lessons focussed on everyday activities like taking the bus or train. You'll learn how to read tickets, notices in the station, timetables, and more. Improve your reading with this useful FrenchPod101.com series!

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Est-ce que les bandes dessinées franco-belges vous chatouillent votre sens de l'humour ?

La bande dessinée franco-belge. La bande dessinée a marqué mon enfance. Je me rappelle que dès la parution d'un nouvel album de Lucky Luke, mon père, mon frère et moi, nous nous battions pour pouvoir le lire en premier. La bande dessinée, appelée aussi BD, est connue de tous dans la culture française et francophone.

Chaque héros a son propre caractère et sa manière de parler. Par exemple, dans les albums des aventures de Tintin, on retrouvera le jeune reporter accompagné de son Fox terrier Milou, ainsi que le Capitaine Haddock, champion des jurons. Dans les années 40, le lancement de Tintin contribue à faire de la Belgique le centre de la bande dessinée francophone.

Plus tard, une autre publication belge, Spirou, fait son apparition. C'est à ce moment là que Français et Belges collaborent et participent à ce qu'on appelle aujourd'hui la BD francobelge. Pilote, publication française, viendra progressivement concurrencer ses deux aînées, et attirer à son tour chez des éditeurs français des auteurs belges. On peut notamment citer Morris, l’auteur de Lucky Luke, un cowboy solitaire et son malicieux cheval Jolly Jumper.

Alors que la bande dessinée du sud de la Belgique, aussi nommée la Wallonie, entre dans le marché français dans les années 1950, les auteurs renoncent à toutes références belges trop visibles pour proposer à leurs lecteurs des histoires plus "universelles".

Pif Gadget diffuse en France une bande dessinée toute aussi populaire. Ces publications permettent à la bande dessinée de rencontrer le grand public, surtout la jeunesse de cette époque. Jusqu'aux années 60, la bande dessinée restera pour beaucoup associée à un public d'enfants et sera l'objet de peu d'études sérieuses. Cependant, cette jeunesse bercée par la bande dessinée sera celle qui fera évoluer la bande dessinée franco-belge vers des récits plus adultes alors que cette génération avance elle-même dans les âges.

Plusieurs grandes séries prendront alors toute leur ampleur;

* Gaston Lagaffe, employé de bureau paresseux et catastrophique d'André Franquin.

* Spirou et Fantasio, par Rob-Vel puis Franquin.

* Tintin, de Hergé.

* Lucky Lucke, de Morris.

* Astérix le Gaulois, résistant aux invasions multiples des armées de César de Uderzo et Goscinny.

* Les Schtroumpfs, petits êtres bleus se défendant des tours de magie du sorcier Gargamel, auteur Peyo.

* Titeuf, un jeune garçon agité n'aimant pas l'école, par Zep.

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Do French-Belgian Comic Strips Tickle Your Funny Bone?

French and Belgian comic strips.

Comic strips had an impact in my childhood.

I remember as soon as a new album of Lucky Luke was published, my father, brother and I fought to read it first.

Comic strips which are also called BD, are a part of French culture and the culture of French-speaking countries, and are well known by everyone.

Each hero has its own character and manner of speaking.

For example, thanks to Hergé, in the adventures of Tintin the young reporter can be found his dog Milou a Fox terrier, or the Captain Haddock, the swearwords champion.

In the 1940s, the launch of Tintin contributed to make Belgium the center of the French-speaking comic strip in the 1940s.

Later, another Belgian publication, Spirou, made its appearance.

It is at this time that French and Belgians collaborate and take part in what is called today the French-Belgian BD.

Pilote, a French publication, will compete with its predecessors and attract Belgian authors to work for French editors.

For example Morris, author of Lu [...]

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J'allume des bougies parfumées.

Je fais une infusion.

Je nettoie un disque dur.

Je bats un jeu de cartes.

Je fais de l'artisanat.

Je joue à un jeu de société avec mes amis.

J'ouvre une canette de bière.

Je vais à la supérette.

Le camion de livraison vient chez moi.

Je commande une pizza.

Je prétends ne pas être chez moi.

Je joue à des jeux vidéo avec mes amis.

Je perds la télécommande.

Je regarde la télévision par câble.

Je me dispute la télécommande avec mes enfants.

Je loue un film en ligne.

Je change de chaîne.

Je pleure à l'épisode final.

Je lis un livre à mon enfant.

Je critique le jeu d'un acteur.

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I light scented candle.

I make herbal tea.

I clean up a hard disk.

I shuffle a deck of cards.

I do some crafts.

I play a board game with my friends.

I open a can of beer.

I go to the convenience store.

The delivery truck comes by my house.

I order a pizza.

I pretend not to be at home.

I play video games with my friends.

I lose the remote control.

I watch cable TV.

I fight with my children over the remote control.

I rent a movie online.

I change the channel.

I cry at the final episode.

I read a book to my child.

I criticize an actor's performance.

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