Fluent Fiction - French

The Mime's Mimic: Unlikely Partners in Comedy


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Fluent Fiction - French: The Mime's Mimic: Unlikely Partners in Comedy
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Story Transcript:

Fr: Le soleil brillait sur Paris.
En: The sun was shining over Paris.

Fr: Jacques, couvert de sueur, marchait dans les rues animées.
En: Jacques, covered in sweat, walked through the busy streets.

Fr: Il a soudainement trébuché sur quelque chose, sans savoir que sa journée allait prendre une tournure étrange.
En: Suddenly, he tripped over something, unaware that his day was about to take a strange turn.

Fr: Un mime dans les rues de Paris, faisait son spectacle.
En: A mime in the streets of Paris was performing his act.

Fr: On le connaissait sous le nom de Marcel.
En: He was known as Marcel.

Fr: Marcel a vu Jacques tomber.
En: Marcel saw Jacques fall.

Fr: Soudain, son visage a changé.
En: Suddenly, his face changed.

Fr: Les spectateurs ont remarqué.
En: The onlookers noticed.

Fr: Jacques s'est relevé.
En: Jacques got up.

Fr: Il a senti des yeux sur lui.
En: He felt eyes on him.

Fr: Il a vu Marcel, le mime, le regarder.
En: He saw Marcel, the mime, looking at him.

Fr: Marcel a pointé Jacques.
En: Marcel pointed at Jacques.

Fr: Les spectateurs ont ri.
En: The spectators laughed.

Fr: Jacques a rougi.
En: Jacques blushed.

Fr: Marcel a continué son spectacle.
En: Marcel continued his performance.

Fr: Mais cette fois, il mimait Jacques.
En: But this time, he mimicked Jacques.

Fr: Marcel marchait comme Jacques.
En: Marcel walked like Jacques.

Fr: Il a même fait semblant de trébucher.
En: He even pretended to trip.

Fr: Les spectateurs ont adoré.
En: The audience loved it.

Fr: Ils ont ri plus fort.
En: They laughed even louder.

Fr: Jacques n'était pas sûr de quoi faire.
En: Jacques wasn't sure what to do.

Fr: Il a alors eu une idée.
En: Then, he had an idea.

Fr: Jacques a décidé de jouer le jeu.
En: Jacques decided to play along.

Fr: Il s'est tourné vers le mime.
En: He turned towards the mime.

Fr: Il a commencé à imiter Marcel qui imitait Jacques.
En: He began imitating Marcel, who was imitating Jacques.

Fr: C'était une scène drôle.
En: It was a funny scene.

Fr: Les spectateurs riaient encore plus.
En: The spectators laughed even more.

Fr: Jacques a mimé Marcel qui lui tirait la langue.
En: Jacques mimicked Marcel, sticking out his tongue.

Fr: Marcel a répondu en mimant Jacques qui lui faisait un clin d'œil.
En: Marcel responded by mimicking Jacques, winking at him.

Fr: La foule s'est mise à applaudir.
En: The crowd started applauding.

Fr: Jacques et Marcel ont continué leur jeu.
En: Jacques and Marcel continued their game.

Fr: C'était un spectacle dans le spectacle.
En: It was a spectacle within the spectacle.

Fr: Le temps a passé rapidement.
En: Time passed quickly.

Fr: Le soleil commençait à se coucher.
En: The sun began to set.

Fr: Les spectateurs sont partis.
En: The spectators left.

Fr: Jacques aussi.
En: Jacques did too.

Fr: Mais avant de partir, il a souri à Marcel.
En: But before leaving, he smiled at Marcel.

Fr: Marcel a fait de même.
En: Marcel did the same.

Fr: Jacques est rentré chez lui.
En: Jacques went home.

Fr: Il a repensé à sa journée.
En: He thought back to his day.

Fr: Il a souri.
En: He smiled.

Fr: Jacques n'avait jamais imaginé qu'un simple accident dans les rues de Paris pourrait le transformer en spectacle.
En: Jacques had never imagined that a simple accident in the streets of Paris could turn him into a spectacle.

Fr: Il a pensé à Marcel.
En: He thought about Marcel.

Fr: Il a décidé de le revoir.
En: He decided to see him again.

Fr: Après ce jour, chaque fois que Jacques est à Paris, il va voir Marcel.
En: After that day, whenever Jacques is in Paris, he visits Marcel.

Fr: Ils font leur spectacle ensemble.
En: They perform their act together.

Fr: Les spectateurs adorent.
En: The audience loves it.

Fr: Jacques n'a jamais oublié ce jour où il est tombé sur Marcel, le mime dans les rues de Paris.
En: Jacques never forgot the day he stumbled upon Marcel, the mime in the streets of Paris.

Fr: Et depuis, chaque fois qu'il trébuche, il sourit.
En: And since then, whenever he stumbles, he smiles.


Vocabulary Words:
  • The: Le
  • sun: soleil
  • was: était
  • shining: brillait
  • over: sur
  • Paris: Paris
  • Jacques: Jacques
  • covered: couvert
  • in: en
  • sweat: sueur
  • walked: marchait
  • through: à travers
  • the: les
  • busy: animées
  • streets: rues
  • Suddenly: Soudain
  • he: il
  • tripped: trébuché
  • something: quelque chose
  • unaware: sans savoir
  • that: que
  • his: sa
  • day: journée
  • about to take: allait prendre
  • a: une
  • strange: tournure étrange
  • turn: tour
  • A: Un
  • mime: mime
  • performing: faisant
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