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| Travis.H Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4278 days ago 59 posts - 91 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, Sign Language Studies: French | Message 1 of 4 15 June 2013 at 8:04pm | IP Logged |
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Greetings everyone,
I'm nearing the end of assimil New French with Ease and I'm looking for any native French material on biking to increase that area of vocabulary. I've found a few youtube clips and forums on biking but I'm looking for documentaries, movies, books or articles. Really anything substantial that might have bike vocabulary and is at least somewhat interesting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5354 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 4 15 June 2013 at 9:40pm | IP Logged |
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I have no special knowledge, but here are a few places you might look:
Book search for "vélo" on Amazon.fr Books about bicycle voyages from SensCritique Also: Films more films Forums: Road-biking, another one, etc. Search terms: vélo, bicyclette, cyclisme. Good luck! Edited by emk on 15 June 2013 at 9:40pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| magictom123 Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5415 days ago 272 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 3 of 4 15 June 2013 at 11:06pm | IP Logged |
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Hi Travis,
I am a massive cycling fan. There is a short documentary on youtube called 'Vive Le Tour' that is in French. Most famous cycling documentaries that I am aware of are in English unfortunately (A Sunday in Hell, Stars and Watercarriers etc). Depending on your interest, there are plenty of former riders who have books out. If you search amazon.fr for Laurent Fignon (former winner of the Tour de France) or Laurent Jalabert for example you will find books written by both men. An excellent website (in English) regarding cycling and cycling news is steephill.tv. Here, all the up coming races can be found and each will have links (usually including links to French channels) so that you can watch the live action and improve your comprehension and vocabulary. Who do you think will win the Tour this year? It seems like Froome is going to be the favourite but personally I think Contador is going to win. I hope that helps a bit anyway. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Travis.H Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4278 days ago 59 posts - 91 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, Sign Language Studies: French | Message 4 of 4 27 June 2013 at 2:22am | IP Logged |
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Thank you very much! I poked around on the links you listed EMK and I'm going to try and
get a book and maybe a movie from amazon.fr. The forums were helpful too. Tons of great native material going straight into my SRS. @magictom123 I'll see if I can find that on youtube. I'm not sure who will win the tour this year. I'm voting for Evans and Van G, but you're right Froome looks like the favorite. It's going to be fun to try and watch some of the tour in French this year. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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