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In this episode, we'll explore how a chance meeting under
the iconic towers of Notre Dame at Christmas leads to
a heartwarming journey of shared passions in the captivating city
of Paris right after this commercial break.
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de l'estree de noel, le guet, Dreda, tredame, meges chusier, poissant,
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de la Ville linear, noela, porte, parfo de cados in
a tonji y la magie, persucation olidita.
Speaker 4: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: Plea sieur de Paris, egri on soujour di vere.
Speaker 4: The sky over Pahill is gray on this winter day.
Speaker 1: Bles re froi erentre de l'estre de nouel.
Speaker 4: The air is cold and filled with the spirit of Noel.
Speaker 1: Le gueti dre tred'em magestiusien, pouissant soudre su Pierre de
la Ville.
Speaker 4: The Catatral Notre Dame, majestic and imposing, stands tall in
the heart of the city de.
Speaker 1: Lune Festive cuier situri de du chon de noel rison
n nicol leri.
Speaker 4: Festive lights illuminate its towers, and soft Christmas carols echo
through the streets.
Speaker 1: Tibou et tampasioni di stois.
Speaker 4: Tibau is a history enthusiast.
Speaker 1: Iy pasque coujura Paris poor di couvrier crisa chite chiurou.
Speaker 4: He is spending a few days in Bahi to discover
its architectural treasures.
Speaker 1: I porta monturipe anguis de la man.
Speaker 4: He wears a thick coat, a guide book in hand.
Speaker 1: Il re de compond roche caque chexcutio de requetidral.
Speaker 4: He dreams of understanding every arch every sculpture of the
cathedral soumpro grames serree. His schedule is tight ireutuvois. He
wants to see everything.
Speaker 1: Elodi etun artiste.
Speaker 4: Elodi is an artist e.
Speaker 1: L bit Paris de pitoujour.
Speaker 4: She has lived in Bahis all her life.
Speaker 1: Monsieur morement el rouchier che lacepira simposa prochen tantieu.
Speaker 4: At the moment she is seeking inspiration for her next painting.
Speaker 1: Noe la pari a vexillinier re sit reradiscun son ri
pa fe.
Speaker 4: Pursla Christmas in Bahill, with its lights and traditions, seems
perfect for.
Speaker 1: This elm La tree.
Speaker 4: But today she is struggling to create.
Speaker 1: La maggi che passon fasoux.
Speaker 4: The magic eludes her.
Speaker 1: Brush aid visite Dame poder.
Speaker 4: She decides to visit Notre Dame for a change of scenery.
Speaker 1: A lanteriel de le quei drell lets MOUs ferre serene.
Speaker 4: Inside the cathedral, the atmosphere is serene.
Speaker 1: The visiter sour rassan lu tour de la grande creche.
Speaker 4: Visitors gather around the large nativity scene.
Speaker 1: Tibouchoisi dix flori la querellame.
Speaker 4: Tibau chooses to explore the cathedral at his own pace.
Speaker 1: V rosn tier listois chiur re chet ditai.
Speaker 4: He wants to feel the history, capture every detail.
Speaker 1: Elodi contail seos.
Speaker 4: Urrambon Ilodi meanwhile sits on.
Speaker 1: A bench elepservelis enfon l send la nettiti.
Speaker 4: She observes the children fascinated by the scene of the nativity.
Speaker 1: Soudan la La explores Tibou eludis.
Speaker 4: Suddenly, in their silent exploration, Tibo and Iloedy meet.
Speaker 1: Rout truf coute de va la creche.
Speaker 4: They find themselves side by side in front of the
Nativity scene.
Speaker 1: Tibo remarque col portel.
Speaker 4: Di Tibou notices the bright colors. Il Ed is wearing I.
Speaker 1: Coo monsa dispute. They start to talk Ipa de la
dristois y chen de noel. They discuss art history, the
charm of Christmas, le gueti drell mani fique di Tibu.
Speaker 4: The cathedral is magnificent, says Tibau.
Speaker 1: We rep rel di ele tins pierent ne par fois
la nu Sufipa.
Speaker 4: Yes, Led responds it is inspiring, but sometimes that's.
Speaker 2: Not enough.
Speaker 1: Jos antietude.
Speaker 4: They share their concerns.
Speaker 1: Tibou parte rellistois neo si soon de trepus ponti.
Speaker 4: Tibau shares his desire to know history, but also his
need to be more spontaneous.
Speaker 1: Deludpare t.
Speaker 4: Ilodi talks about her creative block.
Speaker 1: Le converse.
Speaker 4: Futurel The conversation can nues fluid and natural.
Speaker 1: D Courtier side.
Speaker 4: They discover that they can help each other.
Speaker 1: Finan Mont de sau Revoir.
Speaker 4: Finally, they decide to meet again.
Speaker 1: Tibu proposed de montpre elod do t disto rique de
la rille.
Speaker 4: Tibau proposes to show Iled other historical sites in the
city a.
Speaker 1: Change Ilo di prome delnici le sennartisticur cal.
Speaker 4: In return, Iled promises to introduce him to the local art.
Speaker 1: Scene Nanko monet.
Speaker 4: A friendship begins to form.
Speaker 1: Notre Dame the Suri rore tibour re elis cuparie bien
puss au freer.
Speaker 4: As they leave Notre Dame, smiling, Tibou realizes that Bahi
has much more to offer than what is listed on
an itinerary.
Speaker 1: Iludi ro tru vespois re laencepirac grasa said.
Speaker 4: To Ilode finds hope and inspiration through this unexpected encounter.
Speaker 1: Souluciel parisien yesiluin chequin richi parlut pre rillro de nouve
la venturro queer de la riller.
Speaker 4: Under the Barrizio sky. They walk away, each enriched by
the other, ready to experience new adventures in the heart
of the villa Lumiere noe.
Speaker 1: La porte par fois de la magi pu suquecil ditai.
Speaker 4: Christmas sometimes brings unexpected gifts and magic can be hidden
in the details.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.
Speaker 1: Liciell liciellielle, the sky less pri, Let's pri Let's pri
the spirit, maggiest use, maggiest use, maggist use, majestic and
poisont am poisant and poisont imposing, bluecure lequer, the care,
the heart, festive, festive, festive, festive, prisony, prisoni brisoni to echo, lupascio,
need destoir, lupascio, need destoir, la passion need di'stois.
Speaker 4: The history enthusiast it pe it, pe it, pe thick, legide,
ligid legide, the guide book, lack lach laugh, the arch.
Speaker 1: Speuture, sputure, sputure, sculpture, le program, the program lu program,
the schedule blaartist, artist, lattiste, the artist LANs, Piracian lance,
pirascium lance, Piraciu, inspiration, avoid mail avais dumil avois, dumil
to struggle is scheppe is cheppe is cheppy, let's most fair,
let's mos fhair let's most fair. The atmosphere surenes, surenne,
sourenes serene, Sour rassemble, Sour rassemble, sour rassemble.
Speaker 4: Together like fresh, like cresh, like cresh. The Nativity scene.
Speaker 1: Fascini, Fascini, Fascini.
Speaker 4: To fascinate, Bre marquis, Bre marquiere, marquis, to notice, viv
viv viv vivid, the charm, the charm, the charm, the charm.
Many feak, many feak, many feak, magnificent, aspirant, aspirant, aspirant, inspiring,
blank youtude like youtude, like Youitude concern, Blue Blue Cash Creative,
Blue Blue Cash creative, the Blue Cash Creative creative, Black
decouvrier decouvrier de couverrier to discover.
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