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polling station reveal shared hopes and the power of individual
voices to shape the future.
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bureau de votes, pole, election, le fey morte, dance, antobien
col lejeon at philanienle push in where the spoils you, parmios,
truve tiennicolette, chequemperdidance, ponci at n and non meticulo screte
samontre leve conte exact amore the towns poor vote is
rendre suter, travaill melafi la vonce lante more san kiite
ele make too swat or done e la lante lestresse
I take a metro deli collect atn DELSI plan the energy,
l M dispute de bat partagesi convictionorgi el vuletin, spirializ
refuchier so la schoi sante parfo coming good do do
loosier mesave cuchat vote conte etiennicolette, finer pastruve, coota coute
la foul ner mireo tordu may collect nelssa passeto gasi
eltonnal la tetti souria etn bonjour vuponc coua de set
election de mondtel esperongegella conversation et n sur pre parcett
approach direct priing profound a spiracium relateabitu alb serve equt
mao jordi jebus wando distruction o ci ilrepun die vecntere
pre damn jepans que se tempartan Jacques vois conte andchoisiersuki
mayor future nesper colletto pina avecontusiasm we exec dement jesper
price de jean realis r a tel pince se craciale
par fois the cornue mes f a lorquis dispute, the
townsend less axillary eta so rondicomte killa precier etchang collette
porte not her perspective and the passi deferrand don se
valere like conversation on trodeo vain prisontans it ruve the
puan commandina tondiu lagistics lan vinemond life near the laer
community ler dei ferrand mariselo diologue melarres permutuel le ra proche,
l'artour de voute, finniparaive, collecte, regarde e, tien Ludi, mercy, posse,
dispute e, Tienne, sam doones poire, etienne Suri. Sometime in
the troncerinite Mercietois, Collette, jebucu a prion te coutain burn
Jean selectn vat is the salueri anosis ali chateun porte
and nouva roger sosage journey an quitole, bure d vote
etiennes susante, pre presci rete, confier plan espois, collette, el
te pri de deminique, croi, savois, petit me, pissant, puve
remon fela, deference vizete, venot avedis apprension, niro perte avec
nuve comprehension don le vonfre de luton is separer a
jentvill rezuon de traptinis de Paulaernir.
Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: Levon fois de luton, soufre duce monsour le parquin de lecal,
municipal transformmeon bureau de voute paule lection.
Speaker 3: The cold autumn went gently blew across the parking lot
of the municipal school, transformed into a polling station for
the election.
Speaker 1: Le fay morte d'An s anto billon colorecio le sel.
Speaker 3: The allen leaves danced in colorful swirls on the ground.
Speaker 1: Lejon filandien lins yo deespoil lisieux.
Speaker 3: People stood in a single file line, hands buried in
their pockets, with a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
Speaker 1: Palmieu sou trouve tien Nicolette che campeg.
Speaker 3: Among them were Etienne and Colette, each lost in their thoughts.
Speaker 1: Etienne an miticieur scrite samntre.
Speaker 3: Etienne. A meticulous man was checking his watch lee.
Speaker 1: Ve conte xet montvuti.
Speaker 3: He had calculated exactly the time needed to vote and
then get to his work. Me le filla, But the
line was moving slowly Pi sentiete. He was worried ill
me que tu su tor doni I lea lanta restrese.
He liked everything to be orderly, and the slowness stressed him.
Speaker 1: A teque metro de rill Collette to de u si
plein de negi.
Speaker 3: A few meters from him, Collette was also waiting, full
of energy.
Speaker 1: Ele me disputi di bert partellesi convicciu.
Speaker 3: She loved to talk, debate and share her beliefs.
Speaker 1: Agi el vuletinspirilifer so choi.
Speaker 3: Today she wanted to inspire others to reflect on their choices.
Speaker 1: El susante par fois coming gut do de lucien mesa
ve couche guvutte conte.
Speaker 3: She sometimes felt like a drop in the ocean, but
she knew every vote counted.
Speaker 1: Etienniculet fir ParvE cuta.
Speaker 3: Coute echienn and Colette eventually found themselves side by side.
Speaker 1: La ful noo mirell tourdu nee Collette nelissa passetuqueciux.
Speaker 3: The crowd murmured around them, but Colette didn't miss the chance.
Speaker 1: Etour ne la teti SuRie etien.
Speaker 3: She turned her head and smiled at the chienne.
Speaker 1: Bonjour voupon scoe de seti reccien.
Speaker 3: Hello, what do you think about this election?
Speaker 1: Du mond'ettel esperonegi la conversesciun.
Speaker 3: She asked, hoping to start a conversation.
Speaker 1: Etienne sieurpri parseeta proge direct prien profound a spiraciu.
Speaker 3: Echien, surprised by this direct approach, took a deep breath.
Speaker 1: Ire teta bthi al p serviier couti mell giorgi yilleve
buzuan de distraction.
Speaker 3: He was used to absor irving and listening, but today
he needed distraction.
Speaker 1: Oussi ire ve cantred' mon.
Speaker 3: So, he replied, with interest, but cautiously.
Speaker 1: Gepons que cetint.
Speaker 3: I think it's important.
Speaker 1: Chequevois conte.
Speaker 3: Every voice counts.
Speaker 1: Indourcheoisieur souquier neer future nesspa.
Speaker 3: We must choose what's best for our future, right.
Speaker 1: Colletto pinard avecantusieres.
Speaker 3: Collette nodded enthusiastically, U exectement, yes exactly, gesperc price de
gen re lis tuel poins criciel. I hope more people
realize how crucial it is.
Speaker 1: Bar foi gecunque meiss.
Speaker 3: Sometimes I fear my efforts are in vain.
Speaker 1: Al quill disquiete le tonson lexile.
Speaker 3: As they talked, time seemed to speed up.
Speaker 1: Etien so rendi conte quille preciech.
Speaker 3: Etienne realized he was enjoying the exchange.
Speaker 1: Colletta porte perspective.
Speaker 3: Collette brought another perspective, and.
Speaker 1: It persis di ferrent Veller.
Speaker 3: She wasn't so different in her values.
Speaker 1: Les conversere de vasance.
Speaker 3: The conversation between them became more intense.
Speaker 1: Ruve di poin comrine ton di lai justice, l'an vill
renn leaf nier de l'a conti.
Speaker 3: They found unexpected common ground, just as the environment the
future of their community.
Speaker 1: Le's di ferrance, Maurice ludl me la respermituell le proche.
Speaker 3: They're different has fueled the dialogue, but their mutual respect
brought them closer.
Speaker 1: Le' tour de voute finita rive.
Speaker 3: Their turn to vote finally came.
Speaker 1: Collette reguerde e tiennillidi mercipose disfucion.
Speaker 3: Etien Collette looked at the Tienne and said, thank you
for this discussion. Etienne samednes poi, it gives me hope.
Etien suri sontneriti. Etienne smiled, feeling a strange serenity.
Speaker 1: Merciertoi Collette, thank you too. Collette gebucu a prienti coutin.
Speaker 3: I learned a lot by listening to.
Speaker 1: You bern chen s victun voute good luck with your
vote is sou selueri ant lo chequel porte nuvou reguer
souse giurni. They bid farewell, and entering the voting booths,
each carried a new perspective on the day. N quito
bureau de voute etienn no sousante peu preci.
Speaker 3: Leaving the polling station, Echien no longer felt rushed.
Speaker 1: Hiete confien y plan despoi.
Speaker 3: He was confident and full of hope.
Speaker 1: Collette el te pu di ter minique genmeer croiqu savoi
petit mi pissant pou ver remnfel di ference.
Speaker 3: Colette, on her part, was more determined than ever to
believe that her voice, small but powerful, could really make
a difference.
Speaker 1: Phisite veni voute veg diisir friensien nille ro barte re
vecilluve con frehension.
Speaker 3: They had come to vote with apprehensions, but they left
with a new understanding.
Speaker 1: D' lu ventfre de l'utn y suze barrere ellentreuvillene a
l'uo trin ven de toptiste.
Speaker 3: In the fresh autumn wind, they parted ways, having found
in each other a reason to be optimistic about the future.
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: Levon, levon, lefon, the wind, le Berquin, le berquin, le barquin, the.
Speaker 3: Parking lot, toast fall me, toast fall me taosef me
transformed blixi, lelixion, lelixi, the election, li fey, le fey,
le fay, the leaves, letourbillon, little billon, littour billum, the swirls,
lef Filandienne, lef Filandienne, le filandienne, the file line, les bois,
les bois, les pois, the hope, nitticuleu, nittsiculeu, nthiculu, meticulous, Lamont, lamont, lamont,
the watch.
Speaker 1: Nisi, sayer, nissi, ser nissis say necessary, san kitty, san kite,
san kiti, to worry, Baldoni, baldoni ordni or the way, blenergie, lenergi, lenergi.
Speaker 3: The energy, the bat, the bat, the bath, to.
Speaker 1: Debate, liconvicc le conviction, le conviction, the beliefs anspiri an spiri,
an spiri to inspire, on ggi, on gesi, on degi,
to engage, Levois levois la foi, the voice, lu fiteu,
lu fiteur, le fiteu, the future, crisielle, cuscielle, cucielle, crucial
ova o vain a vain hein Buppini, Buppini buppini, thenard Denoto,
perspective inotree, perspective into perspective, another perspective in a tonji
in a tonji ina tongji unexpected. Legistis legistics, ligistis the justice,
l'an vionemo, l'an vierneman, l'an villonemo.
Speaker 3: The environment, Lui luie nurie.
Speaker 1: To fuel lo resper michuel le resper mituel le respermituel
mutual respect, la comprehension, la comprehension, la comprehension.
Speaker 3: The understanding.
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