Today's story: Hollywood sets a summer record in the United States. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in French: Hollywood bat un record d’été aux États-Unis

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:35) Three more stories today

(01:34) Today's headline, slowly

(02:20) Reaching a total

(02:52) A time range

(03:32) Ticket sales and totals

(04:19) Today's grammar point

(04:52) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-10

TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT

Hollywood bat un record d’été aux États-Unis

Les ventes de billets ont atteint 4,76 milliards de dollars entre le 1er mai et le 7 septembre 2026.

Cette période va du premier week-end de mai au week-end de Labor Day.

Le record avant cela date de 2013.

La saison a aussi eu une semaine de vente de billets en plus.

En 2026, le total reste à 7,5 % du niveau de 2019.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (atteindre)

- vocabulary (va)

- vocabulary (date)

- vocabulary (en plus)

- vocabulary (reste)

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