Paris Love Locks
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Paris Love Locks
www.anglophonie.fr Log on our website to check out our previous reports! Paris Tries to Put a Lockdown on Love Locks (NBC Nightly News, 2015) page 1/3 http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/paris-tries-to-put-a-lockdown-on-love-locks-tradition-399354435655 We end tonight with a matter of tough love in one of the most romantic cities in the world. For years couples have expressed their commitment to one another by attaching padlocks – hundreds of thousands of them – to one Parisian bridge, and now some are saying there’s such a thing as too much love. From Paris, here’s NBC’s Katy Tur. When locking your love in the City of Love, don’t expect any love from the locals. The Pont des Arts, the center of Paris and one of its most iconic bridges has been transformed from a charming display of ‘”l’amour” into, well, this! Inscribed with initials and hearts, locks on top of locks on top of locks. So many (that) city had to cover them up with plywood for fear that they would multiply endlessly. This is a form of vandalism. Enter Eisa Taylor, an American expat with the mission to save her favorite bridge. Through social media and an on-line petition, she and another American have pushed for the French government to crack down on the lockdown. Each panel, if they weighed it, would be somewhere between five-hundred and seven-hundred kilograms. And when you multiply those tiny tokens of affection by the thousands, you get a bridge many tons heavier than it should be. Yes, tons! Case in point, these collapsing grills. It’s not very beautiful and it’s dangerous. Bruno Julliard is the Deputy Mayor of Paris. He says the city is preparing to cut all the locks off and cover the railings with plexiglas. All people who are in love, we want they.. them to come in Paris. But we don’t want that they put love locks. (correct English = We don’t want them to put love locks.) You can cut them off, but they’re like weeds or cockroaches -- they keep coming back! Ivy Gambo and Peter Conception flew to Paris to lock their love. The French say you’re not supposed to lock up your love. You’re supposed to let it be free. That’s the French, we’re Americans! Yeah, that’s true! There’s no ?? No, (?) no kidding! Is that a proposition? Happy Valentine’s Day. Katy Turret, NBC News, Paris page 2/3 Vocabulary 00. 01. 02. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. A lockdown on love locks A matter of tough love For years Their commitment to one another Padlocks There such a thing as too much love When locking your love Don’t expect The locals A charming display Inscribed So many (padlocks) Plywood For fear Endlessly Expat Through social media To push for the French government To crack down The lockdown Somewhere Tiny tokens These collapsing grills To cut all the locks off Weeds or cockroaches They keep coming back To lock up your love To let it be free une interdiction de cadenas d’amour une question d’amour “dur” = un amour exigeant depuis des années leur engagement l’un envers l’autre des cadenas on peut parler de trop d’amour en vérouillant (scellant) votre amour ne vous attendez pas à les riverains une manifestation charmante inscrit, gravé tant de du contreplaqué de peur de sans fin ne expatriée par les médias sociaux réclamer sévir la pose de cadenas quelque part (entre) des gages minuscules en trains de s’effondrer couper, enlever des mauvaises herbes ou des cafards ils continuent à revenir, ils reviennent toujours enfermer (dans le contexte) le laisser libre Paris Tries to Put a Lockdown on Love Locks (NBC Nightly News, 2015) Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words We end tonight with a m______of t_______ love in one of the most romantic cities in the world. (une question d’amour exigeant) F_____y_______ couples have expressed their c___________to one another by attaching p_______ – (depuis des années) (leur engagement) (des cadenas) page 3/3 hundreds of thousands of them – to one Parisian bridge, and now some are saying there’s such a thing as too much love. From Paris, here’s NBC’s Katy Tur. When locking your love in the City of Love, d_______e__________ any love from the l_________. The (ne vous attendez pas à) (les riverains) Pont des Arts, the center of Paris and one of its most iconic bridges has been transformed from a charming d_____________ of ‘”l’amour” into, well, this! Inscribed with initials and hearts, locks on top (manifestation) of locks on top of locks. So many (that) city had to cover them up with plywood f____f____ that they would multiply e________. (de peur) (sans fin) This is a form of vandalism. Enter Eisa Taylor, an American expat with the mission to save her favorite bridge. T_______ social media and an on-line petition, she and another American have p______ f ____ (par) (ont réclamé) the French government to c________d________ on the l_________. (sévir) (la pose des cadenas) Each panel, if they weighed it, would be s________ between five-hundred and seven-hundred kilograms. (quelque part entre) And when you multiply those t______t______ of affection by the thousands, you get a bridge many tons (gages minuscules) heavier than it should be. Yes, tons! Case in point, these c___________ grills. (en train de s’effondrer) It’s not very beautiful and it’s dangerous. Bruno Julliard is the Deputy Mayor of Paris. He says the city is preparing to cut all the locks off and cover the railings with plexiglas. All people who are in love, we want they.. them to come in Paris. But we don’t want that they put love locks. (correct English = We don’t want them to put love locks.) You can cut them off, but they’re like w_______ or c________ -- they k________ coming back! (des mauvaises herbes ou des cafards) (continuent à) Ivy Gambo and Peter Conception flew to Paris to lock their love. The French say you’re not supposed to l_______u___ your love. You’re supposed to l_______free. (enfermer) That’s the French, we’re Americans! Yeah, that’s true! There’s no ?? No, (?) n___k_______! (sans blague!) Is that a proposition? Happy Valentine’s Day. (le laisser libre)