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# 2.10.2 Le musée Angladon-Dubrujeaud

## Activité 53

Listen to Extract 71 in which you hear a museum guide talking about van Gogh. Match the events to the dates on which they occurred and put them in chronological order.

Trouvez les bonnes dates et remettez-les dans l'ordre.

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Audio 33
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### Answer

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Vincent van Gogh est né | en 1853
Il va à Amsterdam | en 1877
Il passe un an en Belgique | en 1879
Il fait des études à Bruxelles | en 1880
Il habite à Paris | de 1886 à 1888
Il passe un an à Arles | de 1888 à 1889
Il est mort | en 1890

Distinguishing between as in ‘vin’ and [ã] as in ‘vent’

The name Vincent contains two nasal vowels.

It is vital to differentiate between these nasal vowels both in listening and speaking. Sometimes they are all that distinguishes between words appearing in similar locations, but with different meanings.

- Il y a beaucoup de vent aujourd'hui.

- There's a strong wind blowing today.

- Il y a un bon vin aujourd'hui.

- We have a really good wine in today.

## Activité 54

Listen to Extract 72 and note down whichever word is said first, in each of the following pairs.

Écoutez et notez le premier mot.

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Audio 34

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bain | banc | rein | rang
cinq | cent | sang | sain
gain | gant | teinte | tente
penser | pincer | roman | romain
plan | plein | vin | vent

### Answer

The first word you hear in each pair is in bold.

- bain banc

- cinq cent

- gain gant

- pincer penser

- plein plan

- rein rang

- sain sang

- teinte tente

- romain roman

- vin ven

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