Quatre vingt huitime Leon Le petit cran

87th lesson The Small Screen

De plus en plus, la tlvision prend une place majeure

dans notre vie, quon le veuille ou non.
1 More and more, television is taking a major place in
our life, whether we like it or not.
2 Les tlviseurs sont partout. Presque tous les foyers
en possdent au moins un,
2 TV sets are everywhere. Almost all households have at
least one,

Et le nombre de chanes augmente danne en anne:

avec le cble et le satellite, on peut en recevoir
jusqu deux ou trois cents.
3
And the number of channels increases from year to
year: with cable and satellite, we can receive up to two
or three hundred.

En France, la tl -comme on dit est finance en

partie par la publicit,

In France, the telly as we call it, is financed in part

by advertising,

Et dans le cas des chanes publiques, par la redevance

audiovisuelle.
And in the case of the public channels, by the [audio
visual] license.
Ct missions, il y en a pour tous les gots.
In terms of programs, there is something for every
taste.

A typical evening will begin with a game and a series,

followed by the news and by the weather report.

On enchane avec un divertissement ou un tlfilm, ou

peut-tre une soire thmatique.
We continue with an entertainment (show) or a
telefilm, or possibly a themed evening.
9 Certaines chanes proposent des films indits la
tlvision, quon peut acheter la sance avec une
tlcommande.

Some channels offer first-run (unpublished) features

on a pay-per-view basis (which can be bought per
showing with the remote control).
10 Mais il y a ceux qui ne supportent pas le petit cran.
10 But there are those who cant stand the television
(small screen).
11 Comme cette femme qui confie son amie: mon fils
regarde tellement la tele
11 Like this woman who confides to her friend: my son
watches so much TV
12 Que si tu lui dis: viens regarder ce magnifique
coucher de soleil,
12 That if you say to him: come and look at his beautiful
sunset,
13 Il te demande: cest sur quelle chane?
He asks you: its on which channel?
1 Inutile de discuter. Il viendra quon le veuille ou non.

1 Useless to discuss = no point arguing about it. He will

come whether we like it or not.

viens vite regarder cette mission. Cest hilarant.

come quickly and watch this program. Its hilarious.

Je veux regarder la mto. Cest sur quelle chane?

I want to see the weather (forecast). Its on what
channel?
4 son livre na jamais est indit en France.
His/her book is unpublished = has never before been
published in France.

Je ne supporte pas la tl.

5 I do not support the telly = I cant stand TV.