Our lesson this time goes back to a joke made by chat-show host Trevor Noah last summer, following the World cup. The only thing is, some people didn’t find his joke funny at all, not least the French ambassador in Washington. So what was it all about, again? Let’s start, as usual, with a conversation to put things in context.
154: The presidential elections
153: "What are your thoughts on the Facebook flotation?"
152: "The situation has changed on the Korean peninsula..."
151: "What are your thoughts on the monarchy?"
150: "Do you know the Château of Versailles?"
149: "Do you have information on the computer classes in town?"
148: "Is this the end of the 'European Project'?"
147: Pronunciation: another look at the French alphabet
146: "It's really cold this morning!"
145: "Did you hear about the boys who survived in the Pacific?"
144: "Do you know that President Sarkozy is on Facebook?"
143: "What do you think about the expulsion of the Roma from France?"
142: "Have you heard about the trapped miners?"
141: "What's happening, then, in Greece?"
140: "What do you think of the situation in the Gulf of Mexico?"
139: "Google is one of the great successes of the last ten years... what do you think?"
138: "I'd like to send money to a friend who lives in Toulouse..."
137: Back to Europe after 10 years in the U.S.
136: "How did it come to happen that Haïti is 'the poorest country in the western hemisphere'?"
135: "I'm going to be late"
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