1. Trois visages de l’aventure
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Trois visages de l’aventure

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Le titre
Visage [m.] = face
Aventure [f.] = adventure
Trois visages de l’aventure = The three “faces” (well-known personalities) here are Florence Arthaud, Nicolas Hulot and Alexandra David-Neel.
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3. Texte A : L’aventure sportive
Le sous-titre
sportive [adj.]athletic, to do with sports, sporting (spirit). sportif [m.], sportive [f.] Here, the word has been used as an adjective, but take note that it can also serve as a noun. i.e. sportsman / sportswoman.
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nuit [f.] = night
il faisait nuit = It was night time
Attention :Here, another tense is used. Some other expressions of this type:
Il fait jour = it is daytime
Il fait chaud/froid = the weather is hot/cold
Il fait beau/soleil = the weather is nice/sunny
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Île [f.]
island
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France. Like the other DOMs, Guadeloupe is also one of the 26 régions of France (as a région d'outre-mer), and an integral part of the Republic.
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Bâteau [m.]
boat
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Florence Arthaud
Navigator born in 1957 and nicknamed “la petite fiancée de l’Atlantique”. She overcame a coma and paralysis resulting from a car accident at the age of seventeen to give record-breaking performances in sailing.
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Point-à-Pitre
Pointe-à-Pitre is the main town of Guadeloupe. Located in the west of Grande-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre covers 2.66 km². At the census of 1999, its population was 28,360 inhabitants. The inhabitants are called Pointois.
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Milliers
Thousands
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Curieux
Curious (onlookers)
An adjective that also serves as a noun.
Curieux [m.], curieuse [f.]
Les curieux – the curious (onlookers)…
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admirateurs
Admirers
Admirateur [m.], admiratrice [f.]
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attendaient
Were waiting
This is in the imparfait, the imperfect tense. For notes on the imparfait, refer to Dossier 7.
Attendre = to wait
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ils ont applaudi
They applauded
Applaudir = to applaud
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Était
Was (from the verb être, to be)
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Souriante
Smiling
Souriant [m.], souriante [f.]
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Fatiguée
Tired
Fatigué [m.], fatiguée [f.]
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heureuse
Happy
Heureux [m.], heureuse [f.]
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Route du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a solitary trans-Atlantic race that takes place every four years in November, between Saint Malo, France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadelope by crossing the Atlantic ocean.
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célèbre traversée [f]
the famous crossing (between Saint Malo, France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadelope via the Atlantic ocean)
Flashback : traverser = to cross (a road / a river / an ocean)
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Voile [f]
Sail, sailing (sport).
Faire de la voile = to sail.
However, note that voile can also be a masculine noun that means veil.
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Première
First
Premier [m.], première [f.]
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