0:00Hello and welcome to the press review. HelloFrench!
0:03The podcast that immerses you in the news of the week. To allow you to improve your French.
0:11On the front page for this week, from January 5 to 11, 2020,
0:14opening of the trial of Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault in New York.
0:20Political crisis in Bolivia. A new presidential election will take place on May 3.
0:26Iran classifies all American forces as terrorist.
0:31Tensions continue to mount after the death of General Soleimani. Evacuation in Dortmund, Germany
0:38due to WWII bombs. Closure of several production sites
0:44after the gastroenteritis epidemic affecting oysters.
0:48Harvey Weinstein's trial opened this week in New York. The film producer is accused
0:56by dozens of women of sexual assault. The trial was eagerly awaited since
1:03the first revelations in the American press, in October 2017. More than 80 women broke the silence
1:11to talk about the harassment or abuse suffered. Among them, we find celebrities
1:18like Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman, Léa Seydoux or Gwyneth Paltrow.
1:25On the dock, however, there are only two women. We understand the difficulty of building
1:32a criminal case without witnesses or physical evidence, sometimes years later.
1:37The trial is expected to last six weeks. Harvey Weinstein faces life imprisonment if convicted
1:45of predatory sexual behavior. The conviction of the former Hollywood
1:51producer would be a major victory for the #MeToo movement. The end of a political crisis
1:57for Bolivia? Six months after the controversial presidential election,
2:02a date has finally been announced for a new ballot.
2:05Bolivians will vote on May 3, 2020 to appoint their president. Evo Morales' controversial victory
2:12leaves for a fourth term had sparked a violent revolt. More than 35 people were notably
2:21killed during demonstrations and clashes. An audit conducted by the Organization
2:27of American States confirmed irregularities in the election. The ballot was therefore canceled
2:33and former members of the Bolivian electoral body were arrested.
2:38Abandoned by the police and the army, the Bolivian head of state resigned on November 10.
2:46The politician had been at the head of the country for fourteen years.
2:50Refugee in Mexico then in Argentina, Evo Morales will not be able to stand on May 3, 2020.
2:56An arrest warrant has also been issued against him until the new elections in May.
3:01The country remains ruled by interim president Jeanine Añez, a right-wing senator.
3:09The tension between the United States and Iran continues to mount.
3:14This week, the Iranian parliament passed urgent legislation to classify all US forces as terrorists.
3:22Iran has indeed extended a law passed in April 2019,
3:26which classified the US military as a terrorist in certain areas of the world.
3:32The Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. This amendment is above all symbolic
3:39to denounce the assassination of General Soleimani.
3:43As a reminder, this general of the Iranian regime was killed
3:47under the orders of Donald Trump on January 3, 2020 in Iraq. The serviceman's funeral took place
3:55this week in Kerman, his hometown in southern Iran,
4:00as huge crowds accompanied the body of the deceased. More than 50 people died
4:06in a stampede and 200 people were injured in Dortmund, Germany. Unexploded bombs dating
4:15from World War II may have been found. The town hall has in fact identified four
4:20sites where bombs dropped by the Allies could be buried.
4:24As a preventive measure, 13,000 people from downtown Dortmund must be evacuated this weekend.
4:31Irregularities in the construction work drew the attention of the authorities.
4:37Excavations will therefore take place to certify whether or not they are explosives.
4:43This is not the first time that Germany has found bombs. In 2017, 65,000 people had already had to
4:50be evacuated in Frankfurt after the discovery of a British bomb.
4:56The oyster farmers are calling for help. An epidemic?
5:00Enteritis is currently hitting French oysters in Morbihan.
5:04In Manche and Charente-Maritime, several production sites had to be
5:09closed to try to stop the spread of the virus. No reopening date is planned for the moment.
5:16Producers are therefore impatiently awaiting the results of the analyses.
5:20300 oyster farmers demonstrated in Brittany on Wednesday.
5:24They are asking that a Marshall Plan be put in place to clean up the water.
5:28According to these producers, wastewater is the source of the virus present in shellfish.
5:35Thanks for listening to this podcast. We hope you liked it.
5:38I will now explain the keywords, the important words of the week in the news on Harvey Weinstein.
5:46We have spoken of revelation, of revelations. It's when information comes to light.
5:53You suddenly discover something or become aware of it.
5:58We have covered several words from the sexual assault lexical field.
6:03An assault is when a person is attacked. If sexual assault. He is said to be sexually assaulted.
6:11We also talked about harassment. There can be different types of harassment.
6:16It is an attack or solicitation of a person repeatedly, several times.
6:22We have also talked about abuse to say that women have been abused.
6:27In this case, we can say that they were raped. They were therefore sexually abused.
6:33The word abused can also mean that we have been deceived, that we have played on us.
6:39He abused my trust to steal my phone. We also used the word a predator to refer to sexual predators.
6:48A predator is someone or an animal that feeds on its prey. In everyday language,
6:56this word is used to designate someone threatening.
6:59It has been said that the victims broke the silence.
7:03To break the silence finally means to speak, to stop being silent.
7:08We also talked about life imprisonment. This means that we go to prison for life.
7:14We talked about charges, one charge. This is the reason why we accuse someone.
7:20We have talked about conviction. A conviction is when someone has been found guilty by the courts.
7:28He is therefore doomed. Justice obliges him to suffer a penalty or pay a fine.
7:33In the news on Bolivia, we have used the word.
7:38Finally, we said finally, elections will be organized.
7:42This means that there has been a long wait and it is over.
7:46For example, we can say I've been hungry for two hours. Finally, we are going to eat.
7:52We used the designated verb in the sentence they will designate their president.
7:57It means that they will choose him, determine who will be the president.
8:02We used the word mandate. In politics,
8:06a mandate means a mission entrusted to us after being elected.
8:11The president was re-elected for a new term, a term of office defined in advance.
8:16We have also used the word warrant to refer to an arrest warrant.
8:21In this case, the word has another meaning. An arrest warrant
8:26is when a judge asks the police to search for someone.
8:29We said that there had been irregularities in the ballot. An irregularity
8:35is something that is not normal, something weird. We said the president resigned.
8:42To resign is to leave your post, to give up your post. We have used the expression being
8:48the head of the country when we say that we are the head of the country or of a company.
8:54This means that we are in charge, that we are the leader. We used the word "refugee".
8:59This word can be used as a verb. We can say "he takes refuge".
9:04This means that he leaves for shelter. We can also say "a refugee", as in the migrant crisis.
9:13It is a status that is given to a person who flees his country because
9:17he is threatened because of his religion, his political opinions,
9:22his membership of a group, his race or his nationality.
9:27The term "ad interim" has also been used to refer to the president.
9:33This expression means replacing someone for a temporary period.
9:38We can also say "I do temporary work in a company"
9:42to say that we replace someone in their work for a short period.
9:47In the news on Iran, we have used the word "terrorist". It is a person or an organization
9:54that uses violence and fear to voice their political ideas. Impose his authority.
10:01We are talking about terrorism. It has been said that Iran has extended a law,
10:08which means that it has been enlarged, things have been added to this law.
10:14It has also been said that Iran has classified the US military as terrorists.
10:20To classify a person means to put them in a category.
10:24You can also use the word "classified" when putting things away.
10:28"I have classified all my books in alphabetical order." For example, we said that the amendment has
10:35symbolic value. When we say that something has symbolic value,
10:41this means that concretely, it does not change anything. It's more the idea that it represents.
10:47We used the word "funeral". It is a synonym for a funeral. When a person has died and is buried,
10:58in the same lexical field, we spoke of the remains of the deceased. This is the deceased person.
11:07The body is his body. It is the body of a person who is no longer alive, who is dead.
11:15We also talked about a large crowd. A crowd is a lot of people, a gathering of people.
11:23We said that people in that crowd were injured in a stampede. It's a crowd movement.
11:32People are fidgeting, pushing each other. They were therefore injured.
11:37They have wounds, they received blows, shocks.
11:41And they hurt. In the news on the bombs found in Germany,
11:48a bomb is a projectile that is loaded with explosives. These explosives will explode. Figuratively,
11:57we can use the word "bomb" to talk about unexpected news. It is usually said "to drop a bomb".
12:04The person dropped a bomb. For example, "he dropped a real bomb."
12:09He announced that he was quitting his job to go live at the end of the world.
12:14We said these bombs were buried. This means that they are buried in the ground. To find them,
12:23we're going to have to do some digging. This means that we are going to look in the ground.
12:28We also used the word "allies". These are the people who are in our camp.
12:34With us, we are united by an alliance.
12:37This expression is often used to refer to our camp during a war. We also used the word
12:45"authorities". The authorities - it is the government.
12:49It is the people who run a country, who have the power.
12:56In the news about sick oysters, we used a very complicated word. "Oyster farmers" -
13:06these are the people who produce oysters. It's a job.
13:11We have talked about viruses and gastroenteritis. The virus is a kind of disease that is contagious.
13:19The virus is spreading. So we talked about propagation. It is the act of spreading. Gastroenteritis
13:25is a disease that lasts a few days, which makes your stomach ache.
13:29It is characterized by nausea and vomiting. Finally, we talked about cleaning up wastewater.
13:37To sanitize means to clean the waters.