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B1 Lesson 3 of 3 · French News Made Easy

Health, news in brief and the journalistic conditional

Read a health article and a news story, understand the conditional that journalists use for unconfirmed facts, and write a summary.

13 min · 9 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Understand the journalistic conditional
  • Find advice in an article
  • Summarise an article
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1The journalistic conditional = information not confirmed: il aurait quitté, ils seraient touchés.
  • 2In a health article, separate the findings (études) from the advice (conseils).
  • 3A summary: main idea first, then two facts, then a nuance, in your own words.

Key vocabulary

l’endormissementfalling asleep
retarderto delay
un fait diversa news-in-brief story
un abria shelter
survivreto survive