La Tour Eiffel
French Listening Comprehension
Transcript and Translation
Here is the transcript and translation of the Eiffel Tower report which you can read before, while, or after listening to the audio file.
| Champs-Élysées, enquête | Champs-Élysées, investigation |
| Le plus célèbre des monuments parisiens vient d'accueillir son deux cent millionième visiteur : un record pour la Tour Eiffel, construite à la fin du siècle dernier, qui la classe parmi les sites les plus visités de la planète. Mais, victime de son succès, la tour va devoir subir quelques aménagements et un grand chantier se prépare. | The most famous Parisian monument just welcomed its two hundred millonth visitor: a record for the Eiffel Tower, built at the end of the last century, which ranks it among the most visited sites on the planet. But, victim of its success, the tower is going to have to undergo some improvements and a large construction site is being prepared. |
| Enquête pour Champs-Élysées, Louis Leroux | Investigation for Champs-Élysées, Louis Leroux |
| Du haut de ses trois cent vingt-quatre mètres, la demoiselle de fer qui surplombe fièrement la Seine et les toits de Paris en rougirait presque de plaisir. En cent dix ans, elle a accueilli deux cent millions de visiteurs, ce qui en fait l'édifice payant le plus visité au monde. Cette année encore, la Tour Eiffel devrait dépasser les six millions d'entrées, soit deux fois plus que l'Empire State Building de New York et loin devant la Tour de Londres qui comptabilise deux millions de visiteurs, et le Colisée de Rome, plus d'un million. | From the top of its three hundred twenty-four meters (about 1,246 feet), the iron lady who proudly looks over the Seine and the roofs of Paris could almost blush with pleasure. In a hundred and twenty years, it has welcomed two hundred million visitors, which makes it the world's most visited building with an entry fee. Again this year, the Eiffel Tower should exceed six million admissions; that is, twice as many as the Empire State building in New York and far ahead of the London Tower which counts two million visitors and the Roman Colliseum, more than a million. |
| Un succès incroyable pour son concepteur Gustave Eiffel qui, modeste, avait tablé sur cinq cent mille visiteurs annuels. | An incredible success for its designer Gustave Eiffel who, modest, had counted on five hundred thousand annual visitors. |
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originally published in Champs-Élysées audiomagazine (read my review) and are used with the permission of Champs-Élysées, Inc. |
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