A1 French Story: The Back Door La porte du fond | French Listening & Shadowing

Learn French with an A1 story: The Back Door (La porte du fond). Listen, repeat out loud and improve your French listening, pronunciation and speaking. Camille and her blunt grandmother Odette find a door open in their closed town library, with a strange note on the desk. The 'stranger' turns out to be the night cleaner, and Odette gets a surprise. How to shadow: 🎧 Listen to each sentence with French and English subtitles 🎤 Repeat it out loud in the Your turn pause 📖 Read along with the narrator at the end 💬 Quel mot était nouveau ? Which word was new for you? Comment it below Level: A1 (CEFR, beginner) · About 8 min · Slow, clear native French narration Chapters 0:00 Scene 1: listen and repeat 0:24 Scene 2: listen and repeat 1:01 Scene 3: listen and repeat 1:31 Scene 4: listen and repeat 1:58 Scene 5: listen and repeat 2:23 Scene 6: listen and repeat 2:59 Scene 7: listen and repeat 3:23 Scene 8: listen and repeat 3:57 Scene 9: listen and repeat 4:22 Scene 10: listen and repeat 4:57 Scene 11: listen and repeat 5:19 Scene 12: listen and repeat 5:52 Test yourself at natural pace Key words • la bibliothèque: the library • la porte: the door • un café chaud: a hot coffee • une clé: a key • un gâteau: a cake Grammar notes • n'est pas: is not. Put ne (n') before the verb and pas after it. • il y a: there is. Il y a introduces something that exists in a place. Transcript 1. Camille travaille à la bibliothèque. Camille works at the library. 2. Sa grand-mère Odette est avec elle. Her grandmother Odette is with her. 3. Ce soir-là, il est sept heures. That evening, it is seven o'clock. 4. Camille ferme la grande porte. Camille closes the big door. 5. Le lendemain matin, Camille arrive tôt. The next morning, Camille arrives early. 6. La petite porte du fond est ouverte. The small back door is open. 7. Camille n’est pas contente. Camille is not happy. 8. Un peu plus tard, elles entrent. A little later, they go in. 9. Odette n’a pas peur. Odette is not afraid. 10. Sur le bureau, il y a un café chaud. On the desk, there is a hot coffee. 11. Camille lit : « Je reviens ce soir. » Camille reads: "I'm coming back tonight." 12. Dans la bibliothèque, Camille a très peur. In the library, Camille is very scared. 13. Odette dit : « Nous restons ici ce soir. » Odette says: "We are staying here tonight." 14. Ce soir-là, elles reviennent à huit heures. That evening, they come back at eight o'clock. 15. Odette a un thermos et des sandwichs. Odette has a thermos and sandwiches. 16. À dix heures, la porte du fond s’ouvre. At ten o'clock, the back door opens. 17. Un homme entre avec un chariot. A man comes in with a trolley. 18. Tout de suite, Odette allume la lumière. Right away, Odette turns on the light. 19. L’homme dit : « Je suis Paul, l’agent d’entretien. » The man says: "I am Paul, the cleaner." 20. Un moment plus tard, Paul parle doucement. A moment later, Paul speaks gently. 21. « J’ai une clé. Je nettoie la nuit. » "I have a key. I clean at night." 22. Camille rit. Elle est très contente. Camille laughs. She is very happy. 23. Elle donne un sandwich à Paul. She gives a sandwich to Paul. 24. Une semaine plus tard, Odette est à la bibliothèque. A week later, Odette is at the library. 25. Elle apporte un gâteau pour Paul. She brings a cake for Paul. More A1 videos are in the A1 playlists. Subscribe for new French stories, quizzes and conversations every week. #LearnFrench #A1French #FrenchShadowing #FrenchLesson #FrenchForBeginners #SpeakFrench #FrenchListening #FrenchStories