2-28 Savoir-Faire - p94-Activit-1

Savoirfaire.

Know-how.

ElisaBoguer.

Elisa Boguer.

Vousêtesunegrandevoyageuseettoutlemondeconnaitaujourd'huivosmagnifiquesphotosdevoyage.

You are a great traveler and everyone knows today your magnificent travel photos.

Vousvoussouvenezdevotrepremiervoyage?

Do you remember your first trip?

Monpremiervoyage?

My first trip?

Ahoui,jem'ensouviensassezbien.

Oh yes, I remember it quite well.

J'avaisquinzeansetj'étaisaulycéeHenriIVàNantes.

I was fifteen and I was at Henri IV high school in Nantes.

Vouspouveznousraconterunpeucommentças'estpassé?

Can you tell us a bit about how it went?

C'étaiten1987.

It was in 1987.

Oui,c'estça,1987.

Yes, that's right, 1987.

Ilyaplusde20ans,avecnotreprofesseurd'allemand,noussommespartispendantdeuxsemainesenAllemagne,dansunepetitevilleàcôtédeMunich.

More than 20 years ago, with our German teacher, we went for two weeks to Germany, to a small town near Munich.

AumomentoùnoussommessortisdutrainàMunich,nousavonsvunosfamillesd'accueilsurlequai.

At the moment we got off the train in Munich, we saw our host families on the platform.

Ellesnousattendaientavecnotrenomécritsurunpapier.

They were waiting for us with our names written on a piece of paper.

Jesuisalléeversladamequiavaitmonnom.

I went towards the lady who had my name.

Elleétaittrèsgentilleetelleacommencéàmeparlerenallemand.

She was very nice and she started talking to me in German.

Etlà,c'étaitterribleparcequejelaregardaisetjenepouvaispasdireunmotenallemand.

And there, it was terrible because I looked at her and I couldn't say a word in German.

Jecomprenaistoutcequ'ellemedisait,maisj'avaispeurdeparleretjesuisrestécommeçapendantplusieursminutessansparler.

I understood everything she was saying to me, but I was afraid to speak and I stayed like that for several minutes without talking.

J'étaisridicule.

I was ridiculous.

Encoursd'allemand,j'étaisunebonneélèveetlà,plusrien.

In German class, I was a good student and there, nothing.

Nousavonsalorsquittélagare,puisnoussommesalléschezelle.

We then left the station, and then we went to her place.

Jenesaispaspourquoi,maisàunmomentj'aicommencéàparleretlà,àpartirdecemomentlà,jen'aipluseudeproblème.

I don't know why, but at one point I started to speak and from that moment on, I had no more problems.

Lesdeuxsemainesquej'aipasséeslà-basétaientvraimentsuper.

The two weeks I spent there were really great.

Jesuisretournéedanscettefamilleunanplustard,maiscettefoiscitouteseule.

I returned to that family a year later, but this time I was all alone.