Reports and interviews
At B2, the listening section stops testing whether you caught a single fact and starts testing whether you can follow an argument. A radio report or an interview unfolds over a minute or more: a journalist sets up a topic, a guest develops a position, qualifies it, and sometimes contradicts it. Your job is to track the thread, separate the main idea from the supporting detail, and read between the lines.
| un reportage | a report (news feature) |
| un entretien / une interview | an interview |
| un journaliste | a journalist |
| un intervenant | a speaker, a contributor |
| aborder un sujet | to broach a topic |
| souligner | to underline, to stress |
| nuancer un propos | to qualify a statement |
| mettre en cause | to call into question |
| une prise de position | a stance |
| à l'inverse | conversely |
| en revanche | on the other hand |
| sous-entendre | to imply, to hint at |
| un constat | an observation, a finding |
| tirer une conclusion | to draw a conclusion |
Associez chaque expression de structuration à sa fonction.
Match each signposting expression to its function.
Une invitée dit : « Il faudrait peut-être nuancer ce constat. » Que fait-elle en réalité ?
A guest says: « Il faudrait peut-être nuancer ce constat. » What is she really doing?
Quelle habitude de prise de notes convient le mieux à un reportage d'une minute entendu une seule fois ?
Which note-taking habit best fits a one-minute report you hear only once?
You cannot write down everything, and you should not try. Listen for signposting words that announce structure: d'abord (first), ensuite (next), en revanche (however), donc (so), en conclusion (in conclusion). Jot only the speaker, the position, and one keyword per idea. Use arrows and abbreviations rather than full sentences; the page is a map of the argument, not a transcript.
Complétez avec le marqueur de contraste signifiant « on the other hand ».
Complete with the contrast marker meaning 'on the other hand'.
Le projet crée des emplois ; ____ , il aggrave la pollution.
Complétez avec le verbe signifiant « to imply » (laisser ...).
Complete with the verb meaning 'to imply' (laisser ...).
Sans se prononcer clairement, le ministre laisse ____ que la réforme sera reportée.
Traduisez en français.
Translate into French.
The journalist reformulates the guest's stance to confirm it.
Speakers rarely state their opinion outright. They imply it through tone, through what they choose to stress, and through hedging expressions. When a guest says il faudrait peut-être nuancer (we should perhaps qualify that), they are politely disagreeing. Learning to infer the unsaid position is the difference between a B1 and a B2 score.
Traduisez en anglais.
Translate into English.
L'économiste met en cause les chiffres avancés par le gouvernement.
Remettez les mots dans l'ordre pour former une phrase correcte.
Put the words in order to form a correct sentence.
Écoutez et tapez exactement ce que demande le journaliste.
Listen and type exactly what the journalist asks.
Écoutez et tapez la réponse de l'intervenante.
Listen and type the speaker's reply.
Dans la réponse ci-dessus, quelle est l'attitude réelle de l'intervenante ?
In the reply above, what is the speaker's real attitude?
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