This week on Sound Kitchen we'll be listening to answers to questions about the Eurosatory Weapons Show, “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and lots of great music, plus a new quiz and a bonus quiz, so hit the “play” button above and enjoy!
Hello everyone! Welcome Sound Kitchen Our weekly podcast is published every Saturday, on our website or wherever you listen to podcasts. Be sure to tune in every week to hear the winner's name announced and the quiz question of the week, as well as all the stuff you know and love: your letters and essays, “things of the day”, quirky facts and news, interviews and great music.
Erwan and I are preparing a special show based on your music requests. Please send in your requests! contact address – Tell us why you like it too, it makes it more interesting for all of us!
The ePOP Video Contest has begun!
The ePOP video contest is organized by “Planète Radio”, an RFI division whose mission is to give a voice to the voiceless. ePOP focuses on the environment and how climate change has affected “regular” people. Create a 3-minute video about climate change, the environment and pollution, talking about people who are affected.
You don't need expensive video equipment to participate in the contest – a cell phone will do. And you don't have to be a member of the RFI Club to participate – anyone can participate. And by the way, the prizes are amazing!
To read about past contests, watch past videos and read the rules for entry, please visit our ePOP page. You can also send us an email at thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr and we will forward your email to Planète Radio.
The contest ends on September 12th, but as we all know, time flies, so get to work now! We're expecting a flood of submissions from English-speaking countries.
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On our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” you will find news broadcast in slow, easy French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to help you practice what you've heard.
Visit our website to get started. Click on “Test Level” at the top of the page. Depending on your score, we will advise you on the activities best suited to your level.
Don't give up! Lidwien van Dixhoorn, head of the “Le Français facile” service, told me: “Just listen to the sounds of the language and you will understand it.” And she knows it: Lidwien is Dutch and when she came to France she could barely say “bonjour” and now she's head of this important RFI department. So, hang in there!
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Another idea for students: Father Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has since retired and is writing books for young people — and they're free to read! He has a collection of biographies of artists and musicians. Gentle Giantand an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. you To improve my English, I studied French by reading books for young readers. I guarantee this is a good way to improve your language skills. Click here to get Brother Gerald's free books.
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This week's quiz: On June 22nd, I asked a question about the Eurosatory arms show, the world's largest arms show, which had just concluded in France. Jan van der Made, a British journalist for RFI, went to check it out and wrote an article titled “World's Largest Arms Show Opens in Paris, Israel and Russia Banned from Entry.”
Read Jan's article again and send me the answer to this question: Why is this arms fair called “Eurosatory”?
The answer is, To quote Yang's article, “Eurosatory is named after Satory, a town near Versailles that is home to the 24th Infantry Regiment in Paris and the headquarters of GIGN (France's elite crisis intervention group).”
The first Eurosatory show was held there in 1967, but expansion over the years led the show to move to the Villepinte exhibition hall, in the north of the French capital.
In addition to the quiz questions, there were also bonus questions: “What is your favourite food and why?” This was suggested by Momotaz Begum Naz from Naogaon, Bangladesh.
Have an idea for a bonus question? Send it in!
The winners are as follows: Riaz Ahmad Khan, Chairman of RFI Listeners Club, Sheikhupura, Pakistan. Riaz is also the winner of this week's bonus quiz. Congratulations on the double win, Riaz!
This week's list of lucky winners also includes Ferhat Bezazel, president of the RFI Butterflies Club Ain Kechera in West Skikda, Algeria, and Zenon Teles, president of the Christian-Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Listening Digital Association in Goa, India, and RFI Listeners Club member.
Last but not least, RFI English listeners include Nilu Dhakal from Mechi, Nepal, and Laily Akhter Nessa from Naogaon, Bangladesh.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Here's the music you heard on the show this week: The theme is The Pink Panther “No Apparent Reason” by Henry Mancini, “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Alex Norris with Ralph Irizarry and Timberland, “The Cakewalk” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Kids Corner Claude Debussy's “Canon” will be performed by the composer himself, while Siouxsie Sioux, Budgie and Steven Severin's “Canon” will be performed by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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Question of the Week … You must listen to the show to participate. After listening to the show, re-read our article “Rwanda to vote to likely re-elect President Kagame to fourth term” which will help you find the answer.
Entries for this week's quiz are open until September 9th. The winner will be announced on the podcast on September 14th. To enter, be sure to submit your postcode along with your answer, and your RFI Listeners Club membership number, if you have one.
Please send your responses to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – Sound Kitchen
80 Rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
You can also text your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen's mobile phone. International access code for your country, or + “, 33 6 31 12 96 82. Please remember to include your mailing address in the text. – Your RFI Listeners Club membership number (if you have one).
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