So this is what I was getting up to last night. Found a great tool on the TV5Monde website which has (reasonably) current affairs news broadcast extracts in French, along with exercises and ‘tests’ (as such) to complete. I completed 8 different tests, 7 completely perfectly and 1 with 1 mistake: namely I misheard the pronounced “six” and “dix”.
I was quite pleased with myself and hope to progress sufficiently that I can do all of the exercises soon. They take me a while so I didn’t finish them all tonight – I will do battle again tomorrow.
In other news:
Today I went to opticians to have another eye test and have my glasses sent off to be made up. I’m looking forward to wearing less cumbersome glasses whilst reading and using the net; especially since it is between those two occupations I spend most of my days currently.
Tomorrow morning EMP & I are going to the hairdresser here in Swansea to sort out her hair. Well overdue – she hasn’t had it cut in a year! Today we got some new clothes – one expensive outfit and tomorrow we’re hitting the shops again – this time for more reasonably priced attire. Unfortunately, we’ve missed many of the sales; but we’ll struggle on somehow, I’m sure.