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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 2 MIN

Listening Practice - La vague de froid

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Voici l’essentiel sur la vague de froid qui frappe la France. Here is the essential information on the cold snap hitting France.En gros, on fait face à un épisode de neige et de verglas particulièrement intense et ça s’apprête à paralyser une bonne partie du pays, surtout pour la journée de mercredi. Basically, we are facing a particularly intense episode of snow and ice, and it is about to paralyze a good part of the country, especially for Wednesday.Premièrement, la consommation d’énergie est en train d’exploser. First, energy consumption is skyrocketing.On a dépassé les 90 gigawatts mardi, un niveau qui n’avait pas été atteint depuis près de 7 ans. We exceeded 90 gigawatts on Tuesday, a level that had not been reached in nearly 7 years.Alors ça ne bat pas le record historique, mais ça met quand même le réseau sous une pression énorme. So it doesn't break the all-time record, but it still puts the grid under enormous pressure.Les centrales à gaz, par exemple, tournent à plein régime pour répondre à toute cette demande. Gas power plants, for example, are running at full capacity to meet all this demand.Deuxièmement, et ça va sans doute vous impacter directement : les transports. Secondly, and this will undoubtedly impact you directly: transport.Le ministre des transports a été très clair : il conseille vraiment d’éviter tout déplacement en Île-de-France. The Transport Minister was very clear: he strongly advises avoiding any travel in the Île-de-France region.Les bus et les cars risquent d’être très perturbés et pourraient même être complètement à l’arrêt. Buses and coaches are likely to be very disrupted and could even be completely at a standstill.Les transports scolaires, eux, sont suspendus dans plusieurs zones. School transport, for its part, is suspended in several zones.Attendez-vous aussi à de nombreuses annulations de vols et à des TGV qui rouleront au ralenti. Expect also many flight cancellations and TGV trains running at reduced speeds. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Voici l’essentiel sur la vague de froid qui frappe la France. Here is the essential information on the cold snap hitting France.En gros, on fait face à un épisode de neige et de verglas particulièrement intense et ça s’apprête à paralyser une bonne partie du pays, surtout pour la journée de mercredi. Basically, we are facing a particularly intense episode of snow and ice, and it is about to paralyze a good part of the country, especially for Wednesday.Premièrement, la consommation d’énergie est en train d’exploser. First, energy consumption is skyrocketing.On a dépassé les 90 gigawatts mardi, un niveau qui n’avait pas été atteint depuis près de 7 ans. We exceeded 90 gigawatts on Tuesday, a level that had not been reached in nearly 7 years.Alors ça ne bat pas le record historique, mais ça met quand même le réseau sous une pression énorme. So it doesn't break the all-time record, but it still puts the grid under enormous pressure.Les centrales à gaz, par exemple, tournent à plein régime pour répondre à toute cette demande. Gas power plants, for example, are running at full capacity to meet all this demand.Deuxièmement, et ça va sans doute vous impacter directement : les transports. Secondly, and this will undoubtedly impact you directly: transport.Le ministre des transports a été très clair : il conseille vraiment d’éviter tout déplacement en Île-de-France. The Transport Minister was very clear: he strongly advises avoiding any travel in the Île-de-France region.Les bus et les cars risquent d’être très perturbés et pourraient même être complètement à l’arrêt. Buses and coaches are likely to be very disrupted and could even be completely at a standstill.Les transports scolaires, eux, sont suspendus dans plusieurs zones. School transport, for its part, is suspended in several zones.Attendez-vous aussi à de nombreuses annulations de vols et à des TGV qui rouleront au ralenti. Expect also many flight cancellations and TGV trains running at reduced speeds. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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