Vive le weekend !
Welcome to our Daily Dose of Positivity!
As summer days are coming and we're encouraged not to use public transport as much, let's talk about another (green) means of transport: le vélo !
- To start with, a fun French expression about losing the plot:
- perdre les pédales
(to lose one's marbles - lit: to lose the pedals)
Mais tu as perdu les pédales, ma parole ! But you've lost your marbles, my word!
- To help with the déconfinement and encourage citizens to cycle rather than use public transport, the French government is offering a 50€ deduction on bike repair. Read more about it in this French article:
And as a bonus, here's a sentence from this article linked to our related French lessons:
Son objectif : inciter les Français à circuler à bicyclette afin de respecter les mesures sanitaires de distanciation sociale et diminuer, par la même occasion, leur empreinte écologique.
Its objective: to encourage French people to get around by bike in order to respect social distancing health measures and reduce, at the same time, their ecological footprint.
Have an active Saturday!
Prenez soin de vous et à demain !
Aurélie
