Moment de vérité dans une émission de pâtisserie

"Moment of truth on a TV pastry show"
French C1 dictation exercise

Marie Picardo and Henri Duval, two food critics, are judging the pastry of a contestant on a TV show.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "à première vue", "une tartelette", "homogène", "témoigner de [quelque chose]", "une esthétique", "digne de ...", "un chef pâtissier", "intriguer [quelqu'un]", "la texture", "fondant.e", "croustillant.e", "ne pas être évident à [faire]", "gustativement parlant", "l'acidité", "les fruits rouges", "ce dernier", "dominer", "s'exprimer", "un arôme naturel", "une pointe de ...", "sublimer [quelque chose]", "davantage", "dans l'ensemble", "illustrer [quelque chose]", "une alliance", "la technicité", "gustatif.ive", "maintenir [quelque chose]", "conserver [quelque chose]", "sophistiqué.e", "être ravi.e que + [Subjonctif]", "être à la hauteur des attentes de [quelqu'un]", "exquis.e", "il est difficile de [faire]", "reprendre de [quelque chose]".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
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