Je ne vais pas rester

Sunday afternoon. Sophie is on holiday, but she is also an estate agent, and there is a house for sale. By four o’clock she has the keys. Marc comes along, just to look. In the evening Julien frees the first stuck page of the notebook, and it is not the map everybody was waiting for.

Texte

La maison bleue

Dimanche, trois heures. Sophie est en vacances. Mais Sophie est aussi agente immobilière, et une maison à vendre, c’est plus fort qu’elle.

Elle téléphone au propriétaire. À quatre heures, elle a les clés. « Nous n’allons pas acheter, dit-elle. Nous allons juste regarder. »

Marc vient avec elle. Juste pour regarder, lui aussi. Camille vient aussi, pour les photos.

La maison est petite, mais très lumineuse. En bas, il y a le salon et la cuisine. En haut, il y a une chambre et une petite salle de bains. Et de la chambre, on voit la mer.

Marc ne dit rien. Il reste longtemps devant la fenêtre.

Théo passe devant la maison. Par hasard, bien sûr.

Le soir, au Poisson rouge, Théo raconte tout : la maison bleue, les clés, Marc devant la fenêtre. Véronique ne dit rien. Mais elle sourit.

Puis Julien sépare la première page collée. Tout le monde regarde. Véronique est à côté de Marc. Sur la page, il n’y a pas de carte. Il y a une phrase d’Émile :

« Le rocher noir ? Regarde avec les yeux du poisson rouge. »

Tout le monde regarde l’aquarium. Gustave, lui, ne dit rien.

Hover any word for its sound and its English, or read the whole text in English first. EN Sunday, three o’clock. Sophie is on holiday. But Sophie is also an estate agent, and a house for sale is more than she can resist. She phones the owner. At four o’clock she has the keys. "We are not going to buy," she says. "We are just going to look." Marc comes with her. Just to look, he too. Camille comes as well, for the photos. The house is small, but full of light. Downstairs there is the living room and the kitchen. Upstairs there is a bedroom and a small bathroom. And from the bedroom you can see the sea. Marc says nothing. He stays at the window for a long time. Théo walks past the house. By chance, of course. In the evening, at Le Poisson rouge, Théo tells everything: the blue house, the keys, Marc at the window. Véronique says nothing. But she smiles. Then Julien separates the first stuck page. Everybody watches. Véronique is next to Marc. On the page there is no map. There is one sentence from Émile: "The black rock? Look with the eyes of the goldfish." Everybody looks at the fish tank. Gustave, for his part, says nothing. THE VIEWING. SOPHIE: So, this is the living room. The kitchen is next door. MARC: It is small. SOPHIE: It is charming. And now… the bedroom. MARC: Oh. The sea. SOPHIE: The sea, every morning. MARC: Sophie, I am not going to stay here, you know. I am on holiday. SOPHIE: Of course. You are not going to stay. MARC: And… how much is it? SOPHIE: You are going to laugh. MARC: No. I am going to cry. CAMILLE: And this winter, what are you going to do, in Cambridge? MARC: I am going to work. And I am going to be cold. AT THE WINDOW. THÉO: He is going to buy the house! I know everything! MARC: I am not going to buy anything at all! SOPHIE: And you, Théo, aren’t you going to invite Inès to the cinema? THÉO: Yes, yes, I am. Tomorrow. CAMILLE: Tomorrow, tomorrow… Like Marc’s fish.

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• Nous n’allons pas acheter. /nu na.lɔ̃ pa a.ʃə.te/ We are not going to buy.
• Nous allons juste regarder. /nu.za.lɔ̃ ʒyst ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ We are just going to look.
• Une maison à vendre, c’est plus fort qu’elle. /yn mɛ.zɔ̃ a vɑ̃dʁ sɛ ply fɔʁ kɛl/ A house for sale: she cannot help herself.
• De la chambre, on voit la mer. /də la ʃɑ̃bʁ ɔ̃ vwa la mɛʁ/ From the bedroom you can see the sea.
• Je ne vais pas rester ici. /ʒə nə vɛ pa ʁɛs.te i.si/ I am not going to stay here.
• Et c’est combien ? /e sɛ kɔ̃.bjɛ̃/ And how much is it?
• Vous allez rire. /vu.za.le ʁiʁ/ You are going to laugh.
• Non. Je vais pleurer. /nɔ̃ ʒə vɛ plœ.ʁe/ No. I am going to cry.
• Qu’est-ce que vous allez faire cet hiver ? /kɛs.kə vu.za.le fɛʁ sɛ.ti.vɛʁ/ What are you going to do this winter?
• Je vais avoir froid. /ʒə vɛ a.vwaʁ fʁwa/ I am going to be cold.
• Je ne vais rien acheter du tout ! /ʒə nə vɛ ʁjɛ̃ a.ʃə.te dy tu/ I am not going to buy anything at all!
• Tu ne vas pas l’inviter ? Si, si. /ty nə va pa lɛ̃.vi.te si si/ Aren’t you going to invite her? Yes, yes, I am.

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