{"id":1339,"date":"2010-08-10T16:40:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T16:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2017-10-18T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:11:23","slug":"les-tournesols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/les-tournesols\/","title":{"rendered":"Les tournesols"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonjouuuuuuur les amis! Je vous dois<\/em> (I owe you) les bonnes r\u00e9ponses<\/em><\/strong>(the right answers) to the quiz des fleurs<\/em><\/strong>from Thursday.<\/p>\n

Flower Vocabulary Match-Up Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fran\u00e7ais<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Tulip\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 g. tulipe<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Rose\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 k. rose<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Carnation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 e. oeillet<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Sunflower\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 i. tournesol<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Buttercup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a. bouton d\u2019or<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Daffodil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b. jonquille<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Lily\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 j. lis<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Daisy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 l. marguerite \/ p\u00e2querette<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Geranium\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c. g\u00e9ranium<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Lilac\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d. lilas<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. Peony\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f. pivoine<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. Sweet William\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h. oeillet de po\u00e8te<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think I like bouton d\u2019or\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(buttercup- literally, \u201cgold button\u201d) and tournesol\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(sunflower- literally, \u201cturn sun,\u201d because they twist to face the sun) best. Et vous?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    I was buying groceries last night (je faisais les courses) <\/em>and I seriously considered skipping dinner to buy un bouquet de tournesols<\/em><\/strong>, because they were so beautiful. In August, all of Provence is probably covered in sunflowers, whole fields of them glowing gold. Since we\u2019re not there, we can revel in la saison des tournesols <\/em>in other ways.<\/p>\n

    Sunflowers inspired some of Vincent van Gogh<\/strong>\u2019s most famous canvases, now recognized all over the world. In 1987, an auction price of more than $39 million ($77 million in 2010 prices) set a record for most expensive piece of art ever sold. The sunflower series were mainly painted in Arles<\/strong>, an ancient city in southern Provence. While the Arl\u00e9siens <\/em>weren\u2019t thrilled to have this \u201cfou roux\u201d<\/em><\/strong>(red-headed madman) in their city and eventually drove him out, the city is now mecca for van Gogh fans.<\/p>\n

    Van Gogh is not the only artist to have celebrated la fleur<\/em>: surrealist Andr\u00e9 Breton<\/strong> wrote a poem called Tournesol <\/em>that is a slightly less literal interpretation of the flower than van Gogh\u2019s tableaux<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    Tournesol<\/strong><\/p>\n

    La voyageuse qui traverse les Halles \u00e0 la tomb\u00e9e de l’\u00e9t\u00e9
    \nMarchait sur la pointe des pieds
    \nLe d\u00e9sespoir roulait au ciel ses grands arums si beaux
    \nEt dans le sac \u00e0 main il y avait mon r\u00eave ce flacon de sels
    \nQue seule a respir\u00e9 la marraine de Dieu
    \nLes torpeurs se d\u00e9ployaient comme la bu\u00e9e
    \nAu Chien qui fume
    \nOu venaient d’entrer le pour et le contre
    \nLa jeune femme ne pouvait \u00eatre vue d’eux que mal et de biais
    \nAvais-je affaire \u00e0 l’ambassadrice du salp\u00eatre
    \nOu de la courbe blanche sur fond noir que nous appelons pens\u00e9e
    \nLes lampions prenaient feu lentement dans les marronniers
    \nLa dame sans ombre s’agenouilla sur le Pont-au-Change
    \nRue Git-le-Coeur les timbres n’\u00e9taient plus les m\u00eames
    \nLes promesses de nuits \u00e9taient enfin tenues
    \nLes pigeons voyageurs les baisers de secours
    \nSe joignaient aux seins de la belle inconnue
    \nDard\u00e9s sous le cr\u00eape des significations parfaites
    \nUne ferme prosp\u00e9rait en plein Paris
    \nEt ses fen\u00eatres donnaient sur la voie lact\u00e9e
    \nMais personne ne l’habitait encore \u00e0 cause des survenants
    \nDes survenants qu’on sait plus devou\u00e9s que les revenants
    \nLes uns comme cette femme ont l’air de nager
    \nEt dans l’amour il entre un peu de leur substance
    \nElle les interiorise
    \nJe ne suis le jouet d’aucune puissance sensorielle
    \nEt pourtant le grillon qui chantait dans les cheveux de cendres
    \nUn soir pr\u00e8s de la statue d’Etienne Marcel
    \nM’a jet\u00e9 un coup d’oeil d’intelligence
    \nAndr\u00e9 Breton a-t-il dit passe<\/em><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Translation by Mark Polizzotti:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The traveler who crossed Les Halles at summer\u2019s end<\/p>\n

    Walked on tiptoe<\/p>\n

    Despair rolled its great handsome lilies across the sky<\/p>\n

    And in her handbag was my dream that flask of salts<\/p>\n

    That only God\u2019s godmother had breathed<\/p>\n

    Torpors unfurled like mist<\/p>\n

    At the Chien qui Fume<\/p>\n

    Where pro and con had just entered<\/p>\n

    They could hardly see the young woman and then only at an angle<\/p>\n

    Was I dealing with the ambassadress of saltpeter<\/p>\n

    Or with the white curve on black background we call thought<\/p>\n

    The Innocents\u2019 Ball was in full swing<\/p>\n

    The Chinese lanterns slowly caught fire in chestnut trees<\/p>\n

    The shadowless lady knelt on the Pont-au-Change<\/p>\n

    On Rue G\u00eet-le-Coeur the stamps had changed<\/p>\n

    The night\u2019s promises had been kept at last<\/p>\n

    The carrier pigeons and emergency kisses<\/p>\n

    Merged with the beautiful stranger\u2019s breasts<\/p>\n

    Jutting beneath the crepe of perfect meanings<\/p>\n

    A farm prospered in the heart of Paris<\/p>\n

    And its windows looked out on the Milky Way<\/p>\n

    But no one lived there yet because of the guests<\/p>\n

    Guests who are known to be more faithful than ghosts<\/p>\n

    Some like that woman appear to be swimming<\/p>\n

    And a bit of their substance becomes part of love<\/p>\n

    She internalizes them<\/p>\n

    I am the plaything of no sensory power<\/p>\n

    And yet the cricket who sang in hair of ash<\/p>\n

    One evening near the statue of Etienne Marcel<\/p>\n

    Threw me a knowing glance<\/p>\n

    Andre Breton it said pass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

    Bonjouuuuuuur les amis! Je vous dois (I owe you) les bonnes r\u00e9ponses(the right answers) to the quiz des fleursfrom Thursday. Flower Vocabulary Match-Up Quiz Answers English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fran\u00e7ais Tulip\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 g. tulipe Rose\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 k. rose Carnation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 e. oeillet Sunflower\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 i. tournesol Buttercup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a. bouton d\u2019or Daffodil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b. jonquille…<\/p>\n

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