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Investment in American startups | Beginner French Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Investment in American startups | Beginner French Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

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Today's story: JPMorgan Chase invests $5 billion in American start-ups. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in French: JPMorgan Chase investit 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:36) More stories today

(01:40) Today's headline, slowly

(02:34) Investment and money

(03:09) Helping

(03:45) Plans over time

(04:25) Funding in August

(05:22) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-20

TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT

JPMorgan Chase investit 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines

JPMorgan Chase a investi 5 milliards de dollars dans de jeunes entreprises américaines pendant la première année de son programme de sécurité.

Ce programme aide des entreprises dans la défense, la fabrication et les chaînes d’approvisionnement.

La banque a prévu d’investir 10 milliards de dollars sur dix ans.

La banque a fait des investissements directs dans Hadrian et Castelion.

En août, la banque a participé à un financement de 1,4 milliard de dollars pour Hadrian.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- vocabulary (a investi)

- verb (aider)

- vocabulary (sur)

- vocabulary (directs)

- pronunciation (août)

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