We let ourselves be rocked by its sloshing.
He spins through the countryside, revealing fragments of the landscape, which fade as quickly as they appear before us ...
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The train is a small world. It is enough to listen to the words which fuse to realize it:
"locomotive"
,
"first and second class"
,
"controller"
,
"car"
,
"wagon"
,
"correspondence"
... The announcements that we hears on the station platforms have their place only in this place. This feminine voice, which we hear every time we take the train, is recognizable among all.
"The TGV number 4440, bound for Strasbourg, departure 12:01, will leave on track 6"
or again:
"Madam, Sir, your attention please: following a technical problem, the TGV number 9000 500 21 will arrive two hours late ”
.
These audio announcements are part of our daily life.
Do you know the lexicon of the railroad?
Le Figaro invites
you to check it with this short test.
