# Édito A1, Unit 8: Getting a sports certificate

**Language:** French  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Amandine and Docteur Lefort for a sports check-up at the doctor's, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 8 of Édito A1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A GP's consulting room in Metz on a Tuesday evening in September. Amandine wants to join a handball club, and in France a club needs a medical certificate. Docteur Lefort has been her family's doctor for five years. They use vous with each other throughout, as doctors and patients do.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying why you've come

Docteur Lefort asks Amandine why she has come, and she asks for a certificate for handball.

### 2. Giving your height and weight

Docteur Lefort asks Amandine how tall she is and how much she weighs.

### 3. Talking about the sport you do

Amandine tells Docteur Lefort about her run on Sunday and how often she goes to the gym.

### 4. Talking about an old injury

Amandine tells Docteur Lefort about her skiing fall last winter and her knee.

### 5. Saying how you feel

Amandine tells Docteur Lefort she is happy to play again, but a little scared for her knee.

### 6. Getting advice

Docteur Lefort tells Amandine what she has to do before matches, and she asks about a knee brace.

### 7. Saying you disagree

Docteur Lefort says handball is a hard sport at thirty-two, and Amandine disagrees, with a good reason.