# Édito A2, Unit 12: A beach clean-up

**Language:** French  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Join Timothée and Gaëlle for a beach clean-up on the Baie de Somme, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 12 of Édito A2. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A beach at Le Crotoy, on the Baie de Somme, on a Sunday morning in April, during the monthly clean-up run by a local nature group. Gaëlle runs it; Timothée has come for the first time. They use tu with each other, as volunteers do.

## Lessons

### 1. Following instructions

Gaëlle hands Timothée gloves and a bag and tells him what goes where.

### 2. Saying why you do something

Gaëlle tells Timothée why the group cleans the beach every month.

### 3. Saying you're scared

Timothée sees seals on the sand and is nervous, and Gaëlle tells him who is really scared.

### 4. Understanding how a place is protected

Gaëlle tells Timothée who looks after the bay and who cleans the beach.

### 5. Saying what you can do

Timothée can't tell one bird from another, but Gaëlle can recognise more than a hundred.

### 6. Protesting

Timothée is angry at the cigarette ends, and Gaëlle tells him about a plan to build a car park here.

### 7. Approving and saying you'll be back

Timothée says he'll come back next month, and Gaëlle takes his full bag.