A2 · Episode 2 · 5:07
Crazy Loft's Impossible Journey
An expedition travels across the Swiss landscape in a fantastical vehicle featuring dirigibles, an automobile, a submarine, and more—then crashes dramatically at a precipice and is rescued by local guides.
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Transcript
Les membres de l'expédition vont acheter leurs billets sur la ligne Paris- San.
The expedition members will buy their tickets on the Paris–San line.
Everybody embarks in the train.
Everybody boards the train.
Two laggards arrive just in time to see the door close in their faces.
Two laggards arrive just in time to see the door close in their faces.
The Crazy Loft Expedition Special traverse the Swiss landscape,
The Crazy Loft Expedition Special traverses the Swiss landscape,
complete with two dirigible balloons, an automobile, an icebox,
complete with two dirigible balloons, an automobile, and an icebox,
submarine, and a carload of passengers.
a submarine, and a carload of passengers.
Everybody, the train, Jungfrau station.
Everybody—and the train—arrives at Jungfrau station.
Les habitants du pays attendent avec impatience l'arrivée
The local residents eagerly await the arrival
de la Société Géographique,
of the Geographical Society,
dont l'arrivée sensationnelle a été annoncée.
whose sensational arrival has been announced.
Some freight handlers lower the auto from the train and push it outside the station.
Some freight handlers lower the automobile from the train and push it outside the station.
The fourteen travelers embark in Krazyloft's impossible carriage decorated with
The fourteen travelers board Krazyloft’s impossible carriage, decorated with
colossal lanterns, a monstrous projector,
colossal lanterns and a monstrous projector,
and a horn of unheard of dimensions. Little time is lost in their journey to the
and a horn of unheard-of dimensions. Little time is lost on their journey to the inn.
inn. Do not disturb yourselves, said the chauffeur,
‘Don’t trouble yourselves,’ says the chauffeur; ‘we’re only passing through.’
we are only passing through. Crazy Loft augmente la pression et vole à 320 miles à
Crazy Loft increases the pressure and flies at 320 miles per hour.
l'heure. La voiture saute par- dessus les vallées
The vehicle leaps over valleys,
et les montagnes.
and over mountains.
The carriage comes to a rest at the bottom of a precipice,
The carriage comes to a rest at the bottom of a precipice,
where it is smashed to pieces.
where it is smashed to pieces.
Heureusement, un groupe de guides et de grimpeurs viennent à leur
Fortunately, a group of guides and climbers comes to their aid,
aide et les extrait de leurs situations douloureuses.
and extracts them from their painful predicaments.
De lam savant are borne away by the guides to a stay of five weeks in the hospital.
The learned gentleman is carried away by the guides for a five-week stay in the hospital.