a B X Ss Pe | | THE wee AND ee WAY PViTCrTan yim ciate HL cow Cnn torneo Cd ae TelecoCONTENTS AT THE STORE... i How English and French Are Similar. 5 16 Clothing Stores/Sizes and Measurements/Basic Colors. 162 GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE __& 17_Food Stores/Weights and Measures ._177 18_ Dry veeeeeeeeeee i ARRIVAL 22 19 Laundry/Dry Cleaning «2. .sss-s 183 2 Finding a Place to Spend the Night. 22 20. The Bi The Barber SI soe l87 21__Newsstand/Stationery Store . ... . 192 7_Countries and Lan ceeeeeeee ee Th 22_Jewelry Store/Watchmaker's Shop .. .196 23_ Gift Shop/Music Store/Photography si 24_ Repair Services: The Shocmaker/ ‘The Optometrist............... 208 29 How to Get Hel; 244 VOCABULARY CARDS.......... 251 (©Copyright 2004, 1997, 1985 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved. ‘No partof this book may be reproduced in any form. by ‘photostat, microfilm, xerography, or ny other mcans, oF incorporuicd into eny information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the copyright owner. Alllinguiries should be addressed ta: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard wuppauige, New York 11788 liwrw.barronsedue.com Library of Comeress Catatox Card No, 2003043702 Intemational Standard Book No, 0-761-2559-1 (book) (0-76:11-7688-9 (cassette package) (0:7641-7689-7 (CD package) PRINTED IN HONG KONG 97654321 ‘Cover and Book Design Milton Glaser, Inc lustrations Juan Suarez A Word To The Reader Because exchange raies of forcign ‘currencies against the U.S. dollar vary from day to day, the actual cost of a hotel room. lati ride, or a eal may be more or less than the amounts in the book. Please consult a newspaper, bank, of currency house for the most up-to-date exchange rate. Library of Congrest Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leete. Elisabeth Bourguin, ‘Leama French (francais) the fast and fun way /by Elisabeth Bourquin Leete; Heywood Wald, coordinating editor. — 3rd ed, Boom, ISBN 0-7641-2559-1 (bk. alk. paper) — ISBN 0.7641-7688-9 (bi. de 4 cassettes: alk, paper) — ISBN 0.7641-7689-7 (bi. & 4 CD: alk. paper) 1. French language—Conversation and phrase books— English. 2, French language—Texibooks for foreign speakers—English 1. Tile: Lear French the fast and fun way. 1, Title: Lear frangais the fast and Fan way. HL Wald, Heywood. IV. Tile POUTLASS 2004 448.3421? 2003043702(From Michelin Guide, Environs de Paris, 20th edition. Reprinted with permission.) French is a language and culture shared not the Atlantic and Pacific, and former French only by the 55 million people of European colonies in South America, Asia and, France but by many millions more in especially, Africa. French is also employed adjoining Belgium, Luxembourg and extensively as an international language of Switzerland and in the Canadian Province of diplomatic exchange. Quebec, the Caribbean islands of Martinique, Shaped somewhat like a hexagon, France Guadeloupe and Haiti, French possessions in comprises nearly 213,000 square miles. It is