O4. Text work-up Listen to the text on the recording. Repeat and answer according to the directions. O4. Aural comprehension Phase I: To learn french, we are going to invent a story. Look at the pictures and repeat the phrases you hear. Hear. Write the letter of each phrase under the picture to which it corresponds.
O4. Text work-up Listen to the text on the recording. Repeat and answer according to the directions. O4. Aural comprehension Phase I: To learn french, we are going to invent a story. Look at the pictures and repeat the phrases you hear. Hear. Write the letter of each phrase under the picture to which it corresponds.
O4. Text work-up Listen to the text on the recording. Repeat and answer according to the directions. O4. Aural comprehension Phase I: To learn french, we are going to invent a story. Look at the pictures and repeat the phrases you hear. Hear. Write the letter of each phrase under the picture to which it corresponds.
o4. Text work-up Listen to the text on the recording. Repeat and answer according to the directions. o4.2 Aural comprehension Phase I: To learn French, we are going to invent a story. What Let's go on. For our story, we will choose a young man, a young kind of story? Here are a few options. Look at the pictures and American. Look at the pictures and repeat the phrases you repeat the phrases you hear. hear. Phase 2: Look at pictures 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8. You will hear phrases identified by the letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G, and H. Write the letter of each phrase under the picture to which it corresponds. Example: You hear: A. (:a va etre un roman d'aventure. You write A under picture 2. I 2. A l. 4. s. 6. 7. 8. 29 30 L E S SON 4 o4.3 Oral production In thefollowing dialogues you aretotakethe partofthe Le professeur: Vous aimezles romans? second character.You will heartheentiredialogue once,then You answer: Qui . . . enfin . . . c,;a depend. you will hearyourcharacter's line threetimes.You will hear 2. Le professeur:j'adoreles histoiresdecrime. thebeginningoftheexchangeonceagain, and this time you L'etudiante: (. ..) shouldanswerwithyourcharacter's line. 3. Le professeur:Vousaimezles romansd'amour? Example: 1. Listen to the dialoguebetweentheteacheranda L'etudiant: (. ..) student. 4. Le douanier:Vousetesfranc,;ais, tousles trois? Le professeur: Vous aimezles romans? L'Americain: (. . .) L' etudiant: Qui . . . enfin . . . c,;a depend. 5. Le douanier:Vousparlezanglais? Listen to the student'spart, whichwillberepeatedthree L'Americain: (. . .) times. Nowit is yourturn. Listen to whatthe teacher says, and take the partofthestudent.Youhear: "oward communl1caiaion o4.4 Observation: Pronunciation; vowels in Ie, la, and les Listen. Notethatthevowels in Ie, la, and les are verydifferentfrom oneanother.These Ie la les differencesare importantsincethey Ie jeunehomme reflectthedistinction between masculine la jeunefille and feminine and between singularand les jeunesgens plural. 04.5 Activation: Pronunciation; Ie, la, les Listen and repeat. Be suretodifferentiateamongthevowels ofIe, la, andles. Ie jeunehomme Ie professeur Ie monsieur la jeunefille la fac la dame les jeunesgens les profs les dames o4.6 Observation: Pronunciation; nasal vowels Listen. Un, on, an, and hein representnasal vowels. ICe I 131 la I lEi Theyarevowels (no consonantsound Inl is un on an hein heard), buttheyarenasal vowels, because aucun allons roman americain when theyare pronouncedpartoftheair goes through thenose. 04.7 Activation: Pronunciation; nasal vowels Nowlisten and repeat. Be careful notto pronouncethe consonantsound In/. un on an hein! aucun bonjour roman inventer parfum allons comment cubain L E S SON 4 J I 4.8 Activation (aural): Sounds and letters; nasal vowels Review the first part of the video for lesson 4, listening carefully Write down the words you find in the appropriate column to the soundtrack, or listen to the first part of the below. Note that some words contain more than one nasal audiocassette for lesson 4. Then read the text of the lesson in vowel and can be listed in more than one column. You should the textbook. find a total of at least thirty examples. Look for 'Nords in which you hear the nasal vowel sounds represented by on (as in allons), an (as in roman), in (as in americain or inventer), without any consonant n sound. 1. allons 2. roman 3. americain inventer inventer g 4.9 Activation: Pronunciation; final consonants Listen and repeat. Note that no consonant sound is heard at the end of the following words. les des tres nous vous beaucoup allons allez repetez franc,;ais anglais je vais mais aller inventer discuter policier americain italien bien Many French words are spelled with a final consonant that is not pronounced (except in liaison). \)4.10 Observation: Decision and indecision Question: Est-ce que nous allons avoir un crime dans l'histoire7 Answers: Oui! I P e u ~ t r e (:a depend. Faut voir. decision Bien sur! Ah,oui! Oh, non l Absolument! hesitation, indecision Peut-etre . Faut voir. On va voir . . . (:a depend .. 32 L E S SON 4 (;) 4. I I Activation: Aural comprehension; decision/indecision You will hear a series of dialogues. Listen for the element of decision or indecision (hesitation), and check the appropriate box. 1 2 3 4 5 decision indecision (;) 4. I 2 Observation: Gender of nouns un jeune homme mascuhn masculin jeminin un jeune homme une jeune fille un etudiant une etudiante un monsieur une dame un roman une maison un film une comedie un voyage une aventure un crime une victime Roman and maison are nouns une jeune fiUe feminin representing things. These nouns are also masculine or feminine. In French, all Un indicates a masculine. nouns have a gender: masculine or Une indicates a feminine. feminine. The gender is determined by Jeune homme is a masculine noun. the word, not by the thing to which it Jeune fille is a feminine noun. refers. For example, victime is a feminine Jeune homme and jeune fille are nouns word. We say une victime, even if the representing persons. These nouns are victim is a man. But professeur is a either masculine or feminine. masculine word. We say un professeur even if the professor is a woman. o4. Il Observation: Agreement In gender Adjectives and articles accompanying a noun reflect its gender. In spelling, feminine nouns and adjectives usually end with -e. article nom adjectif masculin Le jeune homme va etre anglais. jeminin La jeune fiUe va etre anglaise. masculin un etudiant bresilien jeminin une etudiante bresilienne (;) 4. 14 Activation: Aural comprehension; gender of nouns You will hear twenty nouns preceded by an article. Indicate whether these nouns are masculine or feminine by checking the appropriate box. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 masculin feminin L E 5 SON 4 33 o4. I 5 Activation: Dictation; articles and gender of nouns Listen, and write in the article for each noun. 1. la maison 6. __ aventure 11. __ chien 16. __ etudiant 2. un douanier 7. __ elephant 12. __ film 17. __ etudiante 3. __ histoire B. __ dame 13. __ cinema lB. __ voyage 4. __ crime 9. __ aeroport 14. __ victime 19. __ roman 5. __jeu 10. __ maison 15. __ police 20 __ comedie 04.16 Observation: Elision consonne voyelle pas d'dision elision Ie jeune homme la jeune fille 1'etudiant l'etudiante Before a word starting with a vowel sound (etudiant, ami, histoire), the definite articles Ie and la are shortened to the consonant sound III, spelled 1'. This phenomenon, called elision, is very important in the French pronunciation system. It occurs with a number of words ending in -e (Ie, de, je, me, te, se, ce, ne, que), one word ending in -a (Ia), and the conjunction si before if and ils. 4.17 Activation (written): Elision Write the definite article (Ie, la, or I' ) before each noun. 1. __ ami 4. __ aeroport 2. __ etudiante 5. __ faculte 3. __jeune homme 6. __jeune fille 04. I 8 Observation: Liaison consonne pas de liaison I I un Bresilien les Bresiliens Comment vas-tu? voyelle liaison un Americain les Americains Comment allez-vous? 7. __Americaine 10. __ anglais B. __ histoire 9. __ bibliotheque In the left column, un, les, and comment are followed by a consonant sound (fbI, Iv/). The final sound of these words is a vowel; -n, -s, and -t represent no sounds. In the right column, the same words are followed by a vowel sound (fa/). A consonant Inl is pronounced between un and Americain (un Inl Americain); a consonant Izl is pronounced between les and Americains (Ies Iz/Americains); and a consonant ItI is pronounced between comment and allez (Comment Itlallez- vous?). This phenomenon is called liaison. - "",,-
\, 34 L E S SON 4 04.19 Activation (oral): Liaison Listen and repeat. pas de liaison (consonne) liaison (voydle) l. un Bresilien 2, un InlAmericain 3. un roman 4. un In/elephant 5. les romans 6. les Izlhistoires 7. les Danois 8. les Izi Anglais 9. Comment vas-tu 7 10. Comment It/allez-vous? 04.10 Observation: Elision and liaison Note that a word that requires elision also requires liaison. elision liaison l'etudiant l'elephant les Izletudiants un In/elephant ramie 1'aeroport les Izlamies un In/aeroport 1'histoire l'Americain les /z/histoires un InlAmericain 4.11 Activation (aural): Sounds and letters; liaison In groups of words such as les BresiJiens, des Bresiliens, and vous After listening carefully to the soundtrack of the first part of preferez, in which the word that follows les, des, orvous begins the video or the audiocassette for lesson 4, read the text of the with a consonant sound, the s in les, des, or vous is not lesson in the textbook and look for groups of words with les, pronounced, There is no liaison. des, vous, or nous where there is no liaison (the s at the end of les, des, nous, or vous is not pronounced). Write these groups But in groups of words such as les Americains, des Americains, or of words in the "no liaison" column and cross out the vous aimez, in which the word that follows les, des, or vous unpronounced s. Look for groups where there ;s liaison (the s is begins with a vowel sound, the s is pronounced as a /z/ pronounced as a /z/ linked to the next word), write those attached to the beginning of the word that follows. There is words in the "liaison" column, and show the linking with a ,-,' liaison. You should find a total of at least twenty. no liaison liaison ld Bresiliens les-.bmericains ',,_<,",c._' L E S SON 4 35 (14.22 Activation: Dictation Listen to Mireille and her sister Marie-Laure trying to decide Mireille: Qu'est-ce que tu preferes, Ie chou aIa creme au which pastry to choose, and complete the following text. You __ eclair? will hear the passage twice. Marie-Laure: __ eclair. __adore __eclairs. 04.23 Observation: Masculine and feminine endings -ais/-aise, -ois/-oise (review and extension) masculin un jeune homme anglais II I jeminin une jeune fille anglaise masculin un jeune homme suedois jeminin une jeune fille suedoise In sound, the feminine forms anglaise and suedoise have a final consonant Izl that the masculine anglais and suedois do not. (In the masculine, the final -s is not pronounced; in the feminine, it represents the sound 1z1). The feminine forms also have a final -e that the masculine forms do not. 04.24 Observation: Masculine and feminine endings -ain/-aine, -ien/-ienne (review and extension) masculin un jeune homme mexicain jeminin une jeune fille un jeune homme une jeune fille mexicaine bresilien bresilienne masculin jeminin In sound, the feminine forms mexicaine and bresilienne have a consonant Inl that the masculine forms do not. In addition, the final vowel is different in the masculine and in the feminine: in the masculine the vowel is nasal, in the feminine it is not. In spelling, the feminine forms also have a final -e that the masculine forms do not. Note that the feminine form bresilienne is spelled with two ns. 04.25 Activation: Aural comprehension; masculine/feminine You will hear ten sentences. Indicate whether each one is about a young man or a young woman by checking the appropriate box. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 une jeune fille un jeune homme 36 L E S SON 4 04.26 Activation (oral): Un/une; -ais/-aise; -ain/-aine; -ois/-oise; -ien/-ienne Listen, and respond according to the examples. Examples: 3.]eprefereun]aponais. 9.]eprefere une Danoise. You hear: 1.]eprefereunFran<;;ais. 4.]eprefereunAmericain. 10.]eprefereuneAlgerienne. You say: Moi,jeprefereuneFran<;;aise. 5. ]e prefereuneMexicaine. 11.]eprefere unCubain. 6.]eprefereunItalien. 12.]eprefereuneAnglaise. You hear: 2. ]eprefereune Danoise. 7. ]eprefereuneBresilienne. 13.]eprefere unVietnamien. You say: Moi,jeprefereunDanois. 8.]eprefereunSuedois. 04.27 Activation: Dictation; masculine/feminine Listen, and write in the missing words or letters. 1. estamhicain- . 5. ____est mexicain- . 9. estitalien- . 2. est americain- . 6. ____est mexicain- . 10. estcanadien-. 3. estafricain- . 7. ____est cambodgien- . 11. estbresilieI1- . 4. est cubain- . 8. ____est cambodgien- . 12. estbresilien-. 4.28 Activation (written): Masculine and feminine forms Read carefully and write in what seems to be the most likely 5. Est-ce qu'onparle espagnolaMexico? completion. Biensur, puisquec'estuneville _ Geographic 6. Et aVenise, qu'est-ce qu'onparle? 1. On parle fran<;;ais aLyon? Onparle puisquec'est Biensilr, puisquec'estuneville _ 2. Onparle anglaisaSouthampton? 7. Et aStockholm? Biensilr, puisquec'estuneville _ 3. Est-ce qu'onparle anglais aChicago? 8. Et aHelsinki? Biensur, puisque c'estuneville _ 4. Est-ce qu'onparlejaponaisaTokyo? 9. Et aMarseille? Biensur, puisquec'estla capitale _ 04.29 Observation: Agreement in number article nom verbe adjectif singulier pluriel singulier pluriel Le Les La Les jeunehomme jeunesgens jeunefiUe jeunesfilles va vont va vont etre etre etre etre bresilien. bresiliens. bresilienne. bresiliennes. Number (the difference between plural and singular) is reflected in articles, nouns, adjectives, and verbs. If a noun is plural, accompanying articles and adjectives will also be plural. Note that in spelling, a final -s is usually the mark of the plural in nouns, articles, and adjectives. L E S SON 4 37 04.30 Activation: Dictation; singular/plural Listen, and write in the missing words or letters. 1. __jeune__ fille__ va etre franc,;aise__ . 5. __ BresilieIL-- va ala Cite. 2. __jeune__ fille__ vont etre franc,;aise__ . 6. __ BresilieIL-- vont ala Cite. 3. __histoire__va Hre amusante__. 7. __AmericaiTL- ne va pas ala Cite. 4. __ histoire__ vont etre amusante__ . 8. __AmericaiIL-- ne vont pas ala Cite. 4.31 Activation (written): Masculine/feminine, singular/plural Read carefully, trying to determine which words are feminine chinoise, allez dans un restaurant . Mais and which are masculine, which are singular and which are allez dans __ restaurant franc,;ais, si vous aimez __ plural. Then write in what seems to be the most obvious cuisine _ completion. Considerations gastronomiques Allez dans un restaurant bresilien, si vous aimez les Si vous allez dans un restaurant espagnol, vous allez manger specialites . Si vous preferez les specialites italiennes, allez dans un restaurant _ de cuisine espagnole. evidemment! Mais allez dans vous preferez __specialites Le hamburger est une specialite americaine. Si vous aimez la cuisine mexicaine, allez manger dans un restaurant . Si vous aimez __ cuisine Allez, bon appetit! 04.32 Observation: Present indicative of -erverbs Il va commencer. Il va ecouter. nva arriver. Il va regarder. Il va etudier. Il va continuer. Il va parler. Il va aimer. Note that all these infinitives have the same ending: -er. Many verbs have this ending. The majority of -er verbs have similar conjugations, so that if you know the conjugation of one, you can safely guess the forms of almost all others. Observe: infinitif ]e vais continuer. Tu vas ecouter. Elle va etudier. Nous allons arriver. Vous allez aimer. 11s vont parler. indien, si _ present de !'indicatif ]e continue. Tu ecoutes 7 Elle etudie. Nous arrivons. Vous aimez c,;a 7 Ils parlent. Note that the stem is the same for the infinitive and the present indicative: continu-, ecout-, etudi-, arriv-, aim-, parl-. 38 L E S SON 4 (14.]] Observation: Conjugation of an -erverb in the present indicative infinitif arriver present de l'indicatif singulier pluriel lfrepersonne 2eme personne 3emepersonne 3emepersonne lere personne 2eme personne j' arrive tu arrives il arrive ils arrivent nous arrivans vaus arrivez Notethatthefirst, second,and third personssingular (j'arrive, tu arrives, it arrive) and thethird person plural (ils arrivent) areidentical in pronunciation. Notein particularthatthe-s oftu arrives is notpronounced, noris thefinal -ntof its arrivent Theendings -e, -es, -e, -ent, -ons, and-ez arefound in thepresentindicative ofall -erverbs,with theexception ofaller (see lesson 2). (14.]4 Activation (oral): Present indicative of parler Answeraccordingtotheexample. Example: You hear: 1. Est-ce quevausparlezbien franr,;ais, vaus deux? You say: Mais aui, nausparlanstres bienfranr,;ais. 2. Est-cequetu parles franr,;ais? 3. Est-ce quevausparlez franr,;ais, Madame? 4. Est-ce queMireille parlefranr,;ais? 5. Est-ceque Robertparle franr,;ais? 6. Est-ce queles etudiants parlentfranr,;ais? 7. Et mai, est-ce quejeparlefranr,;ais? (14.]5 Activation (oral): Present indicative of -erverbs Answeraccordingtotheexample. Example: You hear: 1. Est-ceque tu arrives? You say: Qui,j'arrive. 2. Est-ceque tu parles franr,;ais? 3. Est-ce que tuetudies? 4. Est-ce que tucommences? 5. Est-ce quevausecautez, tausles deux? 6. Est-ce quevaus aimez parlerfranr,;ais, tausles deux? 7. Est-cequeRobertparlebien franr,;ais? 8. Est-ce que Mireille aime discuter? 9. Est-ce qu'ilsaimentr,;a? (14.]6 Observation: Present indicative of the verb etre Ils sout americains. Sont, suis, etes, sommes, and estareforms Mai, je suis bresilien. ofthepresentindicative oftheverbetre. Vaus ctes franr,;ais? Naus, naus sommes americains. Il est al'aeropart (14.]7 Activation (oral): Present indicative of etre ctre je suis tu es naus sommes il est ils sout vaus ctes Answeraccordingtotheexample. Example: You hear: 1. Vaus etes franr,;ais, taus les deux? You say: Non, naussammesamericains. 2. Vaus etes franr,;aises, tautes les deux? 3. Et tai, tu es franr,;ais? 4. Et toi, tu es franr,;aise? 5. Lesjeunesgenssantfranr,;ais? 6. Et mai,jesuis franr,;ais? L E S SON 4 39 04.18 Activation (oral): Present indicative of etre Answer accordingtothe example. 2. Tuvas bien? 3. Philippevabien? Example: 4. Colette etAlice vontbien? You hear: 1. Georges va bien? 5. Vous allez bienvousdeux? You say: Non, il est malade. 6. Et moi,jevais bien? 04.39 Activation: Dictation; present indicative of etre Marie-Laureis stuffing herselfwith chocolates. Listen and write 2. Mme Belleau: Qu'est-ce qu'il ya? in the missing words. Marie-Laure:Je malade. 1. Mireille: Eh, <;a suffit l Tune vas pasles manger tous l Marie-Laure: Et pourquoipas? Mireille: Parce que tu malade. 4.40 Activation (written): Present indicative of etre Completethe following sentences. 4. Biensurquelesjeunesgens parlentitalien, puisqu'ils 1. Bien surqueje parle anglais, puisqueje _ _ italiens! americain! 5. Biensurquenousparlonsespagnol, puisquenous 2. Jesais bien que tu parles fran<;ais, puisque tu _ _ mexicains! fran<;ais! 6. Jesais bienquevousparlezjaponais,puisquevous 3. Bien surqueIe jeunehomme parle portugais, puisqu'il _____japonais! _____bresilienl 4.41 Activation (written): Masculine/feminine; singular/plural; etre Completethefollowing sentences. 6. Lajeunefille est portugaise. jeunehommeest 1. Paulo estbresilien. Maria est _ Paulo et Maria _ 7. C'est homme charmant! C'est 2. Monica est italienne. Benito _ _ fille _ Benito et Monica _ 8. Elle estmarseillaise. Lui aussi, il est 3. Les amis deWilliam fran<;ais. __amie de Bob estaussi _ 9. II estalsacien. Elle est _ 4. Moi, je americaine. 5. -Etvous, vous fran<;ais? -Non,nous canadiens. 40 L E S SON 4 04.41. Activation: Dictation and comprehension Listen, and writewhatis missing. You will hearthe passage twice. -----------------? -Ben,commeci, comme<;;a .... Now, listen tothepassageoncemore,and checkwhatseems tobethebestanswertothefollowing question. (You will need toguess.) Question: Madame]eulinaime-t-eUeles romans d'amour? Reponses: 1. [ ]Qui, beaucoup. Hieadore <;;a. 2. [ J Qui, unpeu, maispas trop. 3. [ ]Non, pasdu tout; eUe deteste <;;a. 04.43 Activation (oral): Dialogue between Robert and Mireille You will hearadialogue between Robertand Mireille. Listen carefullyand learn Mireille's lines. Robert: Vousaimezles romans? Mireille: Oh,oui. ...Enfin,~ depend.... Robert: Vousaimez les romansd'amour? Mireille: Ah,non!]en'aimepaslesromansd'amour!]e deteste~ Sel,-ceS1:1lns exercjses o4.44 Self-testing exercise: Gender of nouns; i//elle, un/une, masculine/feminine adjectives You will hearten sentences. Decidewhethereach sentencecontains a masculineorafeminine noun, and checktheappropriate box. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 masculin feminin Checkyouranswers. If you have madeany errors,workwith sections4.23 through 4.27in yourworkbook. 4.45 Self-testing exercise: Present indicative of etre Answeraccordingtotheexample. Example: You see: 1. Nousparlonsfran<;;ais! You write: Evidemment, vous etes fran<;;ais! 2. Mireille parle fran<;;ais? Evidemment,eUe fran<;;aise! 3. ColetteetVeronique parlentfran<;;ais 7 Evidemment,eUes fran<;;aises! 4. Tu parlesfran<;;ais? Evidemment,je fran<;;aise! 5. Vous parlez fran<;;ais, vous deux? Evidemment, nous fran<;;ais! 6.]eparle fran<;;ais! Evidemment, tu fran<;;aise! Checkyouranswers. If you have madeany errors,workwith sections4.39through 4.44 in yourworkbook. L E S SON 4 41 ".ward free expressj.n 4.46 Cross-examining the text Re-read thetextofthe lesson. Read the questions in the mise en question following the mise en ceuvre in yourtextbook,give them somethought,and doyour besttoanswerthem. 4.47 Words at large Give as many answers as you can tothequestion: Qu'est-ce qu'on peutetre! Examples: Onpeutetre fran<;;ais(e), americain(e), espagnol(e) . Onpeutetre malade, presse(e) ... Onpeutetre douanier, professeur .. 4.48 Role-playing and reinvention of the story I.Imagine thatyou arethecustomsofficerattheairport.You seeaBritish couple,ortwoyoung Norwegian women....Whatdo you say! 2. Imagine thatyou aretheyoung Brazilian man attheairport. You see Robertandayoungwoman.Whatmightyou say! 3. Imagine a newversion oflesson4. You may recombine elementsfrom lessons 2, 3, and 4; for example: Ie fran<;;ais. Ie japonais. Voyons, nousallonsapprendre l'anglais. Ie chinois. l'italien. Ie cambodgien. l'espagnol. (:ava etre unroman unfilm unecomedie une tragedie Ie danois. l'arabe. l'arabe, nousallonsinventer Pourapprendre Ie chinois, unehistoire. l'anglaiS, danois(e). suedois(e). italien(ne). anglais(e). japonais(e) . americain(e). fran<;;ais(e). espagnol(e) . amusant(e). un unroman. unromand'amour. unromanpolicier. unromand'aventure. r - l'h' . ""a va etre IstOlre I de d' une deux . troIS (:a va etre unromand'anticipation. unroman fantastique. unecomedie. unecomediemusicale. quatre cinq six unetragedie. undrame. unfilm. unfilm d'aventure. unfilm policier. unfilm descience-fiction. jeunehomme. jeunefille. monsieur. dame. douanier. professeur. etudiant. jeunesgens. jeunesfilles. messieurs. dames. douaniers. professeurs. etudiantes. 42 L E S SON 4 anglais. danois. norvegiens. japonais. Ils vontetre suedois. americains. franc,;ais. chinois. Ils vontavoirdes amis espagnols. arabes. italiens. bresiliens. cambodgiens. vietnamiens. cubains. canadiens. martiens. etudiants. douaniers. professeurs. anglais. danois. norvegien. japonais. suedois. franc,;ais. chinois. 115 vont parlerI espagnol. arabe. italien. bresilien. cambodgien. vietnamien. japonais. martien. Ils vontarriver aParis. al'aeroport. au QuartierLatin. ala CiteUniversitaire. bresilienne. ala maison Iamericaine. cubaine. franc,;ais. Ils vont avoirun passeportI americain. italien. Ie bus Ils vont prendrelIetrainI pouraller untaxi aParis. ala Cite. al'aeroport. au QuartierLatin. ala fae. au restau-U. ala bibli. unCanadien. unChinois. une Suedoise. undouanierespagnol. unprofesseurarabe. Dansl'histoire, nousallonsavoir I Imexicain. unchien chinois. japonais. uncrime. des aventures. desvoyages. Imagine a conversation between you and a friend, or between you and Fido. o4.49 Role-playing and reinvention of the story Listen to the example on the recording. L E S SON 4 43 4.50 Reading and inference (recapitulation) Read the following text. Try to determine the most appropriate way to complete each sentence, then write in your solution. 1. Unjeunehommeamericainarrive enFrance. C'est__jeunehommede histoire. Il estpeut-etreetudiant. II va peut-erreapprendre __franc,;ais. II va peut-etrealler a__fac. 2. Pourl'instant, il esta aeroport Charles de Gaulle. 11 rencontre deuxjeunesgens: __jeunefille americaineet __jeunehommebresilien. __Americaineestevidemment ,pUisqu'elle __a Cite Universitaire. __Bresilienaussiestevidemment ,pUisqu'il__a __maisonbresilienne de __Cite. 3. troisjeunes passent policeensemble. PUis, __passent __douane. __ douanierdemandes'ils n'ontrien adeclarer. Bien sur,__n'ontriena declarer l 4. Ils __aller a Paris. Pour a Paris,__jeune homme de __histoire __prendre __taxi. Mais __etudiantbresilienet americaine prendre busou__train, parceque c'est moinscher! Engeneral, __etudiantsne pasriches. 4.51 Reading and inference (recapitulation) Look carefully at the numbered sentences below and see if you 7. Nousallons le franc,;ais alafae. can fill in the blanks so that they form a reasonably logical 8. Et vous,vous erudiante7 discourse. 9. Vous franc,;aise7 Non? Troisjeunesgens rencontrentunejeunefille al'aeroport Charles de Gaulle. 10. Vous chinoise,japonaise,cambodgienne? 1. Nous trois etudiants. 11. Vous a la Cite Universitaire? Qui? 2. Nous enFrance. Formidable! 3. Moi,je americain. 12. Moiaussi,je ala Cite. 4. Elle, elle _ 13. Nous prendreuntaxi ensemble. 5. Et lui, il _ D'accord? 6. Nous unpeufranc,;ais. 14. Eux, ils prendreIe bus. 4.51 Reading and inference: Present indicative (recapitulation) See if you can fill in the missing words in a way that creates a more or less coherent discourse. Le jeunehommedel'histoireetlajeunefille qu'ilrencontrea l'aeroport americains; alors, evidemment, ils ____anglais. Mais l'autrejeunehomme bresilien; alors, il portugais. Moi,je le professeur; alors, biensur,je franc,;ais. Maisvous, vousn' pas franc,;ais; alors, vousne pas franc,;ais. Non. Mais, bient6t,vousallez franc,;ais! Vousetmoi, nous parlerfranc,;ais ensemble. Vous ____d'accord? Qui?Ehbien, si nous d'accord, toutva bien! Allons-y! 44 L E S SON 4 4.51 Reading and inference Carefully read document I of lesson 4 in the textbook, then read the following questions. Try to figure out what is being said, guessing if you need to, and answer the questions. 1. QuesontParis, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse) Cesontdes _ 2. Ala Cite Universitaire, il ya desmaisons. Pourquisont ces maisons) Ce sontdes maisonspour _ 3. Quelssontles gouvernementsquiontetablila maison canadienneala CiteUniversitairedeParis? Ce sontIe gouvernement etIe gouvernement _ 4.54 Reading and inference Read document 2 in your textbook (Extrait du journal de Robert) and try to answer the following questions. You should be able to figure out the best answer if you look carefully at the text of the document. If you are not absolutely sure, try guessing. (Understanding is often the result of a series of educated guesses.) 1. AqueUe heure Robert va-t-ilarriver al'aeroport7 2. Pourquoiva-t-ilpasserla police) Parce que _ 3. Qu'est-ce qu'ilva dire si Ie douanierluidemandes'ila des cigarettes americaines? Il va dire: _ 4.Quiest Le Corbusier)Qu'est-cequ'ila fait? C'est un . Il a Ie pavillon ala CiteUniversitaire. 5. OU est la CiteUniversitaire) C' estala limite de _ 6. Ou estle QuartierLatin) C'est deParis. 7. Ou est-cequ'ily adesfacultes, ala Cite Universitaire ou au QuartierLatin) 4. Qu'est-ce qu'ilva aUer manger, apres la douane? 5.Pourquoiva-t-il telephoneral'h6tel? Parce que _ 6.Commentva-t-il aUer aParis? Il va prendre _ 7.Quiest-cequ'ilva surementrencontrer? 8. Pourquoi parle-t-iltresbienfranc;ais) Parce quesa _ L E S SON 4 45 4.55 Writing practice Write a much condensed and simplified version of lessons 2, 3, and 4. You should be able to write 12 to 15 sentences.
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