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<Item xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" Rendering="OpenLearn" SchemaVersion="2.0" TextType="CompleteItem" id="X-L192_1" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/schemas/v2_0/OUIntermediateSchema.xsd" x_oucontentversion="2020102004"><meta name="vle:server" content="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw"/><meta name="aaaf:olink_server" content="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw"/><meta name="dc:source" content="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/french/beginners-french-trip-avignon/content-section-0?utm_source=openlearn&amp;utm_campaign=ol&amp;utm_medium=ebook"/><meta name="vle:osep" content="false"/><meta name="equations" content="mathjax"/><CourseCode>L192_1</CourseCode><CourseTitle/><ItemID/><ItemTitle>Beginners' French: A trip to Avignon</ItemTitle><FrontMatter><Imprint><Standard><GeneralInfo><Paragraph><b>About this free course</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>This free course is an adapted extract from a previous edition of the Open University course L192 <i>Bon départ: beginners' French</i> <a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/l192.htm?utm_source=openlearn&amp;utm_campaign=ou&amp;utm_medium=ebook">http://www.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/l192.htm</a>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>This version of the content may include video, images and interactive content that may not be optimised for your device. </Paragraph><Paragraph>You can experience this free course as it was originally designed on OpenLearn, the home of free learning from The Open University - <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/french/beginners-french-trip-avignon/content-section-0?utm_source=openlearn&amp;utm_campaign=ol&amp;utm_medium=ebook">http://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/french/beginners-french-trip-avignon/content-section-0</a>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>There you’ll also be able to track your progress via your activity record, which you can use to demonstrate your learning.</Paragraph></GeneralInfo><Address><AddressLine>The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA</AddressLine></Address><FirstPublished><Paragraph/></FirstPublished><Copyright><Paragraph>Copyright © 2016 The Open University</Paragraph></Copyright><Rights><Paragraph/><Paragraph><b>Intellectual property</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Unless otherwise stated, this resource is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence v4.0 <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en_GB">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en_GB</a>. 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You will learn how to understand and give directions, ask about accommodation, book a hotel room at the tourist information office and get information about what to see and do in the local area. You will visit some museums in Avignon and buy a film for your camera. This course also deals with telling the time and making liaisons in speech. By the end of the course, you will feel more confident understanding and giving information about towns, seeking clarification and dealing with numbers. You will also have developed your oral fluency and your reading skills.</Paragraph><Paragraph>This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from a previous edition of the Open University course L192 <a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/l192.htm?utm_source=openlearn&amp;utm_campaign=ou&amp;utm_medium=ebook"><i>Bon départ: beginners' French</i></a>.</Paragraph></Introduction><LearningOutcomes><Paragraph>After studying this course, you should be able to:</Paragraph><LearningOutcome>understand and give information on a French town</LearningOutcome><LearningOutcome>seek clarification on where to stay and things to do</LearningOutcome><LearningOutcome>deal confidently with numbers and tell the time</LearningOutcome><LearningOutcome>identify a personal development in oral fluency and reading skills.</LearningOutcome></LearningOutcomes><Covers><Cover template="false" type="ebook" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_cover_ebook.jpg"/><Cover template="false" type="A4" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_cover_pdf.jpg"/></Covers></FrontMatter><Unit><UnitID/><UnitTitle/><Session id="ses001"><Title>Session 1</Title><Section id="sec001_001"><Title>1.1 Autour d'Avignon</Title><Paragraph>In this session, you and and your friend Christine are exploring Avignon. You look at the town plan opposite the station, and Christine stops a passer-by to ask for help.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Asking for and understanding directions</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Using <i>être</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Making liaisons</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_001"><Heading>Activité 1</Heading><Question><Figure id="fig001_001a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i001i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="fdce8f5c" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i001i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="590" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i001i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i001i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="387"/></Figure><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 39 and find the various places on the town plan. The first one has been done as an example.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait 39 et indiquez la lettre</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_001" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_001s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_001s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="7fcf5a7e"><Caption>Audio 1</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 39</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Pardon madame, nous sommes où exactement?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>On est ici, en face de la gare, boulevard Saint Roch</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Ah oui, merci! Et l’office du tourisme, c’est où?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>C’est juste là, sur le cours Jean Jaurès.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Et la mairie?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>l’Hôtel de ville ? C’est au bout de la rue de la République, sur la place de l’Horloge.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, je vois! Et le musée Calvet, c’est où?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>C’est rue Joseph Vernet, à droite, après le boulevard Raspail.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Ah oui, très bien ! Je cherche aussi le commissariat. C’est où?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>C’est Quai St Lazare.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Et la piscine. C’est où?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>C’est sur l’île de la Barthelasse. Vous traversez le Rhône par le pont de l’Europe.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>C’est loin?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>À 30 minutes à pied.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Et la poste, c’est où?</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>Le bureau de Poste est cours Président Kennedy.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Christine)</Speaker><Remark>Merci beaucoup madame.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph><b>Exemple</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Office du tourisme</i> – C</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>La mairie (L'hôtel de ville)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem>Le musée Calvet</ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le commissariat</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La piscine</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La poste</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Table id="tab_001a"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>a bout de</td><td><i>at the end of</i></td></tr><tr><td>le commissariat</td><td><i>the police station</i></td></tr><tr><td>la piscine</td><td><i>the swimming-pool</i></td></tr><tr><td>à pied</td><td><i>on foot</i></td></tr><tr><td>la poste</td><td><i>the post office</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>La mairie, l'hôtel de ville – <b>B</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le musée Calvet – <b>D</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le commissariat – <b>F</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La piscine – <b>A</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La poste – <b>E</b></Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><SubSection id="sec001_001_001"><Title>1.1.1 Noms de rues</Title><Paragraph>As you noticed on the town plan, street names in France and other French-speaking countries often commemorate famous people and historical events. In most French towns, you will find, for instance, <i>rue/avenue/place/boulevard du Général de Gaulle</i> or <i>de la République</i> or <i>du 14 juillet</i> (anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, which started the French Revolution).</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i002i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="46188b4b" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i002i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="440"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i003i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="ce50699e" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i003i.jpg" x_imagewidth="188" x_imageheight="474"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></SubSection><SubSection id="sec001_001_002"><Title>1.1.2 La mairie/l'hôtel de ville</Title><Paragraph>The French use both <i>la mairie</i> and <i>l'hôtel de ville</i> when referring to the town hall. In general, <i>la mairie</i> is used in smaller towns and villages. <i>La mairie</i> is also used to describe the range of functions and services headed by <i>le maire</i> (the mayor).</Paragraph></SubSection><SubSection id="sec001_001_003"><Title>1.1.3  Activités 2 et 3</Title><Activity id="act001_002"><Heading>Activité 2</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 40 in which you ask Christine where three places are. Speak after each prompt. The first one has been done as an example.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait 40 et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_002" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_002s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_002s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="4820bc0b"><Caption>Audio 2</Caption></MediaContent><Paragraph/><Paragraph><b>Exemple</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph><b>You hear</b>: The post office.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>You ask</b>: La poste, c'est où?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Christine answers</b>: C'est cours Président Kennedy.</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph><b>Dialogue </b>Here is the dialogue in full:</Paragraph><Paragraph>Posez les questions après les indications en anglais.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 1</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>The post office</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> La poste, c'est où?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> C'est cours Président Kennedy.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 2</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>The town hall</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> La mairie, c'est où?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> C'est place de l'Horloge.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 3</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>The police station</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Le commissariat, c'est où?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> C'est quai Saint Lazare.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_002a"><Heading>Using ‘être’</Heading><Paragraph><b>Il/elle est</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Below are examples of talking about nationalities using part of the verb <i>être</i> (to be):</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Elle est anglaise</i>. She's English.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>ll est irlandais</i>. He's Irish.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><i>ll</i> and <i>elle</i> are not only used to replace the name of a man or a woman, but also masculine and feminine nouns.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Le musée? <b>IL</b> est juste là, à droite</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>The museum is just there, on the right.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>La mairie? <b>Elle</b> est au bout de la rue</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>The town hall? It's at the end of the street.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><b>On est, nous sommes</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>In Extract 39, you also came across two ways of saying ‘we are’: <i>nous sommes</i>, which is slightly formal, and <i>on est</i> which is considered more informal:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Nous <b>sommes</b> où exactement</i>? Where are we exactly?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>On <b>est</b> là</i>. We are here.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><b>Je suis, vous êtes, tu es</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>To say ‘you are’ use <i>vous êtes/tu es</i> and <i>je suis</i> for ‘I am’.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Vous êtes français(e)? Are you French?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Non, je suis belge. No, l'm Belgian.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><i>Vous</i> is used in the singular and the plural. <i>Tu</i> is only used in the singular and when talking to people you know well.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Ils/elles sont</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Finally, ‘they are’ will be translated as <i>ils sont</i> or (when talking about either a group of women or feminine nouns) <i>elles sont</i>.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_1004"><Image height="" id="fig001_i004" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i004i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="682b06aa" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i004i.jpg" x_imagewidth="118" x_imageheight="179"/></Figure></Box><Activity id="act001_003"><Heading>Activité 3</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>The following sentences are extracts from a dialogue between a tourist asking for directions and a passer-by. The sentences are not in the correct order. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Complétez avec la forme correcte du verbe ‘être’.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Oui, je ____________ d'Avignon.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) La mairie ________ place de l'Horloge.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) C'____________ loin?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Où ____________ la mairie, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) Pardon madame, vous_______de la région?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) Non, regardez, nous (i) _____________ ici, rue de la République et la mairie (ii) ___________ là!</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Recreate the dialogue by putting the sentences in order.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Remettez les phrases dans l'ordre</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) suis (b) est (c) est (d) est (e) êtes (f) (i) sommes (ii) est</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>The correct order is e, a, d, b, c, f.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec001_001_00"><Title>1.1.4 Le rôle du touriste</Title><Activity id="act001_004"><Heading>Activité 4</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_002"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>Vous êtes de la région?</td><td><i>Are you from round here?</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 41 and take the part of the tourist.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait 41 et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_003" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_003s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_003s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="b04d8abe"><Caption>Audio 3</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><Paragraph><b>Dialogue </b>Here is the dialogue in full:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Apologize and ask if she comes from the region</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pardon madame, vous êtes de la région?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passant</b> Oui, je suis d'Avignon.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask where the town hall is</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Où est la mairie, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> La mairie est place de l'Horloge.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if it's far</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> Non, regardez, nous sommes ici, rue de la République et la mairie est là!</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_002"><Heading>Learning verbs</Heading><Paragraph>Grammar books and dictionaries give the conjugation of different verbs, that is, all forms of the verb (<i>je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles)</i> in different tenses. You will come across some of the essential verb forms as you progress through the course.</Paragraph><Paragraph>You may like to learn verb tables by heart. However you may find a more effective way of remembering verb forms is to create short sentences. For instance, instead of learning that <i>je suis</i> means ‘I am’, remember a phrase to express your nationality: <i>je <b>suis</b> anglais(e) (English) / écossais(e)</i> (Scottish) / <i>gallois(e)</i> (Welsh<i>) / irlandais(e)</i> (Irish).</Paragraph></Box><Box id="box001_003"><Heading>Making liaisons</Heading><Paragraph>When a word starts with a vowel, a link is sometimes made with the consonant of the preceding word, for example, <i>o<u>n e</u>st</i>. This is called a liaison. You heard some examples in Extract 39 (<i>o<u>n e</u>st ici</i>) and in Extract 41 (<i>vou<u>s ê</u>tes de la région?)</i>. You will hear more examples in Extract 42.</Paragraph><Paragraph>It is useful to indicate where a liaison occurs when jotting down new phrases.</Paragraph></Box><Activity id="act001_005"><Heading>Activité 5</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait 42 et notez les liaisons, et puis écoutez encore et répétez</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_004" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_004s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_004s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ff44125"><Caption>Audio 4</Caption></MediaContent><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 42 and note the liaisons that you hear.</Paragraph><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>On est arrivés!</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Vous êtes de la région?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Vous êtes ici!</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Vous vous appelez John?</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to the extract again and repeat in the pauses.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et répétez</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>We have marked the liaisons in bold.</Paragraph><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>O<b>n e</b>s<b>t a</b>rrivés!</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Vou<b>s ê</b>tes de la région?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem>		<Paragraph>Vou<b>s ê</b>te<b>s i</b>ci!</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Vous vou<b>s a</b>ppelez John?</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section></Session><Session id="ses002"><Title>Session 2</Title><Section id="sec002_001"><Title>2.1 Une chambre d'hôtel</Title><Paragraph>In this session, you go to the tourist information office to book a hotel room.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Asking about accommodation</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Booking a hotel room</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Using <i>ll y a…</i></Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i005i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="ff9edcc4" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i005i.jpg" x_imagewidth="224" x_imageheight="367"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Activity id="act001_006"><Heading>Activité 6</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Look at the hotel tariff below. Give the English equivalents for the following words.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Que signifient les mots suivants?</i></Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>douche</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>salle de bains</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>familiale</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Figure id="fig001_006a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i006i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="ba3b8aee" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i006i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="472" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i006i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i006i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="511" x_smallheight="309"/></Figure></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>douche</i> – shower</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>salle de bains</i> – bathroom. The room with <i>salle de bains</i> was more expensive, which was a clue you may have picked up.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>familiale</i> – bedroom for more than two people, usually with a double bed and one, or sometimes two, single beds.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_007"><Heading>Activité 7</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_003"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>Pour combien de nuits ?</td><td><i>For how many nights?</i></td></tr><tr><td>assez confortable</td><td><i>quite comfortable</i></td></tr><tr><td> pas trop cher</td><td><i>not too expensive</i></td></tr><tr><td>Je vais téléphoner</td><td><i>l'll ring</i></td></tr><tr><td>Je vais vous montrer sur la carte</td><td><i>l'll show you on the map</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>As you are waiting in the tourist information office you overhear a conversation between the woman on the desk and a tourist. Listen to Extract 43 then note down the details that would appear on the form below. (Don't click on 'View transcript' until you have attempted the activity.)</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait 43 et complétez la fiche.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_005" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_005s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_005s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c64d1041"><Caption>Audio 5</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 43</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour messieurs-dames, Je peux vous aider?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Je voudrais une chambre d’hôtel.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, monsieur. Pour combien de personnes?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Pour 2 personnes</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Pour combien de nuits?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>3 nuits</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Avec douche ou salle de bains?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Avec douche</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Avec WC?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Oui, avec WC.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>L’Hôtel de Bretagne est assez confortable et pas trop cher.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>C’est combien?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>50 € la nuit. Ça va?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Oui, très bien</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Si vous voulez, je vais téléphoner pour vous. Votre nom s’il vous plaît?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Monsieur Jamot.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Comment ça s’écrit?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>J-A-M-O-T. Où est l’hôtel?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>C’est rue du 11 novembre. Je vais vous montrer sur la carte.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Il y a une piscine dans l’hôtel ?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Woman on desk)</Speaker><Remark>Non mais il y a une salle de gym.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Merci beaucoup madame.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Figure id="fig001_007a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i007i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="371fc263" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i007i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="453" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i007i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i007i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="297"/></Figure></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Note the pronunciation of WC: <i>vé cé</i>.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_056a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i056i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="cc12adad" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i056i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="452" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i056i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i056i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="297"/></Figure></Answer></Activity><SubSection id="sec002_001_001"><Title>2.1.1 </Title><Activity id="act001_008"><Heading>Activité 8</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. In Extract 43 you heard some of the language you will need to book a hotel room. Match the French with the English.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Trouvez les équivalents</i>.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl001"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>(a) Je voudrais une chambre.</td><td>(i) For two people for three nights.</td></tr><tr><td>(b) Pour deux personnes pour trois nuits.</td><td>(ii) For how many nights?</td></tr><tr><td>(c) Avec douche ou salle de bains?</td><td>(iii) l'd like a room.</td></tr><tr><td>(d) Pour combien de nuits?</td><td>(iv) How do you spell that?</td></tr><tr><td>(e) Comment ça s'écrit?</td><td>(v) With a shower or bathroom?</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>2. Now practise booking hotel rooms. Use the visual clues below. Prepare your answers orally.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Réservez des chambres</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Exemple</i></b></Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i008i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="1ed1a49e" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i008i.jpg" x_imagewidth="300" x_imageheight="65"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais une chambre avec douche pour deux personnes pour trois nuits</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>			<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i009i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="9461f680" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i009i.jpg" x_imagewidth="300" x_imageheight="288"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>3. Listen to Extract 44 to check your requests and repeat in the pauses.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et répétez</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_006" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_006s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_006s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="67bf8cd3"><Caption>Audio 6</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1 (a) (iii), (b) (i), (c) (v), (d) (ii), (e) (iv).</Paragraph><Paragraph>2/3 Check your answers against the audio clip and in the dialogue given below:</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et répétez.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Numéro 1</b> Je voudrais une chambre avec douche pour deux personnes pour trois nuits.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Numéro 2</b> Je voudrais une chambre avec salle de bains pour une personne pour cinq nuits.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Numéro 3</b> Je voudrais une chambre avec WC pour deux personnes pour une nuit.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Numéro 4</b> Je voudrais une chambre avec douche pour une personne pour deux nuits.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_004"><Heading>Using ‘Il y a’</Heading><Paragraph>To enquire about hotel facilities, the tourist in Extract 43 said:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a une piscine?</i> Is there a swimming-pool?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a</i> means both ‘there is’ and ‘there are’.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a un sauna et une salle de gym</i>. There is a sauna and a gym.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a des poupées pour les enfants</i>. There are some dolls for the children.</Paragraph><Paragraph>In a question you should raise the pitch of your voice at the end of the sentence</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a une piscine?</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Oui, il y a une piscine</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il y a des magasins près de l'hôtel?</i> Are there any shops near the hotel? <i>Oui, il y a une librairie et un bureau de tabac</i>. Yes, there is a bookshop and a <i>bureau de tabac</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>In the answer, the pitch of your voice drops at the end of the sentence.</Paragraph></Box><Box id="box001_005"><Heading>Improving your speaking skills</Heading><Paragraph>Do as much reading out loud as you can. This helps you to memorise language and to become familiar with pronouncing the sounds. Practise intonation (varying the pitch of your voice). For example, read out the transcripts while you play the extracts, imitating the rise and fall in the speakers' voices.</Paragraph></Box></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_001_002"><Title>2.1.2</Title><Activity id="act001_009"><Heading> Activité 9</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Look at the following icons you would find in a hotel brochure. Find the English equivalents of the French words and phrases.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Trouvez les équivalents anglais</i></Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_010a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i010i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="e93f7a42" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i010i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="370" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i010i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i010i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="511" x_smallheight="242"/></Figure><Paragraph>2. Check the gender of these words using your dictionary.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Vérifiez le genre de ces mots dans votre dictionnaire</i>.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>The pictures from left to right are</Paragraph><Table id="tbl029"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>Canal satellite (m.)</i></td><td>satellite channel</td></tr><tr><td><i>Piscine (f.)</i></td><td>swimming pool</td></tr><tr><td><i>Connexion Internet (f.)</i></td><td>internet connection</td></tr><tr><td><i>Jeux d’ enfants (m.pl.)</i></td><td>children's play area</td></tr><tr><td><i>Équipements (m. pl.) pour personnes handicapées</i></td><td>facilities for people with disabilities</td></tr><tr><td><i>Salle de gym (f.)</i></td><td>gym</td></tr><tr><td><i>Chauffage (m.)</i></td><td>heating</td></tr><tr><td><i>Sauna (m.)</i></td><td>sauna</td></tr><tr><td><i>Salles (f.pl.) de réunion</i></td><td>meeting and seminar rooms</td></tr><tr><td><i>Climatisation (f.)</i></td><td>air conditioning</td></tr><tr><td><i>Ascenseur (m)</i>.</td><td><i>lift</i></td></tr><tr><td><i>Terrasse (f.)</i></td><td> terrace</td></tr><tr><td><i>Veilleur de nuit (m.)</i></td><td>night porter</td></tr><tr><td><i>Parking payant (m.)</i></td><td>pay to use car park</td></tr><tr><td><i>Parking gratuit (m.)</i></td><td> free car park</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_001_003"><Title>2.1.3 Activités 10 et 11</Title><Activity id="act001_010"><Heading>Activité 10</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. You want to know if there is satellite TV, free parking, Internet connection and a gym in your hotel. Listen to the prompts in Extract 45 and ask the questions, making sure you use the correct intonation.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et posez des questions.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_007" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_007s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_007s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="a687f885"><Caption>Audio 7</Caption></MediaContent><Paragraph>2. Listen again and repeat what the person on the desk says.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écoutez encore et répétez le rôle de la réceptionniste</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i011i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c44432bf" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i011i.jpg" x_imagewidth="330" x_imageheight="91"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph><b>Dialogue </b>Here is the dialogue in full:</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Extrait 45</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Posez les questions.</Paragraph><Paragraph>(canal satellite)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a un canal satellite?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui, il y a un canal satellite dans toutes les chambres.</Paragraph><Paragraph>(parking gratuit)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a un parking gratuit?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Non, il y a un parking payant.</Paragraph><Paragraph>(connexion Internet)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a une connexion Internet dans la chambre?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui, il y a une connexion Internet dans toutes les chambres.</Paragraph><Paragraph>(salle de gym)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a une salle de gym?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Non, mais il y a une piscine.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_011"><Heading>Activité 11</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Now practise booking a room for yourself. You're in the <i>office du tourisme</i>. Prepare what you want to say so you feel more confident.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Préparez votre rôle.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) You want to book a room for two people.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(b) For three nights and with a bathroom.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(c) You want a room for 50 €.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(d) You want to know where the hotel is.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>2. Listen to Extract 46 and speak after the prompts. Remember when you say hello that the person on the desk is a woman.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_008" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_008s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_008s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2a86ca86"><Caption>Audio 8</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Here are some notes that you might have prepared:</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Je voudrais une chambre pour deux personnes / Je voudrais une chambre double.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Pour trois nuits, avec salle de bains / Je voudrais une salle de bains.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Je voudrais une chambre pour 50 €.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) L'hôtel, c'est où? / Où est l'hôtel?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio clip and in the dialogue.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Dialogue </b>Here is the dialogue in full:</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Extrait 46</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Parlez en suivant les indications en anglais.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say hello and ask for a double room for three nights</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais une chambre pour deux personnes pour trois nuits.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Pardon, je n'ai pas bien compris, C'est pour combien de nuits?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say three nights and you want a bathroom.</i>)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pour trois nuits avec salle de bains.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> La chambre avec salle de bains, C'est 60 euros. Ça va?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say no, you want a room for 50 euros</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Non, je voudrais une chambre à 50 euros.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Alors, l'Hôtel de Paris n'est pas cher, les chambres pour deux personnes avec salle de bains sont à 45 euros. Ça va?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Agree and ask where it is</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Oui, ça va. C'est où?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> L'Hôtel de Paris est 47 avenue de la Gare à dix minutes en taxi. C'est en face de la gare.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_006"><Heading>Recording yourself</Heading><Paragraph>Once you feel confident enough, you should practise recording yourself on your own personal audio cassette as often as possible. A lot of the spoken activities in the course have prompts to help you prepare what to say, but you can also devise your own (just a few words or expressions will do).</Paragraph><Paragraph>Using a transcript, you may like to try recording yourself acting out a complete dialogue. You could then compare your version with the audio clip noting down the differences.</Paragraph></Box></SubSection></Section><Section id="ses002_002"><Title>Section 2.2</Title><SubSection id="sec002_002_001"><Title>2.2.1 L'Ardèche</Title><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i012i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="3b1876a1" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i012i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="428"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>In this session, you pick up a brochure on the Ardèche at the <i>office du tourisme</i>, with a view to planning a day there with friends.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Asking for and understanding directions</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Seeking clarification and/or repetition</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Saying how to get about</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph/><Activity id="act001_012"><Heading>Activité 12</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Read the table below. Which of the places in it would be suitable for the following?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez la brochure et trouvez l'endroit idéal</i>.</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem>	<Paragraph>a sunny day</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>a rainy day</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem>	<Paragraph>a budding artist</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>a fitness fanatic</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>a film buff</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>somebody unconventional</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>a food lover</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>an animal lover</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>a websurfer</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem>	<Paragraph>an art lover</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question></Activity><Box id="x001_001a"><Heading>Que faire à Lavilledieu? Les principales attractions culturelles</Heading><Paragraph><b>Maison de la culture</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>galerie d'art contemporain</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>salle d'expositions</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vidéothèque</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>salles de théâtre et de cinéma</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>café Internet</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph><b>Palais de la Gastronomie</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>salle de la truffe</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>exposition permanente: les arts de la table</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>dégustation de bières, vins et fromages de la région</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>démonstrations culinaires quotidiennes</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph><b>Petit musée du Bizarre</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>l'imaginaire dans l'art populaire</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>une utopie du bizarre</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>œuvres d'autodidactes</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>collection permanente d'objets grotesques et macabres</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>encouragement à la création artistique</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph><b>Centre sportif Léo Lagrange</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>piscine olympique en plein air</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>piscine couverte à vagues</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>sauna</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>piste cyclable: location de vélos</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>salles de musculation et de mise en condition physique</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>service de conseil en culture physique</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph><b>Écomusée</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>exposition en plein air: écologie de la région</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>boutiques d'artisans</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>animations et spectacles folkloriques</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>musée de l'Agneau</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList></Box><Table id="tab_00"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>l'agneau (m.)</td><td><i>lamb</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_012a"><Question><Paragraph/></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Suitable destinations would be:</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Le centre sportif; l'écomusée</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La maison de la culture; le palais de la Gastronomie; le petit musée du Bizarre; le centre sportif</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le petit musée du Bizarre; la maison de la culture</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le centre sportif</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La maison de la culture</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le petit musée du Bizarre</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le palais de la Gastronomie</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>l'écomusée</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La maison de la culture</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La maison de la culture; le petit musée du Bizarre</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_007"><Heading>Reading for clues</Heading><Paragraph>In activities like this, try looking for clues to find the answer(s) without using the dictionary. You don't always need to understand every single word to grasp the overall meaning or gist.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Words that are similar to English give you clues, and sometimes just one word in an unfamiliar phrase will give you enough of a clue to guess the meaning in the context. Here <i>musculation</i> suggests ‘muscle’, which gives a clue to the whole expression <i>salles de musculation</i> (weights rooms).</Paragraph></Box></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_002_002"><Title>2.2.2 Demande des directions</Title><Activity id="act001_013"><Heading>Activité 13</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Listen to these people asking for directions to the attractions they want to visit. Make a note of the attractions they're looking for.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait et notez les attractions demandées.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_009" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_009s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_009s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="e13261da"><Caption>Audio 9</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 47</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Je cherche la collection permanente d’ objets grotesques et macabres.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Je voudrais aller à la dégustation des vins et fromages de la région.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Le sauna, c’est où, s’il vous plaît?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Je cherche les boutiques d’artisans.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>C’est où la salle de cinéma?</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph>2. Check in the table to see in which establishment they will find each attraction.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Choisissez la bonne réponse</i>.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl002"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>(a)</th><th>(b)</th><th>(c)</th><th>(d)</th><th>(e)</th></tr><tr><td>La maison de la culture</td><td/><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le palais de la Gastronomie</td><td/><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le petit musée du Bizarre</td><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le centre sportif</td><td/><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>L'écomusée</td><td/><td/><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Print out and read the transcript, then underline the phrases used to ask for directions.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez et soulignez.</i></Paragraph></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>The people you heard are asking for directions to:</Paragraph><BulletedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>la collection permanente d'objets grotesques et macabres</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>la dégustation des vins et fromages de la région</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>le sauna</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>les boutiques artisans</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>la salle de cinéma</Paragraph></SubListItem></BulletedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>These are to be found in:</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Table id="tbl030"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>(a)</th><th>(b)</th><th>(c)</th><th>(d)</th><th>(e)</th></tr><tr><td>La maison de la culture</td><td/><td/><td/><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Le palais de la Gastronomie</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le petit musée du Bizarre</td><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le centre sportif</td><td/><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>l'écomusée</td><td/><td/><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>3. The phrases which show they are searching for something are:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Je cherche…</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais aller à…</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>C'est où, s'il vous plait?</i></Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_008"><Heading>Asking for directions</Heading><Paragraph>You have already met the expressions <i>Je cherche</i> (I am looking for) and <i>C'est où…?</i> (Where is…?).</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Pour aller à…</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Another way to ask how to get to somewhere in French is to ask the following, using a rising intonation pattern.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Pour + aller + à + [endroit]</i> How do I get to [place]?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Pour aller au Palais des Papes</i> How do I get to the Palais des Papes?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Pour aller à la mairie?</i> How do I get to the town hall?</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Note that: <i>à + le</i> is always shortened to <i>au (au musée)</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>à + les</i> is always shortened to <i>aux (aux toilettes)</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>à</i> + <i>la</i> and <i>à</i> + <i>l'</i> (in front of a vowel) do not change <i>(à la piscine, à l'hôpital)</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><b><i>Je voudrais aller à…</i></b></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais + aller + à + [endroit].</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>I would like to go to + [place].</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais aller au marché</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>I would like to go to the market</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais aller à l'opéra</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>I would like to go to the opera house.</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je voudrais aller à la piscine</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>I would like to go to the swimming-pool.</b></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Box></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_002_003"><Title>2.2.3 Activités 14 et 15</Title><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i013i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="8c3dcef4" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i013i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="180"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Activity id="act001_014"><Heading>Activité 14</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>How would you ask for directions to the following places? Use as many of the expressions you have met as possible.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Posez les questions.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) the police station</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) the tourist information office</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) the hospital</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) the post office</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) the swimming-pool</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) the market</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Practise asking these questions out loud, then record them on a personal audio cassette or on your computer.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Préparez les questions oralement puis enregistrez.</i></Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>You could have used any of the range of structures given in 1(a).</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Pour aller au commissariat s'il vous plaît? / Je voudrais aller au commissariat. / Je cherche le commissariat. / Le commissariat, c'est où, s'il vous plaît? / C'est où le commissariat, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Pour aller à l'office du tourisme, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Je voudrais aller à hôpital.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Je cherche la poste.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) La piscine, c'est où, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) C'est où le marché s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_015"><Heading>Activité 15</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Listen to Extract 48 and complete this sentence. (Don't click on 'View transcript' until you have attempted the activity.)</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et complétez la phrase.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_010" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_010s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_010s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="f218f73f"><Caption>Audio 10</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 48</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Euh… excusez-moi. Il y a un marché par ici?</Remark><Speaker>Vox pop</Speaker><Remark>Oui, il y a les Halles, c’est un marché couvert.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Les quoi?</Remark><Speaker>Vox pop</Speaker><Remark>Les Halles.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Ah, d’accord.</Remark><Speaker>Vox pop</Speaker><Remark>Un marché couvert mais qui est ouvert donc, tous les jours, tous les matins, sauf le lundi, de 08h00 à 13h00.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>D’accord. C’est loin à pied?</Remark><Speaker>Vox pop</Speaker><Remark>Oh, à 10 minutes à pied.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Quote id="quo001_002"><Paragraph>Le marché? C’ est à______minutes à_______.</Paragraph></Quote><Paragraph>2. Listen to Extract 49. Imitating the sentence that you have just completed, give the time and means of transport for each of these destinations</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait et complétez les phrases.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_011" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_011s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_011s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c1b49c52"><Caption>Audio 11</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 49</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>hôpital</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Pour aller à l’hôpital, s’il vous plaît?</Remark><Speaker>voxpop</Speaker><Remark>Oh, c’est loin. C’est à environ 10 minutes en voiture.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>piscine</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Pour aller à la piscine, s’il vous plaît?</Remark><Speaker>voxpop</Speaker><Remark>C’est à 20 minutes depuis l’Office de Tourisme.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Euh, il y a un bus?</Remark><Speaker>voxpop</Speaker><Remark>Il y a un bus, oui, qui part de la poste. C’est le numéro 10 ou le numéro 11.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Et c’est à combien en bus?</Remark><Speaker>voxpop</Speaker><Remark>Oh… Cinq minutes.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Palais des Papes</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Pour aller au Palais des Papes, s’il vous plaît?</Remark><Speaker>voxpop</Speaker><Remark>C’est très simple. C’est à 10 minutes à pied. Toujours tout droit. Vous traversez la place de l’Horloge, vous arrivez place du Palais. Vous y êtes.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) L'hôpital? C'______.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(b) La piscine? C'______</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(c) Le Palais des Papes? C'______</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i014i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="94daece3" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i014i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="175"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Le marché? C'est à dix minutes à pied.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) L'hôpital? C'est à environ dix minutes en voiture.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) La piscine? C'est à vingt minutes à pied. C'est à cinq minutes en bus.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Le Palais des Papes? C'est à dix minutes à pied.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Table id="tab_004"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>environ</td><td><i>about, roughly</i></td></tr><tr><td>en bus</td><td><i>by bus</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_002_004"><Title>2.2.4 Getting about</Title><Box id="box001_010"><Heading>Saying how to get about</Heading><Paragraph>Earlier (Session 1) you met the expression:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>à pied</i> on foot</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Other ways of saying how people get about include:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>à bicyclette</i> by bicycle</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en voiture</i> by car</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en avion</i> by plane</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en taxi</i> in a taxi</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en bus</i> by bus</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en vélo</i> by bicycle</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en train</i> by train</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>You can say how far away somewhere is:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>C'est à trois minutes à pied</i>. It's a three-minute walk away.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>C'est à dix minutes en voiture</i>. It's a ten-minute drive away.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>C'est à quinze minutes en bus</i>. It's fifteen minutes away by bus.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Box><Activity id="act001_016"><Heading>Activité 16</Heading><Question><Paragraph>A friend asks you how to get to several destinations. Use the pictures to answer the questions. Remember to start your answer with <i>C'est…</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez les questions. Donnez les réponses à haute voix.</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Exemple</i></b></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Pour aller à l'hôpital? C'est loin?</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Vous</i></b><i>C'est à dix minutes en voiture</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i015i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="1d52234b" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i015i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="81"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Je voudrais aller au marché. C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i016i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="5a7c8abd" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i016i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="120"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Pour aller à la gare? C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i017i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="d990b60a" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i017i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="80"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Je voudrais aller à la piscine. C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i018i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c4075b35" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i018i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="119"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Pour aller au commissariat du quartier? C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i019i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="30e0c44a" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i019i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="80"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>C'est à quinze minutes à pied.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>C'est à cinq minutes en voiture.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>C'est à vingt minutes à pied.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>C'est à trois minutes en voiture.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_017"><Heading>Activité 17</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Listen to Extract 50 and find out in which dialogue the tourist asks for the directions to be repeated, and in which dialogue the person from Avignon is asked to speak more slowly.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_012" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_012s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_012s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="55350e57"><Caption>Audio 12</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 50</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Dialogue 1</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Excusez-moi, monsieur, pour aller à la cathédrale?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Avignonnais)</Speaker><Remark>C’est à côté du Palais des Papes, sur la Place du Palais. C’est à dix minutes à pied.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Pardon, monsieur, je n’ai pas compris. Vous pouvez répéter?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Avignonnais)</Speaker><Remark>Ben oui, la cathédrale est à côté du Palais des Papes, sur la Place du Palais. C’est à dix minutes à pied environ.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Merci monsieur.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Dialogue 2</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Excusez-moi madame, je voudrais aller à la médiathèque.</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Avignonnaise)</Speaker><Remark>Ah oui, c’est dans la Livrée Ceccano. Rue Laboureur. C’est à 15 minutes à pied.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Désolée, Madame, je n’ai pas compris. Vous pouvez parler plus lentement?</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Avignonnaise)</Speaker><Remark>Ah, vous n’êtes pas française. (slowly and deliberately) Alors, la médiathèque est dans la Livrée Ceccano. C’est rue Laboureur. C’est à 15 minutes d’ici.</Remark><Speaker>Framboise (Touriste)</Speaker><Remark>Merci madame.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph>2. Try to identify the phrases that are used to ask for clarification and repetition.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Identifiez les expressions</i></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph><b>Dialogue 1</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>The tourist asks her informant to <b>repeat</b> the information, by saying:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Pardon, monsieur, je n'ai pas compris. Vous pouvez <b>répéter</b>?</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><b>Dialogue 2</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>The tourist asks her informant to speak <b>more slowly</b>, by saying:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Désolée, madame, je n'ai pas compris. Vous pouvez <b>parler plus lentement</b>?</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i057i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="d7b280ec" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i057i.jpg" x_imagewidth="300" x_imageheight="301"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_018"><Heading>Activité 18</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. You are asking for directions at the <i>office du tourisme</i>. Study the following dialogue and make notes, to prepare for your part.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Étudiez le dialogue et préparez votre rôle</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Je peux vous aider?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b><i>Excuse me. How do I get to the</i> centre d'Art contemporain<i>? Is it far?</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui, c'est loin. C'est boulevard Raspail. C'est à trente minutes à pied. Mais vous avez le bus.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b><i>I beg your pardon. Can you repeat that?</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui, le centre est loin d'ici. C'est à trente minutes à pied. Mais vous avez le bus, c'est à dix minutes en bus.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b><i>Where is the stop?</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> L'arrêt? Euh, quai de Ligne. À côté du pont.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i020i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="ff3ba2d5" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i020i.jpg" x_imagewidth="238" x_imageheight="180"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>2. Now take part in the dialogue in Extract 51. Speak after the receptionist.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_013" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_013s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_013s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="5423fc42"><Caption>Audio 13</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Check your answers against the audio clip and the dialogue shown here.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Dialogue</b> Here is the dialogue:</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Extrait 51</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La receptionniste</b> Je peux vous aider?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pardon. Pour aller au centre d'Art contemporain? C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Ah oui, c'est loin. C'est boulevard Raspail. C'est à trente minutes à pied. Mais vous avez le bus.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pardon, vous pouvez répéter?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui, le centre est loin d'ici. C'est à trente minutes à pied. Mais vous avez le bus, c'est à dix minutes en bus.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> L'arrêt, c'est où?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> L'arrêt? Euh, quai de Ligne. À côté du pont.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_011"><Heading>Developing your oral fluency</Heading><Paragraph>Another way of improving the way you speak is to listen to one of the participants in a dialogue and say their part at the same time. This will help you in particular to improve pronunciation and intonation – ensuring for example that you differentiate between asking a question and giving an answer.</Paragraph></Box></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_003"><Title>Section 2.3</Title><SubSection id="sec002_003_001"><Title>2.3.1 Les nombres, les jours et les dates</Title><Paragraph>In this session, you will be studying numbers, days and dates.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Using the numbers 20 to 69</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Talking about dates</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Pronouncing the sound [ã]</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Using possessive adjectives: <i>votre, mon, son</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Using <i>quel, quelle</i></Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_019"><Heading>Activité 19</Heading><Question><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Listen to the following numbers in Extract 52 and repeat in the pauses.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et répétez</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>20 – 30 – 40 – 50 – 60</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_014" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_014s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_014s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="103d5a91"><Caption>Audio 14</Caption></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>2. Listen to the numbers in Extract 53 and repeat. What is the recurring pattern?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et répétez</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>21 – 31 – 41 – 51 – 61</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_015" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_015s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_015s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="bd1ff311"><Caption>Audio 15</Caption></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem>	<Paragraph>3. Listen to the following numbers in Extract 54 and repeat.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et répétez</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>22 – 33 – 44 – 55 – 66</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_016" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_016s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_016s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="18e79e88"><Caption>Audio 16</Caption></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>4. By following the pattern from Extract 54, can you say the following numbers?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Comment prononcer les chiffres suivants?</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>25–37 –56 – 68–43</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>21: vingt <b>et</b> un; 31: trente <b>et</b> un; 41 quarante <b>et</b> un; 51: cinquante <b>et</b> un; 61: soixante <b>et</b> un. Note that for numbers ending in <i>un</i>, you add <b><i>et</i></b> between <i>vingt, trente</i> etc. and <i>un</i> .</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>22: vingt-deux; 33: trente-trois; 44: quarante-quatre; 55: cinquante-cinq; 66: soixante-six. This time, you just say the <i>vingt, trente</i> etc. and follow it straight away by the second digit.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Following the previous pattern, say the numbers as follows: 25: vingt-cinq; 37: trente-sept; 56: cinquante-six; 68: soixante-huit; 43: quarante-trois</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_012"><Heading>Learning numbers</Heading><Paragraph>To learn numbers, you should practise saying them as often as you can. You could read the number plates of cars, do multiplication tables in French, read shop prices to yourself and so on.</Paragraph></Box><Box id="box001_013"><Heading>Pronouncing the sound [ã]</Heading><Paragraph>Some of the numbers you have been learning contain the nasal vowel [ã]:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl003"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>tr<b>en</b>te</i>,</td><td><i>quar<b>an</b>te</i>,</td><td><i>cinqu<b>an</b>te</i>,</td><td><i>soix<b>an</b>te</i>,</td><td>C<b>en</b>t</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>40</td><td>50</td><td>60</td><td>100</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>The sound [ã] is heard in some months and days of the week:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>months: <i>j<b>an</b>vier, sept<b>em</b>bre, nov<b>em</b>bre</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>days of the week: <i>v<b>en</b>dredi</i> (Friday), <i>dim<b>an</b>che</i> (Sunday)</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i021i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c1664780" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i021i.jpg" x_imagewidth="138" x_imageheight="28"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>English speakers often have difficulty in distinguishing between [ã], as in <i>c<b>an</b>c<b>an</b></i> (a type of dance) and [5] as in <i>b<b>on</b>b<b>on</b></i> (sweet). For example, when you listened to Extrait 51 you may have noticed these two sounds in the phrase <i>centre d'Art c<b>on</b>t<b>em</b>porain</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i022i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="8d1a06aa" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i022i.jpg" x_imagewidth="286" x_imageheight="129"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>Examples of this sound are recorded in Extract 55.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i023i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="5a282670" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i023i.jpg" x_imagewidth="302" x_imageheight="85"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Box><Paragraph>Extrait 55: écoutez et répétez:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_017" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_017s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_017s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="98e22ee4"><Caption>Audio 17</Caption></MediaContent></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_003_002"><Title>2.3.2 La date de votre anniversaire</Title><Activity id="act001_020"><Heading>Activité 20</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Écoutez et notez la date:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_018" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_018s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_018s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="e8c5e901"><Caption>Audio 18</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 56</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro un p6</Remark><Speaker>Interv.</Speaker><Remark>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Remark><Speaker>Colette</Speaker><Remark>Le 2 octobre.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro deux p1</Remark><Speaker>Interv.</Speaker><Remark>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Remark><Speaker>Pierre</Speaker><Remark>Le 15 mai.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro trois p11</Remark><Speaker>Interv.</Speaker><Remark>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Remark><Speaker>Agnès</Speaker><Remark>Le 1er février.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro quatre p36</Remark><Speaker>Interv.</Speaker><Remark>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Remark><Speaker>Voxpop</Speaker><Remark>C’est le 25 juin.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro cinq p13</Remark><Speaker>Interv</Speaker><Remark>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>C’est le 1er octobre</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>In Extract 56, we asked people about their birthdays: <i>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</i> Listen and make a note of the answers.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et notez la date.</i></Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Table id="tbl004"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>(i)</td><td>Le 2 octobre</td></tr><tr><td>(ii)</td><td/></tr><tr><td>(iii)</td><td/></tr><tr><td>(iv)</td><td/></tr><tr><td>(v)</td><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Now read the dates aloud.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez les dates à haute voix</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>le premier <i>the first of</i></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>To say a date in French, you simply start with <i>le</i> and then say the number (<i>vingt-cinq</i>) and then the month (<i>mars</i>). The exception is <i>premier</i> which means first.</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Le 2 octobre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le 15 mai.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le 1<sup>er</sup> (premier) février.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le 25 juin.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Le 1<sup>er</sup> (premier) octobre.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_021"><Heading>Activité 21</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Écoutez et répétez:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_019" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_019s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_019s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="71062642"><Caption>Audio 19</Caption></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Listen to the months recorded in Extract 57 and repeat them in each pause.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et répétez</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2. Answer the question: <i>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Répondez à la question.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Question><Answer><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Extrait 57</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Les mois de l'année:janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2. Did you remember to start your answer with <i>C'est le…?</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Remember that we use the ordinal number <i>le premier</i> for the first, but cardinal numbers for other dates: <i>le deux</i> etc.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_003_003"><Title>2.3.3 Bonne fête!</Title><Paragraph>On French calendars, most days commemorate a particular saint. When the saint's name is the same as yours, some people like to say <i>Bonne fête!</i> Children might receive a small present or you might be expected to buy a round of drinks for your friends. On some television channels, the weather forecaster concludes with the statement <i>Bonne fête à tous les…!</i> (for example for 6 September s/he would say <i>Bonne fête à tous les Bertrand!)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>Birthdays are celebrated, often with special meals, cakes, candles and (usually) champagne. You say <i>Bon anniversaire!</i></Paragraph><Activity id="act001_022"><Heading>Activité 22</Heading><Question><Paragraph>To practise saying dates, look at the calendar below and answer the following questions. The names are printed in bold.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Le calendrier français</i></Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_026a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i026i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="9b481d22" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i026i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="1192" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i026i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i026i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="511" x_smallheight="781"/></Figure><Paragraph><i>Répondez aux questions</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Exemple</i></b></Paragraph><Paragraph>La Saint-Michel, c'est quand?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>C'est le 29 septembre</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i024i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="3a13989f" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i024i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="200"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Matthieu, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Sainte-Sylvie, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Jacques, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Sainte-Thérèse, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Nicolas, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Laurent, c'est quand?</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Matthieu, c'est le 21 septembre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Sainte-Sylvie, c'est le 5 novembre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Jacques, c'est le 25 juillet.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Sainte-Thérèse, c'est le 1<sup>er</sup> octobre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Nicolas, c'est le 6 décembre.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La Saint-Laurent, c'est le 10 aoŭt</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_014"><Heading>Using ‘votre’, ‘mon’, ‘son’</Heading><Paragraph>To ask about somebody's birthday, we asked <i>Quelle est la date de <b>votre</b> anniversaire?</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>To ask somebody's name you can say <i><b>Votre</b> nom s'il vous plaît?</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Votre</i> is a possessive adjective which means ‘your’. Most possessive adjectives have a masculine and a feminine form, corresponding to <i>un</i> or <i>une</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Une</b> serviette de bain</i> a bath towel</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Ma</b> serviette de bain</i> my bath towel</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Un</b> verre de bière</i> a glass of beer</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Mon</b> verre de bière</i> my glass of beer</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>In contrast with English, the possessive does not change depending on whether the owner is a man or a woman. Its form depends on the word it is linked to.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Sa</b> valise</i> can therefore mean ‘his or her suitcase’</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Son</b> chat</i> means either ‘his or her cat’.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>You can usually deduce from the context whether the possessive adjective refers to a man or a woman, for example <i>son mari</i> means ‘her husband’, <i>sa femme</i> means ‘his wife’.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Votre</i> only has one form for both masculine and feminine:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Votre</b> <i>journal</i> your newspaper (<b>un</b> <i>journal</i>)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i><b>Votre</b> femme</i> your wife (<i><b>une</b> femme)</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i025i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="7a9e9d47" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i025i.jpg" x_imagewidth="105" x_imageheight="102"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Box><Table id="tab_005"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>elle s'appelle</td><td><i>her name is</i></td></tr><tr><td>sale</td><td><i>dirty</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_023"><Heading>Activité 23</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Fill the gaps in the following dialogues with the correct word.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Complétez les phrases</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Quelle est la date de ___________ anniversaire?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>___________ anniversaire est le 4 août.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2. C'est la valise de Thierry?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Non, ________ valise est rouge.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>3. Comment s'appelle __________ cousine?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Elle s'appelle Michèle et_______________mari s'appelle Jean-Louis.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>4. ___________ chambre est sale!</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Voulez-vous changer de chambre?</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>votre, mon</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>sa</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>sa, son</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>ma</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_003_004"><Title>2.3.4 Using ‘quel’, ‘quelle’</Title><Box id="quel"><Paragraph>You have already come across the following question:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><i>Quel</i> means ‘what’ or ‘which’. It changes to <i>quelle</i> if the noun that it is linked to is feminine.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Quel âge avez-vous?</i> (âge is masculine)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Quel est votre numéro de téléphone? (numéro</i> is masculine)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>C'est quel bus?</i> (<i>bus</i> is masculine)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Quelle heure est-il?</i> (<i>heure</i> is feminine)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Dans quelle direction?</i> (<i>direction</i> is feminine)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Quelle bonne affaire!</i> What a bargain! (<i>affaire</i> is feminine)</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Box><Activity id="act001_024"><Heading>Activité 24</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Ask questions to find out…</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Faites les questions</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) … what the time is.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) … what somebody's telephone number is.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) … what bus goes to the town hall.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) … when somebody's birthday is.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 58 and speak after the prompts.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez suivant les indications:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_020" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_020s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_020s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2d09a2f0"><Caption>Audio 20</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Quelle heure est-il?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Quel est votre numéro de téléphone?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Quel bus va à la mairie / à l'hôtel de ville?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 58</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 1</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask a male passer-by for the time</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pardon monsieur, quelle heure est-il?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'homme</b> Excusez-moi, je n'ai pas l'heure.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 2</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask somebody for his telephone number</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Quel est votre numéro de téléphone?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'homme</b> C'est le 02 54 63 73 12.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 3</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask a female passer-by which bus goes to the town hall</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Excusez-moi madame, quel bus va à la mairie?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La femme</b> Euh, je ne suis pas sûre, le 24 peut-être.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 4</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask someone when his birthday is</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'homme</b> C'est le 25 novembre. C'est le jour de la Sainte-Catherine.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_005"><Title>Section 2.5</Title><SubSection id="sec002_005_001"><Title>2.5.1 La révision</Title><Paragraph>In this session you will revise asking for directions, saying how to get about, asking about accommodation, using <i>quel</i> and <i>quelle</i>, using <i>il y a</i>, numbers and dates and talking about yourself.</Paragraph><Activity id="act001_025"><Heading>Activité 25</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Complete the crossword. The clues are all to do with town vocabulary.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Faites les mots croisés.</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i027i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="139464f4" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i027i.jpg" x_imagewidth="330" x_imageheight="327"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Table id="tbl005"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Horizontalement</th><th>Verticalement</th></tr><tr><td>1 swimming-pool</td><td>1 post office</td></tr><tr><td>3 market</td><td>2 police station</td></tr><tr><td>6 hotel</td><td>4 street</td></tr><tr><td>7 museum</td><td>5 hospital</td></tr><tr><td>8 far</td><td>7 town hall</td></tr><tr><td>11 car park</td><td>9 where</td></tr><tr><td>13 avenue</td><td>10 square</td></tr><tr><td>14 road</td><td>11 bridge</td></tr><tr><td/><td>12 station</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i058i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="ac127f6a" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i058i.jpg" x_imagewidth="342" x_imageheight="340"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_005_002"><Title>2.5.2 Activités 26 et 27</Title><Activity id="act001_026"><Heading>Activité 26</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem>	<Paragraph>Prepare a short oral description of a town with which you are familiar. In your presentation, include the following:</Paragraph><BulletedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>dans ma ville…</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>il y a…</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>au centre-ville…</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>il (elle) s'appelle… (<i>and name a local place of interest</i>)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>beaucoup de…</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>à côté de…</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>en face de…</Paragraph></SubListItem></BulletedSubsidiaryList><Paragraph>Use any other relevant language you have met so far. You could also use your dictionary to discover more phrases for local attractions. First write out what you want to say.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Préparez une présentation sur votre ville</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Record your presentation. Try using as few notes as possible. This will make you sound more natural than if you are reading notes.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Enregistrez votre présentation</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1 What you answer will, of course, depend on where you live but this is a possible answer.</Paragraph><Quote id="quo001_001"><Paragraph>J'habite à Crewe. C'est une petite ville près de Manchester. Dans ma ville il y a un cinéma, un théâtre, le Lyceum. <b>Il y a</b> aussi un grand parc. Il s'appelle Queens Park. <b>Au centre-ville il y a</b> la mairie. Elle est <b>à côté de</b> la bibliothèque. Nous avons <b>beaucoup de</b> pubs a Crewe. Mon pub préféré <b>s'appelle</b> le Bulls Head. Je ne suis pas originaire de Crewe, je suis originaire de Manchester.</Paragraph></Quote></Answer></Activity><Table id="tab_006"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>seulement </td><td><i>only</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_027"><Heading>Activité 27</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Fill in the blanks with parts of the verb <i>être</i> or expressions you have learned so far</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Complétez les phrases.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> Excusez-moi. (a) ____________ au stade, s'il vous plaît?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> Vous (b) ____________ à pied ou en voiture?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> (c) ____________ loin?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> Ah oui, (d) ____________ loin. Mais en voiture, c'est à dix minutes seulement.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> Je (e) ____________ à pied.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> C'est à trente minutes à pied.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>Christine</b> (f) ____________ des bus.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> (g) ____________ trois bus différents. En bus, c'est à quinze minutes, environ.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 59 and speak after the prompts.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_021" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_021s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_021s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="19d9406e"><Caption>Audio 21</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) pour aller (b) êtes (c) c'est (d) c'est (e) suis (f) il y a (g) il y a</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 59</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Parlez en suivant les indications en anglais.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Stop a passer-by and ask the way to the stadium</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Excusez-moi. Pour aller au stade, s'il vous plait?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> Vous êtes à pied ou en voiture?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if it is far</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est loin?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> Ah oui, c'est loin. Mais en voiture, c'est à dix minutes seulement.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say you're on foot</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Je suis à pied.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> C'est à trente minutes à pied.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if there are any buses</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a des bus?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La passante</b> ll y a trois bus différents. En bus, c'est à quinze minutes, environ.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_005_003"><Title>2.5.3 Une brochure de détails d'hôtel</Title><Activity id="act001_028"><Heading>Activité 28</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Look at the brochure, which you picked up at the tourist information office in Avignon, and answer the questions below.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Note: Canal + is a French subscription channel.</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Find the French equivalent to the following expressions in the brochure.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Trouvez les équivalents français.</i></Paragraph><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>open all year</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>covered car park</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>a superb view over the town</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>separate toilets</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>soundproofed</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>air conditioned</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>optional</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Answer Christine's questions on the hotels.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Répondez aux questions</i>.</Paragraph><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>À l'Hôtel Daudet, c'est combien pour deux nuits pour deux personnes?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Et une nuit supplémentaire?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Combien est le petit déjeuner à la Résidence Saint-Bénézet?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>La haute saison commence à quelle date?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>À l'Hôtel des Carmes, c'est combien pour deux nuits pour deux personnes?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Il y a combien de chambres?</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList><Figure id="fig001_028a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i028i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="23eaae32" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i028i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="1195" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i028i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i028i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="784"/></Figure></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>ouvert toute l'année</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>parking couvert</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>une superbe vue de la ville</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>WC privatifs</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>insonorisé(es)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>climatisé(es)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>facultatif</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><NumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>C'est 168 euros.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>C'est 69 euros.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>C'est 9 euros.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>Le premier juillet.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>C'est 131 euros.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>II y a vingt-six chambres.</Paragraph></SubListItem></NumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_029"><Heading>Activité 29</Heading><Question><Paragraph>You are staying at the Hôtel des Carmes. Write a few notes in French about the hotel, trying to reuse what you have learned.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Décrivez l'hôtel</i>.</Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>L'hôtel est situé…</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La chambre est…</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Dans la chambre il y a…</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>La vue est…</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>L'hôtel est situé au Couer de la ville (au centre-ville). La chambre est insonorisée et climatisée. Dans la chambre il y a une salle de bains, un WC, une télévision et un téléphone. La vue est superbe.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity></Section><Section id="sec002_005_004"><Title>2.5.4 Activités 30 et 31</Title><Activity id="act001_030"><Heading>Activité 30</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Listen to people talking about dates in the French calendar. Note the dates of the events in the table below.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et notez  les dates:</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_022" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_022s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_022s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="3bdf59db"><Caption>Audio 22</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 60</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro 1 p4</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Le 25 décembre, ça commémore quoi?</Remark><Speaker>J-Claude</Speaker><Remark>Le 25 décembre est le jour de Noël.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro 2 p1</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Le 14 juillet, ça commémore quoi?</Remark><Speaker>Pierre</Speaker><Remark>La prise de la Bastille.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro 3 p3</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Le 8 mai, ça commémore quoi?</Remark><Speaker>J-Claude</Speaker><Remark>Le 8 mai commémore l’Armistice de la guerre 39-45.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro 4 p3</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Le 1er novembre, ça commémore quoi?</Remark><Speaker>J-Claude</Speaker><Remark>Il me semble que c’est la fête de tous les saints; la Toussaint.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro 5 p20</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Le 15 août?</Remark><Speaker>Maryse</Speaker><Remark>L’Assomption.</Remark><Speaker>Hélène</Speaker><Remark>Qu’est-ce que c’est l’Assomption?</Remark><Speaker>Maryse</Speaker><Remark>La fête de la Vierge Marie.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph><b><i>Exemple</i></b></Paragraph><Table id="tbl007"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Dialogue</th><th>Date</th><th>Fête</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Le 25 décembre</td><td>Noël</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td/><td>Fête nationale, prise de la Bastille</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td/><td>Armistice de la guerre 1939–1945</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td/><td>La fête de tous les saints, la Toussaint</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td/><td>L'Assomption,la fête de la Vierge Marie</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl031"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Dialogue</th><th>Date</th><th>Fête</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Le 25 décembre</td><td>Noël</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Le 14 juillet</td><td>Fête nationale, prise de la Bastille</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Le 8 mai</td><td>Armistice de la guerre 1939– 1945</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Le 1<sup>er</sup>(premier) novembre</td><td>La fête de tous les saints, la Toussaint</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Le 15 août</td><td>L'Assomption, la fête de la Vierge Marie</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_031"><Heading>Activité 31</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Écoutez Isabelle. Répondez aux questions en français.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_023" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_023s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_023s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2932356d"><Caption>Audio 23</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 61</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour, je suis Isabelle Lejeune. Ça s’écrit I-s-a-b-e 2 l – e L-e-j-e-u-n-e. Je suis française. J’habite à Avignon en France. Ma maison est au centre ville, à côté de l’hôtel de ville, rue de la république au numéro 25. Il y a beaucoup d’endroits intéressants à visiter à Avignon. Il y a le Palais des Papes, le Pont St Bénézet et beaucoup de musées. Il y a aussi une piscine olympique et beaucoup de stades. Je suis professeur dans une petite école. Je suis mariée. J’ai 2 enfants, Nicolas et Marie-Pierre. Mon anniversaire est le 4 août et ma fête est le 22 février. Mon mari s’appelle Jean-Pierre. Son anniversaire est le 27 septembre. Il est mécanicien dans un grand garage.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 61 in which Isabelle introduces herself. Answer the following questions.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écoutez Isabelle. Répondez aux questions en français.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Quel est son nom de famille?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Quelle est son adresse?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Quelle est sa profession?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Quelle est la date de son anniversaire?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Complete the following sentences about yourself.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Complétez les phrases</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Bonjour, je suis______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Ça s'écrit______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Je suis______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Ma maison______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) Dans ma ville, il y a______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) Je suis______</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(g) Mon anniversaire______</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Now record a presentation of yourself using the sentences from step 2 and what Isabelle said in Extract 61 as a model.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Enregistrez une présentation personnelle</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Lejeune.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Elle habite 25 rue de la République.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Elle est professeur dans une école.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) C'est le 4 août.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>You might have said something like:</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Bonjour, je suis Kim Bowen.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Ça s'ecrit K-I-M- B-O-W-E-N.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Je suis professeur d'anglais.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Ma maison est au centre-ville, à côté de la piscine, au 2 Dawson Road.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) Dans ma ville, il y a une piscine, un cinéma, une mairie et un beau parc.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) Je suis marié(e).</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(g) Mon anniversaire est le premier mai.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Refer to Isabel's presentation as a model.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></Section><Section id="sec006_006"><Title>2.6 Faites les bilan: Sessions 1–5</Title><Paragraph>Now that you have finished the first five sessions of this course, you should be able to:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl008"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>Ask about and book hotel accommodation</td></tr><tr><td>Say how to get about</td></tr><tr><td>Seek clarification and repetition</td></tr><tr><td>Use <i>être</i></td></tr><tr><td>Use <i>il y a</i></td></tr><tr><td>Use the possessive adjectives <i>mon, son, votre</i></td></tr><tr><td>Use <i>quel/quelle</i>+noun</td></tr><tr><td>Use the numbers 20 to 69</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Make a note in your Learning Jounal when you think you can do each point. If you are not sure about something, go back and revise it in the appropriate session.</Paragraph></Section><Section id="sec002_007"><Title>Section 2.7</Title><SubSection id="sec002_007_001"><Title>2.7.1 Les musées d'Avignon</Title><Paragraph>In this session, you decide to visit one of the museums in Avignon.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Telling the time</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Buying tickets</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Paying for goods and services</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_032"><Heading>Activité 32</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Look up these days of the week in your dictionary and put them in order.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Remettez dans l'ordre les jours de la semaine</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i029i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="32057634" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i029i.jpg" x_imagewidth="238" x_imageheight="141"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>dimanche (<i>Sunday</i>), lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_016"><Heading>LEARNING VOCABULARY</Heading><Paragraph>Note new vocabulary on a piece of card, French on one side, English on the other. Practise translating from one language to the other, looking at one side of the card, then the reverse. Record yourself saying new vocabulary. Play the recording to revise.</Paragraph></Box><Table id="tab_007"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>beaux-arts (m. pl.)</td><td><i>fine art</i></td></tr><tr><td>la ferronnerie </td><td><i>wrought ironwork</i></td></tr><tr><td>il ouvre</td><td><i>it's open</i></td></tr><tr><td>il ferme</td><td><i>it's closed</i></td></tr><tr><td>les jours fériés (m.pl.)</td><td><i>public holidays</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_033"><Heading>Activité 33</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Look at the extract on the musée Calvet taken from a guide book and answer the questions in English.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Répondez aux questions</i>.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_030a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i030i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6441abd3" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i030i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="368" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i030i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i030i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="242"/></Figure><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>What can you see at the musée Calvet?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Which days is the museum open?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Which days is it closed?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>How much is an entry ticket?</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Fine art (<i>beaux-arts</i>), paintings (<i>peinture</i>), sculpture and a collection of wrought ironwork (<i>ferronnerie</i>).</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Wednesday to Sunday.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Monday, Tuesday and on public holidays.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>6 euros.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_007_002"><Title>2.7.2 Vingt-quatre heures</Title><Paragraph>The 24-hour clock is commonly used in France for timetables (for example train timetables, television programmes, opening times).</Paragraph><Paragraph>It is expressed like this: 13 h 15. The letter ‘h’ stands for <i>heure(s)</i>. To say it you simply read the numbers as they appear: <i>treize heures quinze</i>. N.B. You will need to make a <i>liaison</i> between the first number and <i>heure(s)</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>deu<u>x h</u>eures</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>troi<u>s h</u>eures</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>on<u>ze h</u>eures</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Where the numbers end in a consonant, you make a liaison between the consonant and <i>heures</i>. Where numbers end in ‘e’ the ‘e’ is silent and so you make a liaison between the final consonant and <i>heures</i>.</Paragraph></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_007_003"><Title>2.7.3 Au bureau de vente de billets</Title><Table id="tab_008"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>chômeur (m.)</td><td><i>unemployed person</i></td></tr><tr><td>élève (m.) </td><td><i>pupil</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_034"><Heading>Activité 34</Heading><Question><Paragraph>You decide to go and visit the musée Calvet. Listen to the conversation in Extract 62 between Christine and the assistant. Make a note of the entry fee according to the information you hear.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et notez les tarifs.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_024" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_024s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_024s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="b7f68efb"><Caption>Audio 24</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 62</Remark><Speaker>Chrisine</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour madame.</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Réc)</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour madame.</Remark><Speaker>Christine</Speaker><Remark>C’est combien, s’il vous plaît, les tarifs?</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Réc)</Speaker><Remark>Le tarif. Alors, nous avons deux tarifs. Le tarif normal, c’est le tarif de six euros.</Remark><Speaker>Christine</Speaker><Remark>Bien, et l’autre…?</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Réc)</Speaker><Remark>Alors nous avons le demi-tarif à trois euros pour les personnes âgées, les enfants de 12 à 18 ans, les étudiants et les familles nombreuses.</Remark><Speaker>Christine</Speaker><Remark>D’accord.</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Réc)</Speaker><Remark>Et puis, pour les enfants de moins de 12 ans, c’est gratuit.</Remark><Speaker>Christine</Speaker><Remark>Oui.</Remark><Speaker>Annie (Réc)</Speaker><Remark>Pour les chômeurs c’est gratuit aussi et puis, pour les élèves d’Avignon.</Remark><Speaker>Christine</Speaker><Remark>D’accord. Merci beaucoup madame</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Table id="tbl009"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Tarif</th><th>6 euros</th><th>3 euros</th><th>Gratuit</th></tr><tr><td>Enfant de 14 ans</td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Adulte</td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Chômeur</td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Élève d'Avignon</td><td/><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Étudiant</td><td/><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl032"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Tarif</th><th>6 euros</th><th>3 euros</th><th>Gratuit</th></tr><tr><td>Enfant de 14 ans</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/></tr><tr><td>Adulte</td><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Chômeur</td><td/><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Élève d'Avignon</td><td/><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Étudiant</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_017"><Heading>Paying for goods and services</Heading><Paragraph>When paying for goods or services, you could pay:</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i031i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="4d17ed4a" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i031i.jpg" x_imagewidth="138" x_imageheight="86"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>en liquide</i> cash</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>par carte de crédit</i> by credit card</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>par chèque</i> by cheque</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>avec un chèque en euros</i> by eurocheque</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>par chèque de voyage</i> by traveller's cheque</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i032i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="37049edb" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i032i.jpg" x_imagewidth="200" x_imageheight="118"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i033i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6dede536" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i033i.jpg" x_imagewidth="330" x_imageheight="160"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>To check how you want to pay, you will be asked:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Vous payez comment ?</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>To check whether you can pay by a certain type of credit card, you can ask:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Vous prenez…?</i> (Do you take…?)</Paragraph><Paragraph>or</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Vous acceptez…?</i></Paragraph></Box><Activity id="act001_035"><Heading>Activité 35</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_009"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>abonnement (m.)</td><td><i>season ticket</i></td></tr><tr><td>le mois</td><td><i>month</i></td></tr><tr><td>l'année (f.)</td><td><i>year</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Figure id="fig001_034a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i034i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="8c4c8d25" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i034i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="604" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i034i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i034i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="511" x_smallheight="396"/></Figure><Paragraph>1. Look at the tariffs from the musée des Beaux-arts. The following dialogue matches the picture accompanying it. Study it and then create two further dialogues to match pictures (a) and (b) below</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_035a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i035i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2d4a2a22" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i035i.jpg" x_imagewidth="725" x_imageheight="646" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i035i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i035i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="456"/></Figure><Paragraph><i>Étudiez le dialogue puis créez les dialogues (a) et (b)</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le touriste</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais trois billets adulte.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, voilà!</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le touriste</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> C'est 24,30€. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le touriste</b> Par carte de crédit. Vous acceptez les cartes de credit?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, bien sûr, merci!</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i036i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c898921d" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i036i.jpg" x_imagewidth="342" x_imageheight="241"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 63 and take the part of the tourist by following the prompts.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_025" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_025s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_025s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="fcba5874"><Caption>Audio 25</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1 (a)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais quatre billets adultes et un billet étudiant</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, voilà!</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> C'est 39 euros. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> Par chèque. Vous acceptez les chèques.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, bien sûr. Merci!</Paragraph><Paragraph>(b)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais deux passes tous musées</Paragraph><Paragraph>L'<b>employée</b> Oui, voilà!</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> C'est 50 euros. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La touriste</b> Par carte de crédit. Vous acceptez les cartes de credit?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, bien sûr. Merci!</Paragraph><Paragraph>2 Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Extrait 63</b></Paragraph><Paragraph>Suivez les indications données en anglais.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 1</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Four adult tickets and one student ticket)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais quatre billets adultes et un billet étudiant.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, voilà.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(How much?)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> C'est 39 euros. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(By cheque)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Par chèque.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Merci!</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Numéro 2</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Two passes for all museums)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais deux passes tous musées.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, voilà!</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(How much?)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> C'est 50 euros. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Credit card. Do they accept them?)</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Par carte de crédit. Vous acceptez les cartes de crédit?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, bien sûr. Merci!</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_036"><Heading>Activité 36</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Record yourself buying museum tickets for you and Christine for the musée Calvet. You will need to take the parts of both the assistant and the customer.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Enregistrez-vous</i>.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><UnNumberedList><ListItem>	<Paragraph>You may have recorded something like this:</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bonjour madame, je voudrais deux billets adultes, s'il vous plaît.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, voilà.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> C'est 12 euros. Vous payez comment?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Par carte de crédit. Vous acceptez les cartes de crédit?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>L'employée</b> Oui, bien sûr. Merci.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_007_004"><Title>2.7.4  Telling the time</Title><Box id="box001_018"><Paragraph>To ask the time, you say:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Quelle heure est-il?</i> What time is it?</Paragraph><Paragraph>When telling the time, you use the expression <i>il est…</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>For full hours:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il est une heure</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i037i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="9d2e9303" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i037i.jpg" x_imagewidth="95" x_imageheight="83"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il est cinq heures</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i038i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="79d92ef3" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i038i.jpg" x_imagewidth="95" x_imageheight="81"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il est midi</i>. It's midday.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Il est minuit</i> It's midnight.</Paragraph><Paragraph>For half hours, you say:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>3:30 <i>Il est trois heures et demie</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>For quarter hours, you say:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>7:15 <i>Il est sept heures et quart</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>9:45 <i>Il est dix heures moins le quart</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>For other sub-divisions you say:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>8:05 <i>Il est huit heures cinq</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>9:10 <i>Il est neuf heures dix</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>11:20 <i>Il est onze heures vingt</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>14:35 <i>Il est trois heures moins vingt-cinq</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i039i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="e11726ac" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i039i.jpg" x_imagewidth="238" x_imageheight="350"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>To distinguish between am and pm, you say <i>du matin</i> (till 12 noon), <i>de l'après-midi</i> (till 4 or 5 pm), <i>du soir</i> (till 12 midnight).</Paragraph><Paragraph>When more precision is required, people give exact hours and minutes:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>7.45 <i>Il est sept heures quarante-cinq</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Box><Activity id="act001_037"><Heading>Activité 37</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Écoutez et écrivez l'heure.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_026" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_026s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_026s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="fc85bf68"><Caption>Audio 26</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 64</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Un</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est 1heure et quart</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Deux</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est 11 heures et demie</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Trois</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est midi vingt.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Quatre</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est 2 heures de l’après-midi.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Cinq</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est 9 heures moins vingt</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Numéro Six</Remark><Remark>Quelle heure est-il?</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Il est 3 heures moins le quart.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 64, in which various people are being asked the time, and write down their answers.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écoutez et écrivez l'heure</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Exemple</i></b></Paragraph><Paragraph>1 h 15 une heure quinze</Paragraph></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1 h 15</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>11 h 30</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>12 h 20</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>14 h 00</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>8 h 40</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2 h 45</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_008"><Title>Section 2.8</Title><SubSection id="sec002_008_001"><Title>2.8.1 Learning about verbs</Title><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i040i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2b05f9bc" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i040i.jpg" x_imagewidth="188" x_imageheight="338"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>You and Christine go to a shop to buy a film for your visit to the museum.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Talking about time</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Asking for goods and services</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Learning about verbs</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Using verb forms: <i>nous</i> and <i>vous</i></Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_038"><Heading>Activité 38</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Here are some verb forms. Match each one to its infinitive. Look up the infinitives in your dictionary to find out what they mean.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Reliez chaque verbe à son infinitif</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i041i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="d8a8ddf8" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i041i.jpg" x_imagewidth="300" x_imageheight="255"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>You should have linked the following:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>vous êtes: être <i>to be</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>nous remercions: remercier <i>to thank</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>je prends: prendre <i>to take</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous achetez: acheter <i>to buy</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>il part: partir <i>to leave</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>je cherche: chercher <i>to look for</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous avez: avoir <i>to have</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous traversez: traverser <i>to cross</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous voulez: vouloir <i>to want</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_019"><Heading>Learning about verbs</Heading><Paragraph>Verbs are the words which tell us what is taking place. They describe actions, processes and states. French verbs change their forms according to who or what is responsible for the activity they describe. Highlighted below are some verb forms:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je <b>cherche</b> la consigne</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>l'm looking for the left-luggage lockers.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Le train <b>entre</b> en gare</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>The train is coming in to the station.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Nous <b>recommandons</b> le Grand Café</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>We recommend the Grand Café.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Je <b>prends</b> du thé</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>I have tea.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>You won't normally find these forms in the dictionary where the infinitive is used. The infinitive is a basic, impersonal form of the verb. In English it is ‘to + verb’. In French, the infinitive is distinguished by its ending. There are four main groups of infinitive endings:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl010"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>-er <i>parler</i> to speak</td><td>-re <i>attendre</i> to wait</td></tr><tr><td>-ir <i>finir</i> to finish</td><td>-oir(e) <i>recevoir</i> to receive; <i>boire</i> to drink</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>The infinitive of a verb tells you which group it belongs to and can help you predict how it will change in form when used to describe an action.</Paragraph></Box><Activity id="act001_039"><Heading>Activité 39</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Match the following verb forms to their infinitive and look up their meaning if necessary.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Reliez chaque verbe à son infinitif.</i></Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i042i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="9a93916e" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i042i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="243"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>2. Count how many verbs are in each group of infinitive endings.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Combien de verbes dans chaque groupe?</i></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1. You should have linked the following:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>vous lisez: lire <i>to read</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>le serveur apporte: apporter <i>to bring</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous comprenez: comprendre <i>to understand</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>j'habite: habiter <i>to live</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>ça contient: contenir <i>to contain</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>je pense: penser <i>to think</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>regardez: regarder <i>to watch, to look at</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vous pouvez: pouvoir <i>to be able (to)</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>écoutez: écouter <i>to listen</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>il fait: faire <i>to do, to make</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>comment dit-on?: dire <i>to say</i></Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>2. You should have noted:</Paragraph><Paragraph>‘-er’ : five verbs</Paragraph><Paragraph>‘-ir’ : one verb</Paragraph><Paragraph>‘-re’ : four verbs</Paragraph><Paragraph>‘-oir(e)’ : one verb</Paragraph><Paragraph>The majority (90 per cent) of French verbs belong to the ‘–er’ group. Verbs which have been introduced into the language more recently fall into this category, for example <i>crasher</i> (’to crash’).</Paragraph><Paragraph>‘-er’ verbs follow a very regular pattern of change. So too do the 7 per cent of verbs which belong to the ‘-ir’ group. Just over 3 per cent fall into a third group, which comprises ‘-oir(e)’ and ‘-re’ verbs which do not follow a regular pattern. Though least numerous, they are also some of the most frequently used, which is why they have retained their form.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_020"><Heading>Using verb forms: ‘nous’ and ‘vous’</Heading><Paragraph>Like <i>je, il</i> and <i>elle, nous</i> (we) and <i>vous</i> (you) are pronouns, that is words which can replace nouns (in this case the names of people). French verbs change their form according to the pronoun which accompanies them.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Here is a table with three of the most common infinitive endings, and the forms that the verbs take when used with <i>nous</i> and <i>vous</i>.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl011"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Infinitive ending</th><th>Infinitive</th><th>Nous</th><th>Vous</th></tr><tr><td>-er</td><td>fermer (<i>to close</i>)</td><td>ferm-ons</td><td>ferm-ez</td></tr><tr><td>-ir</td><td>choisir (<i>to choose</i>)</td><td>chois-issons</td><td>chois-issez</td></tr><tr><td>-re</td><td>vendre (<i>to sell</i>)</td><td>vend-ons</td><td>vend-ez</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Try to develop the habit of writing out the verb tables which are in your dictionary or grammar book to learn their forms.</Paragraph></Box><Activity id="act001_040"><Heading>Activité 40</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Using the information above, work out the <i>nous</i> and <i>vous</i> forms of the verbs in the following table.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Complétez le tableau</i></Paragraph><Table id="tbl012"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Infinitive</th><th>Nous</th><th>Vous</th></tr><tr><td>chercher</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>aller</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>définir</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>entendre</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>habiter</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>remplir</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>attendre</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>arriver</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>développer</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>répondre</td><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl033"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Infinitive</th><th>Nous</th><th>Vous</th></tr><tr><td>chercher</td><td>cherchons</td><td>cherchez</td></tr><tr><td>aller</td><td>allons</td><td>allez</td></tr><tr><td>définir</td><td>définissons</td><td>définissez</td></tr><tr><td>entendre</td><td>entendons</td><td>entendez</td></tr><tr><td>habiter</td><td>habitons</td><td>habitez</td></tr><tr><td>remplir</td><td>remplissons</td><td>remplissez</td></tr><tr><td>attendre</td><td>attendons</td><td>attendez</td></tr><tr><td>arriver</td><td>arrivons</td><td>arrivez</td></tr><tr><td>développer</td><td>développons</td><td>développez</td></tr><tr><td>répondre</td><td>répondons</td><td>répondez</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_008_002"><Title>2.8.2 Purchasing goods and services</Title><Activity id="act001_041"><Heading>Activité 41</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Here are some phrases used in photography. Match the French and English equivalents</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Cherchez les équivalents</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Table id="tbl013"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>(a) j'ai besoin d'une pellicule couleur</td><td>(i) the battery is flat</td></tr><tr><td>(b) une pellicule 200 ASA</td><td>(ii) I need a colour film</td></tr><tr><td>(c) une pellicule de 24 poses</td><td>(iii) a 200 ASA film</td></tr><tr><td>(d) vous avez des piles?</td><td>(iv) a twenty-four exposure film</td></tr><tr><td>(e) un appareil-photo</td><td>(v) an AA R6 battery</td></tr><tr><td>(f) une pile AA R6</td><td>(vi) it's for taking flash photos</td></tr><tr><td>(g) je voudrais une carte mémoire 32 méga-octets</td><td>(vii) a camera</td></tr><tr><td>(h) la pile est morte</td><td>(viii) do you have batteries?</td></tr><tr><td>(i) c'est pour prendre des photos au flash</td><td>(ix) l'd like a 32 Mb memory card</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>2. Listen to Extract 65. Speak in the pauses following the prompts. The shopkeeper is a man.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_027" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_027s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_027s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="4cbcc19e"><Caption>Audio 27</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) (ii), (b) (iii), (c) (iv), (d) (viii), (e) (vii), (f) (v), (g) (ix), (h) (i), (i) (vi).</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 65</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Greet the shopkeeper</i>)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bonjour, monsieur</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Bonjour.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say you need a 200 ASA film</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> J'ai besoin d'une pellicule 200 ASA.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Vingt-quatre poses? Trente-six poses?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask for twenty-four exposures</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b> Vous</b> Vingt-quatre poses, s'il vous plait.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Voilà. C'est tout?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask whether he has batteries for a camera</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Vous avez des piles pour un appareil-photo?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Oui.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask for two AA R6 batteries</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Deux piles AA R6, s'il vous plaît</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Voilà.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say you'd like a memory card, too</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Je voudrais une carte mémoire aussi.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Quelle capacité?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask for thirty-two megabytes</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Trente-deux méga-octets, s'il vous plaît.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Voilà. C'est tout?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say yes thanks. Ask how much it is</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Oui merci. Ça fait combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Cinquante et un euros cinquante s'il vous plaît.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if you can pay by credit card</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b> Vous</b> Vous acceptez les cartes de crédit?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Oui, bien sûr.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_042"><Heading>Activité 42</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_010"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>un service rapide</td><td><i>an express service</i></td></tr><tr><td>venez</td><td><i>come back</i></td></tr><tr><td>normalement </td><td><i>usually</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>In the shop, you overhear the shopkeeper talking to another customer. Listen to the extract and say whether the statements are true (<i>vrai</i>) or false (<i>faux</i>).</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et notez ‘Vrai’ ou ‘Faux’.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_028a" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_028s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_028s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c5a4e8c7"><Caption>Audio 28a</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 66</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour Monsieur.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Madame?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Vous développez les pellicules couleur?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Bien sûr, Madame. Nous développons les photos en vingtquatre heures. Vous les voulez quand? Demain?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Oh là là! Vous n’avez pas un service rapide? C’est très urgent Nous avons besoin des photos aujourd’hui. Nous allons à Paris.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Vous partez à quelle heure?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Demain, à sept heures du matin.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Bon, d’accord, venez dans trois heures</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>C’est à dire à quatorze heures?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, Madame, à quatorze heures.</Remark><Speaker>Cliente (surprise)</Speaker><Remark>Merci mille fois! Vous ne fermez pas à midi?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Normalement, si. Nous fermons entre midi et quatorze heures. Aujourd’hui, c’est mercredi. C’est le jour du marché. Alors le magasin est ouvert de huit heures à vingt heures, sans interruption.</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>C’est une longue journée.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant-fatigué)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, madame</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Table id="tbl014"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>Vrai</th><th>Faux</th></tr><tr><td>1 Ils développent les photos en vingt-quatre heures.</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>2 La cliente part demain à six heures.</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>3 Elle achète trois pellicules couleur.</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>4 Ils ferment le mercredi matin.</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>5 Mercredi, c'est le jour du marché.</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>6 Le lundi le magasin ferme entre midi et quatorze heures.</td><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Vrai</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Faux</i>. (She's leaving at 7 am.)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Faux</i>. (She wants her photos developed.)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Faux</i>. (The shop is open all day on Wednesdays.)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Vrai</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Vrai</i>.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_021"><Heading>Talking about time</Heading><Paragraph>Here are some expressions you can use:</Paragraph><Paragraph>To indicate a period between two points in time:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl015"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i><b>de</b> neuf heures <b>à</b> midi</i></td><td><b>from</b> nine o'clock <b>to</b> midday</td></tr><tr><td><i><b>entre</b> dix heures <b>et</b> minuit</i></td><td><b>between</b> ten o'clock <b>and</b> midnight</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>To ask when something is happening:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl016"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>quand?</i></td><td>when?</td></tr><tr><td><i>à quelle heure?</i></td><td>at what time?</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>To say when something will, or is likely to, happen:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl017"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>tout de suite</i></td><td>straightaway</td></tr><tr><td><i>dans une heure</i></td><td>in an hour (after this period)</td></tr><tr><td><i>en deux heures</i></td><td>in two hours (during this period)</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>To indicate the day on which an event is taking place:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl018"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>aujourd’ hui</i></td><td>today</td></tr><tr><td><i>demain</i></td><td>tomorrow</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Box><Activity id="act001_043"><Heading>Activité 43</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Reécoutez l'extrait..</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_028b" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_028s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_028s_2_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c5a4e8c7"><Caption>Audio 28b</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 66</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Bonjour Monsieur.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Madame?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Vous développez les pellicules couleur?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Bien sûr, Madame. Nous développons les photos en vingtquatre heures. Vous les voulez quand? Demain?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Oh là là! Vous n’avez pas un service rapide? C’est très urgent Nous avons besoin des photos aujourd’hui. Nous allons à Paris.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Vous partez à quelle heure?</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>Demain, à sept heures du matin.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Bon, d’accord, venez dans trois heures</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>C’est à dire à quatorze heures?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, Madame, à quatorze heures.</Remark><Speaker>Cliente (surprise)</Speaker><Remark>Merci mille fois! Vous ne fermez pas à midi?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant)</Speaker><Remark>Normalement, si. Nous fermons entre midi et quatorze heures. Aujourd’hui, c’est mercredi. C’est le jour du marché. Alors le magasin est ouvert de huit heures à vingt heures, sans interruption.</Remark><Speaker>Cliente</Speaker><Remark>C’est une longue journée.</Remark><Speaker>Philippe (Commerçant-fatigué)</Speaker><Remark>Oui, madame</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. Print out the transcript below and listen again to Extract 66, this time reading the transcript. Pause line by line, and underline the liaisons you hear.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Reécoutez l'extrait. Soulignez les liaisons dans la transcription.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2. Read the transcript aloud, making liaisons between words where appropriate.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Lisez la transcription à haute voix. Faites les liaisons.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>The following lines contain liaisons.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La cliente</b> […] C'est trè<u>s u</u>rgent. Nou<u>s a</u>vons besoin des photos aujourd'hui. Nou<u>s a</u>llons à Paris.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La cliente</b> Demain, à sep<u>t h</u>eures du matin.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Bon, accord, venez dans troi<u>s h</u>eures.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La cliente</b> C'es<u>t à</u> dire à quator<u>ze h</u>eures?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> Oui, madame, à quator<u>ze h</u>eures.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La cliente</b> […] Vous ne fermez pa<u>s à</u> midi?</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>Le commerçant</b> […] Nous fermons entre midi et quator<u>ze h</u>eures. […] Alors le magasin es<u>t o</u>uvert de hui<u>t h</u>eures à ving<u>t h</u>eures, san<u>s i</u>nterruption.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>La cliente</b> C'es<u>t u</u>ne longue journée.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_022"><Heading>Using visual clues to help with remembering liaisons</Heading><Paragraph>It is worth getting into the habit of marking liaisons with a visual link when you make notes. You may have done a speaking activity and noticed on listening to the answers that you left out a liaison. If so, write down the phrase and draw a line where you missed out the liaison, for example: <i>Le magasin es<u>t o</u>uvert de hui<u>t h</u>eures à ving<u>t h</u>eures</i>.</Paragraph></Box></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_009"><Title>Section 2.9</Title><SubSection id="sec002_009_001"><Title>2.9.1 Looking at a plan</Title><Paragraph>You will be looking at a plan of the museum in order to find your way around.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Understanding directions in a building</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Understanding what is or is not allowed</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Making liaisons with words beginning with ‘h’</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_044"><Heading>Activité 44</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Look at the plan of the museum. List the words that you know or can guess the meaning of.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Vous reconnaissez des mots? Faites une liste</i>.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>The words and phrases you recognised probably include: <i>salle de classe, temporaires, toilettes, handicapés, distributeur, souvenirs, téléphone, cafétéria</i>. You could now check the words that you didn't recognise in your dictionary.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Figure id="fig001_043a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i043i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="75f61269" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i043i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="1200" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i043i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i043i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="788"/></Figure><Box id="box001_023"><Heading>Words that are similar in English and French</Heading><Paragraph>Sometimes words look alike in French and English, though they may be pronounced differently, for example commonly used words such a <i>cafétéria, toilettes, restaurant, souvenirs</i>. Some words assume different meanings in the two languages over time. Their surface resemblance becomes misleading. These are called <i>faux amis</i> (or false friends)</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>terrible</i> can mean ‘terrible’ but can also mean ‘terrific’</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>formidable</i> fabulous, fantastic, great!</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>une allée</i> a driveway, a tree-lined avenue</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>un car</i> a coach</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>le conducteur</i> the driver</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>Such similarities may help you decipher the meaning of a word, but must be treated with care. You could start a list of them, annotated as above.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Some borrowings from English are derogatorily referred to as <i>franglais</i>. They can be quite easy to understand (for example <i>crasher</i> to crash (computers or aeroplanes); <i>le parking</i> the car park; <i>le camping</i> the campsite), but some are <i>faux amis</i>: <i>un smoking</i> is a dinner jacket, and <i>un sweat</i> (pronounced ‘sweet’) is a sweatshirt!</Paragraph></Box><Table id="tab_011"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>en haut </td><td><i>upstairs</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Activity id="act001_045"><Heading>Activité 45</Heading><Question><Paragraph>At the entrance to the museum a robot answers queries from tourists. However, it is not functioning correctly. Listen to Extract 67 while looking at the plan of the museum and complete the table.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l'extrait..</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_029a" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_029s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_029s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="250cddc0"><Caption>Audio 29a</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 67</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La cafétéria, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au rez-de-chaussée</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>Le magasin de souvenirs, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au sous-sol, à côté de la cafétéria</Remark><Speaker>Bernard</Speaker><Remark>Le vestiaire, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au rez-de chaussée, à côté de la cafétéria</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Les toilettes femmes, elles sont où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au deuxième étage</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La salle Daudet, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au premier étage</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>La salle Cézanne, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au deuxième étage</Remark><Speaker>Bernard</Speaker><Remark>Les téléphones, ils sont où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au premier étage</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>La salle de projection, elle est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au sous-sol</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La bibliothèque, elle est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>En haut</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph><i>Écoutez l'extrait et cochez ‘Vrai’ ou ‘Faux’</i></Paragraph><Table id="tbl019"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>Vrai/Faux</th><th>Correction</th></tr><tr><td>La cafétéria</td><td>Vrai</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Le magasin de souvenirs</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Le vestiaire</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Les toilettes femmes</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>La salle Daudet</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>La salle Cézanne</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Les téléphones</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>La salle de projection</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>La bibliothèque</td><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl034"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>Vrai / Faux</th><th>Correction</th></tr><tr><td>La cafétéria</td><td>Vrai</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Le magasin de souvenirs</td><td>Faux</td><td>au rez-de-chaussée, à côté de la caisse</td></tr><tr><td>Le vestiaire</td><td>Vrai</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Les toilettes femmes</td><td>Faux</td><td>au premier étage</td></tr><tr><td>La salle Daudet</td><td>Faux</td><td>au rez-de-chassée</td></tr><tr><td>La salle Cézanne</td><td>Faux</td><td>au premier étage</td></tr><tr><td>Les téléphones</td><td>Vrai</td><td/></tr><tr><td>La salle de projection</td><td>Faux</td><td>au deuxième étage</td></tr><tr><td>La bibliothèque</td><td>Faux</td><td>en bas, au sous-sol</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_009_002"><Title>2.9.2 Au musée</Title><Paragraph>In our example, the museum had four floors. <i>Au rez-de-chaussée</i> (ground floor) means literally ‘at the same level as the carriageway’. Some buildings will also have a <i>rez-de-jardin</i> when the rear of the building is lower than the front and level with the garden. If the building only had two floors, we could say ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_044a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i044i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="b5106a13" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i044i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="311" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i044i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i044i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="204"/></Figure><Activity id="act001_046"><Heading>Activité 46</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 67 again and say the questions out loud at the same time as the recorded voice. Remember to vary your pitch.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Reécoutez l'extrait.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_029b" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_029s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_029s_2_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="250cddc0"><Caption>Audio 29b</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 67</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La cafétéria, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au rez-de-chaussée</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>Le magasin de souvenirs, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au sous-sol, à côté de la cafétéria</Remark><Speaker>Bernard</Speaker><Remark>Le vestiaire, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au rez-de chaussée, à côté de la cafétéria</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Les toilettes femmes, elles sont où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au deuxième étage</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La salle Daudet, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au premier étage</Remark><Speaker>Valérie</Speaker><Remark>La salle Cézanne, c’est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au deuxième étage</Remark><Speaker>Bernard</Speaker><Remark>Les téléphones, ils sont où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>au premier étage</Remark><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>La salle de projection, elle est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Au sous-sol</Remark><Speaker>Annie</Speaker><Remark>La bibliothèque, elle est où ?</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>En haut</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph><i>Posez les questions au robot</i>.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Check your answers against the audio and in the transcript.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_024"><Heading>Making liaisons with words beginning with ‘h’</Heading><Paragraph>You may have noticed the pronunciation of the words <i>en haut</i> at the end of Extract 67. The letter ‘h’ plays a special role in the pronunciation of French words. Sometimes it is sounded and sometimes not. For example a word like <i>heure</i> is treated as though it actually began with the letters ‘eu’ pronounced as [<smallCaps>ŒR</smallCaps>]. Consequently in combinations like <i>trois heures, deux hommes</i> etc., the last consonant of the first word is sounded – in this case as [<i>z</i>] – to link it to the second word and make a liaison (see <CrossRef idref="box001_003">Making Liasons</CrossRef>).</Paragraph></Box></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_009_003"><Title>2.9.3 Understanding notices</Title><Activity id="act001_047"><Heading>Activité 47</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_012"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>un sac à dos</td><td><i>rucksack</i></td></tr><tr><td>accéder à</td><td><i>to enter</i></td></tr><tr><td>une poussette</td><td><i>a pushchair</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Look at this notice inside the museum. Note which of the items in the table below are permitted and which are forbidden.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez la notice et notez les actions autorisées et interdites</i>.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_i045"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i045i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="cfb70c2f" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i045i.jpg" x_imagewidth="388" x_imageheight="192"/></Figure><Table id="tbl020"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>Autorisé</th><th>Interdit</th></tr><tr><td>Fumer</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Photos avec flash</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Poussettes</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Manger dans les salles du musée</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Sacs à dos</td><td/><td/></tr><tr><td>Toucher aux oeuvres exposées</td><td/><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl035"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th/><th>Autorisé</th><th>Interdit</th></tr><tr><td>Fumer</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Photos avec flash</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Poussettes</td><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td><td/></tr><tr><td>Manger dans les salles du musée</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Sacs à dos</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr><tr><td>Toucher aux œuvres exposées</td><td/><td><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/tick.gif" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="6ab46005" x_imagesrc="tick.gif" x_imagewidth="9" x_imageheight="9"/></InlineFigure></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_048"><Heading>Activité 48</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_013"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>courir </td><td><i>to run</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Create notices for display in a library by choosing from the forbidden or tolerated behaviours below.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Composez des affiches</i>.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl021"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th>Autorisé</th><th>Interdit</th></tr><tr><td>ll est permis de…</td><td>ll est interdit de…</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Figure id="fig001_i046"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i046i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="d3b32b41" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i046i.jpg" x_imagewidth="338" x_imageheight="207"/></Figure></Question><Answer><Paragraph>This is what you might have written. Don't forget to change the <i>de</i> into <i>d′</i> in front of a vowel sound and, when speaking, to pronounce it as one word.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Notice</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><b><i>Dans la bibliothèque</i></b></Paragraph><Paragraph>ll est permis:</Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>de laisser les journaux sur les tables</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>d'utiliser l'ordinateur</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>d'utiliser la photocopieuse</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Paragraph>Il est interdit:</Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>d'utiliser un téléphone portable</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>de prendre des photos</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>d'emporter les dictionnaires</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>de courir</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>de manger et boire</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>de fumer</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_025"><Heading>Understanding what is not allowed</Heading><Paragraph>For the sake of brevity, public notices often show the adjective <i>interdit</i> following a noun referring to the forbidden activity.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl037"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>Passage interdit</i></td><td>no way in</td></tr><tr><td><i>Sortie interdite</i></td><td>no exit</td></tr><tr><td><i>Photos interdites</i></td><td>no photos</td></tr><tr><td><i>Stationnement interdit</i></td><td>no parking</td></tr><tr><td><i>Téléphones portables interdits</i></td><td>no mobile phones</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Note that the ending of <i>interdit</i> agrees with the gender and number of the accompanying noun.  Notice how with plural nouns we add ‘es’ for feminine plural and ‘s’ for masculine plural to <i>interdit</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Sometimes you will see the adjective <i>accepté</i> (<i>dollars acceptés</i>). This too agrees with the noun that precedes it.</Paragraph><Figure id="fig001_i047"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i047i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="b20a25a8" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i047i.jpg" x_imagewidth="174" x_imageheight="223"/></Figure></Box><Activity id="act001_049"><Heading>Activité 49</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Using the word <i>interdit</i> write some notices to display in a theatre for what is not allowed. Use your dictionary to find the vocabulary you need.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écrivez des notices pour un théâtre</i>.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Some notices you might have written:</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Photos interdites</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Entrée interdite</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Sortie interdite</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Jeans interdits</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Shorts interdits</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Boissons interdites</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Téléphones portables interdits</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity></Section><Section id="sec002_010"><Title>Section 2.10</Title><SubSection id="sec002_010_001"><Title>2.10.1 Years</Title><Paragraph>In this session you visit the musée Angladon-Dubrujeaud, where you find out about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Key Learning Points</b></Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Understanding and using the numbers 70 to 100</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Identifying and using dates (years)</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Distinguishing between <InlineFigure>	<Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i048i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="a9f1c029" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i048i.jpg" x_imagewidth="14" x_imageheight="13"/></InlineFigure> as in <i>vin</i> and [ã] as in <i>vent</i></Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList><Activity id="act001_050"><Heading>Activité 50</Heading><Question><Paragraph>You met the numbers 1 to 69 and 1,000 (<i>mille</i>). You will need these to understand and use dates in French. Here are just a few of them. Say them aloud.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Prononcez à haute voix</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>13 – 54 – 21 – 42 – 19 – 33 – 26 – 45 – 68 – 57</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>You can go back and listen to Extracts 52, 53 and 54 if you are unsure of the pronunciation.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>treize</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>cinquante-quatre</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vingt et un</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quarante-deux</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>dix-neuf</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>trente-trois</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>vingt-six</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quarante-cinq</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>soixante-huit</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>cinquante-sept</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_051"><Heading>Activité 51</Heading><Question><Paragraph>To be able to say years, you need to learn more numbers. Listen to the following in Extract 68 and repeat.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et répétez.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_030" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_030s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_030s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="c1303aa8"><Caption>Audio 30</Caption></MediaContent><Paragraph>70 – 71 – 72 – 79</Paragraph><Paragraph>80 –81 –82</Paragraph><Paragraph>90 –91</Paragraph><Paragraph>100</Paragraph></Question><Answer><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Extrait 68</b></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>soixante-dix</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>soixante et onze</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>soixante-douze</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>soixante-dix-neuf</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quatre-vingts</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quatre-vingt-un</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quatre-vingt-deux</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quatre-vingt-dix</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>quatre-vingt-onze</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>cent</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="bx001"><Heading>Les chifferes dans la francophonie</Heading><Paragraph>In some countries where French is spoken, for example, in Belgium, Switzerland, the Congo and Rwanda you will hear:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl022"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td><i>septante</i></td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td><i>nonante</i></td><td>90</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Quebec follows the French system which is:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl023"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>70</td><td><i>soixante dix</i></td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td><i>quatre-vingts</i></td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td><i>quatre-vingt-dix</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Box><Activity id="act001_052"><Heading>Activité 52</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Listen to Extract 69 and put the dates in the order in which you hear them.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Numérotez les dates par ordre d' audition.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_031" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_031s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_031s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="a49f9926"><Caption>Audio 31</Caption></MediaContent><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>(a) 1789</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(b) 1830</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(c) 1870</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(d) 1936</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>(e) 1968</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>2. Listen to Extract 70. Write down the dates you hear.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez l' extrait et notez.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_032" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_032s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_032s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="de691742"><Caption>Audio 32</Caption></MediaContent><Paragraph>3. Now say the dates out loud. Listen to Extract 70 again, to check that you are saying them accurately.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Dites les dates à haute voix et réécoutez l' extrait.</Paragraph></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>The correct order is: (c), (d), (a), (b), (e).</Paragraph><Paragraph>To check how these dates are spelled, refer to the transcripts below.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>2001 deux mille un</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>1961 mille neuf cent soixante et un</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>1958 mille neuf cent cinquante-huit</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>2017 deux mille dix-sept</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>1984 mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>1991 mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-onze</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcripts below.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 69</b></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>mille huit cent soixante-dix</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>mille neuf cent trente-six</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>mille sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>mille huit cent trente</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>mille neuf cent soixante-huit</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 70</b></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>2001</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>1961</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>1958</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>2017</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>1984</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>1991</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_0015a"><Heading> Identifying and using dates (years)</Heading><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Dates are formed using a combination of the numbers you have come across:</Paragraph><Paragraph>800 = (8 × 100) <i>hiut cents</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>1968 = (1,000 + 900 + 68) <i>mille neuf cent soixante-huit</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>1812 = (1,000 + 800 + 12) <i>mille huit cent douze</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>2006 = ( 2 × 1000 + 6) <i> deux mille six</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>Make sure you add <i>cent</i> when giving a year (this is omitted in English).</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>You can use dates in several ways to describe events:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i><b>En</b> 1968, il y a des troubles violents à Paris</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>In</b> 1968, there were violent disturbances in Paris.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>François Mitterrand est président de la République <b>de</b> 1981 <b>à</b> 1995.</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>François Mitterrand was President of the Republic <b>from</b> 1981 <b>to</b> 1995.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Figure id="fig001_i050"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i050i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="07ae4dd4" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i050i.jpg" x_imagewidth="285" x_imageheight="330"/></Figure></Box></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_010_002"><Title>2.10.2 Le musée Angladon-Dubrujeaud</Title><Activity id="act001_053"><Heading>Activité 53</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 71 in which you hear a museum guide talking about van Gogh. Match the events to the dates on which they occurred and put them in chronological order.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Trouvez les bonnes dates et remettez-les dans l'ordre.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_033" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_033s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_033s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="0bb6d487"><Caption>Audio 33</Caption><Transcript><Speaker>Framboise</Speaker><Remark>Extrait 71</Remark><Speaker>Philippe</Speaker><Remark>Vincent van Gogh est né en 1853.</Remark><Remark>Enfant, il habite dans un petit village hollandais.</Remark><Remark>En suite, il habite à la Haye, à Londres, et à Paris.</Remark><Remark>En 1877 il va à Amsterdam.</Remark><Remark>Il fait des études de théologie.</Remark><Remark>En 1879 il passe un an en Belgique.</Remark><Remark>En 1880 il va à Bruxelles.</Remark><Remark>A Bruxelles il étudie l’art.</Remark><Remark>En 1886, il va à Paris</Remark><Remark>De 1886 à 1888, il habite à Paris, avec son frère Théo.</Remark><Remark>En 1888 il va à Arles.</Remark><Remark>Il passe un an à Arles, de 1888 à 1889.</Remark><Remark>Vincent est mort en juillet1890.</Remark></Transcript></MediaContent><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i051i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="db1d877e" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i051i.jpg" x_imagewidth="330" x_imageheight="220"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph></Question><Answer><Table id="tbl036"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>Vincent van Gogh est né</td><td>en 1853</td></tr><tr><td>Il va à Amsterdam</td><td>en 1877</td></tr><tr><td>Il passe un an en Belgique</td><td>en 1879</td></tr><tr><td>Il fait des études à Bruxelles</td><td>en 1880</td></tr><tr><td>Il habite à Paris</td><td>de 1886 à 1888</td></tr><tr><td>Il passe un an à Arles</td><td>de 1888 à 1889</td></tr><tr><td>Il est mort</td><td>en 1890</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Answer></Activity><Box id="box001_026"><Paragraph>Distinguishing between <InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i052i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="aafc5ae8" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i052i.jpg" x_imagewidth="22" x_imageheight="25"/></InlineFigure> as in ‘vin’ and [ã] as in ‘vent’</Paragraph><Paragraph>The name Vincent contains two nasal vowels.</Paragraph><Paragraph><InlineFigure><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i053i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="2dc9be30" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i053i.jpg" x_imagewidth="79" x_imageheight="42"/></InlineFigure></Paragraph><Paragraph>It is vital to differentiate between these nasal vowels both in listening and speaking. Sometimes they are all that distinguishes between words appearing in similar locations, but with different meanings.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Il y a beaucoup de vent aujourd'hui.</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>There's a strong wind blowing today.</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><i>Il y a un bon vin aujourd'hui.</i></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>We have a really good wine in today.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Box><Activity id="act001_054"><Heading>Activité 54</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 72 and note down whichever word is said first, in each of the following pairs.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et notez le premier mot.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_034" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_034s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_034s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="da43ca79"><Caption>Audio 34</Caption></MediaContent><Table id="tbl025"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>bain</td><td>banc</td><td>rein</td><td>rang</td></tr><tr><td>cinq</td><td>cent</td><td>sang</td><td>sain</td></tr><tr><td>gain</td><td>gant</td><td>teinte</td><td>tente</td></tr><tr><td>penser</td><td>pincer</td><td>roman</td><td>romain</td></tr><tr><td>plan</td><td>plein</td><td>vin</td><td>vent</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Paragraph>The first word you hear in each pair is in bold.</Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph><b>bain</b> banc</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>cinq</b> cent</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>gain</b> gant</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>pincer <b>penser</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>plein <b>plan</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>rein</b> rang</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>sain <b>sang</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>teinte</b> tente</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>romain <b>roman</b></Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph><b>vin</b> ven</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_010_003"><Title>2.10.3 </Title><Activity id="act001_055"><Heading>Activité 55</Heading><Question><Paragraph>1. Click 'View document' below to read the transcript of Extract 71 and note the verbs.</Paragraph><Paragraph><olink targetdoc="l192_1_033s">View document</olink></Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Lisez et notez les verbes</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>2. Match each verb to its infinitive below. Some verbs occur several times. Check the meaning of any unfamiliar words in the dictionary. <i>Reliez chaque verbe à un infinitif.</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>aller</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>étudier</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>faire</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>habiter</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>mourir</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>naítre</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>passer</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Paragraph>3. Write a summary of the life of Charles de Gaulle using as many of these verbs as possible. The prompts below will help you.</Paragraph><Quote id="quo001"><Paragraph><i>Résumez la vie de Charles de Gaulle.</i></Paragraph><Paragraph>1890 – Lille – né</Paragraph><Paragraph>Enfance – Paris</Paragraph><Paragraph>1900–1906 – études – Collège des jésuites</Paragraph><Paragraph>1909 – service militaire</Paragraph><Paragraph>1910 – École spéciale militaire – Saint-Cyr</Paragraph><Paragraph>1912–1940 – Soldat de métier</Paragraph><Paragraph>1916–1918 – Allemagne – prisonnier – deux ans</Paragraph><Paragraph>1940 – Londres</Paragraph><Paragraph>1943–1944 – Alger</Paragraph><Paragraph>1944–1945 – Chef du gouvernement d'unanimité nationale</Paragraph><Paragraph>1958–1969 – Président de la République</Paragraph><Paragraph>1970 – Colombey-les-Deux-Églises – mort</Paragraph></Quote></Question><Answer><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>1. You should have noted the verbs that are underlined below</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Quote id="quo002"><Paragraph>Vincent van Gogh <u>est né</u> en 1853.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Enfant, il <u>habite</u> dans un petit village hollandais.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Ensuite, il <u>habite</u> à la Haye, à Londres, et à Paris.</Paragraph><Paragraph>En 1877 il <u>va</u> à Amsterdam.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Il <u>fait</u> des études de théologie.</Paragraph><Paragraph>En 1879 il <u>passe</u> un an en Belgique.</Paragraph><Paragraph>En 1880 il <u>va</u> à Bruxelles. À Bruxelles il <u>étudie</u> l'art.</Paragraph><Paragraph>En 1886, il <u>va</u> à Paris.</Paragraph><Paragraph>De 1886 à 1888, il <u>habite</u> à Paris, avec son frère Théo.</Paragraph><Paragraph>En 1888 il <u>va</u> à Arles.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Il <u>passe</u> un an à Arles, de 1888 à 1889.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Vincent <u>est mort</u> (<i>he died</i>) en juillet 1890.</Paragraph></Quote><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>2. you should have the following answers</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Quote id="quo003"><Paragraph>aller il va</Paragraph><Paragraph>étudier il étudie</Paragraph><Paragraph>faire il fait</Paragraph><Paragraph>habiter il habite</Paragraph><Paragraph>mourir Vincent est mort*</Paragraph><Paragraph>naître Vincent van Gogh est né*</Paragraph><Paragraph>passer il passe</Paragraph><Paragraph>* <i>il est né</i> and <i>il est mort</i> are perfect tense forms.</Paragraph></Quote><UnNumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>3. Here is a summary of the life of Charles de Gaulle.</Paragraph></ListItem></UnNumberedList><Quote id="quo004"><Paragraph>Charles de Gaulle est né à Lille en 1890. Il passe son enfance à Paris. Il fait des études au Collège des jésuites, de 1900 à 1906. Il fait son service militaire en 1909. Il entre à l'École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr en 1910. Il est soldat de métier de 1912 à 1940. Il passe deux ans comme prisonnier en Allemagne de 1916 à 1918. Il va à Londres en 1940. Il habite un an à Alger de 1943 à 1944. ll est chef du gouvernement d'unanimité nationale de 1944 à 1945. Il est président de la République de 1958 à 1969. Il est mort à Colombey-les-Deux-Églises en 1970.</Paragraph></Quote></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec_002_011"><Title>Section 2.11</Title><SubSection id="sec002_011_001"><Title>2.11.1 Revision: choosing and booking hotels</Title><Paragraph>In this session, you will revise choosing and booking hotel rooms, understanding directions, identifying and using dates (years).</Paragraph><Activity id="act001_056"><Heading>Activité 56</Heading><Question><Table id="tab_014"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Vocabulaire</th></tr><tr><td>trois étages (m. pl.)</td><td><i>three floors</i></td></tr><tr><td>accueil (m.) personnes handicapées</td><td><i>we welcome guests with disabilities</i></td></tr><tr><td>un hôtel deux étoiles</td><td><i>a two-star hotel</i></td></tr><tr><td>tranquille </td><td><i>quiet</i></td></tr><tr><td>à proximité</td><td><i>nearby</i></td></tr><tr><td>paisible</td><td><i>peaceful</i></td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>You are looking for a hotel to stay in during a short visit to Avignon. The details of some of the main hotels in the town are given below.</Paragraph><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Choose hotels for the different requirements below.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Choisissez un hôtel en fonction des détails suivants</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) You are unable to climb stairs.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) You prefer modern hotels (two possibilities).</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) You want a hotel in its own grounds.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) You like to have a daily swim (two possibilities).</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) You're travelling in a motor caravan.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) You like eating outdoors in summer (two possibilities).</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(g) You need an additional bed for a small child.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(h) You're looking for a base from which to tour the region.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>How many of the hotels…</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Combien d'hôtels</i></Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) … are in the centre of town?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) … clearly have their own restaurant?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) … claim to have facilities for guests with disabilities?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList><Figure id="fig001_054a"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i054i.jpg" webthumbnail="true" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="0951529e" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i054i.jpg" x_imagewidth="780" x_imageheight="1256" x_smallsrc="l192_1_i054i.small.jpg" x_smallfullsrc="https://openuniv.sharepoint.com/sites/informal-lrning/l192_1/10/l192_1_i054i.small.jpg" x_smallwidth="512" x_smallheight="824"/></Figure></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>These are the hotels you are likely to choose:</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) (A), (D), (E), (I)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) (F), (G)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) (H)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) (H), (I)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) (A)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(f) (B), (I)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(g) (E)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(h) (C)</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Three: (D), (E) and (G)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Four: (A), (B), (D) and (I)</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) Three: (D), (E) and (I). (A) welcomes disabled people, but mentions no facilities for them.</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem></NumberedList></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_057"><Heading>Activité 57</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>You want to book a hotel room in l'Hôtel Métropole. Note down how to say the following.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Écrivez l'équivalent français</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) l'd like to book a room.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) It's for two people for three nights.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) It's there a car park nearby?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Is there an additional bed in the bedroom?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) How much is it?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Listen to Extract 73 to help you revise booking a hotel room. Speak after each prompt.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph>Écoutez et parlez dans les pauses.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_035" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_035s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_035s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="52b1355e"><Caption>Audio 35</Caption></MediaContent></Question><Answer><NumberedList><ListItem><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>(a) Je voudrais réserver une chambre.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(b) C'est pour deux personnes pour trois nuits.</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(c) Il y a un parking à proximité?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(d) Il y a un lit supplémentaire dans la chambre?</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>(e) C'est combien?</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Check your answers on the audio and in the transcript below.</Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList><Paragraph><b>Extrait 73</b></Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Bonjour. Vous désirez?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say you'd like to reserve a room</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Je voudrais réserver une chambre.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui monsieur, pour combien de personnes?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say it's for two people</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est pour deux personnes.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Et pour combien de nuits?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say it's for three nights</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Pour trois nuits.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Vous arrivez quand, monsieur?</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Say on September 23</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Le 23 septembre.</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionnist</b> Oui, il y a une chambre de libre, du 23 au 26 septembre.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask how much it is</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> C'est combien?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Quatre-vingt-cinq euros.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if there is a car park nearby</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a un parking à proximité?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b>e Oui monsieur, il y a un parking fermé à proximité.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Ask if there is an additional bed in the room</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> ll y a un lit supplémentaire dans la chambre?</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>La réceptionniste</b> Oui monsieur, il y a un lit supplémentaire.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>(Tell her that's fine</i>.)</Paragraph><Paragraph><b>Vous</b> Bon, d'accord.</Paragraph></Answer></Activity></SubSection><SubSection id="sec002_011_002"><Title>2.11.2 Revision: directions and dates</Title><Activity id="act001_058"><Heading>Activité 58</Heading><Question><Paragraph>In Extract 74 we asked some Avignonnais for directions. Listen and match the places, times and means of transport, according to their answers.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Écoutez et reliez les expressions.</Paragraph><MediaContent height="" id="mp3_036" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_036s.mp3" type="audio" width="" x_manifest="l192_1_036s_1_server_manifest.xml" x_filefolderhash="d0186c96" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="02f90ead"><Caption>Audio 36</Caption></MediaContent><Table id="tbl026"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>le commissariat</td><td/><td>5 minutes</td><td>en voiture</td></tr><tr><td>l'office du tourisme</td><td>est à environ</td><td>7 minutes</td><td>à pied</td></tr><tr><td>l'hôpital</td><td/><td>10 minutes</td><td>en bus</td></tr><tr><td>la gare</td><td/><td>15 minutes</td><td/></tr><tr><td/><td/><td>20 minutes</td><td/></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Make up four phrases to express where the destinations are. Here's how:</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Faites quatre phrases</i>.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Le commissariat est à environ ______minutes_______.</Paragraph>  </ListItem></NumberedList><Figure id="fig001_i055"><Image height="" src="https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/pluginfile.php/84235/mod_oucontent/oucontent/709/l192_1_i055i.jpg" x_folderhash="d0186c96" x_contenthash="8e438657" x_imagesrc="l192_1_i055i.jpg" x_imagewidth="288" x_imageheight="384"/></Figure></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1/2 Le commissariat est à environ sept minutes à pied.</Paragraph><Paragraph>L'office du tourisme est à environ quinze minutes à pied.</Paragraph><Paragraph>L'hôpital est à environ dix minutes en voiture et à environ vingt minutes en bus.</Paragraph><Paragraph>La gare est à environ cinq minutes en voiture.</Paragraph><Paragraph>You may have noticed that the last speaker said <i>à cinq minutes environ</i>, which is also correct.</Paragraph><Paragraph>Click on 'View document' below to see the transcript to the audio clip above.</Paragraph><Paragraph><olink targetdoc="l192_1_036s">View document</olink></Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_059"><Heading>Activité 59</Heading><Question><Paragraph>Match the French words in the left-hand column with their English equivalents in the right-hand column.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Trouvez les équivalents</i>.</Paragraph><Table id="tbl027"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>1 un parking</td><td>(a) trainers</td></tr><tr><td>2 un pull</td><td>(b) shampoo</td></tr><tr><td>3 un camping</td><td>(c) a car park</td></tr><tr><td>4 les baskets</td><td>(d) a jumper</td></tr><tr><td>5 un self</td><td>(e) a camp site</td></tr><tr><td>6 le shampooing</td><td>(f) a coach</td></tr><tr><td>7 un car</td><td>(g) a self-service restaurant</td></tr><tr><td>8 une phrase</td><td>(h) exchange</td></tr><tr><td>9 un voyage</td><td>(i) change</td></tr><tr><td>10 la monnaie</td><td>(j) fantastic</td></tr><tr><td>11 le change</td><td>(k) a sentence</td></tr><tr><td>12 formidable</td><td>(l) likeable</td></tr><tr><td>13 sympathique</td><td>(m) a journey</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1 (c), 2 (d), 3 (e), 4 (a), 5 (g), 6 (b), 7 (f), 8 (k), 9 (m), 10 (i), 11 (h), 12 (j), 13 (l)</Paragraph></Answer></Activity><Activity id="act001_060"><Heading>Activité 60</Heading><Question><NumberedList><ListItem><Paragraph>Say these dates.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Dites ces dates</i>.</Paragraph><UnNumberedSubsidiaryList><SubListItem><Paragraph>04/04/2004</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>25/01/1963</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>01/07/1978</Paragraph></SubListItem><SubListItem><Paragraph>16/09/1999</Paragraph></SubListItem></UnNumberedSubsidiaryList></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>Say the date you were born.</Paragraph><Paragraph><i>Votre date de naissance?</i></Paragraph></ListItem></NumberedList></Question><Answer><Paragraph>1 You should have said:</Paragraph><BulletedList><ListItem><Paragraph>le quatre avril, deux mille quatre</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>le vingt-cinq janvier, mille neuf cent soixante-trois</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>le premier juillet, mille neuf cent soixante-dix-huit</Paragraph></ListItem><ListItem><Paragraph>le seize septembre, mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf</Paragraph></ListItem></BulletedList></Answer></Activity></SubSection></Section><Section id="sec002_012"><Title>2.12 Faites le bilan: Sessions 6 – 10</Title><Paragraph>Now that you have finished the last five sessions of this course, you should be able to:</Paragraph><Table id="tbl028"><TableHead/><tbody><tr><td>Tell the time</td></tr><tr><td>Ask and pay for goods and services</td></tr><tr><td>Understand and give directions in a building</td></tr><tr><td>Understand what is and is not allowed</td></tr><tr><td>Identify and use dates</td></tr><tr><td>Use expressions of time</td></tr><tr><td>Use the numbers 70 to 100</td></tr></tbody><SourceReference/></Table><Paragraph>Make a note when you think you can do each point. 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