Section 2.7
2.7.1 Les musées d'Avignon
In this session, you decide to visit one of the museums in Avignon.
Key Learning Points
Telling the time
Buying tickets
Paying for goods and services
Activité 32
Look up these days of the week in your dictionary and put them in order.
Remettez dans l'ordre les jours de la semaine.
Answer
dimanche (Sunday), lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi
LEARNING VOCABULARY
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.
| Vocabulaire | |
|---|---|
| beaux-arts (m. pl.) | fine art |
| la ferronnerie | wrought ironwork |
| il ouvre | it's open |
| il ferme | it's closed |
| les jours fériés (m.pl.) | public holidays |
Activité 33
Look at the extract on the musée Calvet taken from a guide book and answer the questions in English.
Répondez aux questions.
What can you see at the musée Calvet?
Which days is the museum open?
Which days is it closed?
How much is an entry ticket?
Answer
Fine art (beaux-arts), paintings (peinture), sculpture and a collection of wrought ironwork (ferronnerie).
Wednesday to Sunday.
Monday, Tuesday and on public holidays.
6 euros.