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Getting started with French 2
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2 Fast food in France

In France the word ‘fast-food’ can refer to quickly prepared snacks, like burgers and chips, or to the outlets which sell them. Types of ‘restauration rapide include the ‘sandwicherie or ‘cafétéria. While ‘les fast-foods are increasingly popular in France, particularly with the young, many people disapprove of the food sold in them, describing it as ‘la malbouffe (‘junk food’).

Is fast food popular in your country? What are the different attitudes to it?

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Figure 2 Fast food

Activity 2

Part 1

We asked six French people if they liked fast food. Listen to the recording and select the right answer.

Vocabulaire

J’y vais de temps en temps I go there from time to time

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a. 

Elle aime.


b. 

Elle n’aime pas.


The correct answer is b.

a. 

Il aime.


b. 

Il n’aime pas.


The correct answer is b.

a. 

Elle aime.


b. 

Elle n’aime pas.


The correct answer is b.

a. 

Il aime.


b. 

Il n’aime pas.


The correct answer is a.

a. 

Il aime.


b. 

Il n’aime pas.


The correct answer is b.

a. 

Il aime.


b. 

Il n’aime pas.


The correct answer is a.

Part 2

Now listen to the recording again and find out who says what. Select the correct phrase from the options given.

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a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is b.

a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is a.

a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is c.

a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is d.

a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is a.

a. 

J’ai horreur des fast-foods.


b. 

Je déteste les fast-foods.


c. 

Je n’aime pas les fast-foods.


d. 

J’aime assez les fast-foods.


e. 

J’aime beaucoup les fast-foods.


The correct answer is e.