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LESSON NOTES

French Listening Comprehension


for Absolute Beginners #14
Talking About Vacation Plans in
French

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences

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FRENCH

1. Un homme et une femme parlent.

2. Que va faire la femme pendant ses vacances d'été?

3. As-tu déjà planifié tes vacances d'été?

4. Pas encore. Je pense que j'aimerais aller à la mer ou à la montagne.

5. Je vais à la mer avec mes amis. Nous allons faire du surf.

6. C'est sympa.

7. Pourquoi ne viens-tu pas avec nous?

8. Ce serait amusant. Oui je viens avec vous!

ENGLISH

1. A man and a woman are talking.

2. What is the woman going to do during summer vacation?

3. Have you already planned your summer vacation?

4. Not yet. I think I'd like to go to the sea or the mountains.

5. I'm going to the sea with my friends. We're going surfing.

6. That's nice.

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7. Why don't you come with us?

8. That would be fun. Yes, I'll go with you!

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

été summer noun masculine

parler to speak, to talk verb

pendant while, during preposition

vacances vacation noun feminine

penser to think verb

mer sea noun feminine

montagne mountain noun feminine

faire du surf surfing noun

amusante fun noun, adjective feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Ma saison pér éfér ée est l'ét é. L'ét é est ma saison pr éfér ée

"My favourite season is summer." "Summer is my favorite season."

L'ét é est la saison chaude. Elle avait besoin de lui par ler
ur gemment .
"Summer is the hot season."
"She needed to talk to him
urgently."

T u n'as pas encor e par lé de la par lons-en!


r éunion d'aujour d'hui!
"Let's talk about it!"
"You haven't talked about today's
meeting yet!"

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Il a par lé de son nouveau pr ojet . T u par les espagnol ?

"He talked about his new project." "Do you speak Spanish?"

A chaque saison de vacances on J e vais aller à la plage pendant mes


t r ouve des soldes de par t out . vacances.

"Every holiday season you will find "I will go to the beach during my
a bargain sale in every corner." summer vacation."

J 'ai lu le jour nal pendant ma pause Elle aime lir e le jour nal pendant
déjeuner . qu'elle pr end son pet it déjeuner .

"I read the newspaper during my "She likes to read the paper while
lunch break." she has breakfast."

Ces vacances d'hiver je vais aller Mes vacances sont en juillet et en


skier avec mon fr èr e. décembr e.

"T his winter vacation I am going "My vacations are in July and
skiing with my brother." December."

Ils pensent que nous ne connaissons Ne pense pas t r op à la r éponse.


pas leur s plans.
"Do not think about the answer too
"T hey think that we don't know much."
their plans."

Il pense que c'est une négociat ion J 'ai peur de la mer et de sa faune.
difficile.
"I'm afraid of the sea and its fauna."
"He thinks that it is a difficult
negotiation."

J 'ai gr impé une mont agne appelée Fair e du ski en mont agne. / Une
Fuji pendant mon voyage au J apon. balade en mont agne.

"I climbed a mountain called Fuji "T o ski in the mountain. / Mountain
during my trip to Japan." hiking."

Quel sent iment exalt ant de se t enir J 'aime la plage, cependant , j'aime
sur le sommet d'une mont agne! aussi la mont agne.

"What an uplifting feeling to stand "I like the beach, however, I also
on the top of a mountain." like the mountain."

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la der nièr e fois que j'ai fait du sur f j'ai Les gens emmènent leur s chiens
failli mour ir . dans des par cs pour chiens pour
passer de moment s amusant s.
"T he last time I went surfing I
almost died." "People take their dogs to dog
parks to have some fun moments."

Les gens peuvent êt r e amusant s. J e t r ouve cet t e hist oir e amusant e.

"People can be funny." "I find this story very funny."

Ce film est moins amusant que je le pensais.

"T his movie is less amusing than I thought."

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