Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for French

R: Love Locks on Bridges

1. Carolyn Barnabo and C...

cause it ws romantic thg to do.

2. Which sentence...

follows an Italian tradition.

3. The phrase “padlocks...

padlocks have appeared in great quantities and vry quickly.

4. The municipal aut…

when part of a històric bridge fell cause of weight of the locks.

5. The city of Paris is putting panels of ...

prevent the damage that the locks cause.

6. According to the text, padlock sellers...

are making profits from this epidemic.

7. Lovelocks...

can now be found in a variety of places.

8. Lisa Anselmo thinks that it...

to assign a place for people to attach their locks.

R: Esperanto and Universal Communication

1. Who was Doktoro Es?

The invntr of n artificial ne lan.

2. According to the text, Zamenhof was..

Vocabulary

Social Interaction

• Connect people: Ponerse en contacto con gente
• Turn away: No dejar entrar
• Build bridges between: Acercar/reconciliar
• Isolate: Aislar
• Shut out: Dejar al margen
• Bring together: Reunir, juntar

Society and Rights

• Equal rights: Igualdad de derechos
• Stereotypes: Estereotipos
• Prejudice: Prejuicios
• Diversity: Diversidad
• Racism: Racismo
• Tolerance: Tolerancia
• Segregation: Segregación
• Cooperation: Cooperación

Activism and Politics

• Lobby: Presionar
• Policies: Política / medidas
• Manifestos: Manifiesto
• Empower: Conceder poder
• Cause: Causa
• Bill: Cuenta / Proyecto de ley
• Social unrest: Descontento social
• Mobilize: Movilizar
• Overthrow: Derrocar
• Issue: Tema / asunto
• Signatures: Firmas
• Movement: Movimiento
• Activism: Activismo
• Dissent: Desacuerdo

Verbs and Prepositions

• Suffer

Common Homophones

• I'll, isle, aisle
• Eight, ate
• Bear, bare
• Be, bee, b
• Blue, blew
• Break, brake
• Buy, by, bye
• Sell, cell
• Sent, cent
• Dear, deer
• Die, dye
• Fair, fare
• Flee, flea
• Flower, flour
• Guest, guessed
• Heal, heel
• Hear, here
• Hole, whole
• Our, hour
• In, inn
• Its, it's
• New, knew
• Not, knot
• No, know
• Made, maid
• Male, mail
• Meet, meat
• Night, knight
• Pear, pair, pare
• Pale, pail
• Pray, prey
• Rain, reign, rein
• Real, reel
• Write, right, rite
• Road, rowed, rode
• Peace, piece
• Roll, role
• Sale, sail
• Sea, see, c
• Site, sight, cite
• Sore, soar
• Sole, soul
• Sun, son
• Stare, stair
• Steak, stake
• Steal, steel
• Tale, tail
• Through, threw
• To, too, two
• Vein, vain, vane
• Waste, waist
• Wait, weight
• Way, weigh
• Week, weak
• Would, wood
• Chord, cord

Globalization and Culture

• Americanized/global brand: A word known worldwide.
• Way of life
• Brain drain: Fuga

French Town Vocabulary & Directions

Places in Town

• route : road
• place : square
• rond-point : roundabout
• école secondaire : secondary school
• magasin de chaussures : shoe shop
• centre-ville : town center
• feux de circulation : traffic lights

Prepositions of Place

• derrière : behind
• entre : between
• devant : in front of
• à côté de : next to
• au coin de : on the corner of
• en face de : opposite

Common Expressions

• il y a (deux ans) : two years ago
• se perdre : to get lost
• rester en contact : to keep in touch
• déménager / aller vivre (en Australie) : to move to Australia

Giving Directions

• traverser la rue : to cross the street
• prendre (la rue) : to take the street
• aller tout droit : to go straight ahead
• tourner à gauche / à droite : to turn left / to turn right
• passer

Reported Speech: Mastering the Rules

Reported speech, also known as indirect speech, involves changes to verb tenses, modal verbs, possessive adjectives, and expressions of time and place. These changes primarily occur in declarative and interrogative sentences (statements and questions).

Tense Changes in Reported Speech

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Essential English Vocabulary

• To lose someone's temper: Perder los estribos
• To make someone's blood boil: Hacer hervir la sangre de una persona
• Anger: Ira
• To fume: Echar humo
• Fast-paced: Frenético
• Red mist: Estar muy enfadado
• To curse: Maldecir
• To shove: Empujar
• To cram: Atiborrar / Empollar (colloquial)
• To blame: Culpar
• Ongoing (conversation): En curso
• To fit in something: Encajar
• To lead: Dirigir
• Fair / Unfair: Justo / Injusto
• To annoy / To bother: Molestar
• To pose / To raise / To ask: Hacer una pregunta
• Enquiry: Pregunta
• To be kept on hold: Que se mantenga en espera
• Answering machine: Contestador automático
• Tone: Tono
• Odd: Strange / Weird / Bizarre / Rare
• Even or odd: Par o impar
• Tantrum / Pataleta: Berrinche
• To keep someone's cool: Mantener la calma
• To be in a