LESSON NOTES

Lower Intermediate S1 #1
Because I Said So! Thats All You
Need to Know!

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Informal French
Informal English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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INFORMAL FRENCH
1.

Lazy Zacharie:

Je suis si triste !

2.

Tranquil mile:

Pourquoi ?

3.

Lazy Zacharie:

Parce que mon patron ma renvoy.

4.

Tranquil mile:

Oh non, tu es au chmage ?

5.

Lazy Zacharie:

Oui. Je dois aller l A.N.P.E.. Je dois crire mon C.V.. Je dois

chercher du travail.

6.

Tranquil mile:

Bah ne tinquite pas, sois tranquille comme mile.

INFORMAL ENGLISH
1.

Lazy Zachary:

Im so sad!

2.

Tranquil Emile:

Why?

3.

Lazy Zachary:

Because my boss fired me!

4.

Tranquil Emile:

Oh, no! Are you out of work?

5.

Lazy Zachary:

Yes, I have to go to the employment agency. I have to write a

resume. I have to look for a job!

6.

Tranquil Emile:

Don't worry, be cool as Emile.

VOCABULARY

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English

C lass

Ge nde r

patron

boss

noun

masculine

chmage

unemployment

noun

masculine

ANPE

employment agency

acronym

crire

to write

irregular verb

CV - Curriculum Vitae

resume

acronym used as a
masculine noun

chercher

to look for

regular verb

travail

work

noun

s'inquiter

to worry

verb

tranquille

tranquil, calm

adjective

comme

as

conjunction

triste

sad

adjective

pourquoi

why

adverb

parce que

because

locution

fired

past participle of
renvoyer

renvoy

masculine

masculine

masculine or
feminine

masculine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Mon patron me donne les consignes de
scurit.

Le chmage est de 5%.

"The unemployment rate is 5%."

"My boss gives me the safety

instructions."
L'ANPE est une agence pour l'emploi.

"The ANPE is an employment

agency."

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crire un blog est comme crire un

journal, mais sur Internet.

"Writing a blog is like writing a

journal, but on the Internet."

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Il peut crire une synthse.

Mon CV est en anglais.

"He can write a synthesis."

"My resume is in English."

Il va chercher un emploi stable.

Aimes-tu ton travail?

"He is going to look for a stable job."

Do you like your work?

Ne t'inquites pas, tu es trop proccup.

La rue est tranquille.

"Don't worry, you are too

preoccupied."

"The street is calm."

Tu es sympa comme lui.

Je suis triste car mon chien est mort.

"You are nice as he is."

"I'm sad because my dog died."

Elle est triste.

Pourquoi es-tu triste?

"She is sad."

"Why are you sad?"

Elle ne le rappelle pas parce quelle est trop

occupe.

L'entreprise a renvoy 100 employs.

"She isnt calling him back because

she is too busy."

"The company has fired 100

employees."

GRAMMAR
Give a reason or explanation.
Pourquoi/parce que
To ask for an explanation or a reason for something, use the interrogative adverb pourquoi,
which means "why." The most common way to respond to a question with pourquoi is to use
parce que (because). Parce que is a subordinating conjunction and can begin a sentence.
Parce que introduces a cause, explanation, or motive and it explains why something is done.
Example:
Pourquoi tu es chez le docteur?
"Why are you at the doctor's office?"
Je suis chez le docteur parce que mon fils est malade.
"I'm at the doctor's office because my son is sick."

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Pourquoi tu es pauvre?
"Why are you poor?"
Parce je n'ai pas d'argent, je suis pauvre.
"Because I don't have any money, I am poor."

CULTURAL INSIGHT
A.N.P.E.
The A.N.P.E. is an acronym for the Agence Nationale Pour l'emploi (National agency for the
Employment). This agency is a public institution managed by the French Minister of Economy,
Finance and Employment. They created the institution in 1967 to centralize and calculate
employment statistics, as well as to establish centers to help unemployed people to look for a
job.
The UNEDIC is part of a public service of employment, which is in charge of issuing
unemployment insurance to people who are looking for a job.
In 2008, Nicolas Sarkozy made plans to merge the A.N.P.E. and the UNEDIC in order to
simplify the process though a common computer database and create a unique file for each
unemployed individual, all of which both entities would share.
*In 2009 it merged with UNEDIC and it's known nowadays as Ple Emploi

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