Ultimate French Advanced (Coursebook)

401 Pages·2003·108.47 MB·English

by  Living Language

A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK
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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

LEGON 1
A. Dialogue: arrive. (Arrival)
B. En bref (in Brief)

C. Grammaire et usage (Grammar and Usage): 1. Le présent
(The present tense) 2. Questions simples (Simple questions)

D. Jeu de mots (Word Play)

E. Le coin des affaires (Business Corner): Voyager en France

(traveling in France)
Exercices (Vxere

LEGON 2 i
‘A. Dialogue: A Thétel. (At the Hotel)
B Ex bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Les verbes pronominanx (Pronominal
verbs) 2. Les expressions de temps T (Expressions of time 1)

3. Lemplot de “donc” Usage of donc)

D. fen de mots

E. Le coin des affaires: L'expédition (Shipping)
Exercices

LECON 3

A. Dialogue: Au téléphone. (On the Phone.)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Les pranoms objets directs et
indirects (Direct and indirect object pronouns) 2. Futur
et passé immédiats (The immediate future and past)
3. Négation avec “ne” et “pas” (Negation with me and pas)

D. Jeu de mots

E, Le coin des affaires: La télécommunication
(Telecommunication)
Ezorcices

LEGON 4

A. Dialogue: Qu’est-ce qu'on passe & la télé ce soir?
(What's on Television Tonight?)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. La comparaison (Comparison)
2, Les pronoms relatifs (Relative pronouns)

D, Jeu de mots

E. Le coin des affaives: La publicité
Public Relations Advertising)
Exercices

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LEGON 5

‘A. Dialogue: Rendea-vous avec un décorateur. (Meeting with
an Interior Designer.)

B, En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1, Les adjectif démonstratifs
(Demonstrative adjectives) 2. Les pronoms démonstratife
(Demonstrative pronouns) 3. Les adjectif: composés
(Compound adjectives) 4. Lexpression “avoir Cair® (The
expression avoir lair) 5. Lemplui de “guitte a” (Usage
ol quitte @)

D. Jeu de mots

E. Le coin des affaires: La distribution (Distribution)
Fxercices

LECTURE: Interview avec Yes Berger

LEGON 6

A. Dialogue: Un entvetien. (A Job Interview.)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Le passé composé (The present
pericet) 2, Limparfait (The imperfect) 3. Limparfail ou
le passé composé? (Impertect or present perfect?) 4. Le
‘plus-que-parfait (The past perfect) 5. La préposition
“che2” (The preposition chea)

D. Jew de mats

E, Le coin des affaires: Trouver un emploi (Finding a Job)
Exercices

LECON 7

‘A. Dialogue: Un nouveau boulot. (A New Job.)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Ftre ou avoir? (Etre or avoir?)
2. Les expressions de temps I (Expressions of time T1)

D. Jew de mots

E. Le coin des affaires: Organisation du travail
(Company Structure)
Exercices

LEGON &

A. Dialogue: Une histoire d'amour. (A Love Story)

BL En bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Le futur (The future tense)
2, Le futur antérieur (The future perfect) 3. Les pronoms
disinints (Disjunctive pronouns) 4. Savoir et connaitre
(Savoir and connaitre)

D, Jou de mots

TB. Le coin des affaires: Létiquette (Mliquelte)
Exercices

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LEGON 9 126

A. Dialogue: La cuisine, (Cooking) 126
B. En bref 129

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Linfinitif (The infinitive)
2. Le pronom “en” (The pronoun en) 132
1, jeu de mots 135
E. Le coin des affaires: Les repas d'affaires (Insiness Meals) 135
Exercives 137
LEGON 10 138
A. Dialogue: Dans une parfumerie. (In a Perfume Factory.) 138
B. En bref 112

C. Grammaire of usage: 1. Les pronoms interrogatife
(interroyative pronouns) 2. Les adverbes (Adverbs)

3. La forme causative (The causative) 144
D. Jeu de mots 47

E, Le coin des affcives: Lindustrie francaise (French
Industry) t49
Prercices 150
Premidre Révision 151
LECTURE: Eugénie Grandet de Honoré de Baleac 153
LEGON 11 155
A. Dialogue: L'économie, (Economics) 135
B. En bref 158

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. La voix passive (The pus
voice) 2. Le participe présent (Ihe present participle)
3, Le gérondif (The gerund) 4. Difficultés de traduction

(Translation problems) 139

D. Jew de mots 165

E. Le coin des affaires: La banque (Banking) 166

Exercices 169

LECON 12 wi
A. Dialogue: 1a mode, toujours la mode. (Fashion,

‘Always Fashion.) 171

B. fn bref 174

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Le conditionnel présent (Che
present conditional) 2. Comment dire could, would,
et should (How to say “could,” “would,” and “should”)
3. Expressions de concession (Expressions of concession)
D. Jeu de mois
E. Le coin des affisires: La correspondance (Business
Correspondence) 182
Exercices 186,
LEGON 13
AA. Dialogue: La privention médicale, (Medical Prevention.)
B. En bref
C. Grammaire ot usage: 1. Le conditionnel passé (The past

conditional) 2. Comment dire would have, could have,
ef should have (How to say “would have,” “could have,”
and “should have”) 3. Locutions adverbiales (Adverbial
locutions) 4. Rendre + adjectif (Rendre + an adjective)
D. Jeu de mots
E. Le coin des affaives: La médecine (Medicine)
Feereices

LEGON 14

‘A, Dialogue: Comment vous appeleztous? (What's
‘Your Name?)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire ef usage: 1. Verbe + préposition + infinitif
(Verb 4 preposition + infinitive) 2, “Dont” versus ‘Tequel”
(Wont versus lequel)

D, Jeu de mots

E. Le coin des affaires: L’éducation (Fxducation)
Exercices

LEGON 15

‘A. Dialogue: Travailler ou ne pas travailler le dimanche ..
(To Work or Not to Work on Sundays. ..)

B. En bref

C. Grammaire ol usage: 1, Le prisent du subjonctif (he
present subjunctive) 2. Le subjonctif passé (‘The past
subjunctive)

D, Jeu de mots

E. Le coin des affaires: Les syndicats (Labor Unions)
Exercices

LECTURE: Les télédiffuseurs participent a Vessor de Vindustrie

LEGON 16

‘A. Dialogue: Les axtoroutes de Vinformation
(The Information Highway.)

B, Bn bref

C. Grammaire et usage: 1. Le subjonctif apris les expressions
impersonnelles (The subjunctive after impersonal
expressions) 2. Les pronoms possessifs (Pussessive
pronouns)

1D. Jew de mls

BE. Te coin des affaires: Les ordinatewrs (Computers)
Exercices

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