French level 1 - Week 7 homework

Due date: Monday October12 (gray day) / Tuesday October 13 (purpleday)

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Before doing this Homework, review the vocabulary on Chapter 1 (Bon Voyage) + REVIEW THE LESSON ON SOUND “AN” (see homework week 4 on the Ms. Tran’s webpage) + Review the lesson on Pronoun, ETRE, AVOIR, and the ADJECTIVES

LA FRANCE DE MON ENFANCE: Listen and sing alone on your tube the song “La France de mon enfance” (The France of my childhood) of Enrico Macias.

CULTURE: FRANCOPHONIE – TO READ

Enrico Macias is a French songwriter and musician. He was born to an Algerian Jewish family in in Constantine, close to Algiers, Algeria. He was a teacher in Algeria. In 1961, Enrico with his family went to exile to France because his heart wanted Algeria to remain a French territory.Algeria got its independence in 1962. The History of France and Algeria is a painful one, as after 1961, many Algerian who wanted Algeria to remain a French territory (pieds-noirs = the black feet) went to exile to mainland France.

France and his former colonies in Africa and other part of the world share a same language: French though enriched by the local cultures such as “creole” in the West Indies Island, “cajun” in Louisiana, “canadien” in Quebec. We call that “Francophonie” (countries sharing French as language). In France, Enrico Macias started his career as a musician. He sings in French but brought in the French music the Arabic and Oriental influence. So, there are many FRANCE, not only the ONE FRANCE from the mainland FRANCE, which we call also “FRANCE METROPOLITAINE” or “LA METROPOLE”, in contrast with the FRANCE from the ISLANDS such as “La Martinique” or “Le Guadeloupe”. French is the 5th most speaking language in the world after English and Chinese. It is the language for Diplomacy, Business, and Research. French is spoken by 274 millions persons and is present in 5 continents.

Exercise 1: Learn the song, and sing along with the Karaoke version on you tube:

LA FRANCE DE MON ENFANCE

La France de mon enfance
N'était pas en territoire de France
Perdue au soleil du côté d'Alger
C'est elle la France où je suis né.
/ The France of my childhood
Was not in French territory
It was lost in the sun close to Algiers
This was the France where I was born
La France de mon enfance
Juste avant son rêve d'indépendance
Elle était fragile comme la liberté
La France celle où je suis né.
/ The France of my childhood
Just before her dream of independence
Was fragile like freedom
This was the France where I was born
Le soleil n'était pas celui de Marseille
Ma province n'était pas ta Provence
Je savais déjà que rien n'était pareil
Et pourtant mon coeur était en France.
/ The sun there was not the one of Marseilles
My province was not your Provence
I already knew that nothing was the same
Yet, my heart was in France
La France de mon enfance
Mon pays ma terre ma préférence
Avait une frontière Méditerranée
C'est elle la France où je suis né. / The France of my childhood
My country, my land, my preference
Had the Mediterranean Sea as frontier
This was the France where I was born
La France de mon enfance
N'avait pas tous ces murs de silence
Elle vivait en paix sous les oliviers
La France, celle où je suis né.
/ The France of my childhood
Did not have all these walls of silence
She lives in peace under the Oliver trees
This was the France where I was born
On avait l'accent d'une région lointaine
On était perdu comme en Lorraine
A l'école on apprenait la différence
Mais c'était la même histoire de France.
/ We have the accent of a far region
We were lost like in Lorraine
At school, we learnt differences
But, it was the French History
La France de mon enfance
Par amour, par désobéissance
Son prénom était un nom étranger
C'est elle la France où je suis né.
/ The France of my childhood
By love, by disobedience
Her name was a foreign name
This was the France where I was born
La France de mon enfance
Moi je pleure encore de son absence
Elle était française on l'a oublié
La France, celle où je suis né. / The France of my childhood
I still cry for your absence
She was French, she was forgotten
The France where I was born

Exercise 2: Highlight in the French text all the words with the sound “an” “en”, and write then down with the corresponding meaning.

French / English
La France / France

Exercise 3: Translate into English the following text. Use your vocabulary list of Bon Voyage.

Bonjour,

Je m’appelle Sarah. Je suis américaine. Je suis de Houston, Texas. Je suis élève à la Johnston Middle School. La Johnston Middle School est uneexcellenteécole à Houston. Je suis petite, brune et amusante. J’ai un frère. Il s’appelle Lucas. Il est grand, intelligent, patient et assez timide. La professeur de français est intéressante. Elle est vraiment sympathique. Elle est aussi enthousiaste et dynamique. Elle est française. Elle est de France.

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