A2.8: Holiday disaster?

Catastrophe de vacances ?

Vocabulary (14)

 Le retard: The delay (French)

Le retard

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The delay Show

 L'annulation: The cancellation (French)

L'annulation

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The cancellation Show

 Une urgence: An emergency (French)

Une urgence

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An emergency Show

 La panne: the breakdown (French)

La panne

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The breakdown Show

 Un accident: An accident (French)

Un accident

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An accident Show

 Urgent: Urgent (French)

Urgent

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Urgent Show

 Utile: useful (French)

Utile

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Useful Show

 Perdu: lost (French)

Perdu

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Lost Show

 Voler (to steal) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Voler

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To steal Show

 Atteindre (to reach) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Atteindre

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To reach Show

 Demander de l'aide: ask for help (French)

Demander de l'aide

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Ask for help Show

 L'assurance voyage: travel insurance (French)

L'assurance voyage

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Travel insurance Show

 Le numéro d'urgence: The emergency number (French)

Le numéro d'urgence

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The emergency number Show

 Une arnaque: a scam (French)

Une arnaque

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A scam Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Quels mauvais événements peuvent survenir lors d'un voyage ? (What bad things can happen on a trip? )
  2. Que pouvez-vous faire quand cela vous arrive ? (What can you do when it happens to you?)
  3. Une de ces situations vous est-elle déjà arrivée ? (Has one of those situations ever happened to you?)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Votre argent peut être volé.

Your money can get stolen.

Quelqu'un peut voler votre sac.

Somebody can steal your bag.

Vous pouvez vous perdre en randonnée.

You can get lost on a hike.

Vous pouvez toujours demander de l'aide aux gens.

You can always ask people for help.

Il est important d'avoir une assurance voyage.

It is important to have a travel insurance.

J'ai déjà perdu mon téléphone une fois.

I have already lost my phone once.

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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

Exercise 3: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

J'ai perdu mon passeport et j'ai besoin d'aide à l'ambassade. (I have lost my passport and I need help at the embassy.)
Le numéro d'urgence est important en cas d'accident sur la route. (The emergency number is important in case of an accident on the road.)
Mon avion a eu un retard à cause d'une panne technique. (My plane was delayed due to a technical fault.)
Un voleur m'a pris mon sac pendant que je visitais un musée. (A thief took my bag while I was visiting a museum.)

Exercise 4: Cluster the words

Instruction: Classez les mots selon les situations où vous pourriez les utiliser lors d'un problème ou incident en vacances.

Situations d'urgence et aide immédiate

Problèmes de voyage et démarches administratives

Grammar

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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Voler to steal

passe_compose

French English
(je/j') ai volé I stole
(tu) as volé you stole
(il/elle/on) a volé he/she/one stole
(nous) avons volé we stole
(vous) avez volé You stole
(ils/elles) ont volé they stole

Exercises and examples phrases

Atteindre to reach

passe_compose

French English
(je/j') ai atteint I reached
(tu) as atteint you have reached
(il/elle/on) a atteint he/she/one reached
(nous) avons atteint we reached
(vous) avez atteint You have reached
(ils/elles) ont atteint they reached

Exercises and examples phrases

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