Fiche pédagogique chapitre 2
Courtesy of Hélene Legrand
Read chapter two and tick the right answers
Je peux comprendre les informations essentielles du chapitre 2
- Alexandra is happy because □ she gets on really well with her new baby-sitter
□ her baby-sitter is gone □ she has a new baby-sitter
- Alexandra □ likes having an au pair □ hates having someone to look after her
□ prefers to spend her summer on the beach with her friends
- If Alexandra doesn’t behave well, she will spend the summer □in France
□ alone with her mother in Hawaii □ studying French near Los Angeles
- Alexandra’s mother wants a French au pair to look after her daughter because
□ she would like them to communicate in French □ she would like her daughter to start learning French □ she would like Alexandra to practise her French on her
baby-sitter
Guess what the following words and expressions mean
Je peux faire des hypothèses sur le sens des mots ou expressions inconnus en m’aidant du contexte ou de leur ressemblance avec ma langue
Sam picks up the phone :
she’d rather go back to France :
she had a fit :
She got really fed up :
to quit :
to convince :
Your daughter is driving me crazy :
(…) have been playing tricks on me :
I can’t take it anymore :
You switched her toothpaste with your mom’s shaving cream :
What a riot ! :
It probably was the last straw for her :
Cross her name off the list :
The summer vacation :
all those girls were hopeless :
Rebecca was a real pain in the neck :
That’s not the point ! :
To brush up on your French :
To speak fluently :
Got it ! :
It’s up to you ! :
my mom is so mean :
To drive me up the wall :
get rid of them :