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Bonjour! With this lesson, we are looking at the origin of the word « la poubelle » in French. Finish this assignment by vendredi, l’onze avril. Objective – be able to explain (in English Fr 02 and in French Fr 04):
- C’est quoi, l’histoire du mot, – what is the history of word?
- quand était-il employé pour la première fois, –when was it used for the first time?
- pourquoi? – Why?
- où? where?
https://langue-francaise.tv5monde.com/decouvrir/devenir-expert/droles-dhistoires/la-poubelle
Les mots de vocabulaire pour aujourd’hui – hint, read this list, read the article linked, come back to the list and read or scan over the article again!! Do not be afraid to read something more than once! Also, there is an icon of a dictionary on the top right hand side of the page I linked – use it to look up words (unless you have Christian’s handy-dandy-but-really-cheating app!):
la poubelle – trash can, rassembler – to collect, les déchets – trash, Les choses bougent – things move, grâce à – thanks to, qui bouleversent – which or that upset, le préfet (des Seines) – the prefect, or mayor; les Seines – an area in Paris that has been renamed since the 1960s; quotidienne – daily
Assignment: leave a comment answering 4 questions above in Objective. EXTRA CREDIT – what is the origin of the English word ‘toilet’? ALL work is due vendredi le 10 avril! Bonus points – check out Google Earth and send a screen shot of a famous Paris landmark (SOME of the shots are of empty streets right now, some shots are old)….
https://earth.google.com/web/@48.85885895,2.3470599,35.28148286a,30589.17249049d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CkcaRRI_CiQweDQ3ZTY2ZTFmMDZlMmI3MGY6MHg0MGI4MmMzNjg4Yzk0NjAZ26UNh6VtSEAh2Hort1nRAkAqBVBhcmlzGAIgAQ