Two English people decide to look for an old friend in France. Will they find him after forty years of absence?
 
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Two English people decide to look for an old friend in France. Will they find him after forty years of absence?
 
This story is perfect for beginners: you'll be able to enjoy reading in French, grow your vocabulary in a natural way,and improve your comprehension at the same time. 
 

In this book you will find: 

  • An enjoyable and carefully written story : you can accelerate your understanding whilst learning a wide range of new vocabulary and rapidly improving your French comprehension.
  • Useful French-English glossaries under each paragraph. You'll be able to focus on enjoying reading, because no dictionary will be necessary.
  • Simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary, using straightforward grammar, so that even novice learners can appreciate and understand the intricacies of coherent French speech. 
  • A realistic amount of new vocabulary, with a special emphasis on short sentences, natural dialogs and high frequency words and expressions, so that you can enjoy reading and learn new grammatical structures with ease. 
  • A large french-english dictionnary at the end of the book : you can easily find any word from the story again, with its gender and its exact english translation.
 
For students from beginner to intermediate level (A1-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference).


EXCERPT:

Louis s'assoit˚ dans un fauteuil˚. Il entend des pas˚ dans les escaliers. C'est Melba, une grande femme mince˚ et élégante, avec des cheveux gris et bouclés˚. Elle porte un pantalon bleu et un corsage˚ blanc. Elle demande : « Alors, le grenier ?
-- Je ne trouve plus de place, Melba. Toutes ces choses et tous ces cartons...Il faut˚ organiser un marché aux puces˚ ou appeler un antiquaire. Mais regarde... J'ai trouvé ça. »

s'asseoir : to sit down
un fauteuil : armchair
un pas : step
mince : slim
bouclé : curled
un corsage : blouse
il faut : we must
un marché aux puces : flea market



Louis ouvre la boîte et étale˚ quelques˚photos sur la table. Beaucoup sont en noir et blanc, d'autres˚ sont en couleur. « Regarde celle-là˚. » On peut voir une jeune personne très jolie, en maillot˚ de bain, sur la plage. C'est Melba. A l'époque˚, elle avait˚vingt-cinq ou trente ans. Sur une autre photo, des enfants jouent au ballon. Il y a˚ une inscription au dos˚ : « Vacances en Italie, août1970. »


étaler : to spread out
quelques : a few
d'autres : other
celle-là : that one
un maillot de bain : bathing suit
à l'époque : at that time
elle avait : she had, used to have
il y a : there is
le dos : the back



Easy French Reader Series for Beginners is a beginners book series containing :
1. Le Pendentif (with audio)
2. Voyage en France
3. 
Voyage à Marseille (with audio)
4. Le Pendentif (Past tense)
5. 
Vol 747 pour Paris
6. Easy French Stories (10 topics)
7. Voyage en France (Past tense)

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