Les Bistrots à Paris
French Listening Comprehension
Study Guide
Take a look at the following for help with any vocabulary that you might not have understood in
the report on bistros in Paris, then take
the test.
| Vocabulary | |
| le coin | corner, local |
| le comptoir | counter |
| un éventail | range |
| inattendu | (adj) unexpected |
| moulé | (adj) molded |
| péjoratif | (adj) derogatory, pejorative |
| un souci | concern, worry |
| tendance | (adj) trendy |
| Notes | |
| la limonade | Originally designating lemonade, la limonade came to mean drinks in general. In the late 19th century, la limonade referred to the business of running a bar. Un limonadier is an old-fashioned word for a café owner. |
| Thonet |
Michael Thonet was one of the great furniture manufacturers of the 19th century, pioneering mass-production processes for bending wood. His classic and instantly recognizable wooden bistro chair known as #14 sold an extraordinary 40 million copies between 1859 and 1939. Thonet was invited to Vienna in 1842 to provide furniture for the Palais Liechtenstein. He stayed on and in 1853 set up with his sons the Gebrüder Thonet company, which still produces the #14 chair. Thonet had a huge influence on subsequent design movements such as Art Nouveau and Bauhaus. |
| Les Bistrots à Paris
Part 1 Part 2 French Listening Comprehension Exercise |
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| Sound files and transcript
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originally published in Champs-Élysées audiomagazine (read my review) and are used with the permission of Champs-Élysées, Inc. |
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