Une Semaine à Paris is a bilingual audio book and travel guide to Paris. Each chapter includes a French dialogue, English translation, and related travel tips, and the entire dialogue is pronounced in French on three audio CDs. Read my review of this combination travel guide and bilingual audio book.
Bilingual Travel Book
Une Semaine à Paris - A traveler's guide with a novel twist is an upbeat and endlessly useful tool for beginning/intermediate French students as well as visitors to Paris. The story follows a Canadian couple, Thomas and Angela, as they make their way to and around Paris. During the course of the book, the couple make plane, hotel, and restaurant reservations; travel by taxi and subway; shop; eat out; and visit many Parisian museums and sites of interest. The fairly lengthy French dialogue in each chapter includes a great deal of useful, up-to-date vocabulary and expressions used in real-world situations, and the English translation runs alongside throughout the book in case you need assistance.
Additional Travel Information
The English inserts at the end of each chapter include a wealth of practical information related to the subject of that chapter, including such topics as
The English inserts at the end of each chapter include a wealth of practical information related to the subject of that chapter, including such topics as
- how to use the métro
- exploring different Parisian neighborhoods
- dining in Paris
- food shopping
- choosing accommodations
French Audio Book
The three audio CDs include each chapter's dialogue pronounced slowly in Parisian French, as well as pronunciation tracks of Parisian monuments and sites of interest to help you make yourself understood.
Sample Chapters
Three chapters of Une Semaine à Paris are available on this site as listening comprehension exercises:
The three audio CDs include each chapter's dialogue pronounced slowly in Parisian French, as well as pronunciation tracks of Parisian monuments and sites of interest to help you make yourself understood.
Sample Chapters
Three chapters of Une Semaine à Paris are available on this site as listening comprehension exercises:
About the Author
Une Semaine à Paris was written by Camille Chevalier Karfis, French language teacher in Boston, and the author of the beginining-level audio book À Moi Paris (which is available entirely on line) as well as the creator of the Easy French Poetry Podcast.
