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🇫🇷 French · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

My Parents Want Me To

Leo, in his last year of high school, comes to Emma's school with something to tell her. He wants to study English and become a teacher, and his parents want him to be a doctor. Say what you want to do and what other people want you to do, with the special form of the verb, and tell someone to speak for themselves.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Saturday the second of October. The Saturday classes are over, and Emma is alone at her school when Leo knocks at the dark green door, with his tennis racket. He's seventeen, in his last year of high school, and he has something to tell her. That evening, his mother phones. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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J'ai quelque chose à te dire.zhay kehl-kuh SHOHZ ah tuh DEERI've got something to tell you. With tu.
faire médecinefehr mayd-SEENto study medicine
que je fassekuh zhuh FAHSthat I do
Mes parents veulent que je fasse médecine.may pah-RAH(N) vuhl kuh zhuh fahs mayd-SEENMy parents want me to study medicine.
un métiera(n) may-TYAYa job, a trade
Médecin, c'est un beau métier.mayd-SA(N) seh-ta(n) boh may-TYAYBeing a doctor is a fine job.
Et toi, qu'est-ce que tu veux faire ?ay TWAH kehs kuh tew vuh FEHRAnd you, what do you want to do? With tu.
à la facah lah FAHKat university
Je veux faire anglais, à la fac.zhuh vuh fehr ah(n)-GLEH ah lah FAHKI want to study English, at university.
Ils ne veulent pas que je sois prof.eel nuh vuhl pah kuh zhuh swah PROFThey don't want me to be a teacher.

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