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Manger A Paris:

Revision Arrondissements et Restaurants


In this activity we will be visiting web sites for restaurants in Paris.

1. What is an 'arrondissement'?


2. Go to page 230 in your text, ET VOUS. From the 'Plan de Paris', choose a monument you'd like to visit. What 'arrondissement' is it in? monument _________________________
arrondissement_____________________

3. Go to the web site :
http://www.paris.org/Maps/MM/MMF.html
Find your arrondissement. What monument is shown? ______________________________________

4. You are hungry and are going to eat in a nice restaurant in the arrondissement you are in. You have 250 francs. How much is this in dollars? ________________ Click on Restaurants or go back to the previous page. Find the number of your arrondissement and press voir. Scan through the restaurants in your arrondissement. Check if the following information is provided:

 name of restaurant     nearest métro stop  
 address    å la carte price  
 the days it's open     fixed price menu  
 closing time    credit cards accepted  
 price      

5. Find a restaurant with a meal for 250 francs or less. If there aren't any in your arrondissement, go to another one. Make sure, too that the restaurant description includes some of the food items served. Fill in the following information:

a. le nom du restaurant: ___________________________
b. l'adresse: ____________________________________
c. les jours fermes:_______________________________
d. ouvert jusqu'a quelle heure?______________________
e. quelles cartes de credit est-ce qu'on accepte?
__________________________________
f. quel est le prix du repas a prix fixe ( menu)___________
g. quel est le prix du repas a la carte (carte) _____________
h. Est-ce qu'il y a un prix different pour le dejeuner? oui non

6. Find a second restaurant in the same arrondissement. Find the
following information:

a. le nom du restaurant: ___________________________
b. l'adresse: ____________________________________
c. les jours fermes:_______________________________
d. ouvert jusqu'a quelle heure?______________________
e. quelles cartes de credit est-ce qu'on accepte?
__________________________________
f. quel est le prix du repas a prix fixe ( menu)___________
g. quel est le prix du repas a la carte (carte) ___________
h. Est-ce qu'il y a un prix different pour le dejeuner? oui non

7. What 'specialities' are offered by each restaurant?

 restaurant a:  ______________________
   ______________________
   ______________________
 restaurant b:  ______________________
   ______________________
   ______________________

8. Choose one of the two restaurants to eat in and tell why you chose that one. ( Give at least 2 reasons)

restaurant choisi: ____________________________

a. ________________________________________

b.__________________________________________

9. What words did you not understand in your restaurant's description?








10. Which meanings can you guess ( cognates or context)?






11. Now, as a homework assignment, look up your two favorite restaurants in Santa Clara (use Yellow Pages). Write the address, the days closed, the hours, and some of the specialities in French.

 


 

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