Nom Date IPA d’entraînementInterprétation écrite

« Garder ses amis… »

A. Key Word Recognition. Find the French words/phrases in the article that best express the meanings of the following English words/phrases.

to keep your friends

camp friends

by being

to evolve/grow

we will see

have been undone

by being available

we see each other

change their schedule

new acquaintances

B. Purpose/Main Idea. Using information from the excerpts, state the main idea of the two different articles in English and provide a few details from the text to support the main idea.

C. Supporting Details. 1. Check each detail that is mentioned in the article (not all are included).2. Fill in the information that is given for each detail you have checked. Write in English. Examples of the kinds of friends one has and would like to keep

Who wrote that one can keep friends by being cool

Why you don’t need to make an effort to keep true friends

Who are Emma’s true friends

What might happen if you do not make a minimal effort in your friendly relationships

What Valerie does on weekends

What you need to do to maintain a friendship

D. Guessing Meaning from Context. Find the underlined words/phrases and write what you

think they mean in English. The information in parenthesis tells you which paragraph the word

appears in.

1. Avec ma bande de potes… (Valérie)

2. … ce ne sont pas toujours les mêmes qui modifient leur emploi du temps pour en consacrer à

leurs potes (ça marche si, Valérie)

3. Essayez de garder l’équilibre entre “vieux” copains… (ça marche si, Valérie)

E. Inference. Answer the following question(s) in English, giving as much information from the article as possible to support your response.

1. “Dispo” is actually short for “disponible”. Using the shortened word is a characteristic of the kind of language French teenagers use. Why do you think the publishers of this magazine left this and other examples of teenage language in print and didn’t change them to standard French?

2. At what time of year do you think this article was published? Why?

F. Cultural comparisonsWhat elements of this article would remain and which might change if this article were to be published in English in a newspaper like the Tenakin? Explain your answer in English, giving as much information from the article as possible to support your response.