Before reading :
I think the purpose of this text is about visiting France and guide people with advice written in this text.
Read the text :
It's a funny traveler's guide.
It's about our culture in France, our History. The tone of the text is really hilarious and take things without real seriousness.
It is aimed at the Americans.
It deals with the French.
-> This text is a funny guide for Americans travelers who come to France. It talks about their culture, their History with a real sense of humour. It's made for Americans, to deal with the French.
Vocabulary
Introduction
Advisory -> advice
Accuracy -> guaranteed
Ensured -> exactness
Head for -> go
General overview
limited : bounded
not used a lot : little used
almost impossible : next to impossible
correct : decent
deliberately : willfully
French are proud : "It is an important member of the world community, though not nearly as important as it thinks."
The People
crazy people : lunatics
in a queue : in line
in a bad mood : gloomy
hot-tempered : temperamental
unsociable : aloof
with difficulty : hardly
attitude : behavior
Sentence in your own words : "A lot a French people are Roman catholic, even though you wouldn't know it from how they act."
Is it true : "No that's not true,..."
Safety
to be conscious : be advised
to escape (a danger) : apart from
Culture & Cuisine
to be proud of : pride
naked, without any clothes on : nude
not to change : same
A snail is "un escargot", and a slug is "une limace", a snail without shell.
