Contents
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Where is France?
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Travelling to France
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What kind of place is France?
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The weather in France
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Paris
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The food of France
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Leisure in France
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Brittany
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Holidays in France
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Vocabulary
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Where is France?
France
The colours of the French flag are blue, red and white.
France is a country.
France is in Europe.
France is a big country. France is bigger than Wales.
France is between Italy and Spain.
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Travelling to France
How do people travel to France?
People travel to France on the ‘Eurostar’. The ‘Eurostar’ goes through a tunnel
under the sea. The tunnel is called the Channel Tunnel.
People fly in an aeroplane to France.
The biggest airport in France is called Charles de Gaulle. The airport is near
Paris.
Charles de Gaulle airport.
People travel on the ferry to France.
People take their car or caravan on the ferry.
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What kind of place is France?
The Alps and the Pyrenees are in France.
The Alps are between France and Italy. The Pyrenees are between France and
Spain.
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Mont Blanc is in the Alps. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in France.
Mont Blanc is 4810m high. Mont Blanc is also the highest mountain in Europe.
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Here are the names of some of the rivers of France: Seine, Garonne, Rhône and
Loire.
The Loire is the longest river (1020km).
Paris is in the north.
Marseille is in the south.
Lyon is in the east.
La Rochelle is in the west.
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The weather in France
The weather in France is hotter than the weather in Wales.
Paris (northern France)
January
Temperature 5˚C
Rain
54 mm
July
Temperature 20˚C
Rain
43 mm
Cardiff (Wales)
January
Temperature 7˚C
Rain
120 mm
July
Temperature 17˚C
Rain
40 mm
The weather in the south of France is hotter than in the north of France.
In Paris, the weather is not very cold in winter and not very hot in summer.
Sunflowers grow well in the south. Sunflower seeds make oil.
Toulouse (the south of France)
January
Temperature 7˚C
Rain
65 mm
July
Temperature 23˚C
Rain
45 mm
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The weather is very cold in winter in the Alps and the Pyrenees. There is snow
over the Pyrenees and the Alps in winter. People go there to ski.
The dogs are asleep on the snow!
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Paris
Paris is the capital city of France. Look at the map (page 4).
Where is Paris?
2 million people live in Paris. 324, 800 people live in Cardiff, the capital city of
Wales.
There are many famous buildings and streets in Paris.
The Eiffel Tower is the highest building in Paris.
Name? The Eiffel Tower
What? An iron tower
Height? 324 metres
Steps? 1652
Built?
Who? Gustav Eiffel
When? 1889
Name? Musée de Louvre
What? Museum
Opened? 1793
Visitors every day? 15,000
The famous painting of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is in the Louvre.
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Notre Dame
Notre Dame is a cathedral.
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There is a famous novel about the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The book is
calledThe Hunchback of Notre Dame. The author is Victor Hugo.
Sacré-Coeur
The church of Sacré-Coeur is on the hill in Montmartre.
This is the highest place in the city.
Many people go there to see Paris.
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Arc de Triomphe
The Arc was built to remember the soldiers of France.
The Arc de Triomphe is on the famous street, the Champs-Élysées.
Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a long street. The street is 2km long.
Look at the traffic!
The cyclists in the Tour de France race finish at the Champs-Élysées.
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The food of France
Many French people eat bread and drink coffee or hot chocolate at breakfast
time.
In France the bread is thin and long.
France’s cheese is famous.
French people are famous for making pancakes too.
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The family eat supper together. There are 4 parts to supper.
1.
2.
3.
4.
a light starter
meat or fish with vegetables
cheese
dessert.
People grow grapes in France. Grapes grow in a vineyard. French people are
famous for making wine.
Goodness! Snails? Frogs’ legs?
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Leisure in France
The people of France like cycling. They cycle on the cycle paths.
The French like playing and watching football too.
But in Toulouse and Biarritz in the south west, they like playing and watching
rugby.
Don’t forget tennis. The people of France like tennis!
Henri Leconte, Yannick Noah and Cedric Pioline are tennis players from France.
Winter time, the French like to ski on Mont Blanc.
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Brittany
Dear friend in Wales
Hello! I am on holiday in Brittany. Some people in France speak French and
Breton. Breton is very similar to Welsh – Nos da! – Noz t !
Some children go to Diwan schools to learn to speak Breton.
Yesterday, I went swimming in the sea at St. Malo and to watch people from
Brittany dance. Tomorrow I am going to Plogonnec near Quimper. The children
of St. Egonnec school are friends with the children at Llandysul primary school.
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Bye,
Manon xx
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Wales and Brittany are friends.
The Welsh language and the Breton language are similar.
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Holidays in France
Come on holiday to France!
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