Tuesday, October 25th 2007

Déroulement de la séance

Notes

self-taught = apprentissage en autodidacte experience = expérience acquise experiment = expérience scientifique to gain skills = to gain experience it consist in + Ving divided into to learn how to install/do sthg higher se prononce sans le “g”

euros /ju/ sales /ei/ to sell to install /o/ => comme “o” specialized /ai/ to complete = finir

to be made up of = composé de location = lieu to rent = louer renting service = location to check = vérifier to search = fouiller to seek = chercher to look for = chercher to take part in sthg web development I haven’t found a placement yet = je n’ai pas encore trouvé de stage HTML ASP => .NET (dot net) JSP

It’s a pity = c’est dommage to take advantage of sthg = profiter de quelque chose

to be in charge of ###### to manage responsable de rewarding ###### enriching enrichissant atmosphere = ambiance various type of projects = différents projets I had to … = je devais I tell you => je vais vous parler de … to participate in a project = participer à un projet to be interested in = être intéressé dans quelque chose an assignement = une mission Apache = apachi (prononciation) Adobe = adobi (prononciation)

Telephone conversations

Speaking = c’est moi Can/May I help you ? = Vous désirez ? Quand on décroche on dit pas qui on est, mais on donne son numéro ! extension 33 = au poste 33 to make an appointment = prendre RDV

S. ‘company, may I help You ? I’m afraid = je suis désolé engaged = occupé

Exercice C)

Would you like to call him back ? Would you rather leave a message ? Actually = en effet Actually I’d like to make an appointment with him in the morning at 3.p.m That’ll do ###### It’ll do ça ira Could you give me your name ? / May I ask who’s calling ? Could you spell it? Thanks you for your call, Sir. Thanks you => le monsieur You’re welcome => la secrétaire