The French Experience - Working life
Au travail
Finding out what people's jobs involve.
The qualities necessary for doing a job.
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World of work
Various types of jobs that people can have and the responsibilities that they have.
Arrange meetings
How a formal telephone conversation takes place between different businesses. They discuss when they can meet for a business meeting.
- FrançaisEnglish
- un agent commercialan information officer
- un agent des douanesa customs agent
- un gendarmea police officer
- un métiera job
- un pompiera fire officer
- l'aéroportthe airport
- les passagersthe passengers (m)
- contrôlerto check
- renseignerto inform
- surveillerto keep watch
- Quel est votre métier ?What's your job?
- Je suis responsable de...I'm in charge of...
- En quoi consiste votre travail ?What does your job involve?
- Je suis gendarmeI am a policeman
- FrançaisEnglish
- disponibleamenable
- efficaceefficient
- souriant, souriantesmiling
- attentif, attentiveattentive
- le travailwork
- le sang-froida cool head
- la rapiditéspeed
- un métiera job
- écouterto listen
- Il faut avoir...You must have...
- Il faut être...You must be...
- avoir du temps à perdreto have time to spare
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Talking about jobs
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