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TOP TEN REASONS TO STUDY FRENCH @ HOLY CROSS !
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Good things that begin with French : French fries, French toast, French kisses ...why not "French class" ??? |
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Impress your friends at parties : learn to pronounce "Gérard Depardieu" the right way ! (After all, the French invented cinema; the Lumière Brothers showed the first films in Paris in 1895!) |
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Increase your brain power : studies show learning a foreign language improves reasoning ability, verbal intelligence, divergent thinking and cognitive flexibility ! |
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The #1 tourist destination in the world ?? Oui, oui ! C'est la France ! The number of people visiting France per year is greater than its entire population ! Oh la la ! |
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The fastest train (TGV) and the biggest plane (A380) were made by the French, who are now the current world leaders in aerospace technology ! |
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New England : borders on Canada. Canada : has lots of French-Speaking people and is the primary consumer of US exports ! |
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French : the international language of love... and official language of the European Union, the United Nations, the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund, UNESCO & the Olympic Committee ! |
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What Descartes really said was : "I think, therefore I am going to register for a French class at Holy Cross this year !" |
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sautée, omelette, cuisine, cinéma, finesse, carte blanche, coup d'état, la radio, le t-shirt, le weekend... YOU ALREADY KNOW HALF OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS ! (Over 40% of English vocabulary is derived from French & many modern French words come from English!) |
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The only language other than English that is spoken on 5 continents ! |
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