1. Make a list of words in French that are associated with TRAVEL.
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Make a list of words in French that are associated with TRAVEL.

2. UNIT GOALS To describe a vacation in French.
To describe various modes of transportation in French.
To use the FUTURE TENSE to talk about an upcoming vacation.

3. Les Vacances - vacation
Voyager – to travel
Faire un séjour – to take a trip
Visiter (un endroit) - to visit (a place)
Rendre visite à (une personne) – to visit (a person)

4. La Transportation – transportation
Des passagers - passangers
Un billet/un ticket – a ticket
Un aller simple – a one-way ticket
Un aller et retour – a round-trip ticket
La classe première/d’affaires – 1st/business class
La classe touriste/seconde – 2nd class/coach
La section fumeur/non-fumeur
– smoking/non-smoking section
Un guichet – ticket booth
Une place/un siège – a seat
à côté de la fenêtre – window seat
à côté du couloir – aisle seat

5. Des valises/des bagages – suitcases/bagages
Un bagage à main – hand bag/ carry on bag
Les horaires- schedules
Les arrivés- arrivals
Les départs – departures
Embarquer/ Monter – to ge on/board
Débarquer/Descendre – to get off/ disembark
Attendre – to wait for
Rater – to miss (flight/train)
Annuler – to cancel

6. Faire la queue – to wait in line
L’ascenseur – elevator
L’escalier – staircase
en provenance de – coming from
à destination de – going to

7. Le Train – train
La gare – train station
Le TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse)
– high speed train
La SNCF – French train company
Un quai – platform
L’Eurotunnel – train that travels from France to England through/under the English Channel
La Manche – English Channel (body of water that separates France and England)
La France – France
L’Angleterre – England

8. L’Avion – airplane
Un aéroport – airport
Une carte d'embarquement – boarding pass
Le contrôle de sécurité – security control
La porte de départ/l’aérogare – gate
Décoller – to take off
Atterrir – to land
Attacher la ceinture de sécurité
– to fasten your seatbelt

9. Voler – to fly
Un vol direct – a direct flight
Une escale – a layover (change planes)
Une correspondance – connecting flight
Un vol domestique
– domestic/in country flight
Un vol international
– international/out of country flight
Un vol de retour – return flight

10. A l’étranger – abroad
Un pays étranger – a foreign country
Une pièce d’identité - ID
Un permis de conduire – liscense
Un passeport – passport (short term stay)
Un visa – visa (long term stay)
La Douane – Customs
Le douanier – Custom Officer
Une boutique hors-taxe – Duty Free Store
Déclarer – to declare
La frontière – the border