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Top Ten Reasons to Study French at 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!" (Disclaimer : not an exact quote) |
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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! |