Working on AP free response sample

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Permalink Reply by lauris on April 21, 2011 at 9:17am

1 - Demain les Rolling Stones sont attendus  au Stade de France : when you translate "at the" in french, you contract it; "à le" becomes "au"

 

2 - pour un concert exceptionnel : same as english "for a show"

 

3 - Plus de cent mille personnes : this one is tricky. I think when you use "plus" for something that is countable, you use "de" after. If you don't speak of quantity but in quality, you say "plus que"

 

4 - I think this one can be "cent mille personnes environ" but I'm not sure at all

 

5 - "un temps agréable qui devrait enchanter tout le monde"

 

6 - "Ma copine Sophie qui vit à Montréal" : translation of "who lives in"

 

7 - "un mail dans lequel elle me raconte" : you use "lequel/laquelle/lesquels" to refer to something you spoke of previously

 

8 - "C'est une fille extraordinaire" : here is a difference with english. In english you say "She is a extraordinary girl", but in french you use an anonymous form to introduce the phrase. C'est can generally be translated by "it is"

 

9 - "qui fait  beaucoup de choses" 

 

10 - "je vais vous en raconter" : "en" refers to the "choses intéressantes et bizarres" from the previous phrase.

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