Le Monde Francophone

Le football

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAJhUNj8Xg

Le football

Le Tennishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe6WxRQxvI

LongchampsHorseracing

Le Mans - Auto-racinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuzC89uqARM

Le Tour de Francetour de france 2011 pub

Les escargots

• Les baguettes

et le fromage!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WbQbdxhwG8

Le vinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zBXltvVTPI

Yves Saint Laurent

Louis Vuittonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87eADuxiGEA&feature=related

Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDFPjx-uBU

Girbaud

Lacoste

Renoir

Seurat

Degas

Toulouse-Lautrec

Monet

Victor Hugo

Le Petit PrinceSaint-Exupery

Les Bandes Dessinées

• Barbar • Tintin

Asterix

Renault

• Peugeot

La Révolution Américaine

• General LaFayette Le Comte de Rochambeau

Les exploreurs françaisLaSalle, Marquette, Joliet, Cartier,

Champlain

American Cities with French names

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._place_names_of_French_origin#Missouri

• Detroit

• Baton Rouge

• Saint Louis

René Descartes

• JE PENSE;

DONC,

JE SUIS!

Marie Curie

Les Montgolfier Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-5q2kw6RM&feature=related

Les medecins sans frontières

French and Your CareerA Language of Diplomacy

• French, along with English, is the official working language of:

• the United Nations

• the International Monetary Fund

• the European Community

• The International Red Cross

• the Olympics

French and Tourism

• More tourists visit France than any other country in the world.

French and Your CareerScience and Technology

• French is the second language of the internet (after English).

• France is a major world research center in the field of high energy physics..

• The French are the world's third manufacturers of electronics equipment.

• France has one of the most advanced systems of telecommunications in the world. Fiber optics were invented in France.

French and Your CareerHealthcare and Medicine

• The French are a world leader in medical research: the AIDS virus was first isolated by French doctors

French and Your CareerTransportation

• The fastest train (TGV) is French.

• The fastest commercial airplane (Concorde) is French (built in collaboration with British Airways).

• France is the fourth largest producer of automobiles in the world (Renault, Peugeot, Citroën) and third largest exporter. (All Mack trucks are manufactured by Renault.)