The suitcase for the course
CEFR A2132 words
Léa part trois jours pour un stage de photographie. Le centre lui écrit : « Nous fournissons les draps et les serviettes. Apportez votre appareil et des chaussures pour marcher dehors. » Léa commence sa valise avec une grande serviette et plusieurs livres. Elle cherche ensuite une place pour son appareil.
Son frère lui rappelle le message du centre. Léa retire la serviette et garde seulement un petit livre pour le trajet. Elle peut maintenant ranger l'appareil dans sa boîte de protection.
La veille du départ, une seconde note annonce de la pluie pendant les sorties. Léa ajoute une veste imperméable. Elle laisse ses chaussures légères près de la porte et met ses chaussures de marche dans la valise. Les objets utiles au stage passent avant ceux qui servent seulement au voyage.
Words you may not know
- drapssheets
- imperméablewaterproof
Questions
You answer them with the text in front of you. It isn't memory: it's understanding.
What removal frees space without dropping something Léa must bring?
La grande serviette de Léa. — The centre provides towels; removing hers frees space without removing a course requirement.
If Léa keeps all her books and the towel in her initial suitcase, which preparation might she be unable to complete?
Ranger l’appareil dans sa boîte de protection. — She seeks room for the camera and can pack it protected only after reducing books and removing the towel; keeping everything leaves that problem unresolved.
Léa wonders why she keeps the small book but removes the large towel. What difference explains her choices?
Le livre sert au trajet, alors que le centre fournit les serviettes. — The centre supplies towels; Léa keeps a small book for the journey. Both are not required for the course. The camera is protected by its box, and the book is not equipment for walking.
Léa has little space after reading both notes. Which choice keeps what she needs for the activities while reducing what is only for the journey?
Emporter moins de livres avec l’appareil et la veste prévue. — Reducing journey books leaves space without removing the camera or rain protection. The centre asks for walking shoes and announces rain; keeping the towel at the expense of the jacket or changing those shoes removes course requirements.
Which items prepare her for the announced outings?
Ses chaussures de marche avec une protection contre la pluie. — The outings involve outdoor walking and forecast rain; walking shoes and the jacket meet those conditions.
If Léa reads only the first note, which later addition cannot be justified by that note?
La veste imperméable dans la valise. — The first note requires a camera and walking shoes. The waterproof jacket responds to rain announced in the second, which she has not read in the hypothetical case.