15.4: Lecture

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Lecture

This reading selection is in two parts: first, a handwritten letter to a prospective employer; second, a typewritten curriculum vitae (résumé) that would be included with that letter. These are taken from a guide for writing CVs in France. We do not expect you to understand everything in this selection. There are technical terms and abbreviations that may mean nothing to you, and there is little reason for you to learn them. The purpose is to show you an applicant's letter and a CV and to provide some material for a brief discussion of job-hunting. You will be surprised how easy some of the sections are to understand.

Glossaire

formation. . . training	annuaires. . . annuals³
d'acquérir. . . acquire	l'actualité. . . the present
secteur. . . publishing field¹	l'aboutissement. . . the results
mise. . . setting up	le cas échéant. . . should the occasion arise
banque. . . data bank²

¹ Secteur is a common generic term; we do not use the cognate "sector" as often, although we hear "the private sector" (= le secteur privé)

² Note that the applicant wrote donnée, with no s.

³ Annual listing, as in annuaire téléphonique; here it refers to a listing of government offices.

célibataire unmarried

rédiger edit

gérer manage

les années fifties

fichier index

reclassement reclassification

Common and Uncommon Knowledge

Rightly or wrongly, France is known more for its writers and painters than for its musical composers. Name two famous French composers and name one work of each.
Nommez le sculpteur français le mieux connu.
Quel est votre cinéaste français préféré?
Où faut-il aller pour regarder la Victoire de Samothrace?