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La première glace
The First Ice Cream — Léa and Tom buy ice cream in the park and Léa helps a child who drops his cone.
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C’est samedi après-midi et le soleil est chaud. C’est la première glace de l’été. Léa marche vers le glacier du parc avec son frère Tom. La file est longue, mais ils attendent sans se plaindre. Léa choisit une glace à la fraise dans un petit cornet. Tom prend une glace au chocolat. Ils s’assoient sur un banc vert près des arbres. Un petit garçon laisse tomber son cornet par terre. Léa lui donne une serviette. Le garçon dit merci et sourit. Avant de rentrer, Léa remercie aussi la vendeuse.
Vocabulary
- un glacieran ice cream shop
- une glace à la fraisea strawberry ice cream
- un corneta cone
- un banca bench
- une serviettea napkin
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It is Saturday afternoon and the sun is hot. It is the first ice cream of the summer. Léa walks toward the ice cream shop in the park with her brother Tom. The line is long, but they wait without complaining. Léa chooses a strawberry ice cream in a small cone. Tom takes a chocolate ice cream. They sit on a green bench near the trees. A little boy drops his cone on the ground. Léa gives him a napkin. The boy says thank you and smiles. Before going home, Léa also thanks the seller.
Comprehension questions
1. Where do Léa and Tom go?
- To the ice cream shop in the park
- To school
- To the bakery
- To the station
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To the ice cream shop in the park
2. Which flavor does Léa choose?
- Chocolate
- Vanilla
- Strawberry
- Lemon
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Strawberry
3. Tom chooses the same flavor as Léa.
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false
4. Complete with what Léa gives the little boy: Après la chute du cornet, Léa offre une ___ au petit garçon.
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serviette
5. What does “un cornet” mean here?
- a cone
- a bench
- a napkin
- a park
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a cone
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