EMILY IN

PARIS
MASCULIN FÉMININ
 Is it hard to make
friends in a foreign
Is the fashion country? Why?
industry harsh?

Would you like to

live and work in
How is dating
another country?
different in foreign
Which one?
countries?
 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
HAVE YOU WATCHED THE DEVIL WEAR PRADA?

Would you call

them slouchy or
sophisticated?
LOOK THROUGH THE USEFUL VOCABULARY BELOW

Keyword Phrase

keep to keep out of the loop

have to have a perspective on smg

give to give tips on smg

launch to launch a product

be to be accessible to smb
CORRECT THE MISTAKES IN THESE IDIOMS
We give tips about how to
Is there some... reason why
lose weight by walking
I was kept in of the loop?

We are about to launch with a

We have a perspective at this
product that will fundamentally
project that you don't have
change this company.

So we have decided that

our company will make...
the technology accessible
of everyone
GUESS THE IDIOM BY THE KEYWORD
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING?

keep give
launch
 EMILY AND SYLVIE
WHO ARE THEY?

Guess the
my French could use some work
meaning of
you're piggybacking off the ad campaign
these lines:
little social engagement
HOW MANY TIMES DID EMILY SAY ‘DE L'HEURE’?
have, work, have, accessible, gonna, piggybacking, wear

- Look, I know that you all aren't that happy to have me here and my French could use some
_____.
- A little bit.
- Okay. It's basically merde, but I _____ some ideas about marketing De L'Heure that I'd like to
share with you.
- De L'Heure. (x…)
- De L'Heure. (x…)
- I don't think that's the account for you.
- I studied the marketing plan before I got to Paris. It's weak.
- Oh, how so?
- You're _____ off the ad campaign. Very little social engagement. I know you're about to
launch - and you're keeping me out of the loop.
- True. The party is tonight.
 have, work, have, accessible, gonna, piggybacking, wear

- Tonight? What...? What? Were you _____ tell me this, uh, never?
- Listen, I… don't agree with your approach. You want everything to be everywhere, ______ to
everyone. You want to open doors. I want to close doors. We work with very exclusive brands.
And they require mystery, and… You have no mystery. You're... You're very... very obvious.
- Maybe I am. But... I do understand what it means to be on the outside looking in. I _____ a
perspective that you will never understand because, no, I'm not sophisticated or French, and I
don't know how to look like you. That slouchy, sexy, je ne sais quoi thing. But I am the customer
that wants it. And you're not because… you've already got it, and you don't even know how you
did it.
- So, you want to go to this party?
- Bien sûr.
- Fine. Be there at eight.
- Wonderful.
- Any tips on what to _____?
- Not that.
 Why do you think
Why did Emily Did Emily Sylvie kept Emily
come to Sylvie? want to go to out of the loop
What did she want? the party? about the party?
 READ THE PHRASES BELOW
MATCH THEM TO THE CORRESPONDING PICTURES

to compose a scent
induce pregnancy
to market a vaccine
to combat a virus
AT THE PARTY

How Emily could have

used phrases from the
previous slide at the party?
Come up with examples
for each phrase
WATCH THE CLIP TO CHECK YOUR PREDICTIONS

Did Emily go
to the party? What did she wear
to the party?

Who did she

meet? Did she do
well?
 Did Emily follow Sylvie’s
Why did Sylvie laugh at Emily
tips on the clothes?
when she said Antoine's noise is
symmetrical? What does ‘the
best nose in France’ mean?
By how many percent did Emily’s
company increase tourism in the
Virgin Islands?
Finish the sentence: If you
googled "tropical beach,"
"vacation," "paradise," or even
What advice did Sylvie "___ ___ selfies," you were
give to Emily at the end directed to our product.
of the clip?
READ THE EXTRACT FROM THE CLIP YOU’RE ABOUT TO WATCH

Who is talking?

- How are you enjoying Paris?

- I love it. I mean, who wouldn't, right?
- I'm sorry if I was talking too much about work.
Sometimes I just get a little over enthusiastic, and, uh,
I know it's a party.
- Cheers.
- Santé.
- You're not wearing perfume.
- Not yet. I'm sorry.
- Here. Try a little here. And right here. It suits you.
 WATCH THE CLIP

Antoine is flirting with Emily.

Emily did not like the perfume he offered.
True or False. According to Emily, the perfume smells like
Correct the false gardenia, leather, musk, and a bit like sweat.
statement
The best way to learn a foreign language is at work.
The perfume smells like a cheap date to Antoine.
 What do you think
happened to Emily
after the party?
What would Antoine
and Emily’s
relationship look like?
Why was Sylvie the last
person we saw in the
episode at the party?
 LOVE IS ON THE TABLE
GABRIEL AND EMILY

Gabriel is Emily’s downstairs neighbour. She constantly

bangs on his door by mistake. Or is it not by mistake?
THE SECOND ENCOUNTER

to get your way

fasteners: zippers, pullers
to have the world by the balls
enrol vs. drop out
tender = soft
 QUIZ

Antoine OR Gabriele

Emily OR Sylvie

Medium-rare steak OR A steak well done

Freedom of choice OR Big money

English OR French