Learn English with Emily in Paris

#11. Buying Flowers with Camille


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Published: 14 Aug 2021   [ UPDATED JUN 2025 ]
Level 4   |   Time: 2:30
Accent: American

Emily makes a new friend while she is buying flowers.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Je suis occupée. [FRENCH] - I am busy.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ paquets [FRENCH] - packages [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Enchantée. [FRENCH] - Nice to meet you.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ round it up to exp. - increase a number to the next whole number
    (5.86 → 5.90 or 6.00)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ lousy adj. - terrible
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ...gets me nowhere. exp. - is useless.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the States n. - the United States
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a point of view exp. - an opinion, a way of thinking
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ overwhelming exp. - too much, very stressful
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an (art gallery) opening exp. - the first day of a new art exhibit at an art gallery
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a hotel guy exp. - a guy famous for owning many hotels
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Get the hang of it. exp. - Start to understand it.

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Emily from Emily in Paris Camille from Emily in Paris
Emily Camille
  • Emily is an American from Chicago who has just moved to Paris.
  • Emily works for an American company (Gilbert Group) that just bought a French marketing company (Savoir).
  • Emily cannot speak French.

  • For more background, watch the previous video:   #10. Emily and De L'Heure

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. The flower lady ____ to sell the pink roses to Emily.
    wants
    doesn't want

  2. Camille advises Emily to give the flower lady ____.
    5.40 euros
    5.60 euros
    5.80 euros
    6.00 euros

  3. Camille says that the flower lady is mean to ______.
    women
    foreigners
    everyone

  4. Camille learned English by watching ______.
    British TV
    French TV
    American TV
    Canadian TV

  5. Emily thinks that Paris is ______.
    magical
    expensive
    dangerous
    overwhelming

  6. Camille says that Paris is like _______.
    a small town
    an art gallery
    a history museum

  7. Camille invites Emily to _____.
    an art gallery opening
    a birthday party
    a fashion show

  8. Randy Zimmer, a ______, will be at the event.
    hotel owner
    friend of Emily's
    friend of Camille's

  9. Emily ______ sorry that she kissed Camille.
    is
    isn't

  10. Camille ______ sorry that she kissed Emily.
    is
    isn't

Score:



Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?


  1. It's five euros sixty, but [ increase it to the next whole number of ] six.

    [ round it up to ]



  2. My [ terrible ] French gets me nowhere.

    [ lousy ]



  3. And you? Visiting from [ the United States ]?

    [ the States ]



  4. I'm kind of like the American [ perspective ].

    [ point of view ]



  5. This city is so [ stressful, confusing ].

    [ overwhelming ]



  6. You'll [ figure it out, get used to it ]!

    [ get the hang of it ]



Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково


Sentence 1

Emily / difficulty / buy / flower / because / she / not / communicate / flower / lady

Emily has difficulty buying flowers because she can't communicate with the flower lady.



Sentence 2

Camille / see / Emily / struggle / so / she / help / her / buy / flower

Camille sees Emily struggling, so she helps her (to) buy (the/some) flowers.



Sentence 3

flower / cost / five / euro / sixty / but / Camille / tell / Emily / round / it / up / six / euro

The flowers cost five euros sixty, but Camille tells Emily to round it up to six euros.



Sentence 4

Camille / speak / English / because / she / grow / watch / American / TV

Camille [can speak/speaks] English because she grew up watching American TV (shows).



Sentence 5

Emily / explain / Camille / why / she / work / Paris

Emily explains to Camille why she [is working/works] in Paris.



Sentence 6

although / Paris / actual / big / city / Camille / say / it / more / like / small / town

Although Paris is actually a big city, Camille says (that) it is more like a small town.



Sentence 7

Camille / invite / Emily / art / gallery / open

Camille invites Emily to an art gallery opening.



Sentence 8

Randy / Zimmer / want / buy / art / new / hotel / Paris

Randy Zimmer wants to buy (some) art for his new hotel in Paris.



Sentence 9

Emily / apologise / after / she / accident / kiss / Camille / on / lip

Emily apologises after she accidentally kisses Camille on the lips.




Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1
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It's five euros sixty, but round it up to six.



Clip 2
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My lousy French gets me nowhere.



Clip 3
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I don't even believe me.



Clip 4
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Oh, I work for a big marketing firm in Chicago that acquired a smaller marketing firm here.



Clip 5
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I'm kind of like the American point of view.



Clip 6
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And how do they feel about that?



Clip 7
0:00 / 0:00

A lot like that flower lady.



Clip 8
0:00 / 0:00

Uh, if it's Tuesday, it must be language class.



Clip 9
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See you tonight, right?



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. Why do you think Camille suddenly decided to help Emily (someone that she does not know)?
  2. If you saw an American struggling like Emily in your country, would you help him/her? Would it matter if the person were male or female?
  3. Camille says Paris is really just a small town. What does she mean?
  4. What city do you live in? Do you think it feels like a big city or small town? Why?
  5. Do you ever buy flowers for yourself? Why? What kind?
  6. What does round up mean? What does round down mean? What is a whole number? What is a decimal place?
  7. Practice rounding these numbers.

    6.78:     Round it up.     7 or 6.8
    2.25:    Round it down to the nearest whole number.   2
    16.7556:    Round it off to two decimal places.    16.76
    $16.35:    Round the price down to the nearest dollar.    $16
    $16.35:    Round the price up to the nearest dollar.    $17
    3.141592:    Round it off to four decimal places.    3.1416



Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Emily: The… The pink roses?

Woman: Je comprends pas.

Emily: Uh, the rosé rose... The... The rosé roses...

Woman: Ah, non! Non, mademoiselle.

Camille: Bonjour Claudette. [ She wants the nice roses, not those. ]

Woman: Cinq soixante.

Camille: It's five euros sixty, but round it up to six.

Emily: Really?

Camille: Mm-hmm.

Emily: Oh. Merci very much. Thank you. My lousy French gets me nowhere.

Camille: No. She's not nice to anyone.

Emily: You're nice and French and you speak English?

Camille: Of course. I grew up watching American TV.

Emily: Ah.

Camille: And you? Visiting from the States?

Emily: I live here now. Wow. I just heard myself say that out loud, and I don't even believe me. Emily.

Camille: Camille. Enchantée.

Camille: And how did you get so lucky to move to Paris?

Emily: Oh, I work for a big marketing firm in Chicago that acquired a smaller marketing firm here. I'm kind of like the American point of view.

Camille: And how do they feel about that?

Emily: A lot like that flower lady.

Camille: Mm-hmm.


Emily: This city is so overwhelming.

Camille: Relax. Paris seems like a big city, but it's really just a small town. You'll realize after you spend some time here. Actually, what are you doing tonight?

Emily: If it's Tuesday, it must be language class.

Camille: Hmm. I have a better idea for you. I work for an art gallery, and we're having an opening tonight.

Emily: Hmm.

Camille: Fun crowd and some people from Chicago.

Emily: Oh.

Camille: Do you know Randy Zimmer?

Emily: The hotel guy?

Camille: Well, he's looking at art for his new hotel in Paris. Come! It's at Galerie de Garipuy, in the fourth.

Emily: Which is next to the fifth?

Camille: Which is just across the river. You'll get the hang of it! Okay, I have to go.

Emily: Oh! I'm sorry.

Camille: I'm not. See you tonight, right?

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