Career

French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 3.2.2

Le Travail - Work

Key vocab

Key vocab

  • Un petit boulot/un petit job - a part-time job.
  • Un emploi (m) -a job.
  • Le salaire - salary.
  • L'employeur, l'employeuse - employer.
  • Enrichissant(e) - rewarding.
  • L'avocat(e) - lawyer.
  • Gagner - to earn.
  • Le comptable - accountant.
Mes parents

Mes parents

  • Mon père est avocat.
  • My dad is a lawyer.
  • Je veux être dessinateur de mode.
  • I want to be a fashion designer.
  • En ce moment, j'ai envie d'avoir un emploi qui est enrichissant.
  • At this moment, I want to have a job that is rewarding.
Ton métier idéal

Ton métier idéal

  • Quel est ton emploi idéal ?
  • What is your ideal job?
  • Je pense qu'être ingénieur serait mon métier idéal parce que ce serait intéressant mais je rêve aussi de gagner beaucoup d'argent et être ingénieur me donnerait l'opportunité de faire ça.
  • I think that being an engineer would be my ideal job because it would be interesting but also I dream of earning a lot of money, and being an engineer would give me the opportunity to do it.

Test yourself on Career

  • How do you say an 'accountant' in French?

  • Which of the following words does NOT mean 'job' in French?

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