A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Rues de Paris
Script by Emile Harven and M. J. MacDonald
Peter and Helen Lamb have arrived in Paris with their borrowed shooting-brake and are staying at a hotel near the Champ de Mars. As they want to call on a client who has his office in the Rue Saint-Lazare, they ask Maurice, the hall-porter, how to get there.
Les gants blancs, white gloves; tout droit, straight on; vous ne pouvez pas vous tromper, you can't go wrong; la rue sens unique, one-way street; j'y suis ne, / was born there; une droite, a straight line; autrement, otherwise; pardon, monsieur, pour aller a la gare, s'ii vous plait? pardon, monsieur, pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin pour la gare? excuse me, can you tell me the way to the station, please?; la sortie, way out, exit; la circulation, traffic; par Ie chemin le plus court, the quickest way; presse, in a hurry