French farmers bring rural reality to Champs Elysées
May 24, 2010 English 1st Paragraph
As the busiest, most traffic-friendly road in the French capital, there is usually very little that is field-like about the Champs Elysées, or Elysian Fields. Today, however, the cars that usually speed through the famous avenue were brought to a halt and the cobblestones paved over with grass as la France profonde took over the most urban landscape in the country…
- traffic-friendly: allowing cars to pass in a (rather) easy and comfortable way
- were brought to a halt: had to stop; could not move
- Cobblestones are rounded stones used on the surface of old-fashioned roads.
- took over: replaced (the cars)
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