Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and (36) of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities, the traditional leisurely (悠闲地) midday meal is (37) . Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the great (38) of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work, emphasis now (39) on ever-increasing output. Thus the (40) Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in greater (41) and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal (42) , or individuality. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world (43) of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. (44) . What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life— (45) In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. (46) . They believe that a modern, industrial France is more preferable to the old.
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