Session 2007 BACCALAUREAT GENERAL ANGLAIS

Session2007
GENERAL
BACCALAUREAT
ANGLAIS
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Thewaitingareagrewcolderand emptieras darkfell,and he movedcloserto the smoking
Soontherewouldbe nothingleftto do butknockon churchdoorsand
stovebytheclerk'scounter.
for the night.He broodedoverotherpossibleavenuesbut cameup onlywithcold
seek lodging
outhis legstowardthe heat.
Well,it waswarmerby the stoveat least,andhe stretched
alleyways.
witha twitch- he'dbeenasleep.He lookedto thefar cornerand
suddenly
himself
Hesurprised
sawtheclerkat thedeskbeckonat him.
"You.Yeah,youl'
Hehadbeencalled.
"Ye ss, i r."H a n d so nth i g h s,
r ising,
hestood.
o p ti mism
"Youbeenhereall day.Didn'tyou signin? Don'tyou realizewe'reclosed?"He lookedabout
and sawthatthe otherbenchessat vacantandthe hallwas emptybut for himselfand the clerk.
away.The manwasjustkickinghimout.
dwindled
The optimism
"Sorry.
Sorry.l'llgo."
"No- wait.Turnsoutyou'relucky.See,I onlylet yousnorebecauseof the rottenweather,but
onlyjust looked
now it seems/m lucky.Younoticedthe snow?Well,someoneat StreetCleaning
crew- just
shoveling'
with
an
order
for
an
overnight
over
here
a
boy
and
they
sent
window,
the
out
snowfor thecity.Youwantthejob?"
Sowhataboutit? Shoveling
in timeforclosing.
"Snow,
job,
andthenhe understood.
shoveling,"
he repeated,
a
It tookhima momentto follow.
"Ja,danke,danke,"he said.
"lsthata yes?Youbetterstopspeaking
DutchandlearnsomeEnglish."
"Yes.Yes,sir."
"Allright,good.Youcanstartnowandgo tillthe regulars
showup at six,see?Anyway,you've
had yourbeautysleep,andI thinkI cantellfromlookingthatyouain'tgot eveningplans."Beauty
Eveningplans?Hewasn'tsurehowhe shouldrespond.
wondered.
sleep?thestableman
;Ordon'tyouwanta nightjob?YouwantI findsomeotherlug2?"
" A l u g ?N o . . o
. r ,y e s .l m e a n y, e s ,l ' l ld o i t - a n d n o ,n o o n ee l s e . "
"Y o u 'tl a
l keth ej o b ."
"l ' l tl a k ei t."
"Good.Thethingof it is, you'rethe onlymanleft.You thinkyou'reman enoughto shovelthe
cityalone?"
"Thecity,alone?"He thoughta moment.Perhapsit was a joke."Thatwouldtakea longtime,
sir,"hefinallysaid.HisEnglishmighthavebeenbetterif onlythefew peoplewhotalkedto himhad
mademoresense.
'emdownto
"You're
right,it would.So,firstthingyoudo is roundup,say,twentymen andtake
the dockat CoffeeHouseSlip,EastRiveroff of WallStreet.You'llget the cartsand shovelsthere
and signupwiththefellowat the office.The othersget paidfor the timetheyshovel,youget paid
rightnow."
wages,starting
foreman's3
wages.
Foreman's
"What's
yourname?"
"Geiermeier,"
he saw it writtenout in the beautiful
he said,andleaningoverthe clerk'sledgera,
"l signedin thismorning."
pointed
to
the
entry.
boy
and
as
a
he'd
learned
script
Gothic
"Yougotto be kidding.
ls that howyousaythat?| musthavetriedto callyoufivetimestoday,
around,no way
allthatup anddownand curlicue
yesterday,
too.I startedto thinkit was Chinese,
Youdon'tknowhow
whatlettersis meant.Where'dyoulearnto writelikethatanyhow?
of knowing
a legup,do you?
to giveyourself
He had listenedalmostobsessively
saidmuchthat he didn'tunderstand.
A tegup?Americans
to the namesbeingcalled.But then the clerkuttereda strange,vaguelyfamiliarword,and it
his name,withthe g misinterpreted
dawnedon him:thiswashowthe clerkhadbeenpronouncing
generally
so different
andthe soundsand stresses
the m transmuted,
as h, thevowelscollapsed,
1 shovel: déblayer
to
' Iuq: qars
" foreman: contremaître
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that it hadn't even registeredon him. He frownedslightlywith
from the actualpronunciation
- howmanyopportunities
hadhe missedin the pasttwo daysbecauseof this?
frustration
"That'sa G,"he saidweakly,pointing
youwerecallingme,"
to the page."l neverrealized
"Whatkindof writingis that,Greek?You ain'tGreek,areyou?"
"lt'sGerman."
"Aw,jeez.Now,there'splentyof Germansin NewYork,andtheyseemto get along.Butwhere
areyougoingto getwitha nameno one can read,andyoucan'teventellwhenthey'retryingto? lt
justwon'tdo,thatname.Orthe handwriting
either."
Adaptedfrom Elizabeth
Gaffney,Metropolis,
2005
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- EXPRESSION
C OMP R É HENSION
Voustraiterezlesquesfionsdansl'ordre, en indiquantclairementleur numéro survotrecopie.
Lorsquela réponsedoit être dévetoppée,Ie nombre de mots ou d'élémentsde réponse sera
indiquédansla question.
vousrépondrezbrièvementà la questionposée.
d'indications,
En I'absence
1. a) Namethe countryandcitywherethestoryis set.
b) Whattimeof the Yearis it?
c) Whattimeof the dayis it? Justifyyouranswerwithtwo quotations.
is waitingin a sortofjob centre.Howlonghashe beenthere?
2. Geiermeier
3. a) "Soontherewouldbe nothingleftto do butknockon churchdoorsandseeklodgingfor the
night."(Lines2 and3)
ln yourownwordssaywhathisproblemis andhowhe mustbefeeling.
getsolved?
waydoesthisproblem
b) Inwhatparticular
(20
words)
|
30
do.
to
asked
he
is
c) Saywhat
(Line14)
4. "Turnsoutyou'relucky."
lucky.(40/ 50 words)
ln yourownwords,saywhatchainof eventsmakesGeiermeier
5 . R e a df r o ml in e1 4to l i n e1 9 .
to theclerk'swords'
reaction
andexplainGeiermeier's
Describe
6. Focuson whatthe clerksaysfromline20 to 30.
(2 elements)
Whatdoesit revealabouthisattitudetowardsGeiermeier?
fromline39 to theend.
7. Focuson thepassage
geta job sooner?(40words)
Whydidn'tGeiermeier
to do andexplainwhy.
tellsGeiermeier
B. a) Readfromline55 to 57.Saywhatthe clerkimplicitly
(40/ 50 words)
clerk's
remark.
the
following
reactions
and
thoughts
Geiermeier's
b) lmagine
subjects.
9. Chooseoneof thefollowing
Writedownthe numberof words.)
(250wordsapproximately.
SubjectI
in a foreigncountryis not alwayseasy.Whatsort of situations
Tryingto makeoneselfunderstood
canit leadto?GiveexamPles.
Subject2
you tell yourfriendsthat you havedecidedto applyfor a summerjob in an English-speaking
Writethescene'
Theyreactto yourdecision.
country.
TRADUCTION
intoFrenchfromline10 (Youbeenhereallday...)to line17 (...wanttheiob?)
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