Corrigé - Franglish

- EXPRESSION
C OMP R ÉHENSION
é
Voustraiterezlesquestionsdans l'ordre, en indiquantcla
le nombrede mots
Lorsquela réponsedoit êtredéveloppée,
vousrépondrezbrièvementà la
d'indications,
En I'absence
life.
to two momentsin HowardBeamish's
1. The textcan be dividedintotwo parts,corresponding
a) Howold is he in each part?
=!,
6 in the first part.38 in the secondpart.
to.
present,
referred
or
mentioned
are
b) Foreachpart,saywhatcharacters
Howardis presentin both parts.
Howard'sparentsare presentin the first part but in the second part,they q1gpn.!y_
In this secondpart,Vivienis presentand Carolis mentioned | 5 x 2 pts = 10 ptsl
mentioned.
c) Say how Vivienand Carolare connectedto Howard.
Carol is a secretary working with Howard. (Accepter: lig secretary)
Vivien is Howard's girlfriend/ wife / the woman he is rapidly falling out of love with.
2x3pts--6
2. a) Givethe exactnameof the placewherebothscenesareset.BtueAnchor Beach. EFtsl
b) What did Howardfind the first time he went there?
He found a fossil / an ammonite/ fossils
æ
c) How did that discoveryinfluencethe courseof Howard'slife?
That's what made him decide to become a palaeontologist./ That's when his passionfor
fossils began.
æ
3. Readfrom line6 to line20.
that discovery.
ContrastHoward's,his mother'sand his father'sattitudesand reactionsconcerning
(60 / 70 words)
Howard is reallycurious, and keeps asking questions because he is interestedin what he
has found. On the contrary, his father doesn't care about it. Howard's mother tries to help
but is unableto qive him further informationabout the fossil. When Howardwants to take
. He is so determinedthat he carries
the fossils back home,
x 3 pts = 15
them home himself (in spite of their weight).
Focus on the passagefrom line 23 to the end.
4. a) In yourown words,givethe reasonswhy Howardvisitedthe same placeagain.
( 3 0 1 4 0w o r d s )
He wanted to come back to the place that remindedhim of his childhood and he wanted to
come back to the place where his passion for fossils had started.
Moreover,he was there to celebratehis promotionas a Senior Lectureran{-!@jl
his book.
b) Say how Vivienfelt aboutthe placeandjustifyyour answerwith threequotations.
+3Xiot=5
Vivien didn't like it.
"Vivien
path
beach"
down
the
complainedabout the steep and slippery
Line 27:
L i n e 2 8 : " T h e r ei s n o s a n d "
Lines 28-29:"The sea is the colour of mud."
Line 29: "l don't see anywherewe can sit."
L i n e s 2 9 - 3 0 :" T h e w h o l e p l a c e i s n o t h i n g b u t p e b b l e s . "
"present" Vivien(line34) causemoretensionbetweenthem?Useyour
to
5. Why did Howard's
own words.(20 | 30 words)
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When he gave the piece of alabasterto Vivien, he mentionedCarol,
of.
Mettreun bonus au candidat qui explicite I'histoirede I'ammonite'
oî.t,lg,
= $
not to").ExplainHoward'sdecision.(20 130words)
6. Read lines45-46("Heconsidered...decided
perhaps he didn't want to offer her the ammonite becauseshe could consider it as a kind of
' - - ' have decided not to reconcilewith her as he didn't love her
provocation.Or he- may
m
anymore.
"thatotherafternoon"
(line46) referto?
7. a) Whatdoes
It refêrsto the afternoonwhen Howardfound his ammoniteduring his holidaysat-E.lf
16ptsl
AnchorBeachwith his parents,at the ageof six.
(20
words)
parents?
|
30
his
b) Whatimagedid Howarddecideto keepof
and to forget
Hec'hose/ decidedto rememberthemas young parentswho kneweverything,
that they had becomeold.
"omniscient"et parled'idéalisation
des pg94s.
Bonuspour un candidatqui revientsur
16ptsl
subjects.
8. Chooseoneof thefollowing
Writedownthe numberof words')
(250wordsapproximately.
Subject1
you tellyourparentsthatyou havejust changedyourmindaboutyourstudiesor yourfuturejob.
Writethe scene.
Theyreactto yourdecision.
Subject2
specialto you?Writeaboutit.
ls thêreanyplacethatmeanssomething
TRADUCTION
pounds.
intoFrenchfromline4 t ..1Howardpickedup...to line15 . .. several
Translate
on BlueAnchorBeach.
1. Howardpickedup an ammonite
Howardramassaune ammoniteà BtueAnchorBeach/ sur la plagede BlueAnchor/ de
16PËl
l'AncreBleue'
it to his parents.'What'sthis?'
2. He presented
ll ta montraà ses parents.<<Qu'est-ceque c'est ?
I6 pGl
to thetestmatch.
3. ,lt'sa stone,'saidhisfather,whowaslistening
- C,estune pierre>, dit son père,qui écoutaitun test match/ un matchtest(à la rglig\
l6 ptsl
(Accepter: matchde sélection,matchinternational...)
child'
an observant
Howard,
4. 'No,it isn'tretorted
pierre/ répliqua/ rétorquaHowardqui était un
pas
une
pas
/
c'est
< Non./ Non, c'est
ça.
l6æl
enfantobservateur.
'That'sa veryoldsortof stone''
5. 'lt'sa fossil,dear'saidhismother.
- C'estun fossile,(mon)chéri,dit sa mère.C'estune sortede pierretrès ancienne.l6Etal
aftera fewmoments'
Howard,
6. 'Why?'persisted
au bout d'un moment.
- pouiquoi? > insistaHoward/ dit Howardavecinsistance,
t6ptal
7. The singleword embracedin fact a vast rangeof query,for whichhe did not havethe language.
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L
M2
n'avaitpas les mots.
andwasalsodefeated,
too,pausedto consider
8. Hismother,
Sa mèreaussis'arrêtaun instantpour réfléchiret déclaraégalementforfait/ et s'avoge_
é g a l e m e nvta i n cu e/ e t n e su t q u e d i re
19pts l
reasons.
9. thoughfor different
æ
/ bienque cela ne fût pas pour les mêmesraisons.
étaientdifférentes
si
ses
raisons
même
Howarda tomatosandwich,
10.Sheevadedthe issueby offering
Elleéludala question/ évitale sujet/ contournale problèmeen proposantà Howardun
sandwichà ta tomate,
16Ptsl
withenthusiasm
11.whichhe accepted
qu'il acceptaavecenthousiasme
trptsl
to poreoverthe ammonite.
12.whilecontinuing
tout en continuantà / d'observerI'ammoniteattentivement.
l6 ptal
fivemorefossilfragments,
he collected
13.Duringthe restof the afternoon,
l6Eal
de
fossiles,
/
morceaux
cinq
fragments
encore
Pendantle restede I'aprèsmidi,il ramassa
severalpounds.
in a slabof rockweighing
oneembedded
14.including
19ptsl
dont un étaitincrustédans une pierre/ dans un morceaude pierre/ de rochepesant/ qui
pesait/ (de)plusieurslivres.
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RECAPITULATIF
C O M P R E H E N S I O-NE X P R E S S I O N1 4 0 p o i n t s
1.
a) 4 points
b ) 1 0 p o i n ts
c) 6 points
Corrgê
a) 2 points
b) 2 points
3.
c) 4 points
1 5 p o i n ts
4.
a) 9 points
b) 5 points
5.
6 points
6.
5 points
a) 6 points
7.
b) 6 points
8
60 points
TRADUCTION 90 pointsà ramenersur 60 points
(multiplierla noteobtenuepar 2 puis diviserpar 3)
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