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Texte 1 adapted from VOANews.com
'Soul Surfer' Highlights One-Armed Athlete's Inspirational Story
April 11, 2011, Alan Silverman
In 2003, Bethany Hamilton, 13, lost her left arm to a shark attack while surfing off
Kauai, Hawaii. A new film dramatizes the story of how she overcame that to achieve
her dream of becoming a professional athlete.
"Big snap off the top! Bethany Hamilton is holding nothing back with potentially one
of the highest scoring rides of the day as this final comes to a close here at Turtle
Bay."
Growing up on the "garden isle" of Kauai, Bethany Hamilton spent every minute she
could riding the waves. She was on the verge of becoming a top competitor in pro
surfing. But while she was practicing at an isolated cove, a four-meter long tiger
shark ripped off her left arm. A frantic ride to the nearest hospital and quick work by
doctors saved her life, but nobody, not even Bethany, could imagine she would ever
get back on a surfboard again.
"I don't understand. What happened to 'I can do all things?' Why did this happen?
Why did I have to lose everything?"
"You didn't lose everything, Bethany not even close."
In a true test of her faith and by sheer will power, Bethany did get back up on a
surfboard only a month after the attack. Six months later, she was competing again.
It's a story told in her autobiography, which is the basis for the film that stars
teenager AnnaSophia Robb.
"I knew this young surfer's tragic story, of course, but I thought 'what an incredible
role', explains Robb. " I was so fascinated by all of the challenges. What would it be
like to have your arm taken and what would go through your head and how would
your faith be challenged? "
To play the role, Robb had to learn how to surf well enough to play a champion. The
young actress admits she never got to that level, but, tutored by Hamilton, she did
pick up the basics.
"Bethany taught me a ton and really helped me figuring out where the 'channel' is
and how to look for waves and what to do and just about knowledge of the sea and
being comfortable in it for sure," Robb says.
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I Texte 1 (8/30) Questions 1 à 8 : entourez la lettre correspondant à votre choix
1) Dans le groupe " her (1) dream of (2) becoming a (3) professional (4) athlete "
indiquez la hiérarchie du sens en commençant par le mot/groupe le plus important.
A - (1) (2) (4) (3)
B - (2) (3) (4) (1)
C - (1) (2) (3) (4)
D - (4) (3) (2) (1)
2) Même question pour le groupe " the (1) highest (2) scoring (3) rides of the (4) day
"
A - (1) (2) (3) (4)
B - (2) (3) (4) (1)
C - (3) (2) (1) (4)
D - (4) (3) (2) (1)
3) Même question pour le groupe "a (1) top (2) competitor in (3) pro (4) surfing "
A - (1) (2) (4) (3)
B - (2) (1) (4) (3)
C - (1) (2) (3) (4)
D - (4) (3) (1) (2)
4) Même question pour le groupe " A (1) frantic (2) ride to the (3) nearest (4)
hospital "
A - (1) (4) (3) (2).
B - (1) (2) (3)..(4)
C - (3) (4) (2) (1)..
D - (4) (1) (2) (3)
E - (4) (3) (2) (1)
F - (2) (1) (4) (3)
5) Quel est le mot essentiel (le noyau) dans le groupe suivant.
" a four-meter long tiger shark "
A - four
B - meter
C - long
D - tiger
E - shark
6) Même question :
" In a true test of her faith "
A - In
B - true
C - test
D - her
E - faith
7) Même question :
" the basis for the film that stars teenager AnnaSophia Robb "
A - basis
B - film
C - stars
D - teenager
E - AnnaSophia
F - Robb
8) Même question :
" this young surfer's tragic story "
A - young
B - surfer
C - tragic
D - story
9) Donnez la traduction (2/30):
Il y a plus d'un mois qu'il n'a pas plu.
Un requin l'a attaquée il y a neuf ans.
10) Ecrivez les groupes verbaux (5/30):
1- (BLOW + reproche de ne pas avoir fait + insistance sur le déroulement)
= He .......................................................................................................................
2- (BRING + Forte probabilité + action subie dans un contexte passé)
= He .......................................................................................................................
3- (CATCH + forte probabilité future + insistance sur le déroulement)
= He .......................................................................................................................
4- (DRAW + Mise en rapport de 2 moments différents dans le temps. Le 2è moment
= passé + action subie)
= He .......................................................................................................................
5- (DRIVE + Refus dans un contexte passé)
= He .......................................................................................................................
II (15/30 pts) : texte 2 (dans le manuel de référence) 4.1 " The origin of language"
Trouvez, dans les paragraphes 7 à 11, les mots correspondant le mieux aux
définitions suivantes (un mot par définition. EN ECRIRE PLUSIEURS SERA
CONSIDERE COMME UNE MAUVAISE REPONSE). Les définitions sont
données dans l'ordre d'apparition des mots dans le texte.
Pour chaque définition
1°) (5/30) Cochez la case correspondant à la nature du mot à trouver
(généralement=nature du noyau de la définition) : Verbe(V) / Substantif (S)/ Adjectif
ou participe jouant le rôle d'adjectif (Ad) / Autre (Au).
2°) (10/30) Ecrivez LE mot tel qu'il apparaît dans le texte (colonne de droite). En
écrire plusieurs sera équivalent à une réponse fausse.
Définition
V
S
AD AU
Le mot
1- Having a meaning or purpose.
2- To say a word or a letter in a particular
way.
3- One of the speech sounds or letters of the
alphabet which is not a vowel.
4- Being of or at the beginning
5- With considerable certainty; without
much doubt.
6- A language user's knowledge of words.
7- A line on a graph representing data.
8- A standard by which you judge, decide
about or deal with something.
9- The details or reasons that someone gives
to make something clear or easy to
understand.
10- Spoken rather than written.
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