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The triumph and disappointments of the Good Friday Agreement ten years on
Adapted from The Economist print edition, Apr 3rd 2008
THE first Catholic church to be built in Belfast stands at the bottom of the Falls Road,
the main, battle-scarred artery of Catholic west Belfast, an area that Protestants once
avoided. Today, almost next door, is a swanky (1) oyster bar, patronised by both
Northern Irish tribes as well as the tourists the city has begun to attract since Tony Blair
felt “the hand of history” on his shoulder and, on April 10th 1998, the Good Friday
Agreement was signed.
Outside Northern Ireland, the agreement is often hailed (2) as an example of how even
the most stubborn (3) conflict may be resolved. The results have been astonishing—in
the demeanour of downtown Belfast, even more so in the halting political institutions the
agreement established. The Rev Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the
only mainstream party to oppose the 1998 deal, presides (until his retirement in May) over
the devolved executive. His deputy is the former IRA terrorist Martin McGuinness of
Sinn Fein [party of Irish republicanism], whose Republican ambitions once seemed
irreconcilable with peace. Yet inside Northern Ireland the agreement looks like a fine
example of another truth: how depressingly thankless (4) politics can be. The intimate
sectarian violence is over, but lots of people are unhappy.
The most vociferously disgruntled (5) group are the Protestant unionists, for whom the
sight of Mr McGuinness in a ministerial chair is morally repugnant. The old unionist
pessimism—a sense of being surrounded and imperilled—lives on. So does the atavistic
fear of betrayal by the British government: no unionist politician of any stripe seems to
have a kind word to say about Mr Blair. “We always knew the British were treacherous,”
says one, “and we weren't disappointed.”
Outside the political class, there is a similar feeling of “being on the losing side”, as a
community worker from the Shankill Road, an infamous Protestant enclave adorned with
garish murals (6) of masked loyalist commandos, puts it. In places they regard as part of
their patrimony, ordinary Protestants now encounter Catholics in Gaelic football shirts.
Meanwhile the Belfast shipyards, once a staple employer of Protestants, have withered
(the city, one local joke runs, should put up a monument to the Unknown British
Taxpayer, who continues to provide whopping (7) subsidies to the province, its relative
prosperity notwithstanding). The perception is that the Catholics have done better. In a
place where old triumphs or injustices, whether inflicted ten years ago or 300, are the stuff
of politics and worse, this sense of a Catholic victory is dangerous.
It is not altogether misplaced, however. In economic terms, the buoyant Catholic middle
class has been the most obvious beneficiary of the past ten years: freed from
discrimination, and aided by the tendency of ambitious young Protestants to leave,
Catholics have leapt up the career ladder, colonising the posh (8) villas of south Belfast.
In a way, though, that may also be a worry for Sinn Fein. Now that Northern Ireland has
become a meritocratic, livable place, unification with Ireland looks less urgent to some.
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Young middle-class Catholics, says one successful Catholic businessman, are now more
likely to demonstrate against American imperialism than the British kind.
Sinn Fein also faces a broader challenge: managing the unfinished transition from
terrorism to peacetime politics. In west Belfast there are discontented rumbles about the
antics of local yobs—even some calls for the IRA to kneecap miscreants as they used to.
[…]
Out in the Republican heartland (9) of South Armagh, Sinn Fein faces a different version
of the same problem. The country roads are enlivened by shrines to IRA bombers and
hunger-strikers, plus mysteriously grand houses reputedly bought with the proceeds of
smuggling, long intertwined with paramilitarism. […]
There is one big and collective reason for disappointment. Belfast now feels like a
cosmopolitan city, but it is still a segregated one. Protestants and Catholics may sit next to
each other at work, and some of them may rub shoulders (10) in swanky restaurants and
shopping centres, but they still overwhelmingly educate their children separately, at least
until university, and live in discrete neighbourhoods. The number of Gazan “peace walls”,
intended to prevent petrol bombs and the like being lobbed between the communities,
has actually risen since 1998.
[…] The agreement was not the beginning of the peace process; nor was it the end, as was
amply demonstrated by the ensuing setbacks and missed deadlines, tantrums and threats.
But for all the outstanding gripes and confusions—which have consumed some of the
deal's architects, and may yet undo their political successors—it did entrench peace. A
decade on, it still looks like a triumph, even if not everyone in Northern Ireland sees it
that way yet.
Exercice 1: Choisissez l’expression synonyme qui correspond le mieux au sens du mot en
gras dans le texte. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse ( /10)
1- [swanky]
a) wide
b) elegant
c) preposterous
d) famous
e) flashy
2- [hailed]
a) praised
b) dubbed
c) analysed
d) riled
e) described
3- [stubborn]
a) resolute
b) sectarian
c) intractable
d) moody
e) gloomy
4- [thankless]
a) ironic
b) dismal
5- [disgruntled]
a) dissatisfied
6- [garish]
a) tasty
c) difficult
b) dismal
b) gaudy
c) restless
c) erased
d) listless
e) unrewarding
d) groping
e) despaired
d) violent
e) yellowish
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7- [whopping]
a) undeserved b) tiny
c) paternalistic
8- [posh]
a) recent
c) tasteless
b) expensive
9- [heartland]
a) countryside b) stronghold
10- [rub shoulders]
a) fight
b) cross
c) core
c) mix
d) huge
d) derelict
d) field
d) share meals
e) whirling
e) stylish
e) landslide
e) get drunk
Exercice 2 : Choisissez la fin de phrase qui correspond le mieux au sens des cinq
premiers paragraphes du texte. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse. ( /5)
11- Protestants…
a- used to stay away from East Belfast.
b- used to be scared of battles in the Falls Road.
c- no longer stay away from the Falls Road area.
d- have opened many bars in former Catholic-only zones.
e- are heavily prejudiced against foreigners.
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The Good Friday Agreement…
has put an end to sectarian violence.
has blocked the political institutions.
led to the devolution of power to the Unionists.
is ambiguous since it has promoted terrorist organisations.
was accepted unanimously as a major breakthrough.
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Unionists…
have always been disgruntled.
regret having supported the Good Friday Agreement.
have mixed feelings towards Tony Blair.
tend to feel besieged.
now resent Gerry Adams, their leader.
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Unemployment…
is widespread in Belfast.
affects most ordinary Protestants.
is balanced through British subsidies.
is a plight throughout Ireland.
hits once more fortunate Protestant shipyard workers.
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The Irish Republicans…
have lost the support of middle-class Catholics altogether.
Implicitly encourage anti-Americanism.
find the Catholic sense of victory exhilarating.
may find it difficult to push for unification with Ireland.
continue to encourage sectarian violence.
Exercice 3 – List two « triumphs » and three causes of disappointment in the wake of the Good
Friday agreement. Also give three challenges Sinn Fein faces. You must write eight sentences. You
are not allowed to quote the text: you must reformulate.
Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse. ( /12)
Exercice 4 – La fin des mots en gras a été effacée dans le texte ci-dessous.
Ecrivez lisiblement le mot entier dans la grille-réponse. ( /10)
Is it time to support the dollar?
THE dollar's steep dr— (16) this year has trig—(17) speculation that central banks may
soon intervene in the foreign-exchange mar—(18) to prop up the sickly cur—(19). It will
surely be discussed at the next G7 meeting on April 11th. Policym—(20) have already
embarked on verbal intervention. Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European
Central Bank (ECB), has said he is “concerned'' by the euro's climb ag—(21) the dollar;
European Union leaders at a sum—(22) in Brussels on March 14th said “disorderly”
moves are “unwelcome”. (…) Many academic economists remain scep—(23) that when
central banks buy or sell currencies they can influence exchange ra—(24). After all, their
operations are a drop in the ocean compared with the trillions of dollars traded in the
markets every day. History is littered with fai—(25) interventions (…).
Adapted from The Economist print edition, Mar 27th 2008
Exercice 5- Choisissez la bonne réponse et reportez-la dans la grille-réponse. (
26. He started his job here twenty years ago and … in the Union …
a) was … ever since b) has been… afterwards
c) became… since after
since then
e) has been … ever since
d)
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was…
27. They … have worried so much - everything worked out well, of course.
a) must
b) mustn’t
c) didn’t need to
d) needn’t
e) should
28. She’d go without eating rather than …
a) have worked
b) to work
c) working d) work e) to have worked
29. I’ve bought a sophisticated machine but I can’t get …
a) it going
b) it go
c) it to go
d) its going
e) it should go
30. If he were to quit his job, he … feel better.
a) should
b) must
c) might
31. Hardly … turned up yesterday.
a) anyone
b) no one
c) someone
d) were to
e) can
d) somebody e) everyone
32. … as he disliked him, he wouldn’t tell him.
a) Worse
b) As well
c) As little
d) Even
e) Much
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33. How long has it been since you … them last ?
a) saw
b) have seen
c) had seen
d) were seeing e) have been seeing
34. The president comes from a wealthy family, as … most politicians in that country.
a) come
b) do c) well
d) would
e) have
35. At last she showed a more humane side that many had feared …
a) to miss
b) was missing c) she missed
d) she had missed
e) missed
Exercice 6 – Retrouvez la forme verbale nécessaire et reportez-la entièrement dans la grilleréponse ( /5)
36. One only loves that which one …… (not+possess), one only loves that in which one
pursues the inaccessible.
37. When you have finished the novel, you …… (leave) with a sense of having seen a new
depth to a trivial world.
38. The area of cultivated land has been falling partly because farmland …… (destroy) by
being overworked.
39. More needs …… (do), especially in deprived areas, to enable vulnerable young people to
take part in positive, risk-controlled activities.
40. In this hotel, customers…… (take) good care of.
Exercice 7 –remplacez les blancs par les éléments appropriés : this/ the / a / 's / Ø [ce
signe signifie qu’il ne faut rien mettre]. Reportez la réponse dans la grille-réponse
( /8)
____ (41) new series of violent clashes in China threatened last night to aggravate the protest
which will greet _____ (42) London leg of the Olympic torch relay as it passes through the
capital this weekend.
As many as eight Tibetans may have been killed when paramilitary police opened _____ (43) fire
during protests in Sichuan province, according to ____ (44) Tibetan support groups.
China's state media acknowledged a confrontation had taken place in the mountainous region
neighbouring Tibet, but reported that police fired only warning shots to protect _____ (45)
officials.
_______ (46) news is likely to inflame ____ (47) pro-Tibetan protesters in Britain who plan to
disrupt the Olympic torch’s relay as it travels through London on _____ (48) Sunday.
Adapted from The Guardian, Saturday April 5 2008
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Entrée en 2ème année 2008 * Anglais *
NOM : ……………………………………………………………………….
Prénom : ..………………………………………………………………….
Date naissance : ………………………………
Entrée en 2ème année 2008
- ANGLAIS –
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Exercise 3:
List two « triumphs » and three causes of disappointment in the wake of the Good Friday agreement. Also
give three challenges Sinn Fein faces. You must write eight sentences. You are not allowed to quote the text:
you must reformulate. (
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o Triumph (1):
o Triumph (2):
o Disappointment (1):
o Disappointment (2):
o Disappointment (3):
o Challenge Sinn Fein faces (1):
o Challenge Sinn Fein faces (2):
o Challenge Sinn Fein faces (3):
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