> The power
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2. > Texte : The Good Samaritans 3. > Lecture et vocabulaire 4. > Grammaire 5. > Traduction
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7. > Texte : présentation orale
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ontenu de la séquence 8
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ette huitième séquence traite trait e de l’influence anglo-saxonne sur le monde actuel. Pour contrebalance contrebalancerr ce pouvoir nous verrons l’émergence d’autres valeurs. valeurs.
Nous reverrons aussi quelques savoir-faire à se remémorer avant le Baccalauréat.
Civilisation et culture
American success stories
Compréhension écrite
“The Good Samaritans” - an article from Time magazine
Expression orale
“The Good Samaritans”:
Expression écrite
Écrire un essay
Méthodologie
Rappels pour l’examen Traduction d’un passage Vocabulaire : money, charity, computers
Compétence linguistique
Corrections d’un essay : les erreurs les plus récurrentes
présentation orale Lecture d’un passage
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Civilisation et cultur culture e American success success stories stories Task ᕡ ᕡ Ambivalence Read and fill in the blanks from the words below. Had started, still, witness, at times, even those, over, whatever, all over, for that matter, throughout, gave way
We ………………………….. the first sequence with the 17th century in the New World and the settling of the Puritan pilgrims in America. They were inspired with a ‘mission’: to create a model community for the rest of the world to envy and copy. …………………………… their history Americans have stayed fast to this sense of “mission“. ………………………… they withdrew from intervention and concentrated on developing their territory and own wealth as in the drive to the West in the mid 18th century. This isolationism ………………………… to interventionism in the two world wars of the 20th century. This phase is not ………………….., American presidents are …………….. set to give democracy to the rest of the world and this is the reason or the excuse for the interventions in Vietnam and the Arabic Gulf. ……………………….. opinion we personally have of American military interventionism interventionism today we ………………………….. and all share in the factual dominance of the USA in the fields of business, trade, technology and popular culture. And the youth of the world ………………….. is learning English, wears jeans and watches American films ……………………… who wear protest placards to protest against American military interventions, or non- intervention ………………………..
ᕢ Brands Annual ranking of the world’s most valuable brands shows that American labels are still among the first worlwide. How well do you know them? Link one slogan with a brand name Apple Macintosh
Fly the friendly skies.
Coca-Cola
It’s the real thing.
Levi’s jeans
Have it your way.
McDonald’s
Have you ever had a bad time in…?
Nike
America’s storyteller
Shell
If it feels good then just do it.
United Airlines
You deserve a break today.
Burger King
Finger lickin’ good
Kentucky Fried Chicken
You can be sure of…
Kodak
Think different.
➠ Check your work now.
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ᕣ On Hollywood The USA controls 85% of the world film market. Comparing a list of the ten blockbusters (all produced in the US), with the list of the ten best films ever given by film critics, give the *genre of each film and its nationality, fill in the blanks. What is your conclusion? *Genre of the film to be chosen among: Western, Science fiction, Horror film, Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Animated cartoon, Thriller, Adventure film, Disaster film, Epic, Gangster movie, Mystery, Romance, History film, Biography, Social Comment, War. War.
The ten blockbusters
Genre
Filmmaker’s/ author’s nationality
The ten best films as listed by critics
Genre
Filmmaker’s/ author’s nationality
Titanic
Disast Dis aster er,, Roma Romance nce James James Cam Camero eron: n: American
Citizen Kane
Biography
Orson Welles: American
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
…………?
Based on the work of Tolkien, an English writer, directed by Peter Jackson a New Zealander.
La Règle du Jeu
Social Comment
Jean Renoir: …………?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone
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Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, an English writer
Vertigo
…………?
Alfred Hitchcock: …………?
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Based on the work of Tolkien, an English writer, directed by Peter Jackson a New Zealander.
The Godfather
…………?
Francis Ford Coppola: American
Star Wars I
…………?
George Lucas: American
Tokyo Story
Romance
Yasujiro Ozu: …………?
Jurassic Park
…………?
Steven Spielberg
2001: A Space Odyssey
…………?
Stanley Ku Kubrick: …………?
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
…………?
Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, an English writer
Battleship Potemkin
…………?
Eisenstein: …………?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
…………?
Based on the work of Tolkien, an English writer, directed by Peter Jackson a New Zealander.
8 1/2
…………?
Federico Fellini: …………?
Finding Nemo
…………?
American
Pather Panchali
Social Comment
Satyajit Ray: …………?
Spider-Man
…………?
American
The Seven Samurai
War
Akira Kurosawa: …………?
Your conclusion: ....................................................................................................................................
What’s on the Internet? Bill and Melinfa gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org DATA (Bono) http://www.data.org/archiv http://www .data.org/archives/000763.php es/000763.php
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Texte – “The Good Samaritans“
This work is for all students. It can be used for oral presentation.
Task
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Read the following information and do the anticipation exercise. exercise. “The Good Samaritans” The extracts are taken from an article from the American magazine TIME. The Persons of the Year Year chosen by the magazine in 2005 were Bono together with Bill and Melinda Gates
Time Magazine – Droits réservés.
Anticipation Taking into account the title, the illustration illustration and what you know of the people in question, anticipate anticipate the nature and content of the text choosing from one or several of the following alternatives. a) The text is an extract from a magazine article. b) The text is an extract from a novel. c) The text deals with the rich and famous. d) The text deals with humanitarian issues. ➠ Check your work now.
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Pronunciation The following words and expressions may cause problems. Listen to the CD to repeat them out loud. Samaritans, the rescue, creatures, furloughed, nestled, wealth, a trampoline, causes, dignified, reco- gnized, valuable, resources, a public-health pioneer, efficiency, rigor, North Carolina, genuine, criticism, the promise, capable, condolences.
Task
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Read the text as you listen to the CD CD.. 2
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Do not use your dictionary, read and listen without stopping. “The Good Samaritans”
These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow Texte Bac creatures, *furloughed from reality for all time. Billionaires are even more removed, *nestled *atop fantastic wealth where they never again have to place their own calls or defrost dinner or fly commercial. So Bono spends several thousand dollars at a restaurant for a nice Pinot Noir, and Bill Gates, the great predator of 5 the Internet age, has a trampoline room in his $100 million house. It makes makes you think that tha t if these guys can decide to make it their mission to save the world, partner with people they would never otherwise meet, care about causes that are not sexy or dignified in the ways that celebrities normally require, then no one really has a good excuse anymore for just staying on the sidelines and watching. […] The challenge of “stupid poverty”– the people who die *for want of a $2 pill because they live on $1 a
10 day – was enough to draw Gates away from Microsoft years before he intended to shift his focus from making money to giving it away. He and Melinda looked around and recognized a system failure. “Those lives were being treated as if they weren’t valuable,” Gates told FORTUNE in 2002. “Well, when you have the resources that could make a very big impact, you can’t just say to yourself, ‘O.K., when I’m 60, I’ll get around to that. Stand by.’”
15 There have always been rich and famous people who feel the call to “give back”, which is where big marble buildings and opera houses come from. But Bill and Melinda didn’t set out to win any prizes – or friends –. “They’ve gone into international health”, says Paul Farmer, a public-health pioneer, and said, “What are you guys kidding, is it the best you can do?” Gates’ standards are shaping the charitable marketplace as he has the software business. “He wants to know where every penny goes,” says Bono, whose *DATA *DATA got off 20 the ground with a Gates foundation grant. “Not because those pennies mean so much to him, but because he’s demanding efficiency.” His rigor has been a blessing to everyone – not least of all Bono, who was at particular risk of not being taken seriously, just another guilty white guy pestering people for more money without focusing on where it goes. “When an Irish rock star starts talking about it, people go, yeah, you’re paid to be indulged and have these ideas,” Bono says. “But when Bill Gates says you can fix malaria in 25 10 years, they know he’s done a few spreadsheets. […] Bono grasps that politicians don’t much like being yelled at by activists who tell them no matter what they do, it’s it’s not enough. Bono knows it’s never enough, but he also knows how to say so in a way that doesn’t leave his audience feeling helpless. He invites everyone into the game, in a way that makes them think they are missing something if they hold back. “ After so many years in Washington,“ says retired Senator 30 Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Caroli na, whom Bono recruited for his cause, “I had met enough well-known people to quickly figure out who was genuine and who was there for show. I knew as soon as I met Bono that he was genuine. He has absolutely nothing to gain personally as a result of his work. In fact, he has opened himself to criticism because he has been willing to work with anyone to find help for these children who have taken his heart.” 120
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It’s more about passion. Pity sees suffering and wants to ease the pain; passion sees 35 This is not about pity. It’s injustice and wants to *settle the score. Pity implores the powerful to pay attention; passion warns them about what will happen if they don’t. The risk of pity is that it kills with kindness; the promise of passion is that it builds on the hope that the poor are fully capable of helping themselves if given the chance. In 2005 the world’s poor needed no more condolences; they needed people to get interested, get mad and then 40 get to work. Extracts from “Persons of Year“ in Time Magazine, December 26, 2005/January 2, 2006, by Nancy Gibbs–Droits réservés rése rvés
Vocabulary help
furloughed from reality = dispensés de tout contact avec la réalité nestled = niché atop = au sommet de for want of = par manque de DATA = Debt AIDS Trade Africa to settle the score = régler son compte à quelque chose
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Compréhension du texte et rappels pour l’examen Lisez toutes les questions avant de répondre à la première question.
ᕡ Characters and general understanding a) Complete the grid. Answer in complete sentences. Wha hatt ty type pe of te text xt??
Ne rédigez pas tout au brouillon Répondez en mettant le verbe au même temps que la question
Dat atee of pub ublilica cati tion on??
Name Na me of th thee au auttho hor? r?
What Wh at is it ab abou outt?
b) What was Bill Gates’s field of activity? Justify by quoting from the text. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... c) What are Bono’s job and nationality? Justify by quoting from the text. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... d) Explain the title. ............................................................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................................................
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e) How many paragraphs does the article contain?................................................................ ............... Put the paragraph titles in correct order. 1. Unlikely rescuers 2. Charity is a passion 3. The The same standards can apply to the software and charitable markets 4. Bono asks help on all sides 5. Gates’ new challenge is charity
ᕢ The first paragraph of the article Le premier paragraphe d’un article de presse doit être efficace pour donner l’envie au lecteur de lire le reste, il donne donc 1) une introduction générale au contenu du texte, 2) un ou des exemples précis qui illustrent le sujet traité dans l’article
a) Sum up the article by using the information contained in the first paragraph. What are the examples given? Quote if necessary. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... b) Explain the apparent contradictions of Bono and Bill Gates? Vous voyez que vous auriez pu répondre en partie à cette question précédemment. Afin de ne pas vous répéter mais de progresser dans la compréhension du texte vous devez lire toutes les questions avant de répondre.
............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... c) How may Bono and Bill Gates influence us? ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... d) Vocabulary Find the corresponding English words or expressions in the text: venir au secours
voyager en classe normale
brilliant
ces types
superficiel
s’associer avec
individus
autrement
nichés
s’occuper de causes
richesse
réclamer
composer eux-mêmes un numéro de téléphone
rester sans rien faire
ᕣ The second paragraph e) Explain the expression “stupid poverty” . Quote if necessary. ............................................................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................................................
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f) Explain what Bill Gates means by the expression “a system failure” in this context. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... g) Why has Bill Gates decided to act now? Quote if necessary. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... h) Vocabulary Find the following words or expressions par manque de
une panne du système
une pilule
de valeur
se détacher de
Je vais m’occuper de ça
avoir l’intention de
Restez là sans rien faire
changer d’intérêt
ᕤ Paragraph 3 Le vocabulaire des consignes doit être parfaitement assimilé, consultez l’annexe si nécessaire
i) Explain how Bill Gates has revolutionized the ‘charitable market’ by treating it as he treated ‘the software business’. Quote if necessary. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... j) Why is it an advantage for Bono to be working with Bill Gates? ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... k) Vocabulary Find the words or expressions ressentir l’appel
l’efficacité
des bâtiments en marbre
le risque de ne pas être pris au sérieux
la santé
coupable
plaisanter (familier)
harceler
façonner
se concentrer sur
une bourse, une allocation
régler (familier)
avoir tant d’importance
tableaux (sur ordinateur)
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ᕥ Paragraph 4 Prenez le temps de vous relire, éliminez les erreurs d’inattention : ‘s’ à la troisième personne du singulier du présent, fautes de temps et d’accord. Singulier et pluriel.
l) How does Bono manage to convince people to give money? Quote if necessary necessary.. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... m) Why does that open him to criticism? ............................................................................................................................................................... n) Vocabulary Find the following words or expressions comprendre, saisir
faire comprendre
hurler
vrai, sincère
auditoire
pour l’effet
impuissant
être prêt à
ᕦ Paragraph 5 o) Concerning charity, charity, what are the differences between pity and passion according to the author of this article? Quote when necessary. ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... p) Vocabulary Find the words or expressions meaning la souffrance
prévenir, avertir
soulager la douleur
les pauvres du monde
les puissants
se mettre en colère (familier)
➠ Check your work now.
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Lecture expressive : lecture d’un passage du texte. Écoutez le CD et répétez à chaque pause. Faites Faites cet exercice plusieurs fois et à différents moments du cours. Les barres obliques indiquent les pauses. These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue.// Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures,// furloughed from reality for all time. //Billionaires //Billionaires are even more removed,// nestled atop fantastic wealth //where they never again have to place their own calls// or defrost dinner or fly c ommercial.// So Bono spends several thousand dollars// at a restaurant for a nice Pinot Noir Noir,// ,// and Bill Gates, the great predator of the Internet age,// has a trampoline room in his $100 million house.// It makes you think// that if these guys can decide to make it their mission// to save the world,// partner with people they would never otherwise meet,// care about causes that are not sexy// or dignified //in the ways that celebrities normally require,// then no one really has a good excuse anymore// for just staying on the sidelines and watching.
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Enrich your vocabulary 1. Trois Trois domaines de vocabulaire vocabulair e se rencontrent dans ce texte, classez-les comme ci-dessous. Complétezles par d’autres mots. The word of money
The word of charity
The computer world
Billionaire Wealth Spend Several thousand Dollars $100 million house The challenge To make money Valuable Resources To make a big impact To win a prize Those pennies To gain
The rescue Mission To save the world To care about causes People who die for want of… To live on $1 a day Health The charitable market A grant To pester people for more money Recruited for his cause To find help for Pity Suffering Injustice To pay attention To implore The poor Condolences
A system failure The software business To demand efficiency You can fix Spreadsheets To figure out
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2. Ajoutez les mots suivants dans une des catégories ci-dessus. Utilisez le dictionnaire si vous n’êtes pas certain de leur traduction. Apprenez le plus possible de mots nouveaux. a computer, to improve, to increase, globalization, the global village, The Stock Exchange, a volunteer, a laptop, AIDS, profitable, trade deficit, to dump, hardware, a keyboard, a businessman, to support, to be involved involve d in, standard of living, livin g, a lack of, to download, the Third World World Debt Crisis, Cris is, natural disasters, a shareholder shareholde r, to speculate, a debt, a loan, chat, interact, interac t, discover, computer science, sci ence, a home computer, Doctors without wit hout Borders, a charity, inequality, social injustice, an aid agency, age ncy, a computer programmer, to protect, to cancel the debt, to decrease, developing countries, realistic, a computer scientist, fair trade, unfair, unfair, the living conditions, relief organizations, organi zations, a computer addict, a micro-chip, efficient, efficient , a screen, data, to program, the poor, poor, the rich, react, to log on to, malaria, diseases, an epidemic, wealthy, to lend money, to owe money, a campaign, a vaccine, to inoculate
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Grammaire Sujet Explain what charity…
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ᕡ Corrigez la rédaction suivante Écrivez la forme corrigée sous l’erreur en caractères gras. gras. Today, we are all aware of what happens (1) everywhere on the planet. Wherever they take place, Then they disappear dis appear from fro m the (2) wars and the natural disasters are every nights (3) on our TV screens. Then the news and from our mind (4) and only some of us have the courage to go and fight the famine in the (5) Ethiopia for example or in some other foreign country whose name we have forgotten. I admire these selfless people which (6) dedicate most of their lives, and moreover risk their lives, to save the others in all the world (7). I feel proud to be (8) French when I hear that “Doctors Without Borders” is a French organisation. However, I do know that there are many international aid organisations as the Red Cross for example. I intend becoming (9) (10) computer programmer, I would like to work abroad for a while, maybe in Africa or in another developing country. At present I can’t do much for the poors (11) in the Third World countries but at least I gave money to Telethon or when there is a appeal for a natural disaster such as the tsunami in India. My mother regularly give (12) our old clothes to the Red Cross for the destitute destitute.. Maybe the most important thing I might (13) do is to stay aware to the problem of the poor in my city and on my planet and find it intolerable.
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ᕡ Révision de l’emploi des articles ᕢ Révision de l’emploi du présent simple et du présent continu ᕣ Révision de quelques temps ᕤ Révision de quelques modaux ᕥ Révision de l’accroche entre deux verbes qui se suivent
ᕡ Complétez avec l’article approprié a) Bill Gates is ………computer expert, Bono is ………Irish rock singer. b) What …… awful lot of money they have given to ……… causes! c) What …… beautiful song! d) He can play …… piano. e) ……… Summer is my favourite season. f) ……… time is ……… money. g) ………. Net brings together ………people from all over ……… world. h) ……… man may conquer ………space but ……… poor are still among us. i) Are ………… girls better achievers at school than ………… boys? j) ………… mankind still needs to solve many ………. ills.
ᕢ Mettre au présent simple ou au présent continu a) Every morning he (do) ………… his training then he (go)……… to work at eight. b) In winter she (go) ……… skiing in the Alps and (try) …………… to release her stress. c) The Earth (turn) …………… around the sun. d) (Not/ disturb)………………… her, she (listen) …………………... to her favourite piece of music. e) They (not/watch) ………………… TV yet, they (have) …………… to do their homework first. f) Why (you/put) ………………………… so much emphasis on this issue? g) (the train/leave) ……………………………… at 7 or at 8? (snow) ………………………..! (Be/not) …………………… …………………… it beautiful? h) (Look)………….. it (snow) i) (you/ like) …………………….. Paris? j) He (know) …………… I (be) ………… right.
ᕣ Mettre aux temps appropriés a) I (live) ………………… in New York for two years. Now, I (be) ………… in Chicago. b) She (sleep) …………………………........ for three hours when the fire started. c) He knew their names because they (arrest) ………………………………… ……………………………………. …. before. d) They seemed very tired. They They (work) ………………………………… …………………………………… … all day long. e) Soon after their arrival last year they (get married) ……………………………... . f) He doesn’t have his car today, it is (repair) ………………………….. . g) She (look) ……………………………….. after the children all day day,, she deserves a break. h) I (just/spend) ………………………….. a whole week in London, it (be) …………. great. i) (you /ever /see) ……………………..such a mess? (Tidy)……………… your room, will you. j) I (learn) ……………………………. English since I started elementary school.
ᕤ Complétez ces phrases à l’aide d’un modal ou d’une forme équivalente a) They are arguing so loudly, I ……………. hear the TV. b) When she was younger she ……………. swim for hours. c) I’m sorry but you ………..n’t stand in the corridor, it’s not allowed.
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d) …………… I borrow your pen, please? e) You don’t ………………. pay for me, I have enough money. f) He (be)…………………………… very anxious for you, that’s why he phoned the police. g) You (ring) ……………………………… me before coming to visit me. h) You ……………….stop smoking immediately. i) He …………… be able to do that work on his own. j) You …………………n’t have done that, it was silly.
ᕥ Reliez les verbes par : to + infinitif/ l’infinitif sans to/ le gérondif a) The policeman asked me (see) …………….. my identity card. b) We have decided ( move)……………….. to the States. c) He made me (do) ……….. the dishes before going out. d) I am used (listen) …………… to the radio first thing in the morning. e) She closed the door without (say)……………….. a word to them. f) You need (believe) …………………… in yourself to succeed. g) I remember (see) ………………… her with him everyday eve ryday.. h) Remember (contact) ………………….. me every week. i) I don’t agree with you (come) ………………… home so late. j) They expect me (obey) ………………… their orders. ➠ Check your work.
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ᕡ Read again the following passage which you will later translate These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures, *furloughed from reality for all time. Billionaires are even more removed, nestled *atop fantastic wealth where they never again have to place their own calls or defrost dinner or fly commercial. So Bono spends several thousand dollars at a restaurant for a nice Pinot Noir, and Bill Gates, the great predator of the Internet age, has a trampoline room in his $100 million house. It makes makes you think that tha t if these guys can decide to make it their mission to save the world, partner with people they would never otherwise meet, care about causes that are not sexy or dignified in the ways that celebrities normally require, then no one really has a good excuse anymore for just staying on the sidelines and watching. […]
ᕢ Choose the best alternatives These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue…
On ne s’attend pas à ce que ces gens viennent à la rescousse rescousse.. Ceux-ci ne sont pas les gens qu’on attend pour venir à la rescousse. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures
Les stars du Rock sont faits pour être des êtres brillants, superficiels… superficiels… Les stars du Rock sont conçus pour être des créatures brillantes, brillantes, superficielles On considère les Rock stars comme des créatures brillantes brillantes,, superficielles … if these guys can make it their mission to save the world,
… si ces types peuvent faire leur mission de sauver le monde, … si ces types ont décidé de se donner pour mission de sauver le monde, ➠ You must check your work now and read the explanations.
ᕣ Tr Translate anslate the passage above ➠ Check your work now.
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Expression écrite Sujet Do you think it is the role of celebrities to get involved in humanitarian issues? (250 words)
Quelques derniers conseils
ᕡ Lisez bien la consigne, vous pouvez pouvez avoir le choix entre deux sujets mais souvent il faut traiter les
deux sujets. ᕢ Repérez le type de sujet, ici il s’agit d’un……… ᕣ Faites un brouillon. D’abord un “brainstorming“ pour mobiliser le lexique et les structures dont
vous avez besoin. ᕤ Faites un plan. Il faut une introductio introductionn et une conclusion. ᕥ Reliez vos idées idée s par des mots de liaison, vous devez savoir par cœur une douzaine douzai ne de mots de liaison,
écrivez-les au brouillon maintenant cela peut vous amener d’autres idées. ᕦ Faites des paragraphes, attention donnez au moins un exemple par paragraphe. ᕧ Ne perdez pas votre temps en comptant laborieusement les mots de chaque phrase, une ligne
contient de 8 à 10 1 0 mots, pour pour 250 mots écrivez 25 lignes. ᕨ En recopiant au propre, restez concentré, écrivez très lisiblement. ᕩ Respectez le nombre de mots demandés et indiquez le nombre de mots que vous avez écrits. µ Il est absolument indispensable de vous relire au moins deux fois et de vous concentrer sur la gram-
maire. Eliminez les erreurs d’inattention les plus courantes : le “s“ oublié à la troisième personne du singulier du présent, les fautes de temps ou d’accord, les accords singuliers / pluriels, la place des adjectifs et leur invariabilité, etc. Si vous voulez réussir votre épreuve d’anglais, vous devez savoir gérer votre temps. Il faut faire toutes les questions, quitte à ne pas terminer la compréhension. Un élève en série L qui ne fait pas la traduction (notée 6 sur 20) a peu de chance de pouvoir rattraper ce manque, de même pour l’expression écrite. Faites maintenant l’expression écrite demandée. Vous Vous pourrez ensuite comparer votre travail avec le modèle proposé dans les “Model answers“.
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Texte : présentatio présentation n orale orale Ce chapitre concerne principalement les candidats se présentant à l’oral.
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Lecture Vous vous êtes entraîné à lire le texte à haute voix. Task
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Faisons le point sur le texte Complétez la grille de travail sous forme de notes
ᕡ Je détermine la nature du document et son origine. Je résume le texte en donnant un
titre à chaque paragraphe paragraphe..
ᕢ Dans mon commentaire, je peux reprendre chaque paragraphe paragra phe et expliquer son contenu.
Je parle de ces informations en dégageant la personnalité de Bill et Melinda Gates et leur approche efficace de la charité.
ᕣ Je fais de même pour Bono, montrant son savoir-faire : il sait récolter de l’argent.
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Je n’oublie pas la présence de l’auteur de l’article, visible visible surtout dans le dernier paragraphe, et qu’il faudra expliquer. JE CITE à chaque fois que je veux démontrer un point. JE SUIS SANS ARRÊT DANS LE TEXTE et non autour du texte.
Je conclus en parlant par exemple de l’importance de ce mouvement pour l’avenir du monde. En 2005, Bill Gates a donné des milliards d’aide au Tiers-Monde. Je consulte sur Internet les derniers chiffres de l’année à ce sujet. ■
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