PROTESTING I. Compréhension orale Ecoutez l’enregistrement et remplissez les blancs. An interview with ________________ Keller, _______________. My parents say I am a ___________________ but I think my protest is ________________. For example, I am a member of ________________, a group which keeps ______________ against institutions that ___________________ our environment. I am against companies and states which ________________________ this planet. We __________________ this planet. Next week I will take part in a _____________________ to protest against _____________ pollution. My sister Emily is very much like me. She organises __________________ for the promotion of organic _____________________ . Her group protests against the use of ______________ and chemical ________________ imposed upon us by the ________________ industry. II. Compréhension écrite 1. Lisez le texte et repérez les mots et expressions équivalents à : - un saut (…) ait jamais été tenté :__________________________________________ - tandis qu’on l’emmenait en voiture: _______________________________________ - réclamant un Tibet libre : _______________________________________________ - c’était la troisième fois qu’il avait essayé : __________________________________ - pour éloigner les pigeons loin du: _________________________________________ - provoquèrent un arrêt total de la circulation : ________________________________ 2. Trouvez les informations suivantes : - Name of stuntman: ______________________________________________________ - His age : _____________________________________________________________ - Place where action was: _________________________________________________ - Height of column: ______________________________________________________ - Event (or stunt): _______________________________________________________ - Reason for protest: _____________________________________________________ - Name of group: _______________________________________________________ - What happened to the stuntman: ___________________________________________ 3. Répondez en français aux questions suivantes: a. Quel est l’événement présenté? Indiquez le lieu où il se déroule. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. Quelles sont les raisons qui ont déclenché cette action? Au nom de quel groupe les protagonistes agissent-ils ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ c. Quel est le dénouement? Racontez ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Traduisez le premier paragraphe ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ III- Grammaire 1. Ajoutez les pronoms relatifs qui conviennent. who – whose – whom - which - It was Derek Thomson ____________________ was the leader of the group. He was convinced that the cause for ___________________ he was fighting was right. The two ladies with ________________________ he had to work were ill. He belonged to a bouddhist group ___________________ practised meditation and martial arts. He did not know to _____________________ the letter was sent. 2. Quelle préposition est conforme au sens de traduction en français ?. up – down – away – in – back – on – off - out a. Il démarra brusquement. - He drove __________________ . b. Elle s’éloigna de la foule. - She moved ________________ from the crowd. c. Ils continuèrent à parler. - They kept ____________ talking. d. Il a dit qu’il reviendrait bientôt. - He said he would come _________________ soon. e. Il décida d’appeler la police. - He decided to ring ___________________ the police. . 3. Soulignez les formes passives dans les phrases suivantes. a. He had driven to London. He climbed Nelson’s column. He was arrested. He had planned his jump. He was taken to the police station. b. A lady has just been hit by a car. She has lost her credit card. Her card has been found on the pavement. The traffic was brought to a stop. c. He bought his gun in London. The police car was hidden under the bridge. Ecrivez l’infinitif du verbe correspondant au participe passé de ces formes passives. FORMES PASSIVES INFINITIF DES VERBES IV- Expression écrite Choisissez un sujet de protestation et écrivez 6 à 8 lignes en anglais. Puisez dans le lexique cidessous. SUJETS : cruelty to animals – children exploitation – testing nuclear bombs HELP: to complain of...: se plaindre de... to fight against... : lutter contre... to suffer from... : souffrir de... to die of….: mourir de … to beat : battre (corporellement) a fine: : une amende cheap labour: main-d’œuvre bon marché child labour : le travail des enfants endless hours of work: heures de travail interminables chemical products: produits chimiques disease: maladie war : guerre developing countries : pays en voie de développement laboratory : laboratoire inhuman : inhumain to make experiments : faire des expériences ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… PROTESTING Anticipation The scene takes place on the open sea (en pleine mer). In the picture, I can see a blue boat which displays (arborer = to sport) two rainbows and a whale. It is called Esperanza and it is the Greenpeace boat. There is a huge yellow banner (bannière) . It says “Stop Plutonium” which is a toxic nuclear waste. Greenpeace is an activist group which fight for the protection of our planet. It is also known for its campaigns against whaling (pêche à la baleine), global warming, ancient forest destruction. It has offices in 42 countries worldwide. I. Compréhension orale CD 1 : 17 Ecoutez l’enregistrement et remplissez les blancs. Organic food : nourriture biologique Additive : additif Junkfood : snack, vite prêts, cochonnerie