Corrigé BAC 2013 - Anglais - LV2 - STD2A - Izi-Bac

BACCALAUREAT TECHNOLOGIQUE
PROPOSITION DE CORRIGE
SESSION 2013
ANGLAIS
LANGUE VIVANTE 2
Durée de l’épreuve : 2 heures
Série STG (sauf GRH) : coef. 2
Série STG Spécialité GRH : coef. 3
Séries STI2D, STD2A, STL : épreuve facultative
Répartition des points :
Compréhension de l’écrit : 10 points
Expression écrite : 10 points
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COMPREHENSION
Document 1 : City of the Future
A. Write the correct answer
Frank R. Paul was
Réponse ① the man who painted ‘Sci-Fi: Future City’
B. Focus on lines 1 to 10 and write your answers
1) The four materials mentioned are:
- STEEL
- PLASTIC
- GLASS (line 2)
- METAL (line 4)
2) Three adjectives relating to dimensions: (4 réponses possibles)
- MASSIVE (line 2)
- the size of WHOLE districts (line 3)
- WIDE (line 4)
- GIANT (line 5)
3) Two methods of transport which allow you to fly:
- ROCKETS (line 5)
- AIR CARS (line 9)
C. Right or wrong?
1) The author is surprised that there aren’t more cars in ‘Sci-Fi: Future City’
RIGHT - line 5 “metal roadways strangely devoid of traffic”
2) Most science fiction movie makers choose urban areas as asetting
RIGHT – line 7/8: “in how many films have directors established the fact that we’re in the
future by conjuring up some landscape of incredible buildings with air cars”
3) The action for 2001: a Space Odyssey takes place on our planet
WRONG - line 14 “ Stanley Kubrick decided against setting on Earth any scenes from his film
2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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Document 2: Detroit’s Urban renewal
D. Match each idea from the following list with the corresponding passage
1) From line 3 to line 4: A PROSPEROUS CITY
2) From line 4 to line 9: LEAVING THE CITY BECAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
3) From line 10 to line 15: DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES ON PEOPLE’S DAILY LIVES
4) From line 16 to line 20: TRANSFORMING THE CITY
5) From line 21 to line 27: COMING BACK TO AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
E. Focus on lines 3 to line 9. Pick out 4 expressions describing Detroit’s buildings between the
mid-60s and the mid-90s
Buildings were DEMOLISHED or LEFT NEGLECTED , with blocks of houses TORN DOWN or
LEFT FOR RUIN.
F. Write down the correct answer
1) “many folks were living in a ‘food desert’” means
Réponse A : “shops where you could buy food were far away
2) The main objective of the association ‘the Greening of Detroit’ is
Réponse D: “to encourage people to cultivate gardens in the city”
Documents 1 and 2
G. Complete the following sentence with 2 adjectives from the list
The city described in document 1 is FICTIONAL whereas the city described in document 2 is
REAL
H. Here is a list of expressions:
1) Two expressions which qualify document 1:
- FUTURISTIC
- TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
2) Two expressions which qualify document 2:
- ENTERPRISING
- URBAN RECOVERY
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EXPRESSION - pistes de réflexion
Choose one of the following subjects (150-180 words)
A- A building in your neighbourhood is going to be transformed. The
population is asked to send suggestions to the local authorities. Write
out the project that you and other young people are going to send.
Consignes:
Objectifs du projet: clarifier ce que le rédacteur (en l’occurrence « un groupe de jeunes
gens » ) veut/ veulent faire.
Vous devrez donc DECRIRE le bâtiment. Déterminez dans un premier temps quel est ce
bâtiment. (une école, un hôpital, un immeuble d’habitations, une bibilothèque ...), puis
proposer une description de votre bâtiment idéal.
Vous aurez besoin d’éléments de description (what will the building look like ?) et de lexique
relatif aux dimensions
Exemple :
On parle de « length » (longueur), « width » (largeur), thickness (épaisseur), « size » (taille),
« height » (hauteur, altitude) et de « depth » (profondeur) et de distance
et les adjectifs sont :
long (long pour la longueur, ou la durée) ≠ short (court)
wide (large) ≠ narrow (étroit)
thick (épais ≠ thin (mince, pas épais)
high (haut, pour parler de bâtiments... d'altitude) ≠ low* (bas)
tall (grand en taille surtout de personnes) ≠ short, small (petit en taille)
deep (profond) ≠ shallow (pas profond)
far (loin) ≠ near (proche)
Superficie : « surface area »
et les adjectifs sont :
large (grand en superficie, aire, surface) ≠ small
Vous utiliserez aussi le vocabulaire utile pour émettre des suggestions :
Exemples :
- Le verbe 'to suggest' : I suggest (that) you (should) arrange a peaceful garden
I suggest growing vegetables around
- What about + Verbe en ing: What about building a welcoming entrance?
What about + groupe nominal
: what about a lovely garden?
OU
- How about + Verbe en ing
How about + groupe nominal
- You / we could + Verbe: you could erect a small fence around the building
- Why don't you + verbe : why don’t you grow a lawn with benches to sit on ?
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- Why not + verbe : why not grow flowers ?
- Couldn’t you arrange a small parking lot for the residents?
B- You live in 2050. Describe your environment and explain what you like
and what you don’t like. (150 – 180 words)
Il s’agit ici d’une description.
Vous aurez donc besoin d’adjectifs descriptifs.
is the place peaceful / pleasant / safe / chaotic / old-looking / modern /attractive / repellent
/ noisy / futuristic / smelly / urban / abandoned / neglected / lively / dangerous ...
N’hésitez pas à ré-utiliser le vocabulaire des documents !
Vous utiliserez également les tournures de liking and disliking.
Exemples
To like =
To enjoy + nom ou V-ing
To take delight in + V-ing = to take pleasure in = to take satisfaction in
To be pleased by
To be keen on = to be fond of + V-ing
To fancy to + V ou to fancy + nom
To care about = to care for
To dislike =
To hate
I can’t bear =I can’t stand + V-ing
I disapprove of = I object to
I am disappointed with
I diasgree with
I have no interest in + nom ou V-ing
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