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ANGLAIS Languevivante1 Série L
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becauseof a rise in the interestratewhen he was six HowardBeamishbecamea palaeontologist years old. His father,a cautiousman with a largemortgage,announcedthat the projectedfamily fiolidayto the Costa Bravawas no longerfeasible.A chaletwas rentedon the north Somerset coastjnstead and thus, on a dank August afternoon,Howard picked up an ammoniteon Blue AnchorBeach. 'What'sthis?' He presentedit to his parents. 'lt's a stone,'said his father,who was listeningto the test match. 'No, it isn't',retortedHoward,an observantchild. 'lt's a fossil,dear'said his mother.'That'sa very old sort of stone.' 'Why?' persistedHoward,after a few moments.The singleword embracedin fact a vast range of queryt,for whichhe did not havethe language. His mother,too, pausedto considerand was also defeated,thoughfor differentreasons.She while evadedthe issueby offeringHowarda tomatosandwich,which he acceptedwith enthusiasm more fossil five collected he to poreoverthe ammonite.Duringthe restof the afternoon, continuing pounds. in a slabof rockweighingseveral fragmentà,includingone embedded2 There were alreadythe picnicbasket,the foldingchairs,the radio, His parentsexpostulated. 'Any of those stonesyou want to take back you're the beach bag, the ball, the cricketstumps3. instructedhis father' carryingyourself,do you understand?' 'Thèy;renot stones,'the child protested.And he staggeredup the cliff path with the fruit of his firstfieldtrip wrappedin his jersey and slungover his shoulder.Thirtyyears later,the largechunk displayingPsilocerasplanorbiswas to do duty as a doorstopin his office in the Departmentof Biologyat TavistockCollege. Hôwarddid not revisifBlue Anchor Beach until he was thirty-eight,and the trip was indeed intendedas some kind of pilgrimageand nostalgiccelebration.He had just been made a Senior Lecturer,and had recentlypublisheda book which had been receivedwith some acclaim.But he was now accompaniedby the womanwith whom he was rapidlyfallingout of love and the whole path down to the beachand afternoonwent sour.Viviencomplainedaboutthe steepand slippery 'There'sno sand.And the sea's when she got to the bottomshe lookedaroundher with distaste. the colour of mud. I don't see anywherewe can sit, either - the whole place is nothingbut pebbles.' 'lt's not the sort of beachyou sit on,' said Howard.'lt's the sort of beachyou wanderabouton, lookingfor things.And there is sand when the tide goes out. I have playedcricketon that very sand.' alabaster.She decidedto Viviencheereda littlewhen he found her a chunkof rose-coloured to talk aboutthe Psiloceras Howard inspired This mantelpiece. sitting-room take it home for the the departmentsecretary, of mention to a inevitability with awful doorstop,a fatal move since it led of liaison.Vivienwas sort some on carrying a jolly girl with whom Vivien suspectedHowardof pathologically ' 'Aniwfry jealous. preciselywere you movingthe filingcabinetafor Carol?Surelyshe could have got one of the studentsto do that?' 'Therewasn'tanyoneelse roundat that moment.The pointof the storyis that I thoughtI'd lost the thing,but it turnedup again,not the whys and whereforesof the movingof the filingcabinet,for God'ssâke.l'm fond of that ammoniteand I was sad it had gone missing,Vivien'. He turnedover a pebblewith his foot, and exposedanotherin which hung the neat curl of a present,and decidednot smallammonite.He consideredofferingthis to Vivienas a reconciliation to. Instead,he coveredit up again and sat thinkingnot of her but of that other afternoonwhose self imprinthung here also, imbuedwith the anarchicand inquiringspiritof his own six-year-old picnic no things, and out chairs setting father, and the rejùvenatedpresencesof his motherand authority vigour and the with all in retirementat Deal but longerdimlnishedand slightlyquerulouss omniscientand omnipotent. of youngparenthood, Adaptedform PenelopeLively,Cleopatras Sisfer,1993
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- EXPRESSION C OMP R ÉHENSION Voustraiterezlesquesfionsdans l'ordre, en indiquantclairementleur numéro survotrecopie. Ie nombrede mots seraindiquédansla question. Lorsquela réponsedoitêtredéveloppée, vousrépondrezbrièvementà la questionposée. En I'absenced'indications, life. to two momentsin HowardBeamish's 1. Thetextcan be dividedintotwo parts,corresponding a) Howoldis he in eachpart? or referredto. are present,mentioned b) Foreachpart,saywhatcharacters Howard. connected to and Carol are c) SayhowVivien 2. a) Givetheexactnameof the placewherebothscenesareset. b) Whatdid Howardfindthefirsttimehe wentthere? the courseof Howard'slife? influence c) Howdidthatdiscovery 3. Readfromline6 to 20. concerning thatdiscovery. his mother'sand hisfather'sattitudesand reactions ContrastHoward's, (60/ 70 words) Focuson the passagefrom line 23 to the end. whyHowardvisitedthesameplaceagain. 4. a) In yourownwords,givethe reasons (30/ 40 words) b) SayhowVivienfeltaboutthe placeandjustifyyouranswerwiththreequotations. to Vivien(line34)causemoretensionbetweenthem?Useyour 5. Whydid Howard's"present" (30 40 words) / words. own (20/ 30words) decision. notto").ExplainHoward's 6. Readlines45-46("Heconsidered...decided (line46) referto? 7. a) Whatdoes"thatotherafternoon" b) Whatimagedid Howarddecideto keepof his parents?(20I 30 words) subjects. 8. Chooseoneof thefollowing (250wordsapproximately. Writedownthe numberof words.) Subject1 Youtellyourparentsthatyouhavejust changedyourmindaboutyourstudiesor yourfuturejob. Writethescene. Theyreactto yourdecision. Subject2 specialto you?Writeaboutit. ls thereanyplacethatmeanssomething TRADUCTION intoFrenchfromline41...1Howardpickedup...toline15 ... severalpounds. Translate
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Voustraiterezlesquestionsdans l'ordre, en indiquantcla le nombrede mots Lorsquela réponsedoit êtredéveloppée, vousrépondrezbrièvementà la d'indications, En I'absence life. to two momentsin HowardBeamish's 1. The textcan be dividedintotwo parts,corresponding a) Howold is he in each part?
=!, 6 in the first part.38 in the secondpart. to. present, referred or mentioned are b) Foreachpart,saywhatcharacters Howardis presentin both parts. Howard'sparentsare presentin the first part but in the second part,they q1gpn.!y_ In this secondpart,Vivienis presentand Carolis mentioned | 5 x 2 pts = 10 ptsl mentioned.
c) Say how Vivienand Carolare connectedto Howard. Carol is a secretary working with Howard. (Accepter: lig secretary) Vivien is Howard's girlfriend/ wife / the woman he is rapidly falling out of love with. 2x3pts--6
2. a) Givethe exactnameof the placewherebothscenesareset.BtueAnchor Beach. EFtsl b) What did Howardfind the first time he went there? He found a fossil / an ammonite/ fossils æ c) How did that discoveryinfluencethe courseof Howard'slife? That's what made him decide to become a palaeontologist./ That's when his passionfor fossils began. æ 3. Readfrom line6 to line20. that discovery. ContrastHoward's,his mother'sand his father'sattitudesand reactionsconcerning (60 / 70 words) Howard is reallycurious, and keeps asking questions because he is interestedin what he has found. On the contrary, his father doesn't care about it. Howard's mother tries to help but is unableto qive him further informationabout the fossil. When Howardwants to take . He is so determinedthat he carries the fossils back home, x 3 pts = 15 them home himself (in spite of their weight). Focus on the passagefrom line 23 to the end. 4. a) In yourown words,givethe reasonswhy Howardvisitedthe same placeagain. ( 3 0 1 4 0w o r d s ) He wanted to come back to the place that remindedhim of his childhood and he wanted to come back to the place where his passion for fossils had started.
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his book. b) Say how Vivienfelt aboutthe placeandjustifyyour answerwith threequotations. +3Xiot=5 Vivien didn't like it. "Vivien path beach" down the complainedabout the steep and slippery Line 27: L i n e 2 8 : " T h e r ei s n o s a n d " Lines 28-29:"The sea is the colour of mud." Line 29: "l don't see anywherewe can sit." L i n e s 2 9 - 3 0 :" T h e w h o l e p l a c e i s n o t h i n g b u t p e b b l e s . " "present" Vivien(line34) causemoretensionbetweenthem?Useyour to 5. Why did Howard's own words.(20 | 30 words)
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When he gave the piece of alabasterto Vivien, he mentionedCarol, of. Mettreun bonus au candidat qui explicite I'histoirede I'ammonite'
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not to").ExplainHoward'sdecision.(20 130words) 6. Read lines45-46("Heconsidered...decided perhaps he didn't want to offer her the ammonite becauseshe could consider it as a kind of ' - - ' have decided not to reconcilewith her as he didn't love her provocation.Or he- may
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"thatotherafternoon" (line46) referto? 7. a) Whatdoes It refêrsto the afternoonwhen Howardfound his ammoniteduring his holidaysat-E.lf 16ptsl AnchorBeachwith his parents,at the ageof six. (20 words) parents? | 30 his b) Whatimagedid Howarddecideto keepof and to forget Hec'hose/ decidedto rememberthemas young parentswho kneweverything, that they had becomeold. "omniscient"et parled'idéalisation des pg94s. Bonuspour un candidatqui revientsur 16ptsl subjects. 8. Chooseoneof thefollowing Writedownthe numberof words') (250wordsapproximately. Subject1 you tellyourparentsthatyou havejust changedyourmindaboutyourstudiesor yourfuturejob. Writethe scene. Theyreactto yourdecision. Subject2 specialto you?Writeaboutit. ls thêreanyplacethatmeanssomething TRADUCTION pounds. intoFrenchfromline4 t ..1Howardpickedup...to line15 . .. several Translate on BlueAnchorBeach. 1. Howardpickedup an ammonite Howardramassaune ammoniteà BtueAnchorBeach/ sur la plagede BlueAnchor/ de 16PËl l'AncreBleue' it to his parents.'What'sthis?' 2. He presented ll ta montraà ses parents.<<Qu'est-ceque c'est ?
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to thetestmatch. 3. ,lt'sa stone,'saidhisfather,whowaslistening - C,estune pierre>, dit son père,qui écoutaitun test match/ un matchtest(à la rglig\ l6 ptsl (Accepter: matchde sélection,matchinternational...) child' an observant Howard, 4. 'No,it isn'tretorted pierre/ répliqua/ rétorquaHowardqui était un pas une pas / c'est < Non./ Non, c'est ça. l6æl enfantobservateur. 'That'sa veryoldsortof stone'' 5. 'lt'sa fossil,dear'saidhismother. - C'estun fossile,(mon)chéri,dit sa mère.C'estune sortede pierretrès ancienne.l6Etal aftera fewmoments' Howard, 6. 'Why?'persisted au bout d'un moment. - pouiquoi? > insistaHoward/ dit Howardavecinsistance,
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andwasalsodefeated, too,pausedto consider 8. Hismother, Sa mèreaussis'arrêtaun instantpour réfléchiret déclaraégalementforfait/ et s'avoge_ é g a l e m e nvta i n cu e/ e t n e su t q u e d i re 19pts l reasons. 9. thoughfor different æ / bienque cela ne fût pas pour les mêmesraisons. étaientdifférentes si ses raisons même Howarda tomatosandwich, 10.Sheevadedthe issueby offering Elleéludala question/ évitale sujet/ contournale problèmeen proposantà Howardun sandwichà ta tomate, 16Ptsl withenthusiasm 11.whichhe accepted qu'il acceptaavecenthousiasme
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fivemorefossilfragments, he collected 13.Duringthe restof the afternoon, l6Eal de fossiles, / morceaux cinq fragments encore Pendantle restede I'aprèsmidi,il ramassa severalpounds. in a slabof rockweighing oneembedded 14.including 19ptsl dont un étaitincrustédans une pierre/ dans un morceaude pierre/ de rochepesant/ qui pesait/ (de)plusieurslivres.
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RECAPITULATIF C O M P R E H E N S I O-NE X P R E S S I O N1 4 0 p o i n t s 1.
a) 4 points b ) 1 0 p o i n ts c) 6 points
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