Besoins D'aide Svp

[Jeune Lycéenne]

Bonjours à tous! J'ai un DM à faire pour lundi en anglais à propos d'un texte. Le problème est que je ne comprend pas bien le texte. Est-ce que quelqu'un pourrait me l'expliquer svp? Je vous serait très reconnaissante.

Voici le texte:

"The first film we see together is really important,' Cyd said. 'I know we are just friends and all, but our choice of movie tonight is really important.'

I tried to lookas thought I knew what she was talking about.

'A lot of people on a first date, they try to play safe. They go for a big summer movie. You know, one of those films where New York gets destroyed by aliens or a tidal wave or a big monkey or something. They think that kind of movie guarantees a good time. But a big summer movie is not a good choice'.

'It isn't?'

'If you choose a big summer movie, it shows you have really low expectations,' she said, shooting me a look as I squeezed the MGF through the afternoon traffic clogging up around the Angel. 'About everything. It means you think life is essentially just a bucket of stale popcorn and a carton of flat Diet Coke. And that's the most anyone can hope for.'

I tried to remember the first film I had seen with Gina. It had been something arty and Japanese at the Barbican. It was about depressed people.

'Art-house movies are just as had,' Cyd said, reading my mind. 'It means you are both pretending to be something that you're probably not.'

'And think of all those couples around the world whose first film was Titanic,' I said. 'All those budding relationships doomed before they had really begun. Before they had even left port.'

She gave me a punch on the arm. 'This is serious,' she said. 'I had a friend back home who got married to a guy who took her to see The Fly on their first date.'

'And later he turned into a bug?'

'As good as,' she said. 'He certainly changed. For the worse.'

'So what do you want to see?' I asked her.

'Trust me?' she said.

'I trust you,' I said.

She wanted to see one of those films that they put on television every Christmas. One of those films that I somehow imagined I had already seen a dozen times. But I don't think I had ever really seen it at all.

I don't know why they were showing It's A Wonderful Life down at the NFT on the South Bank. It might have been a Frank Capra season or a James Stewart season. They might have had a restored, digitally-enhanced, freshly polished print. I don't know and it doesn't matter. That was the movie we went to see on our first night together. And at first it seemed like prettry grim stuff. [...]

It was still light when we came out of the film, but only just. We bought slices of pizza in the NFT café and ate them at those long wooden tables outside [...]. That's where Cyd told me that she had grown up in a home full of women and movies.

'The first film my parents saw together was Gone with the Wind,' she said. 'And after my dad died, my mom saw it sixteen times alone. She would have seen it more often. But she was trying to ration herself.'

Je vous remercie tous d'avance.

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

Dis plutôt ce que tu as compris du texte et ce qui te pose problème précisément.

Il n'y a rien qui me semble particulièrement difficile à comprendre.

Tu sais sans doute que Cyd et son copain sortent ensemble pour la première fois.

Ils vont voir ensemble leur premier film au cinéma.

Elle semble accorder beaucoup d'importance au choix du premier film.

C'est lui qui raconte et fait part à la fois des répliques de Cyd et des siennes.

What else? Quoi d'autre ?

[Jeune Lycéenne]

Bonsoir, tout d'abord je tiens à vous remercier de votre réponse. Ce que je n'ai pas compris de ce texte, c'est sont-ils au cinéma? Si oui, quel film sont-ils en train de regarder? Pourquoi Cyd dit-elle que le premier film qu'un couple regarde est très important?

Si je demande tout cela, c'est parce que je dois écrire la suite de ce texte. Et je n'ai absolument aucune idée. Pouvez-vous m'en donner svp?

Je vous remercie sincèrement d'avance!

[Jean B]

Non, ils ne sont pas au cinéma, pas encore.

Ils sont en voiture, en route pour y aller. Cherche les indices.

Ils vont voir "It's a wonderful life". Où ai-je trouvé ça ?

Imaginer la suite ?

- A mon avis, il n'aura pas aimé le film.

- Elle, toujours à mon avis, l'aura beaucoup aimé.

- Imagine leur dialogue dès qu'ils sortent de la salle.

A toi de trouver des raisons plausibles pour les arguments de chacun des deux.

Indice : Cyd donne, pratiquement tout au long du texte, les raisons pour lesquelles elle pense que c'est important pour un couple de bien choisir le premier film qu'ils vont voir ensemble.

A toi de lire attentivement et autant de fois que nécessaire jusqu'à ce que tu repères ces indices.

Bon travail.

[Jeune Lycéenne]

Je vous remercie énormément de prendre du temps afin de m'aider, c'est très gentil. Suite à vos conseils, voila le résultat. Mais il me manque des morts, je n'en ai pas assez

Pouvez-vous me corrigez svp? Je vous remercie d'avance.

[...] We arrived at the cinema, the room was immense, me had never seen so big one previously. We settled down that already the lights went out to leave place with a dark room. The curtain got up. During the film, has numerous occasions I heard Cyd to laugh and even to cry. The film ended and in the car, Cyd made for me: "It is really my favorite film, a true happiness! You do not find? "

"I admit that I am a little disappointed, I expected in mieu! " I said.

"How's that? This film is considered as a classic and is a basic element of Christmas of the television worldwide! He is recognized as one of 100 better American films never made! " She answered disappointed.

" Maybe, but the image is slightly granular, colors are a little bit flat. For a film which takes place during the holidays, it is not very joyful. Furthermore, I prefer by far action movies, and there, it is very quiet."

" Know all the same that I read in a magazine that this film had souvé certain number of lives since its exit and I am persuaded " she said to defend itself.

The silence was heavy all the rest of the route. I asked me if I should not have kept in me of what I thought. To tell me to aurevoir, Cyd made me a kiss and says to me: "Thank you for this evening, even this this film do not have you really more, I am been satisfied to see him with you for our first time "

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

Désolé, je refuse de corriger un traducteur automatique.

Si tu fais l'effort de travailler personnellement, alors moi aussi je ferai l'effort de t'aider.

[Jeune Lycéenne]

Bon voila, j'ai fait l'effort de traduire moi-même mon travail. Je ne suis pas fier de mon travail car il y a beaucoup d'erreurs, j'ai de grosses difficultés en anglais, c'est pourquoi j'ai le plus souvent recourt au traducteur en ligne, et oui c'est si facile, mais c'est pas comme ça que je pourrais améliorer ma langue.

Voici mon travail, j'espère que vous pourrez m'aider à me corriger et m'expliquer mes erreurs svp.

[...] We were arrived at the cinema, the movie theater was huge, I haven't saw an other big before. We we were installed that already the lights switched off for let space at a dark cinema. The curtain raised. During the film, at many time, I heard Cyd laugh and same cry. The film was finished and in the car, Cyd said: "It's really my favorite film, a true happiness! You don't find?"

"I admit that I am a little disappointedly, I expected better!" I answer.

"How that? This film is regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world!"

"Maybe, but the picture is gently granular, the colours are a little drabs. For a film who pass during the celebrations, it's not very merry. Moreover, I prefer the actions films and here, it's very calm."

"I have read in a magazine that this film had save many lifes since this exit." Cyd said.

The silence was oppressive in the car. I asked me if I don't have to keep in me that I think. For said goodbye, Cyd did me a kiss and said: "Thank you for this evening, maybe that you haven't like the film, I am joyful to watch The Wonderful Life with you".

Comme vous avez pu le constaster, j'ai fait de mon mieux mais j'ai de grosses difficultées, notamment pour les conjugaisons. Je vous remercie d'avance!

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

Bon voila, j'ai fait l'effort de traduire moi-même mon travail. Je ne suis pas fier de mon travail car il y a beaucoup d'erreurs, j'ai de grosses difficultés en anglais, c'est pourquoi j'ai le plus souvent recourt au traducteur en ligne, et oui c'est si facile, mais c'est pas comme ça que je pourrais améliorer ma langue.=> Raison de plus pour abandonner cette pratique détestable.

Voici mon travail, j'espère que vous pourrez m'aider à me corriger et m'expliquer mes erreurs svp.

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Comme vous avez pu le constater, j'ai fait de mon mieux mais j'ai de grosses difficultés, notamment pour les conjugaisons. Je vous remercie d'avance ! => Raison de plus pour mettre à profit les corrections afin d'éviter les mêmes fautes à l'avenir et progresser.

[Jeune Lycéenne]

Bonjour,

Rappels utiles :

- past perfect = auxiliaire had + participe passé du verbe. D'où la nécessité de connaître les verbes irréguliers parfaitement.

- auxiliaire Be + participe passé = tournure passive.

- se demander qqch = to wonder

- je ferais mieux de = I had better + BV

- attention à la concordance des temps

- pour + infinitif = to + BV <--> Jamais for devant une BV, jamais, jamais, jamais !