Anglais Bac 2005 Session S Et Es

[rekta93]

j'ai devoir d'anglais pour mardi et j'ai besoin d'aide, je suis en TS et l'anglais je comprend rien, voici le sujet :

You can sniff an atmosphere straight away, you know when something funny's going on. Off duty? Maybe, maybe not. I sat at a table by the window. The shower had turned into a downpour. A waitress with a strange, hounded look seemed only too pleased to serve me. Three tables along, a big man (Marco? - I'll never know) was standing, towering over a girl who was sitting facing me but not looking at me, looking hard at her hands, one of which held a just-lit cigarette. The big man was speaking - under his breath but as if he might suddenly bellow - and she was ignoring what he was saying. He jabbed a finger towards the door. She wore a raincoat - unbuttoned, dry - but looked like she didn't mean to budge. He wore a grubby T-shirt, a tea towel tucked into his belt.

She took a drag on her cigarette, blew the smoke quickly and straight up, tilting up her chin.

And I got it all straight away. Ten out of ten for detection (and for that other thing that goes with it, sometimes: intuition). A waitress too. But she'd just been given her marching orders. For something she'd done, in the kitchen perhaps, just moments before - or hadn't done. Something he'd done (the details would get filled in later), and she hadn't complied. You have to put yourself in the scene.

There was a waitress's apron hanging untidily from one of the hooks by the entrance to the kitchen, as if it had been flung there in a hurry. So: she'd been all ready to storm out. Stuff your job. But then the rain had started outside and she'd had a better, angrier, braver idea. She'd sat down at the table.

If she didn't work here any more, she could be a customer, couldn't she? She could order a coffee, couldn't she? And he could damn well bring it.

Brave, angry girl. She looked straight ahead without even seeing me. Brave, angry, blonde girl.

He leant over her, his voice rising. His hands gripped the edge of the table as if he might tip it up. I don't remember my decision, I don't remember getting up, but one moment I was sitting at my table, the next I was standing by hers, saying, 'What's the trouble here?' And the next moment I was sitting down opposite her, but looking at him, and saying, 'I think this lady would like a coffee... '

The nerve. But who knows what I'd have done without my fall-back, my invisible shield? The ID in my breast pocket and the word waiting ready, which, as it happens, I didn't have to use: Police.

'... and I'd like to buy it for her.'

She looked at me. I could almost hear her think: Now what? What now? Who was this bloke from nowhere?

He glared. A moment's stand-off. Then he turned (I'd done it!), whipping the tea towel from his belt, back to the kitchen. More words under his breath.

A sudden certainty inside me.

She looked at me. Studied me like something that had dropped from the sky. Outside the rain was pelting. April - Easter coming up. My move, but it was my audition too. A drag on her cigarette, the smoke straight up.

I said, 'The thing to do, when he brings it, is not to drink it. Not to drink it and walk out.'

She said, 'I was planning on that.' He brought the coffee, but he wasn't going to be nice about it. Half of it was in the saucer already, more after he'd plonked it down.

We got up together, scraping our chairs. 'A shilling,' he said, folding his arms. She stubbed out her cigarette. I took a shilling from my pocket, slapped it down. A cheap round, a bargain. We edged past him while he stood like some tree. Then we were out of the door - and the rain was suddenly stopping, switching itself off like a tap. A gleam in the sky. As if that might have been part of a plan too.

Graham Swift, The Light of Day, 2003.

1 - Compréhension du texte

1. Where does the scene take place?

2. Find one detail that shows that the story takes place in Britain.

3. What season is it? Justify your answer with elements from the text.

4. In your opinion, who is the 'big man' (L.3 and L.5)?

5. What information does the description of the man give us about the kind of place he works in? Justify your answer with at least one quotation.

6. What can you say about the big man's mood? Give three details to justify your answer.

7. Choose three adjectives in the following list to describe the blonde girl's attitude. Give three quotations to justify your answer.

defiant

obedient

unsubmissive

compliant

rebellious

submissive

8. What may have happened before the narrator's arrival?

9. Pick out four quotations that show that the narrator keeps looking at things with a policeman's eye.

10. How does the narrator interfere? Is it an impulsive or a planned move? Justify with one quotation.

11. How confident is he? Justify with one quotation.

12. Does the weather have an influence on the events? Explain in what way.

13. 'Then we were out of the door, - and the rain was suddenly stopping, switching itself off like a tap. A gleam in the sky. As if that might have been part of a plan too.' (L.39-40).

How symbolical is this passage?

14. Translate from line 20 'I don't remember my decision...' to line 23 'I think this lady would like a coffee...'

2 - Expression personnelle

Write about ONE of the following subjects in about 300 words:

1. Can some encounters change someone's life? You may use your personal experience or readings to provide examples.

[yveslouis]

Bonjour.

As-tu essayé de lire le texte en entier ? Avec un dictionnaire à côté de toi ? Il s'agit d'un policier qui se trouve dans un "pub". Une des serveuses vient de se faire renvoyer, mais, comme il pleut à verse, elle ne peut pas sortir. Elle est assise près de la porte. Le policier, qui s'intéresse à un certain Marco, le patron, peut-être, commande un café pour la jeune femme, café que le patron apporte à regret.

Il y a des questions relativement simples auxquelles tu peux répondre :

1. Where does the scene take place? I sat at a table by the window... A waitress too. She could order a coffee, couldn't she? It's a pub.

2. Find one detail that shows that the story takes place in Britain. I couldn't find anything except for the rain.

3. What season is it? Justify your answer with elements from the text. April - Easter coming up. So, that's Spring.

4. In your opinion, who is the 'big man' (L.3 and L.5)? He wore a grubby T-shirt, a tea towel tucked into his belt. He's the boss/landlord.

Etc...

À toi, maintenant.

1 - Compréhension du texte

1. Where does the scene take place?

2. Find one detail that shows that the story takes place in Britain.

3. What season is it? Justify your answer with elements from the text.

4. In your opinion, who is the 'big man' (L.3 and L.5)?

2 - Expression personnelle

Write about ONE of the following subjects in about 300 words:

1. Can some encounters change someone's life? You may use your personal experience or readings to provide examples.

[yveslouis]

5. What information does the description of the man give us about the kind of place he works in? Justify your answer with at least one quotation.

"He wore a grubby T-shirt" The pub is certainly a shabby place. (Un endroit miteux)

6. What can you say about the big man's mood? Give three details to justify your answer.

He jabbed a finger towards the door

she'd just been given her marching orders

He brought the coffee, but he wasn't going to be nice about it

7. Choose three adjectives in the following list to describe the blonde girl's attitude. Give three quotations to justify your answer.

...and she was ignoring what he was saying. (elle ne tenait aucun compte de ce qu'il disait)

...but looked like she didn't mean to budge. (elle n'avait pas l'intention de bouger)

She said, 'I was planning on that.' (C'est ce que je comptais faire = Ne pas boire le café commandé.)

defiant

obedient

unsubmissive

compliant

rebellious

submissive

8. What may have happened before the narrator's arrival? The waitress may have been dismissed/fired*/sacked* (*familier)

9. Pick out four quotations that show that the narrator keeps looking at things with a policeman's eye.

a strange, hounded look...Three tables along...She wore a raincoat - unbuttoned, dry...a waitress's apron hanging untidily from one of the hooks by the entrance to the kitchen...

10. How does the narrator interfere? Is it an impulsive or a planned move? Justify with one quotation.

He orders a coffe for the woman sitting next to the door. It's an impulsive move. I don't remember my decision, I don't remember getting up

11. How confident is he? Justify with one quotation. He is quite confident. The nerve (Le toupet !)

12. Does the weather have an influence on the events? Explain in what way.

Yes, it does. The woman hasn't left because of the heavy rain. The shower had turned into a downpour

13. 'Then we were out of the door, - and the rain was suddenly stopping, switching itself off like a tap. A gleam in the sky. As if that might have been part of a plan too.' (L.39-40).

How symbolical is this passage?

The situation is now better for the woman who has found an ally. In the same way, the weather is better and the rain has stopped.

Hope this helps!

[Jean B]

Dis-moi anglais, tu t'entraînes pour le Bac ?

[rekta93]

Dis-moi anglais, tu t'entraînes pour le Bac ?

[Jean B]

oui je mentraines pour le bac blanc mais je du mal en anglais, heuresement que j'ai les reponses au question mais je c'est pas quoi faire pour la questions redaction

[yveslouis]

Dis-moi anglais, tu t'entraînes pour le Bac ?