Questions Sur Un Texte

[melek]

bonjour, j'ai des questions à faire sur le texte suivant :

A journey :

An old maori man who lives in the countryside is travelling on his own by train from his home to the city. He is lost in the in the contemplation of the landscape.

The two kids stood swaying as they entered the first tunnel, their eyes stood out watching for the tunnel’s mouth, waiting to pass out through the great mouth of the tunnel. And probably the whole of life was like that, sitting in the dark watching and waiting. Sometimes it happened and you came out into the light, but mostly it only happened in tunnels. Like now.

And between the tunnels they were slicing the hills away with big machines. Great-looking hills too and not an easy job cutting them away, it took pakeha determination to do that. Funny people these pakehas, had to chop up everything. Couldn’t talk to a hill or a tree these people. Couldn’t give the trees or the hills a name and make them special and leave them. Couldn't go round, only throught. Couldn't give life, only death. But people had to have houses, and ways of getting from one place to another.

And anyway who was right up there helping the pakeah to get rid of things – the Maori of course, riding those big machines. Swooping round and back, up and down all over the place. Great tools the Maori man had for his carving these days, tools for his new whakairo, but there you are, a man had to eat. People had to have houses, had to eat, had to get from here to there – anyone knew that. He wishes the two kids would stop crackling, their mothers dressed them in rubbish clothes, that's why they had colds.

Then the rain’ll come and the cuts will bleed for miles and the valleys will drown in blood, but the pakeha will find a way of mopping it all up no trouble. Could find a few bones amongst that lot too. That's what you get when you dig up the ground, bones.

Now the next tunnel, dark again.

And then coming out of the second tunnel that's when you really had to hold your breath , that's when you really had to hand it to the pakeha, because there was s sight. Buildings miles high, streets and steel and asphalt settled all around the great-looking curve that was the harbour. Water with ships on it, and roadways threading up and round the hills to layer on layer of houses, even in the highest and steepest places. He was filled with admiration. Filled with admiration, which was another word he enjoyed, even though it was not really a word for saying, but yes, he was filled right to the top -it made him tired taking it all in. The kids too, they'd stopped crackling and were quite still, their eyes full to exploding.

Patricia Grace

mes questions sont :

1) read the text, then tell what you have understood about the situation and the characters.

2) read the text, use four different colours to highlight and analyse :

a) what the old maori man sees out of the window ;

b) his comments on it ;

c) what the characters sitting next to him are doing ;

d) the old man's reaction to them ;

je vous remercie d'avance........

j'ai fais déjà la première question et je réfléchis pour la suite , je vous le dirais par la suite :

1 )

The text is about a Maori who leaves his montains and visits the town with his two kids. They are in the train and are contemplating the landscape through the window. It is a new thing for them because it is the thirst time that they see the town. They are Maoris from the Pakeha tribut. According to him the construction in town is a warste or like a crime as we can see in l11 " big machines, destroyed the nature " this town is an example. But he's fascinate by too the town because there are buildings, a lot of houses, statuts, ...etc..... Moreover he understand why the habitants are buildings : they need houses and ways of getting from one place to another. He faces reality.

je veux que vous me corrigez mes phrases , ???

svp svp peut etre que vous pouvez changer mes phrases car je trouve qu'elles sont trop simples ???

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

J'ai fait déjà la première question et je réfléchis pour la suite, je vous le dirais par la suite :

1) The text is about a Maori who leaves his mountains and visits the town with his two kids.

[melek]

Merci de m'avoir corrigé la première question , je vous dis ce que je dois surligner selon moi et je voudrais demander votre avis ?

mes questions sont :

2) read the text, use four different colours to highlight and analyse :

a) what the old maori man sees out of the window ;

"An old maori man who lives in the countryside is travelling on his own by train from his home to the city. He is lost in the in the contemplation of the landscape.

The two kids stood swaying as they entered the first tunnel, their eyes stood out watching for the tunnel’s mouth, waiting to pass out through the great mouth of the tunnel. "

b) his comments on it ;

"Couldn’t talk to a hill or a tree these people. Couldn’t give the trees or the hills a name and make them special and leave them. Couldn't go round, only throught. Couldn't give life, only death. But people had to have houses, and ways of getting from one place to another."

c) what the characters sitting next to him are doing ;

"And probably the whole of life was like that, sitting in the dark watching and waiting. Sometimes it happened and you came out into the light, but mostly it only happened in tunnels. Like now."

d) the old man's reaction to them ;

"He was filled with admiration. Filled with admiration, which was another word he enjoyed, even though it was not really a word for saying, but yes, he was filled right to the top -it made him tired taking it all in. The kids too, they'd stopped crackling and were quite still, their eyes full to exploding.""

voilà, j'ai fais cela , c'est ce que je dois surligner sur ma feuille ....

en vous remerciant d'avance...

[Jean B]

Bonsoir,

Merci de m'avoir corrigé la première question. Je vous dis ce que je dois surligner selon moi et je voudrais demander votre avis.

Mes questions sont :

2) Read the text, use four different colours to highlight and analyse:

a) what the old Maori man sees out of the window ;

"An old Maori man who lives in the countryside is travelling on his own by train from his home to the city. He is lost in the in the contemplation of the landscape. Puisque on te demande de souligner ce qu'il voit, la première phrase est hors sujet.

The two kids stood swaying as they entered the first tunnel, their eyes stood out watching for the tunnel’s mouth, waiting to pass out through the great mouth of the tunnel. " Hors sujet, cela ne concerne pas le vieil homme.

b) his comments on it ;

"Couldn’t talk to a hill or a tree these people. Couldn’t give the trees or the hills a name and make them special and leave them. Couldn't go round, only throught. Couldn't give life, only death. But people had to have houses, and ways of getting from one place to another."

OK

c) what the characters sitting next to him are doing ;

"And probably the whole of life was like that, sitting in the dark watching and waiting. Sometimes it happened and you came out into the light, but mostly it only happened in tunnels. Like now."

Cela ne répond pas à la question. Les seuls personnages assis à côté de lui sont les deux gamins.

=>> The two kids stood swaying as they entered the first tunnel, their eyes stood out watching for the tunnel’s mouth, waiting to pass out through the great mouth of the tunnel.[...//...]

The kids too, they'd stopped crackling and were quite still, their eyes full to exploding.

d) the old man's reaction to them ;

"He was filled with admiration. Filled with admiration, which was another word he enjoyed, even though it was not really a word for saying, but yes, he was filled right to the top -it made him tired taking it all in. The kids too, they'd stopped crackling and were quite still, their eyes full to exploding." Hors sujet encore. Il faut trouver la réaction du vieil homme au comportement des deux gamins.

=>> He wishes the two kids would stop crackling, their mothers dressed them in rubbish clothes, that's why they had colds.

Voilà, j'ai faist <(donne faite au féminin) cela, c'est ce que je dois surligner sur ma feuille ....

En vous remerciant d'avance...

[melek]

bonsoir, je voulais savoir s'il fallait que je recherche d'autres citations pour les questions et si c'était bien cela :

a)

He is lost in the contemplation of the landscape.

And anyway who was right up there helping the pakeah to get rid of things – the Maori of course, riding those big machines. Swooping round and back, up and down all over the place. Great tools the Maori man had for his carving these days, tools for his new whakairo, but there you are, a man had to eat. People had to have houses, had to eat, had to get from here to there – anyone knew that. (ici j'ai rajouté ces phrases).

b)

"Couldn’t talk to a hill or a tree these people. Couldn’t give the trees or the hills a name and make them special and leave them. Couldn't go round, only throught. Couldn't give life, only death. But people had to have houses, and ways of getting from one place to another."

c)The two kids stood swaying as they entered the first tunnel, their eyes stood out watching for the tunnel’s mouth, waiting to pass out through the great mouth of the tunnel.

The kids too, they'd stopped crackling and were quite still, their eyes full to exploding.

d) He wishes the two kids would stop crackling, their mothers dressed them in rubbish clothes, that's why they had colds.

merci d'avance....

Re,

Je viens de voir que sur la question il y a écrit surligner (ou souligner ) et analyser :

2) Read the text, use four different colours to highlight and analyse :

Mais je n'ai pas compris ce qu'on doit faire , comment analyser ?

Je vous remercie d'avance...

[Jean B]

Si l'on s'en tient à une définition simple, analyser un texte consiste à l'étudier ou à l'examiner en détail pour en découvrir davantage à son sujet.

[melek]

oui mais je n'ai pas compris ce que je dois faire ici , dans mon exercice ...??

et est ce que pour les citations , je peux en trouver d'autres ou il n y a que celles que vous m'avez dite ?

[Jean B]

oui mais je n'ai pas compris ce que je dois faire ici , dans mon exercice ...??

[melek]

mais vous, vous pouvez m'expliquer la question pour que je puisse la faire svp ?

si vous le voulez;, bien s^r ?

[Jean B]

Ben, reprends chacune des questions a), b), c) et d) dont tu as déjà surligné les éléments et à présent fais-en l'analyse.

[melek]

re,

j 'ai fais cela mais je ne suis pas sûre de moi mais j'ai résumé les 4 cas en faite :

A Maori is in contemplation. He will give a death and no life. The eyes of two kids are watching the tunnel and are exploding. After, the two kids had colds.

merci d'avance...

[melek]

svp répondez moi car je dois copier ......

[Jean B]

Ouvre ton dictionnaire, cherches-y la définition du verbe "analyser" puis, en fonction de ce que tu auras compris, tâche de faire l'analyse des réponses que tu as déjà données aux question a), b), c) et d).

En toutes choses, il y a un moment où il faut savoir assumer ses propres responsabilités au lieu de tout attendre des autres.

Bon travail.

[melek]

mais ce que j'ai fais me semble correcte ...

en faite, je ne comprends pas ce que vous dites ??

[Jean B]

en fait, je ne comprends pas ce que vous dites ??

[melek]

re, mais en faite vous ne m'avez pas dit qu'est ce que vous en pensez pour les phrases que j'ai écrite svp ??