BACCALAURÉAT

Série : ES - S
Épreuve : Anglais

Session 2014

Durée de l’épreuve : 3 heures
Coefficient : 3

PROPOSITION DE CORRIGÉ
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COMPREHENSION
Plusieurs exemples de réponses sont donnés à titre indicatif. Il est possible de donner une réponse exacte en la formulant de différentes manières, avec différents niveaux de langue. L’important est l’exactitude de la réponse (et la correction de la langue). Cette proposition de corrigé correspond au niveau attendu pour des élèves de terminales.
Document A
A. Mr Fonseka is crazy about literature and the common point of his activities is that he spent his time around his books either “he sat at his desk all day wondering about them” line 4, or “he’d sing a song from the Azores” line 16, “or recite lines from an Irish play” line 17.
B. Kind : “he had become curious about them” line 19
Captivating: “he welcomed me with unusual and interesting stories” line 4
Serene : “he had a serenity” line 23
Knowledgeable: “he knew passages from all kinds of books” line 2
C.3. “he welcomed me with unusual and interesting stories” line 4
4. “he made me tell him of our advantures on the ship” line 20
D. Wrong :

-Mr. Fonseka would not be a wealthy man” line 22
-“It would be a spare life” line 22

D’autres citations étaient acceptables.
Document B
E. The two characters go to the cinema together because they are on a date. It is showed by the fact that : -He graped her hand
-They were scared to make a move to disrupt the tenderness of the moment
-He offers another date the week after
F. In fact, the narrator Elias was really focused on Pembe’s reaction watching the movie.
G. Her attitude changed because the light went on.
H. 1. “enigmatic attraction that he felt for her” line 29
2. “a woman so alien to the life he had led” line 30
I. Elias and Pembe seem to be from different cultures, that is why the author uses ‘enigmatic” line 28
“a jigsaw puzzle” line 27 or “ the key to a magic world” line 22. The both feel attracted by someone from a