Comprehension Why America

pas autorisé. Compréhension Expression 10 points 10 points Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost, 2006 (Harper Perennial Edition) Corrigé Bac 2010 – Série L – LV2 Anglais – Métropole 10ANV2ME1C www.sujetdebac.fr Suggestions de correction et barème à l’attention des correcteurs du baccalauréat L / S – LV2 ANGLAIS I. COMPRÉHENSION THE ‘REMARKABLE TRIP’ (l. 2) 1. Say what itinerary was followed. a. Where from? Lwow (accepter Bolechow – Poland – Europe). b. Where to? America (accepter New York

sujet comporte 4 pages numérotées. Compréhension Expression 10 points 10 points Bac 2010 – Série S – LV2 Anglais – Métropole 10ANV2ME1 www.sujetdebac.fr 5 10 15 But the best of all the stories were, naturally, the ones told by my mother’s father, since after all he was the only one of my relatives who’d made the remarkable trip to America and has been old enough at the time to have anything to remember about it. How was the trip to America, you want to know? my grandfather would

COMPREHENSION Read the whole text 1. What kind of text is it? Key elements: Extract, novel, autobiography, ‘Tis, Frank McCourt, 1999. Example: This text is an extract form a novel called ‘Tis, written by Frank McCourt and published in 1999. 2. What do we learn about the narrator? Key elements: Young man, Frank McCourt, 19 years old, came “New York city in the late forties to escape for poverty in Ireland”, wants to be a student, doesn’t want to be a houseman, or have a low-paid job, admires university

Partie 1 : Compréhension écrite Activity 2 Vous traduirez en français, à partir de l’article précédemment cité, le passage suivant : de « The computer industry is built… » à «  one of its computers in America is $30. » L’industrie informatique est construite sur la supposition que les pc et les appareils électriques sont remplacés après seulement quelques années. C’est une stratégie qui laisse des tonnes d’appareils électriques dans son sillage. Plus de 130 000 pc sont remplacés tous les jours

anywhere in America nowadays. A researcher at the University of California at Berkeley recently made a study of the nation's walking habits and concluded that 85 per cent of people in the United States are "essentially" sedentary and 35 per cent are "totally" sedentary. The average American walks less than 75 miles a year - about 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day. I'm no stranger to sloth myself, but that's appallingly little. [...] One of the things we wanted when we moved to America was to

sujet de bac qui figure dans le manuel a été préparé pour les classes littéraires. Barème Compréhension : 70 points + expression : 70 points = 140 points, ramenés à 14 points. Traduction : 60 points, ramenés à 6 points. On trouvera plus loin une adaptation des questions pour les classes de ES-S (p. 96) et les sections technologiques (p. 98). Corrigé de l’épreuve simulée de Bac ssection L COMPREHENSION 1. The text can be divided into three parts. Specify them and give a title for each. 8 points

We, the people « We, the people.» - the most often quoted words of the preamble of the US Constitution. - an historic and great symbol of America, which is still meaningfull for most American people, even 200 years after their writing. Last year, president Obama began his race speech with these words : "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these

commitments they make. "For a deal to work it has to have a formula that has an element of equity and social justice in it that reflects the state of each country's industrial development and its emissions per capita." China now emits more carbon than America in absolute terms, owing to the size of its population, but in per capita terms the US emits four or five times as much. Prescott warns: "Rich countries are showing great reluctance to face up to the reality of what rationing carbon means for levels

_____ Répartition des points Compréhension Expression 10 points 10 points Jumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth, 2008 Corrigé Bac 2010 – Série S – LV1 Anglais – Métropole 10ANSEME1C www.sujetdebac.fr Suggestions de correction et barème à l’attention des correcteurs du baccalauréat Série ES-S LV1 ANGLAIS COMPRÉHENSION 1. Who is the main character? The main character is Amit. 2 pts 2. In which country was he born? Justify by quoting from the text. He was born in America / the USA. ll. 22-23 “people

191 © Cned – Académie en ligne ontenu de la séquence 6 C ette séquence traite de l’histoire de certains pays africains qui furent colonisés par les Britanniques et de leur situation actuelle. Civilisation et culture Compréhension orale Compréhension écrite A few facts on Africa Nelson Mandela’s release “And if something happens…” (A. Brink) A portrait of Chinua Achebe Expression orale “And if something happens…” : présentation orale A Portrait of Chinua Achebe : présentation