Corrigé bac 2010 : Anglais LV1 Série S – Métropole

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BACCALAURÉAT GÉNÉRAL
SESSION 2010 _____

ANGLAIS
LANGUE VIVANTE 1 _____
Série ES – S

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DURÉE DE L’ÉPREUVE : 3 heures COEFFICIENT : 3

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Répartition des points Compréhension Expression 10 points 10 points

Jumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth, 2008

Corrigé Bac 2010 – Série S – LV1 Anglais – Métropole 10ANSEME1C

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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 always assumed that he’d been born and raised in that country and not in Massachusetts.” 5 pts (3 + 2) 3. Explain how the main character is connected to the following places: a) Langford is his new school / the boarding-school he was sent to when his parents went to Delhi. b) Winchester is the town where he used to live and go to school before Langford. c) Calcutta is the city where his relatives live. d) Delhi is the city his parents moved to. e) Massachusetts is the state where he was born. 10 pts (5 x 2 pts) 4. What do we learn about his parents (origin, occupation, social status)? His parents are of Indian origin. His father is a well-know doctor / famous eye-specialist / renowned surgeon. (Ne pas accepter “teacher” seul.) The family is well-off / quite rich / reasonably wealthy. However, Amit’s schoolmates’ parents in Langford are much wealthier. 8 pts (2 + 3 + 3) 5. What consequences did the father’s job have on the life of his family? Because his father was such a renowned doctor, he and his wife travelled all over the world and moved several times to different countries. That is why they