Fears André Brink

FEARS Commentary of an extract from André Brink’s imaginings of sand published in Bridges Term PICTURE On the right-hand side there is a photo which must have been taken in South Africa in 1994 : On the photo there is a huge poster of representing Nelson Mandela. At the top in capital letters it’s written Mandela for president, and at the bottom, it’s written the people’s choice; an there is a flag and the ANC logo ,too. The ANC is the African National Congress, the political party defending

the logbooks of the exploration of Quebec by Jacques Cartier (1491– 1557) to the quarrel surrounding Villegagnon’s failed attempt to establish a French colony in Brazil: Les Singularités de la France antarctique (1557) by the Catholic cosmographer André Thevet (1516–92) and the Histoire d’un voyage en la terre du Brésil (1578) by the Protestant Jean de Léry (1534–1613). These and other works, like the popular THE RENAISSANCE 71 travels (1595) of Jacques de Villamont (c.1560–c.1625) in the

perfect. Conseils généraux-AN01 11 , Séquence S É Q U E Civilisation et Culture N A few facts on Africa Compétences Compréhension orale Nelson Mandela’s release Compréhension écrite “And if something happens…” (A. Brink) A portrait of Chinua Achebe Expression orale Lecture d’un passage Méthodologie Traduction d’un passage Vocabulaire : exprimer l’émotion Expression écrite Écrire une narration C E Compétence linguistique Le discours indirect

Jean-Pierre thought the alternative of financial appeasement was warranted. The harassment never stopped, even at night—especially at night. It was as though eyes were trained on him as he lay on the infested deck mattress, waiting for him to reach the brink of sleep. “You! Take the watch! The mate is sick. You fill in.” “Get up! Philippe is writing his memoirs! He can’t be disturbed.” “On your feet! You tore a net this afternoon. We won’t pay for your stupidity. We’ve all agreed. Fix it now!” The nets