I Always Hated Holidays

ALWAYS HATED HOLIDAYS – David Lodge se fiancer get engaged tirer (littérallement) drag me off fourmiller mill about sites touristiques sights s'ennuyer à mourir bored the pants off me un bout de rocher a lump of rock je ne sais combien de umpteen ça m'a frappé It sruck me Jamais changé d'avis Never looked back bourse grant subventionner subsidize avoir un sourire forcé grin mirthlessly faire subir un lavage de cerveau à brainwash enquête, étude survey incroyable quantité

J'ai toujours détesté VACANCES   Introduction               Ce texte est un extrait de Nouvelles du Paradis, écrit par David Lodge, un célèbre écrivain britannique. Il a été publié en 1991. Ce passage, qui est intitulé "J'ai toujours détesté vacances", aborde la question du tourisme de masse. La scène se déroule dans un aéroport et se rapporte une conversation entre deux personnages, à savoir Bernard Walsh, qui s'en va en vacances à Hawaï, et Sheldrake, qui est un anthropologue étudie le tourisme

“I ALWAYS HATED HOLIDAYS…” (p. 14-15 Broad Ways Terminales) Illustration : Cartoon by Rupert Besley (http://mysite.freeserve.com/besleycartoons) We are immediately struck by / What strikes us first is the row of caravans on a campground… All the caravans look similar / look practically the same size / colour… It must take place in the country / in the summer / at the height of the summer season / at the peak of the tourist season… We are given the impression that the field is overcrowded / that

Broadways Terminales – page 14 - Worksheet on ‘I always hated holidays…’ Complete / Circle the right answers / Cross out the wrong answers Author: Bernard Walsh / David Lodge / Sistine Chapel Source: an extract (an excerpt=a passage) from a novel / a short story / a magazine / a travel catalogue Type of narrative: a monologue / a dialogue / a conversation / a soliloquy Topic = Subject : ____________________________________________________________ The setting: on a plane / in an airport

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