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Page 2 – Broadways grammar |
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Page 3 – Corrigé Dillon |
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Page 4 – Money :
dissertation topics |
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Page 5 - Ruth
Rendell, The Fever Tree and other stories |
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Proposition de corrigé d’un sujet d’expression du BAC STG 2007, par les élèves brillants de TSTG2 !!
1)
« I want
more freedom! » the daughter, Mary, said.
«What do
you mean? » her mother asked.
« I’m
fed up with always seeing you beside me, I just want to go to school alone or
with my friends », Mary replied.
« But
I do it to protect you; I don’t want you to be abducted », her mother
answered..
« How
did you go to school when you were a child? », Mary inquired.
« Things
are different today/ Times have changed, now there are many risks and it can be
dangerous to stay alone or go to school alone. » she whispered.
2)
“Mum, I
have a question for you” her daughter, Mary, said.
“Yes, what
is it? her mother asked.
“Can I go
to school alone tomorrow?” asked Mary.
“I disagree
with your proposition, because I think that you are too young to go to school alone.”
Mary’s mother replied.
“But my
friends want to bring me to school” she argued.
“The
streets are dangerous today/ nowadays/in our days and I don’t want parents to
see me as a bad mother.”
“You can
put the blame on me, but I think I’m old enough and responsible to go to school alone” Mary added.
“It’s the
last time we’ll talk about this. I forbid you to go alone as I think it’s too
risky” said her mother sternly.
“I approve
of your decision because you are my mother and I love you”
3)
“Mum, I’m
fed up going to school with you!” said the writer’s ten-year-old daughter,
Mary.
“It’s out
of the question for you to go without me. You’re too young to go alone!” she
replied angrily.
“But don’t
you remember that you told me that you took the Tube home from school across
“You don’t
know what you’re saying! Times have changed. Today there are laws which oblige
parents to supervise their children” she said seriously.
4)
“I’m fed
up! I want to come home alone
with my friend after school”, Mary said.
“No, you
can’t, because you are too young and it’s too dangerous”, the writer said
“Trust me,
I’m responsible and I won’t speak to people in the street” said Mary.
“Yes, I
know; but the street is very dangerous”, said the writer.
“But it’s
not fair, Mum. My friend goes home alone and her parents trust her” Mary added.
“The answer
is no for the moment; we’ll see when you are older” said the writer.
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CHAPTER 12 à 14 Les modaux
EX. 1.
Aux de modalité
+BV
1.
You should treat
2.
Young teachers must look
3.
you shouldn’t mention it.
4.
Young teachers mustn’t sound
5.
You needn’t be
6.
who wouldn’t speak
7.
He would stare
8.
We can talk
9.
He couldn’t say
10.
You may leave
EX. 2
1.
Visitors aren’t allowd to enter/ are barred
from entering.
2.
Only a few privileged visitors are allowed to enter
3.
They refuse to let us in.
4.
They have to leave now.
5.
They are unable to find a solution to the conflict.
EX. 3.
1.
A series of strikes will take place..
2.
We have to be careful…
3.
They don’t have to wait…
4.
They are unable to stop us
5.
Visitors are forbidden to enter
EX. 4.
1.
She may have…
2.
She may not know that..
3.
He must be trying to figure .
4.
She must have noticed…. She can’t have forgotten…
EX. 5.
1.
he might have invented… but I couldn’t
think why.
2.
He should be here by now.
3.
He might be thinking of that too.
EX. 6. (would
+BV ; had + PP)
1
would
2
had
3
had
4
would (+ BV have !!)
5
would
6
would would
EX. 7.
b) might have changed
c) I still might
tell him
2 a) might
like
b) who
she might be having an affair with ?
3) a) we should
go
b) we
should have helped her..
b) I couldn’t help laughing
EX. 8.
1.
We have to go now. You didn’t have to come.
2.
I’ll have to remember. I should have gone with them.
3.
They mustn’t be far away.
4.
I couldn’t hear what they were saying.
5.
She can’t have forgotten who you are.
EX. 9.
1.
You should have told me before.
2.
She can’t have said that.
3.
Julian can’t be working.
4.
She must be too tired to go out.
5.
You should be sleeping.
6.
She may have forgotten our appointment.
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3
Number your answers and answer
your questions in the right order
1)
Who and what are
the characters mentioned?
Michael
Dillon (= guv) - a witness; she = his girlfriend/wife;
A
little red-haired man = meter reader = gas man a terrorist
Two
young men = terrorists = killers
Professeur Robertson ; owner of the house, Dillon’s friend?
Chief
inspector = policeman
The
driver
The
police
2)
Which character, if any, has a pet = (
domestic animal)
None
of them does/ No character has a pet. “as though”= as IF
3)
Where and when does
the scene take place?
The scene takes place in a taxi, first outside, then in Professor
Robertson’s flat, in a house, in
Gloucester Rd., in Hampstead, (in
The scene takes place just after 5 p.m.
4)
What or who do the following
words refer to?
they (l.2) the police
; them (l.2) IRA terrorists; They
(l.3)the police ; it (l.4) people saying
that they’re afraid/refusing to
it
(l.28);the gun it (l.29)telling the chief
inspector that he doesn’t want to
5)
Has the main
character decided to
He’s
decided not to
6)
Using your own
words, explain whether or not the decision was easy to make and how he’s been
feeling since he made it.
The
decision was very difficult to make because
7)
Say whether the
following statements are true or false. Justify by quoting from the text.
a.
“She” wanted to
stay with Dillon.
b.
“he” wouldn’t let
her.
c.
“She” didn’t mind
what he would decide to do.
d.
“she” is confident that he won’t change his mind.
e.
“he” arrived on time to answer the phone.
f.
“he”
is pleased that he has more time to give his final answer.
8)
Pick out a phrase
showing that what he said to the police would change the image he had of
himself.
9)
The little red-haired
man.
a) Say whether the
following sentences are right or wrong and justify by quoting from the text.
1)
The red-haired man knew Dillon.
2) Dillon trusted him.
b) In
the text what shows that:
1) the man knew
that Dillon was to come to the flat?
2) the arrival of
the youths been planned beforehand?
10) In the narrator’s description of the
two men at the end of the text, what element is the
most important? What does it reveal? What other sentence
suggests it? What is their role?
Number your answers and answer
your questions in the right order
1)
Who and what are
the characters mentioned?
2)
Which character, if any, has a pet = ( domestic animal)?
3)
Where and when does
the scene take place?
4)
What or who do the following
words refer to?
they (l.2) ; them
(l.2); They (l.3); it (l.4);
him (l.4); you (l.4)
it
(l.28); it (l.29)
5)
Has the main
character decided to
6)
Using your own
words, explain whether or not the decision was easy to make and how he’s been
feeling since he made it.
7)
Say whether the
following statements are true or false. Justify by quoting from the text.
a)
“She” wanted to
stay with Dillon.
b)
“he” wouldn’t let
her.
c)
“She” didn’t mind
what he would decide to do.
d)
“she” is confident that he won’t change his mind.
e)
“he” arrived on time to answer the phone.
f)
“he”
is pleased that he has more time to give his final answer.
8)
Pick out a phrase
showing that what he said to the police would change the image he had of
himself.
9)
The little red-haired
man.
a) Say whether the
following sentences are right or wrong and justify by quoting from the text.
1)
The red-haired man knew Dillon.
2) Dillon trusted him.
b) In
the text what shows that:
1) the man knew
that Dillon was to come to the flat?
2) the arrival of
the youths been planned beforehand?
10) In the narrator’s description of the
two men at the end of the text, what element is the
most important? What does it reveal? What other sentence suggests
it? What is their role?
Answers
1)
Who and what are the characters mentioned?
Michael
Dillon (= guv) - a witness; she = his girlfriend/wife;
A
little red-haired man = meter reader = gas man a terrorist
Two
young men = terrorists = killers
Professeur Robertson ; owner of the house, Dillon’s friend?
Chief
inspector = policeman
The
driver
The
police
2)
Which
character, if any, has a pet? = ( domestic animal)
None
of them does/ No character has a pet. “as though”= as IF
3)
Where and when does the scene take place?
The scene takes place in a taxi, first outside, then inside Professor Robertson’s flat, in a house, in
Gloucester Rd., in Hampstead, (in
The scene takes place just after 5 p.m.
4)
What or who do the following words refer to?
they (l.2) : the police ; them (l.2): IRA
terrorists; They (l.3) :the police
; it (l.4): people saying that they’re
afraid/refusing to
it
(l.28):the gun it (l.29) : telling the chief inspector that
he doesn’t want to
5)
Has the main character decided to
He’s
decided not to
6)
Using your own words, explain whether or not the decision
was easy to make and how he’s been feeling since he made it.
The
decision was very difficult to make because, on the one hand
7)
Say whether the following statements are true or
false. Justify by quoting from the text.
a. “She” wanted to
stay with Dillon. T (l. 19)
“I could wait tin the other room.”
b.
“he” wouldn’t let her.
T (l. 16-18) “I’d rather be alone when I tell him.”
c.
“She” didn’t mind what he would decide to do. F. (l.4 + L;23) “You won’t
let him persuade him, will you?
d.
“she” is confident
that he won’t change his mind. F.
(l.4 + L;23) “You won’t let him persuade him, will
you?
e.
“he” arrived on time
to answer the phone. F (l. 31-32) “As he went into the hall it(the phone) stopped.”
f.
“he” is pleased that he has
more time to give his final answer. F (l. 33) “ He did not want to wait.”
8)
Pick out a phrase showing that what he said to the
police would change the image he had of himself.
(13-15)
“ The moment he told them he was afraid, he would lose
forever ()some secret sense of his own worth”
9)
The little red-haired man.
a) Say whether the following sentences are
right or wrong and justify by quoting from the text.
1) The red-haired man knew Dillon. F. (l.47) “Are you Professor Robertson?”
2)
Dillon trusted him. T (l.40)
“Yes, go ahead.”
b) In the text what shows
that:
1)
The man knew that Dillon was to come to the flat? “I’m just
looking after the house”, but the red-haired man has his name on the list:
“You’re Mr. Dillon? (l.42+45)
2)
The arrival of the youths been planned beforehand? After Dillon had been identified, the man
whistled and two men entered. (l.47)
10) In the narrator’s description of the
two men at the end of the text, what element is the
most important? What does it reveal? What other sentence
suggests it? What is their role?
“This time” is opposed to the
other time when Dillon had witnessed the IRA men and can denounce them. As they
are terrorists and bearing guns, they will kill him so he will no longer be a
threat to them.
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Do you think money can buy happiness ?
Intro 1 : For centuries man has used money to
satisfy his physical needs. Today we live in a consumer society where money has
become a priority, if not the priority. However we may wonder whether
nowadays money can really buy happiness. Firstly I’ll show that money is
necessary in order to live decently and having a chance of being happy, next
I’ll point out what money can’t buy and, last but not least, I’ll Give my
opinion about this topic.
or
Intro 2 : A proverb says : "money can't
buy happiness". However, as we live in the consumer society in which money
has become a major issue, we may wonder if that saying is still true nowadays.
(As the
saying goes
:"………………." = comme le dit le
proverbe)
I)
Money is necessary to survive and to live a decent
life. It is essential to buy the bare necessities : food,
shelter, medical care. ( avoid
homelessness)
Money enables people to
have a more comfortable life : the more money
you earn, the more comfortable your life can be. If you earn a
lot of money you can afford sports, leisure, or anything else that makes
your life more pleasurable.
II)
However / nevertheless, there are things money
can't buy : true feelings, such as love and friendship. (You never know
if people love you for your money or for you personality)(stars are a very good
example of this : many rich people
divorce or have nervous breakdowns)
Conclusion : Money can only buy material
goods. It is often said that money can only contribute to happiness. Some
people even say money is the root of all evil.
Some people say money is the root of all evil. To what extent do you
agree with them ?
Intro : Some people say money is the
root of all evil. We may wonder to what extent these people are right. Firstly
I)
Some people would do anything to be rich because they
are greedy or because they can't live on little money. Some people are even willing to kill in
order to get money and they often end up in prison. Others try to get rich by
marrying into money.
Globalization and capitalism: we
tend to give a greater place to money than to people's welfare and feelings.
II)
However / nevertheless we
can’t do/survive without money which is
necessary to survive and to live a decent life. It is essential to buy the bare
necessities : food, shelter, medical care. ( avoid homelessness).
If you earn a lot of money you can afford
sports, leisure, anything that makes your life more pleasurable. However money
can also bring out the best in some people and enable them to help others (Billanthropy) (Bill Gate’s charitable actions)/ Bono?
Conclusion : Money can be the root of all
evil if people are too ambitious or if they only swear by money
Page 5 - Ruth Rendell, The
Fever Tree and other stories
Before she reached the head of the
stairs she heard a violent crash as of something heavy yet brittle(1)
hurled against a wall. There was a cry from below, footsteps running. May got to the stairs in time to see a slight figure rush across
the hall and slam the front door behind him. The car started up. In his wake
(2) he had left a thin trail of blood. May followed the blood trail into the
drawing room. June stood by her desk which had been torn open and all its
contents scattered onto the table. She was trembling, tearful and laughing with
shaky hysteria, pointing to the shards (3) of cut glass that lay everywhere.
“I threw the decanter (4) at him. I hit
him and it cut his head and he ran.”
May went up to her. “Are you all right?”
“He didn’t touch me. He pointed that gun at me
when I came in, but I didn’t care. 1 couldn’t bear to see him searching my
desk, getting at all my private things. Wasn’t 1 brave? He didn’t get away with
anything but a few bits of silver. I hit
him and he heard you coming and he panicked. Wasn’t I brave, May?”
But May wasn’t listening. She was reading the
letter which lay open and exposed on top of the papers the burglar had pulled
out of the desk. Walter’s bold (5) handwriting leapt at her, weakened though it
was, enfeebled by his last illness. “My darling love, It
is only a moment since you walked out of the ward (6), but nevertheless I must
write to you. 1 can’t resist an impulse to write now and tell you how happy you
have made me in all the years we have been together. If the worst comes to the
worst, my darling, and I don’t survive the operation, I want you to know you
are the only woman I have ever loved...”
“I wouldn’t have thought I’d have
had the courage,” said June, “but perhaps the gun wasn’t loaded. He was only a
boy. Would you call the police, please,
May?”
“Yes,” said May. She picked up the
gun.
The police arrived within fifteen
minutes. They brought a doctor with them, but June was already dead, shot
through the heart at close range.
“We’ll get him, Miss
“It was the shock,” said May. “I’ve
never had a shock like that, not since I was a girl”
Ruth
Rendell, The Fever Tree and other stories.
1. brittle: fragile. 4. decanter: carafe.
3. shards: éclats. 6. ward: (ici) chambre d'hôpital.
Before she reached the head of the
stairs she heard a violent crash as of something heavy yet brittle(1)
hurled against a wall. There was a cry from below, footsteps running. May got to the stairs in time to see a slight figure rush across
the hall and slam the front door behind him. The car started up. In his wake
(2) he had left a thin trail of blood. May followed the blood trail into the
drawing room. June stood by her desk which had been torn open and all its
contents scattered onto the table. She was trembling, tearful and laughing with
shaky hysteria, pointing to the shards (3) of cut glass that lay everywhere.
“I threw the decanter (4) at him. I hit
him and it cut his head and he ran.”
May went up to her. “Are you all right?”
“He didn’t touch me. He pointed that gun at me
when I came in, but I didn’t care. 1 couldn’t bear to see him searching my
desk, getting at all my private things. Wasn’t 1 brave? He didn’t get away with
anything but a few bits of silver. I hit
him and he heard you coming and he panicked. Wasn’t I brave, May?”
But May wasn’t listening. She was reading the
letter which lay open and exposed on top of the papers the burglar had pulled
out of the desk. Walter’s bold (5) handwriting leapt at her, weakened though it
was, enfeebled by his last illness. “My darling love, It
is only a moment since you walked out of the ward (6), but nevertheless I must
write to you. 1 can’t resist an impulse to write now and tell you how happy you
have made me in all the years we have been together. If the worst comes to the
worst, my darling, and I don’t survive the operation, I want you to know you
are the only woman I have ever loved...”
“I wouldn’t have thought I’d have
had the courage,” said June, “but perhaps the gun wasn’t loaded. He was only a
boy. Would you call the police, please,
May?”
“Yes,” said May. She picked up the
gun.
The police arrived within fifteen
minutes. They brought a doctor with them, but June was already dead, shot
through the heart at close range.
“We’ll get him, Miss
“It was the shock,” said May. “I’ve
never had a shock like that, not since I was a girl”
Ruth Rendell, The Fever Tree and other stories.
1. brittle:
fragile. 4. decanter: carafe.
3. shards: éclats. 6. ward: (ici) chambre d'hôpital.
1. Who are the characters in this
scene?
a). Characters present all the time:
b). Characters present some of the
time:
c.) Character only mentioned:
2. Put the following
sentences into the right order so as to obtain a summary of the story. Write
the corresponding letters in the correct order. Ex. 1 = ?
a. On top of the papers, May saw a
letter from Walter.
b. June frightened the burglar away.
c. When May came into June's room,
she discovered June's papers lying all over the place.
d. What May read in the letter came
as a shock and made her react.
e. June discovered there was a
burglar in the house.
f. May saw the burglar run away.
3. Say in one sentence what happened
between the moment when May
picked up the gun and the time when the police arrived (lines
20-21).
4. Say whether the following
statements are True or False
and justify your answers by quoting from the text. Indicate the
line(s).
a. May didn't know Walter
b. May's attention was focused on
the letter.
c. The burglar's gun was loaded.
d. May's act was premeditated.
e. May left her fingerprints on the
gun.
5. Choose the right
answer (a, b, or c) and write it ex. A = ?:
A. Why did June consider
she had been brave?
a. Because she had been able to kill
the man.
b. Because she had managed to defend
herself.
c. Because she had called the
police.
B. What did May discover
in the letter?
a. That Walter had never been happy.
b. That Walter loved June and May
equally.
c.
That Walter had never loved anyone but June.
C. The
police are probably going to believe.
a. That June committed suicide.
b. That the burglar killed June before
running away.
c. That June had a heart
attack.
6. Why is the word "shock"
(line 25) ambiguous? Answer in about 40 words.
7. Write a paragraph
(about 50 words) about Walter, everything we know
and what we can guess about him. Don't
forget to refer to the text.
For info :
8. Translate into French from
"In his wake" (1. 3) down to "lay every
where" (1. 6).
EXPRESSION ÉCRITE :
Choose one of the following
subjects. Write about 300 words.
1. lnvent
an end to the passage.
2. Jealousy: Can one love without being
jealous?
1. Who are the characters in this
scene?
a). Characters present all the time:
The characters who are present all the time are May
b). Characters present some of the
time:
The characters who are present some of the time are the burglar ,the “slight figure” (l.2), the police and a doctor
and an inspector.
c.) Character only mentioned:
Walter, June’s dead husband or partner of many years is mentioned
2. Put the following
sentences into the right order so as to obtain a summary of the story. Write
the corresponding letters in the correct order. Ex. 1 = ?
a. On top of the papers, May saw a
letter from Walter.
b. June frightened the burglar away.
c. When May came into June's room,
she discovered June's papers lying all over the place.
d. What May read in the letter came
as a shock and made her react.
e. June discovered there was a
burglar in the house.
f. May saw the burglar run away.
e;
b; f; c; a; d
3. Say in one sentence what happened
between the moment when May
picked up the gun and the time when the police arrived (lines
20-21).
May shot her sister in the heart at
close range and killed her.
4. Say whether the following
statements are True or False
and justify your answers by quoting from the text. Indicate the
line(s).
a. May didn't know Walter
False: “Walter’s bold handwriting leapt at
her”
b. May's attention was focused on
the letter.
True: “But May wasn’t listening. She was reading the letter”
c. The burglar's gun was loaded.
True: “but June was already dead, shot
through the heart at close range.”
d. May's act was premeditated.
True: “Yes,” said May. She picked up the
gun. “
e. May left her fingerprints on the
gun.
True: ““It was a pity you touched the gun,
though. Did it without thinking, I suppose.”
5. Choose the right
answer (a, b, or c) and write it ex. A = ?:
A. Why did June consider
she had been brave?
a. Because she had been able to kill
the man.
b. Because she had managed to defend herself.
c. Because she had called the
police.
B. What did May discover
in the letter?
a. That Walter had never been happy.
b. That Walter loved June and May
equally.
c. That Walter had never loved
anyone but June.
C. The
police are probably going to believe.
a. That June committed suicide.
b.
That the burglar killed June before running away.
c. That June had a heart
attack.
6. Why is the word "shock"
(line 25) ambiguous? Answer in about 40 words.
The
word shock is ambiguous because the police think that May is shocked because
her sister has been killed, whereas she is in fact shocked because by reading
the letter she has just discovered that
Walter had never loved her, he had only loved June, because in the letter she
reads I want you to know you are the
only woman I have ever loved...”
7. Write a paragraph
(about 50 words) about Walter, everything we know
and what we can guess about him. Don't
forget to refer to the text.
In the text we learn that Walter and June lived
happily together for many years (“how happy you have
made me in all the years we have been together”) and that he died
during or after an operation and a long series of illnesses. .( “If …. I don’t survive the operation”) .
We can guess a lot of things; firstly that June
and May started to live together after Walter’s death, that May loved Walter
deeply and thought that, even though he had lived with May that he had also
loved May before the time he spent with
June. Maybe he met May first and met June throught
her and then fell in love with June