LV.2 – Série S - Tony Parsons, One for my baby, 2001

I – COMPRÉHENSION 100 pts

1.  Where does the scene take place? Justify your answer. 4 pts

The scene takes place in London, England. Justification : "made it to London", (l. 3)

"Leicester Square," (l. 32), "London so expensive" (l. 40).

2.  What’s the narrator’s job? Justify your answer by quoting from the text. 4 pts

He’s a teacher.

"What I like about teaching at Churchill’s International Language School" (l. 1+2)

"Sometimes my students turn up late" (l. 10).

3.  Fill in the chart. 20 pts

(1 point par réponse)

Information from the text / Tick the right box
student’s name / nationality / gender / works / doesn’t work / we don’t know

Zeng

/

Chinese

/

male

/ /

ü

/ /

Yumi

/

Japanese

/

female

/ / / /

ü

Witold

/ Polish (a Pole) / male / /

ü

/ /

Imran

/

Pakistani

/

male

/ /

ü

/ /

Vanessa

/

French

/ female / / /

ü

/

4.  TRUE or FALSE? Justify your answer by quoting from the text. 28 pts

(4 pts x 7 = 28 pts, 0 si pas de justification. 1 seule justification suffit).

a) Most students are young adults. TRUE

mostly in their late teens and early twenties (l. 2-3)

I like their optimism, their youth (l. 7)

b) It was easy for the students to come and study in a foreign country. FALSE

"after repeatedly having their visa application turned down"(l. 5) et/ou "It took him about ten years before they ticked his card at the British Embassy in Warsaw" (l. 25-26)

c) The teacher reproaches the students with being lethargic during the lessons. TRUE

Look at this guy. Dead to the world (l.15)

You should stay awake in my lessons. Falling asleep is rude. (l. 34-35)

d) Some students find the lessons interesting. TRUE

Are my lessons really so boring… (l. 15-16.) Not at all (l. 18).

We like your lessons (l. 20), "There are a few nods of assent" (l. 20-21)

e) None of the students needs to work to pay for their studies. FALSE

He has to work too hard. We all do (l.40-41)

I don’t work…but the rest of them have to. I suppose.(l.42-43)

f) The French student is prejudiced against the English. TRUE

‘Very English, no?’ Laughs Vanessa. ‘Swear and fight and eat bad food. A good night out for the English.’ (l.48)

g) The English customers think Witold is Argentine. TRUE

"Call me bloody Argie", "What's it like to lose a War, Argie?" etc. (l. 45)

5.  Find in the text the equivalents for the following words. 20 pts

(2 pts x 10)

-  angry, mean and malevolent : spiteful

-  courage : nerve

-  come to class : turn up et/ou show up

-  speak angrily : snap

-  drugged : sedated

-  knocked out : out for the count

-  astonished : dumbfounded

-  ready to pass out : on the verge of total collapse

-  exhausted : knackered

-  impolite : rude

6.  Read lines 44 to 47. What do these lines reveal about the customers' attitude? 12pts (3 pts x 4)

On attend des candidats qu'ils fassent ressortir les idées suivantes :

Bêtise, violence, racisme, grossièreté.

Stupid, stupidity, crass ignorance (3 pts)

Violent, aggressive, threatening ... (3 pts)

xenophobic, racist, prejudiced ... (3 pts)

rude, offensive ... (3 pts)

7.  Translate into French, from "I like their optimism" (l.7) to "dislike me so much?" (l. 9) 12 pts

I like their optimism, their youth, / J’aime leur optimisme, leur jeunesse / 1
the way their lives are not yet set in stone. / le fait que leur vie ne soit pas encore figée. / 4
And I admire their nerve, / J’admire aussi leur courage : / 2
coming half way round the world to master another language. / ils sont venus du bout du monde pour maîtriser une autre langue. / 3
So why do they dislike me so much? / Alors, pourquoi me détestent-ils tant ? / 2
Total / 12

II – EXPRESSION 100 pts

Traitez l'un des sujets suivants, au choix. (250 mots)

1. Do you think studies are compatible with a part-time job?

2. Would you be prepared to study or work abroad?

3. Zeng writes a letter to his family about his new life in a foreign country.

Guide pour l'évaluation de l'expression personnelle en anglais

Baccalauréat séries L LV2, ES LV1, S LV1 et S LV2

Suggestions du groupe d'anglais de L'Inspection Générale des Langues Vivantes

Candidat : copie N° ______

Réalisation de l'exercice
et traitement du sujet
4 points / Recevabilité linguistique
6 points / Total des points
0.5 point
·  présentation inacceptable
·  écriture illisible
·  consignes non respectées
·  hors sujet
·  contresens / 0.5 – 1 – 1.5 point
·  inintelligible
·  lexique indigent
·  erreurs récurrentes de grammaire élémentaire
1 – 1.5 – 2 points
·  recopiage du support
·  hors sujet partiel
·  sujet compris mais traitement plat et superficiel
·  construction vague / 2 – 2.5 – 3 – 3.5 points
·  compréhension possible malgré des erreurs fréquentes
·  lexique limité
·  syntaxe peu élaborée
2.5 – 3 – 3.5 points
·  existence d'une problématique
·  effort de construction / 4 – 4.5 – 5 points
·  erreurs occasionnelles
·  vocabulaire adapté
·  syntaxe adéquate
4 points
·  enchaînement des idées
·  développement organisé
·  références culturelles
·  conviction, humour / 5.5 – 6 points
·  erreurs rares
·  vocabulaire riche
·  syntaxe élaborée
·  capacité à nuancer
Dans un esprit d'évaluation positive, on n'hésitera pas à bonifier – en seconde lecture et selon une échelle + 0.5 / + 1 / +1.5 – les copies qui se lisent relativement facilement, avec intérêt, voire avec plaisir.
On tiendra compte du soin apporté à la présentation et à la rédaction. On valorisera tout particulièrement les copies dont les auteurs ont réagi au sujet proposé en s'engageant et en exprimant un point de vue personnel.

Barème

questions / points
/ 4
/ 4
/ 20
/ 28
/ 20
/ 12
/ 12
Compréhension / 100
Expression / 100
Total général / 200

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