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PREMIÈRE et TERMINALE BAC PRO
Daniel Bonnet-Piron
Agrégé d’anglais
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Présentation
Page d’ouverture
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unit 1
14 chapitres (“units”) de 10 pages
Une page qui prépare
à la lecture du texte principal,
à l’aide d’une photographie
et d’un enregistrement
accompagnés de questions.
Look at the photo
• Everybody knows the two girls. Why? What are their names?
• What do you know about them?
• What do they represent?
• Do you have an idea who the man in white is?
Listen to the cassette
(You will hear a conversation about top athletes.)
• Say which of the three following sports stars isn’t mentioned
in the conversation: Tiger Woods, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan.
• Are there many golf players that are not white?
• Are the Williams sisters well known?
• What about their father? What kind of person is he?
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3. Venus and Serena have the same sponsors.
4. The Williams sisters’ unpopularity is due exclusively to their father’s attitude.
5. Venus beat Serena at Wimbledon because she was
more on form than her sister.
Reading
By Philip Delves Broughton in New York
[…] Serena Williams, 19,
was booed after her sister withdrew from playing her in the semi5 finals at Indian Wells.
Though she went on to
win the tournament,
Serena was rattled by
the hostility of the
10 crowd.
Venus’s withdrawal, 10 minutes
before the match
with a knee
15 injury, prompted the Russian player,
Elena
Dementieva, to
20 claim: “The father is deciding
the outcome*
of the matches.”
It brought to the surface a simmering hos25 tility within the women’s tour against the
sisters and their outspoken father
Richard. He has denied repeatedly that
he decides which daughter wins when
they play each other.
30 The Williams’ financial deals* have long
provoked jealous glances from fellow
players. Last year, Venus Williams, 20,
signed a five-year, £27 million endorsement deal with Reebok, the richest ever
35 for a woman athlete. The sisters have a
joint deal with Avon Products and Serena
has a five-year, £8 million deal with
Puma.
No one doubts that the Williams franchi40 se is enhanced* by the sisters being ranked* in the top 10, but the backstabbing
comments began almost from when they
turned professional.
[…]
45 When Venus triumphed over her sister in
the semi-finals of last year’s Wimbledon,
she astonished many who had predicted
Serena would win. Venus had had a poor
year and considered retirement. Serena,
50 by contrast, was on a roll, having won a
straight 13 matches.
Before the match, however, John
McEnroe reportedly said: “Serena may
not be permitted to win. Richard may
55 have something to say about this.” On
Centre Court, Serena fell to pieces, losing
in two miserable sets lasting 32 minutes
and committing a string of unforced
errors.
60 Having raised* his two youngest daughters on the tough concrete courts of Los
Angeles, Richard Williams has never
admired orthodoxy. His daughters have
also encouraged their critics by not frater65 nising with their fellow players and seeming to live in their own, private world.
[…]
The Daily Telegraph, March 3rd, 2001.
© Telegraph Group Ltd (2001).
Anticipation
Read the title and paragraph one.
Is the article going to be about:
a) the Williams sisters’ career?
b) what some people don’t like about them?
Global comprehension
Say which statement is the best summary of the article.
1. A lot of tennis players don’t like the Williams
sisters because they win too many matches and
earn too much money.
2. The Williams sisters are criticized because of their
father’s unsporting attitude and also because
people are jealous of them and don’t find them
friendly.
Vocabulary
1 Word search.
1. Find the French equivalents of these transparent
words: “volley”, “hostility”, “jealous”, “triumphed”,
“the semi-finals”, “predicted”, “by contrast”,
“encouraged”, “critics”, “fraternising”, “private”.
2. If “threat” means « menace », what is the meaning
of “were threatened”?
3. “To withdraw” means « se retirer ». What does
“withdrawal” mean?
4. “To injure” means « blesser ». What about “injury”?
5. “To glance” means « jeter un regard ». What does
“jealous glances” mean?
6. Find the meaning of “fell” and “brought” in the list
of irregular verbs, page 168.
7. Does “knee” mean « poignet » or « genou »?
2 Choose the best equivalent.
1. Prompted the Russian player Elena Dementieva.
(pushed / dissuaded)
2. Their outspoken father. (who says what he thinks
/ whom people talk about)
3. When they turned professional. (became / stopped being)
4. The erratic behaviour. (strange / unpredictable)
5. All that is printed is lies. (is true / is not true)
6. A string of unforced errors. (long series of / few)
Detailed comprehension
volley of allegations volée de critiques
outcome résultat
deal contrat
to be enhanced être valorisé(e)
ranked classé(e)
to raise (a child) élever (un enfant)
1 Correct the errors in the following statements.
1. At Indian Wells, Serena won the tournament
because her sister didn’t play the final.
2. Richard Williams always makes Serena win when
the two sisters play each other.
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L’adjectif
Réfléchissez aux problèmes suivants.
a) Quelle est la place de l’adjectif épithète en anglais ? En français ?
b) De quoi l’adjectif est-il suivi ? Comparez l’anglais et le français.
c) Quel est l’ordre des adjectifs “beautiful” et “tall” ? Lequel exprime un fait/une opinion ?
Entraînement
1
Mettez les mots entre parenthèses dans l’ordre qui convient. Traduisez.
1. Serena is (Richard Williams’s / daughter / youngest).
2. Venus is a (woman / tall / beautiful).
3. Venus is the (tennis player / greatest / black / female) ever.
4. She often wears a (outfit / yellow / sexy).
2
Complétez avec la préposition qui convient (voir mémento, p. 163).
1. She isn’t afraid
anyone. (of / with)
2. The fans are crazy
her. (with / about)
3. Serena is different
her sister. (from / of)
4. She’s very good
basketball too. (at / in) But she’s bad
cooking. (at / in)
3
Servez-vous du contexte pour choisir l’adverbe de degré qui convient : “enough : assez,
much : beaucoup, too : trop, very : très”.
1. Venus is 6 feet tall,
taller than the other girls. (beaucoup plus grande)
2. Serena isn’t tall
to have an exceptional service like her sister. (pas assez grande)
3. On that day, she was
nervous to play well and she lost. (trop tendue)
4. They’re rich
to stop playing now but they’re still
motivated. (assez riches / très motivées)
4
Traduisez.
1. Les sœurs Williams sont deux filles très douées. (gifted)
2. Venus a un service très rapide et très précis. (fast / accurate)
3. Elle est trop jeune pour prendre sa retraite. (to retire from tennis)
4. Elles sont assez bonnes pour battre toutes les autres joueuses. (all the other players)
L’adjectif
L’ordre des adjectifs. On place le plus près du nom l’adjectif qui indique la caractéristique
la plus essentielle, la plus permanente, la plus objective.
• She’s a talented young black player. = C’est une jeune joueuse noire talentueuse.
• She’s a very gifted and very hard-working girl. = C’est une fille très douée et très travailleuse.
La préposition qui suit éventuellement l’adjectif. Il faut savoir avec quelle préposition se
construit un adjectif.
• He was happy about her victory. = Il était content de sa victoire.
• He’s pleased with his daughters. = Il est satisfait de ses filles.
Un adverbe de degré qu’il faut savoir employer : enough
• It’s warm enough to play. = Il fait assez chaud (= suffisamment) pour jouer.
• This morning, it was not warm enough. = Ce matin, il ne faisait pas assez chaud.
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2 Write a paragraph showing that success is never easy.
Suggestions: success at school / in sport / in professional life; to overcome obstacles, to face competitors, to have enemies; to have to work hard, to practice all the time; to be strong mentally, to be optimistic; to believe in oneself; to have people who help
you, who encourage you.
Listening
You are going to listen to a conversation about the
Williams sisters. See if you can answer the questions.
1. Venus is older than Serena by:
a) 5 months? b) 15 months? c) 16 months?
2. When did Venus go to the final of the US Open?
a) In 1997. b) In 2000.
3. When she beat Lindsay Davenport at Wimbledon,
the score was : a) 6-2, 7-6. b) 6-3, 7-6.
4. Why was the semi-final dramatic?
a) Because it was a match between two sisters.
b) Because Venus eliminated her sister in two sets.
Le comparatif et le superlatif
2
Observez l’emploi de l’adjectif dans les exemples ci-dessous.
a) Venus is taller than her sister. = Vénus est plus grande que sa sœur.
b) The Williams sisters are among the best tennis players in the world. = Les sœurs Williams
comptent parmi les meilleures joueuses de tennis du monde.
Réfléchissez aux problèmes suivants.
a) Comment le comparatif est-il formé ? Y a-t-il une autre façon de former un comparatif ?
De quoi cela dépend-il ?
b) De quel adjectif “the best” est-il le superlatif ?
Entraînement
1 Complétez en reprenant l’adjectif à la forme qui convient.
2
.
1. She’s young but her sister is even
2. Her service is good but Venus’s service is even
.
3. Her game is intimidating but Venus’s game is even
.
4. Playing in the wind is bad but playing in the rain is
.
5. Her dad was happy when she won but her mother was even
.
Retrouvez la forme de base de l’adjectif souligné.
1. She’s not the tallest player.
4. She said she could play much better.
5. It was her worst match in months.
2. But she’s one of the best.
3. That was her easiest victory.
6. They’re among the wealthiest women athletes.
3
Complétez avec le comparatif de supériorité (>), d’infériorité (<), d’égalité (=)
ou d’inégalité (≠).
1. Is Serena (= tall) Venus?
4. Serena is (> muscular) Venus.
2. Venus is (< good-looking) Serena.
5. She is (> short) her sister.
3. Venus (≠ tall) Lindsay Davenport.
6. She also looks (> enthusiastic) Venus.
4
Traduisez à l’aide de l’adjectif fourni, ainsi que du vocabulaire éventuel.
1. Venus est plus âgée et plus célèbre que Serena. (old / famous)
2. Serena n’est pas aussi grande mais semble plus énergique. (tall / energetic)
3. Elle est aussi athlétique que sa sœur. (athletic)
4. Elle est plus émotive qu’elle. Venus est plus calme. (emotional / calm)
l’essentiel
Adjectif
l’essentiel
Writing
1 Write a paragraph trying to show why tennis is
different from sports like basketball or football as regards
racial integration. Give as many examples as you can.
Le comparatif et le superlatif
Comparatif
Superlatif
Supériorité
tall (adj. court)
heavy (2 syll. en -y)
energetic (adj. long)
Venus is taller than Serena. (plus grande)
She’s heavier than her too. (plus lourde)
Serena is more energetic. (plus énergique)
Égalité
She’s the tallest girl in the class.
(la plus grande)
She’s the most energetic too.
(la plus énergique)
She’s as tall as her father. (aussi grande)
Inégalité
Serena is not as/so tall as Venus. (pas aussi grande)
Infériorité
She’s less well-known than her. (moins connue)
good
bad
well (adverbe)
Formes irrégulières
She’s better than her sister. (meilleure)
Her service is worse than last year. (pire)
She’s the best in the world.
It’s her worst result this year.
(le pire)
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2 - PRÉSENTATION
Les points clés de la langue
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Observez l’emploi de l’adjectif dans les exemples ci-dessous.
a) Serena is a very athletic young player. = Serena est une jeune joueuse très athlétique.
b) She was very pleased with her victory. = Elle a été très heureuse de sa victoire.
c) Venus is a beautiful tall girl. = Venus est une grande belle fille.
2
Debate: say if you agree or disagree, and why.
1. The article shows that Richard Williams is
responsible for his daugthers’ problems.
2. The article shows the bad sides of professional
tennis.
Une double page proposant
des activités de compréhension
et d’expression orale et écrite,
à partir d’un texte authentique
tiré de la presse anglo-saxonne
ou d’Internet.
Étude en contexte
1
1
Speaking
Documents et activités
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les points clés de la langue
Étude en contexte
2 Choose the most satisfactory answer and justify by
quoting from the text.
1. A lot of people criticize the Williams sisters:
a) because their father’s attitude is
reprehensible.
b) because the sisters win too much money.
c) for various reasons.
2. About the journalist’s attitude in the article:
a) He underlines only the bad points in the behaviour of the Williams family.
b) He tries to examine all the aspects of the problem.
c) He’s rather hostile to the Williams sisters.
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Williams sisters
face a volley
of allegations
Une double page de réflexion
et d’entraînement en contexte
sur un ou deux points clés
de grammaire.
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MAGAZINE
Unsporting parents get
final warning
Pushy parents
By Barbie Dutter, in Sydney
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Magazine
A
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport
Une double page illustrée,
avec des textes
de longueur variable
abordant le thème du chapitre.
tors must not be encouraged
to cheat, or threatened physically or emotionally to
secure a better result.
The government guide, entitled Kids’ Sport: a Very
Real Guide for Grown Ups,
also contains a parents’
charter that asks mothers
and fathers to respond to a
series of pledges.
John Watkins, the New
ustralians who behave badly while watching their children’s
sporting competitions have
been targeted in tough guidelines aimed at stamping out
“ugly parent syndrome”.
The New South Wales government and Australian
Sports Commission have each
reacted to a spate of incidents in which over-emotional parents have attacked
referees, fought with fellow
spectators or loudly castigated children.
The guidelines are to be sent
to all schools and junior
sporting organizations for
distribution to parents.
They urge spectators not to
critizise their children, the
referee, coach or team, and
insist that young competi-
REBORN CAPRIATI CLINCHES TITLE
Most people predicted child tennis prodigy
Jennifer Capriati would win her first Grand
Slam in the 1990s — not a decade later. But
Capriati became one of sport’s most highprofile cases of teenage dillusionment and
burn-out. However she has hauled herself
back into tennis’ spotlight to claim her first
Grand Slam title — crowning one of the
greatest comebacks in the game.
After a remarkable Australian Open final,
in which she swept Martina Hingis aside
6-4 6-3, Capriati said: “I believe it, but
then I can’t believe it at the same time.
From here on I will always have the belief
in myself that I can do anything and
won’t be afraid in any match that I go in.”
The triumph also cemented a reunion
with her father-coach Stefano. Capriati
ran to hug her father to share her special
moment after firing a backhand return
winner to take the championship. “I
wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him. I
don’t know if I could have done it with
any other coach. He’s helped me in my
game so much. Today he was looking on
more as my dad than as my coach.”
Stefano basked in his daughter’s great
sporting achievement after all that had
gone in the past. “It’s this question of desire and will and she has all this,” he said. “It came back
to her. She lost it for a while, but it’s now back in her and I hope it will last for a long time.
She has worked real hard for this.”
sports:
sports:
Good Good
athlete
young athlete
Raising aa young
Raising
By Sheila King
We’ve seen them on TV and the local playing
fields: overbearing parents so over-involved
in their children’s sports that they undermine
growth and performance. Consider the plight
of 17-year-old Australian tennis sensation
Jelena Dokic. Not only did officials eject her
father from a Wimbledon warm-up tournament for shouting at officials, but he was also
arrested “for his own safety” after he lay down
in traffic and jumped on the hood of a car.
January 27th, 2001.
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Rock’n’Roll tennis
in the city that never sleeps
W
Une double page d’entraînement
en contexte à partir d’un texte de
nature plus technique ou
professionnelle, pour acquérir
des réflexes méthodologiques
en matière de compréhension
et de production (chapitres 1 à 9)
et s’entraîner à l’examen
(chapitres 10 à 14).
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HILE Wimbledon thrives on preserving* the traditional image of ‘‘tennis
in a country garden’’, the driving force
behind the US Open is to provide entertainment* with a capital E.
Nothing perhaps underlines the contrasting styles of these two events more than
the news that the prelude to this year’s
women’s singles final at Flushing Meadows
will be Diana Ross standing on the court
singing God Bless America accompanied by
a children’s gospel choir.
At Wimbledon the two finalists walk out
unheralded*, carrying bouquets, at 2pm
precisely, followed by a dressing-room
attendant carrying their rackets – and then
bow to* the Royal Box.
Of course the tennis remains important but
clearly in the view of the United States
Tennis Association, it is not enough.
That must have been part of the thinking
behind the appointment of Arlen Kantarian,
the former boss of Radio City Music Hall, as
chief executive and presentation supremo.
Kantarian says he wants the Open to be
recognized as one of the top five events in
the world and not just among sports events.
He insists that he wants people to see it in
the same light as the Super Bowl or the
Academy Awards.
For example, those starring during Arthur
Ashe’s Kids Day tomorrow will be 14-yearold Lil Bow Wow, a rapper since the age of
nine, now ‘‘one of music’s hottest acts’’, and
O-Town, the group born out of the television reality show Making The Band.
“We’re getting more creative in what I’ll
call side shows*,” said Kantarian, who has
also been instrumental in the installation
of giant video screens at either end* of the
Centre Court to show replays of key points
and news from other matches, which may
appeal more to spectators in the upper level
45
50
55
60
65
70
The Times, April 11th, 2001.
© Times Newspapers Ltd,
London (2001).
Want to hear an even sadder story? Gymnast
Dominique Moceanu became an Olympic
gold medallist at the ripe old age of 14, while
ignoring a painful four-inch stress fracture in
her left leg. “Who is looking out for this
child?” ESPN sportswriter Mark Kreidler
wondered at the time. At 17, Moceanu asked
a judge to declare her a legal adult so that she
could free herself from her parents (former
gymnasts who had nursed gold-medal dreams
for Dominique since her birth). After a very
public battle, she won the right to choose her
own coaches, control her own money and lead
her own life.
http://womencentral.msn.com,
February, 2002.
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● Mieux comprendre l’anglais écrit
practiceand progress
Practice and progress
Practice for the exam
South Wales sports minister,
said: “Unfortunately some
parents can’t let their children enjoy sport without getting in the way. Too many
children lose their love of the
game because of relentless
adult pressure on them to
perform.”
Pour lire un article de presse avec efficacité, il faut repérer l’organisation du document.
Cela concerne notamment le titre et le premier paragraphe.
– Le titre : il attire l’attention du lecteur par sa formulation, brève et souvent originale. Il
annonce l’essentiel.
– Le premier paragraphe : souvent, il résume les grandes lignes de l’article.
By John Parsons
‘nose bleed zone’* than some of the players,
who may find it distracting.
The thought that those in the upper decks*
of the 23,000-seater stadium will get a better view of what is happening from the
screens than the seat they have paid for
gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘Pay
TV’. […]
Similarly this year’s set of poster advertising around New York conveys the same
aggressive, in your face message. One
poster bearing a photograph of Venus
Williams, who will be hoping to defend the
women’s singles title as emphatically as
she did at Wimbledon, is supported by the
comment: ‘‘If a train were moving east at a
rate of 126mph her serve would catch up
and pass it’’. “The sport is best marketed as
tough, athletic and macho,” says Kantarian.
“The Williams sisters have done as much as
anyone to market the sport in that way.”
So when the tournament begins on Monday,
the US Open will be a two-week cacophony
of noise, hype*, colour and the constant flow
of spectators at every changeover to the hot
dog, popcorn and beer stands. The idea of
that happening at Wimbledon is ghastly
and yet it is absolutely right for the environment and the culture here.
The Daily Telegraph, August 23rd, 2001.
© Telegraph Group Ltd (2001).
thrives on preserving: doit son succès au fait
qu’il préserve
to provide entertainment: fournir du spectacle
unheralded: sans être annoncé
to bow to sb: s’incliner devant qqn
side shows: spectacles annexes
at either end: à chaque bout
nose bleed zone: gradins en hauteur
upper decks: gradins supérieurs
hype: battage publicitaire
1. Que pensez-vous trouver dans l’article à la lecture du titre et du premier paragraphe ?
a) Comment comprenez-vous “Rock’n’Roll tennis” ? Quel mélange l’expression suggère-t-elle ?
b) En quoi la fin du titre (« la ville qui ne dort jamais ») éveille-t-elle votre curiosité ?
c) Savez-vous de quelle ville il s’agit ?
2. Que vous apporte le premier paragraphe?
a) Avec quel tournoi de tennis compare-t-on celui de Wimbledon ?
b) Ici, “while” (« tandis que ») marque une opposition entre deux idées. Lesquelles ?
À quoi s’oppose “entertainment with a capital E” ?
c) Quel tournoi de tennis l’article va-t-il évoquer avant tout : Wimbledon ou l’US Open ?
Pour lire plus vite, il est souvent utile de parcourir le texte à la recherche d’une information précise. On appelle cela “scanning” en anglais.
3. Parcourez l’article à la recherche des renseignements suivants.
a) Dans quelle ville le tournoi de tennis appelé “US Open” a-t-il lieu ?
b) Plus précisément, comment se nomme la « banlieue » de la ville en question ?
c) Qui est le nouveau directeur du tournoi ? Que faisait-il avant ?
d) Quelles sont les vedettes du “show-business” mentionnées ?
e) Quelles sont les stars du tennis citées ?
f) Quelle affiche (“poster” ) a été utilisée pour la publicité de l’US Open en septembre 2001 ?
● Mieux comprendre l’anglais parlé
Pour mieux comprendre l’anglais parlé (radio, télévision, conversation à laquelle on ne
participe pas), il faut apprendre à anticiper et à se concentrer afin de repérer les
informations clés, même si l’on ne comprend pas tout. Face à un interlocuteur, les choses
sont bien plus faciles (on est aidé par la situation, les gestes, on peut demander à son
interlocuteur de parler moins vite ou de répéter, etc.).
Lisez le dialogue sur le rappeur Lil Bow Wow et écoutez attentivement les réponses pour trouver
les renseignements manquants.
A. Have you heard of Lil Bow Wow, the young rap singer they talk about in the article on
the US Open?
B. Yes, actually I found (1). He has (2).
A. What did you learn about him?
B. The page reads: (3): Shad Gregory Moss. (4): Columbus, Ohio. (5): March 9th, 1987.
A. He’s really young! Who discovered him?
B. (6) Snoop Doggy. The boy seems to (7).
A. Who else will appear at the Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at Flushing Meadow?
B. (8) O-Town. Ever heard of them?
A. No. Are they good?
B. I’ve no idea. I don’t fancy (9) manufactured (10).
A. It’s a world-wide phenomenon. They even have them in France.
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TRAVAIL à faire
● Compréhen
sion : réponses
Les annexes
■ Mémento grammatical accompagné
d’exercices.
■ Liste des verbes irréguliers.
■ Indications chiffrées.
■ Lexique de l’ouvrage.
■ Lexique thématique.
■ Cartes de la Grande-Bretagne
et des États-Unis.
Les cassettes proposent les enregistrements des textes
et de trois autres documents sonores par unité :
le logo
permet de les repérer.
en français (8
pts)
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français aux questi
contenues dans
ons suivantes,
le texte. Comp
en utilisant uniqu
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justifiez toujou
rs vos réponses.
Q1
Q2
8 points
Q3
2 points
Q4
1 point
Q5
2 points
Q6
1 point
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les trois choses
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– Faites le bilan
de ce que les questi
facilement et
ons vous appre
plus rapidement.
nnent sur le texte
– Lisez le texte
pour le lire plus
lentement, en
ayant présente
questions.
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vous
107 - UNIT 10
© NATHAN/VUEF
9, rue Méchain - 75014 Paris - 2002
ISBN 2-09-179067-2
3 - PRÉSENTATION
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Williams sisters face a volley of allegations
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Points clés : L’adjectif – Le comparatif et le superlatif ...............................................................................................................
Magazine : Pushy parents .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Rock’n’Roll tennis in the city that never sleeps ..........................................................
Unit 2
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Mental health staff “look like patients”
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Points clés : L’article “the” et l’article Ø – Les adjectifs possessifs et démonstratifs ......................
Magazine : What can you wear at work? .......................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : So you are thinking about getting a tattoo or body piercing? ..............
Unit 3
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Double trouble
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Points clés : Le génitif et la construction avec “of” – La construction nom + nom ...........................
Magazine : It isn’t easy to be a celebrity .........................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : The new royal couple .......................................................................................................................................
Unit 4
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Our conscience is clear, say Britons who bought twins on the Internet
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Points clés : Les phrases interrogatives ..............................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : Homes for children in need ...........................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Homelessness campaign targets schools ..............................................................................
Unit 5
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“I don’t want to be white”
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Points clés : L’expression du présent ....................................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : Immigrants in the USA .........................................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Trade in human misery worth £8bn ............................................................................................
Unit 6
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School shootings. Using students as metal detectors
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Points clés : Le prétérit simple et en “be -ing” – Le present perfect ........................................................................
Magazine : Gun violence in US schools ............................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Metal detectors for schools .....................................................................................................................
Unit 7
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Overcoming juvenile diabetes
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Points clés : Les auxiliaires de mode (« modaux ») – Les équivalents de “can” et “must” .......
Magazine : Food and health ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Coca-Cola to slim down in schools ...............................................................................................
Unit 8
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TV ’survivor’ banished for refusing to eat a rat
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Points clés : Les pronoms relatifs ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : Popstars: a question of image .....................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Voyeurism TV makes fortune for Channel 4 ..................................................................
4 - SOMMAIRE
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26
29
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32
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39
40
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44
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49
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82
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The story of graffiti
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Points clés : Les prépositions ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : From graffiti to art ................................................................................................................................................................................
Practice and progress : Eye spy ..............................................................................................................................................................................
Unit 10
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Computer firm sacks “star” employee over quiz failure
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Points clés : L’expression du futur – Le conditionnel .............................................................................................................
Magazine : Young people and work ................................................................................................................................................................
Practice for the exam : Building a solid future ................................................................................................................................
Unit 11
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Get a pizza the action
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Points clés : Le groupe nominal ..............................................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : Retailers and e-tailers ........................................................................................................................................................................
Practice for the exam : The future of clothes shopping? ................................................................................................
Unit 12
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Boy dying of Aids robbed by gunmen as he lies in bed
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Points clés : Les conjonctions ....................................................................................................................................................................................
Magazine : Fighting Aids ..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Practice for the exam : Breaking the child slave trade .........................................................................................................
Unit 13
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Phone adverts “exploit children”
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Points clés : Le passif – Le gérondif et la proposition infinitive ...............................................................................
Magazine : Living with high-tech .........................................................................................................................................................................
Practice for the exam : Zapping the TV kids .....................................................................................................................................
Unit 14
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Shopping daze zombies who don’t know what they’re buying
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Points clés : Les quantifieurs indéfinis – Les quantifieurs définis ..........................................................................
Magazine : Business news ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
Practice for the exam : Anxious parents create teenage boom in mobiles ...........................................
The high-tech house of the future ...........................................................................................
Annexes
– Mémento grammatical ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Verbes irréguliers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Indications chiffrées ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Exercices de grammaire .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Lexique thématique ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Lexique de l’ouvrage ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
– Cartes de la Grande-Bretagne et des États-Unis ...........................................................................................................................................
5 - SOMMAIRE
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96
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106
109
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166
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