Grammaire et langue anglaise
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Phonologie et prononciation de l'anglais
Améliorer sa prononciation avec les cours de phonologie adaptées et ludiques. Les étudiants et professeur trouveront également des ressources plus détaillées.
You will also find lessons about the different dialects and varieties of English.
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Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguistics is concerned with the nature of language and communication, and with the study of particular languages and dialects. It includes many subareas / fields of research : grammar, phonology, syntax, morphology, etc.. In this section you will find a lot of lessons regarding linguistics.
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Documents étudiés / sources :
Forrest Gump (film) - directed by Robert Zemeckis (1994). Forrest Gump (novel) - written by Winston Groom (1984). Jurassic Park (film) - directed by Steven Spielberg (1993). Jurassic Park (novel) - written by Michael Crichton (1990). Mystic River (film) - directed by Clint Eastwood (2003). Mystic River (novel) - written by Dennis Lehane (2001). Capote (film) - directed by Bennett Miller (2005) In Cold Blood (novel) - written by Truman Capote (1965) |
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“Run Forrest!” (rédigée par les Terminales L1)
This is the story about Forrest Gump who is a 'slow man' (not to say stupid) with a very interesting life. This book was adapted and put on screen by Robert Zemeckis starring Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. Both the book and the film begin with the same sentence “life is like a box of chocolates , you never know what you gonna get “. In his life he went to a nut school where he met his friend Jenny (who became his kind of girlfriend), he played football at college, he joined the army, he was awarded by the president and he became a celebrity across the US. What is striking is that the book is written just like the way he speaks with plenty of mistakes. |
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Extrait N°1: 'Welcome to Jurassic Park'.
Michael Crichton’s book is entitled Jurassic Park and was adapted by Steven Spielberg - one of the biggest cineaste of all time. However some changes needed to be done to make it more attractive on screen. One of the most striking examples is the old crude hand-painted sign reading “Welcome to Jurassic Park” which was replaced by a line uttered by the owner of the theme park. A soundtrack can be heard in the background with an ascending rhythm reaching its climax when the scene comes to an end. Unfortunately, the actor playing Grant shows a pretty bad actor’s performance. He’s overreacting when he discovers the dinosaurs and it undermines the dramatic effect on the audience. Something else can be noticed as well: the characters need to speak to themselves since we can’t hear their internal thoughts. |
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Extrait N°2: 'DNA Extraction: How Did They Bring Dinosaurs Back to Earth?'
The challenge here resides in the fact that the director needs to explain a very complicated scientific concept and put it on-screen. In the novel, we can read a rather boring dialogue between two scientists. The theory is far-fetched and difficult to grasp because of the numerous scientific terms. In the movie, however, Spielberg turned this passage into something more ‘childish’ and attractive for a larger audience. He transformed the dialogue into a short animation film to illustrate the explanations. It is more understandable for everybody. |
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Extrait N°3: 'Nedry's Plan Goes Awry'
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Trailer
Mystic River: The Plot We’ve just seen the trailer of Mystic River by Clint Eastwood in which hints are given to the audience about the plot. It deals with a murder case: the main character played by Sean Penn found out his daughter has been killed. It turns out that the cop in charge of the investigation has been friend with the main character since childhood. It’s not only the both of them but a third person is also involved. The three of them are friends which make the case even more complicated. Indeed, Dave looks suspicious because on Saturday night – the night when the girl was killed- he came back home with blood on his hands. Since that day his wife has seemed afraid of him. |
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The Opening Scene
We’ve just seen an extract of Mystic River after reading the novel version of it. This is actually the opening scene. We saw that the kids were playing hockey in the street together when two cops pulled over and started talking to them. We assume that they were policemen because they were wearing a gold badge and a suit. In the novel, the kids were fighting while in the movie they were writing their names on the fresh sidewalk (pavement). One of the kids seemed tougher than the others (Jimmy) and Dave looked fragile and weak. The cop was scanning the neighborhood to make sure no one was witnessing the scene. Dave was about to burst into tears when he was told that he would be taken back home. We begin to have doubts regarding the two police officers when we hear them swear and be rude. Indeed, they looked rather threatening and specially the one in the car with his Christian ring and the crooked grin on his face. Their car was full of trash (garbage). Eventually, we understand that Dave was being kidnapped with his two friends looking at him driving away. |
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The Police Investigation
In this extract we’ve seen that the two cops are leading a police interview with Dave who is suspected of Katie’s murder. The police stole Dave’s car and pretended it was jacked by kids. They looked inside and found two different types of blood. The blood in the front seat is B- and matches with Dave. Nonetheless, the blood in the trunk (boot) matches with Katie. Dave said he was playing wiffle ball (baseball) with his son in the backyard. The ball was thrown in the other side of the fence, so he climbed it and sliced himself. A moment later, he had to pick up / collect / fetch his other son at school and so he must have left blood on the seat. However, the police officers cannot prove it because Dave recalls / reminds them that the car wasn’t in his possession. |
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Vous trouverez ci-dessous trois fichiers téléchargeables:
1) Le texte étudié en cours. (Il s'agit du premier chapitre, première page). 2) Les questions qui portent sur cet extrait. 3) La correction de ces questions. ![]()
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![]() Vladimir Nabokov
Also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 22 April 1899– 2 July 1977 was a Russian-American novelist and entomologist. His first nine novels were in Russian, but he achieved international prominence after he began writing English prose. Nabokov's Lolita (1955), his most noted novel in English, was ranked fourth in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels; Pale Fire (1962) was ranked 53rd on the same list, and his memoir, Speak, Memory (1951), was listed eighth on the publisher's list of the 20th century's greatest nonfiction. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times. |
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Texte n°1 à étudier: Chapter II
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Extrait N°2 à étudier:
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