anglais (cours)

Document 1 :

In the picture we can see a man who may be an engineer or a surgeon, because he is wearing a white coat. He is wearing headphones and a microphone. He looks serious and concentrated because he may be done something serious.
He is watching a computer screen and manipulating something.

Present be + ing
- structure : be + ing
- Utilisation : cas particulier, ici une description

Surgeons have performed an operation from N.Y on a patient in France for the first time they used remote controlled robots.

How it worked
A control consol in N.Y was linked by fibres optic connections to a robot in Strasbourg (at the university in an operation room)

This document is a Radio show, called “have your say”
There are three characters: an interwar, a professor and a Greenpeace activist. It’s about new sciences. The first interviewed is a 51 years old bank executive. Overall he would say that he is against new sciences. He thinks it’s too dangerous because there is a lack of control and it is going too fast.


He thinks that people should put the break on, and stop the galloping progress.
He would say that cloning is against nature even it is clever.
It seems to him that Genetically Modified Food is dangerous. We don’t know the consequences.
He feels that it’s against the natural order of things.

I would say.
I feel.
I’m not sure.
It seems to him.
I find.
I’m against of.

Lynn who is a thirty-one year old disposal manager feels more or less for GMF, because she says that nobody has proved that it is harmful for health.
It’s seems to her that modified genes is positive because we would get rid of blood diseases.
But we have got to be careful about restraining cloning. To her cloning seems dangerous, because we don’t know where stops are.
She thinks long distance surgery is amazing and fantastic ….


Phil is a 38 year old tube driver. He is talking about GM Crops and wind and solar power.
According to him people are afraid of new sciences and criticize scientists instead we should be directing our question to politicians because it depends on us to decide.
He thinks that everybody would like to have fruit and vegetable all year round.
Whenever they want but if it is too expensive and unhealthy diseases, he doesn’t see the point.
As for as solar and wind power he thinks, that it could be answer to energy problem and that it should be developed.


I’d say that we should pay attention to GM Food or GMO in general because they may have side effects and we have no idea about the consequences on health.
On the over hand, it seems to me that GM Crops could be very useful for developing countries, it may make it possible to have crops resisting to insects or harsh climates.
As for as cloning is concerned, I find it for too dangerous and I think we should drop the idea of cloning.


On the picture we can see a man, who is maybe a farmer. He may be checking his maize near a tractor. Looking at the title we may guess that he is controlling GM maize and the document is certainly about GMO.
This documents maybe a Greenpeace report or an article taken from a scientific magazine or a farmer one.

Encore merci , car j'ai jamais le temps de copier le cours en entier !!!

Age Clothes Environment Activities Attitude Social Status
Old. Sari. Stadium to be crowed with people. Deliver a peach. Concentrated serious determined and stern An activist
Spoke woman, President,
Politician.
About thirty. A sari dirty and worn out Quarry Break stones. Squat. Unhappy, sad, exhausted depressed. Poor, slave, cower classes.

The photographer’s goal may be to denounce the gat between social classes in India.

les mots sont dans le désordre mais ce sont les mots que contenait le tableau du prof !!!

The document is an interview of an india teacher english.

They are talking about the indian coste system. The Indian Society is divised in to four classes. Fist the Bramins, the upper class is composed of priest, politicians and teachers ,then come the traders and merchants. They are composed of busnessmen, salement and shopkeepers. Finally the unterchables who are manual workers are mainly street cleamers or house budders.

merci !

lol. j'avais pas du tout noté

voila la suite:

The system began some 3.500 years ago to install order so that people had specific occupation and trades. They did it, so the society would function much better.
When you’re born in a caste you belong to it and you can’t change it.
The system is so retrenched in the society that people don’t feel the need to change it.
Bellowing to a caste is both a Religious acceptance and a spiritual belief.

So + adj + that
Such a + nom au singulier + that
He is such a good swimmer.

The scene takes place newadays in Tsurdur an Indian village.

The document deals with untouchabables. In general untouchables don't wear good clothes and haven't got education whereas the untouchables of this village are educated and have good clothes.

These untouchables don't accept humilation and injustice any longer. It is a dramatic change in attitue on behavious.

These untouchables reject injustice and humiliation whereas:
- the other untouchables accept then.
- In general ‘’ ‘’ ‘’.
- The others are submissive.
- The older generation accepted it.
Contrary to the other one, they are not willing to be discriminated.
For example, instead of sitting on the floor, an untouchable bought a ticket for a seat in a cinema.
They don’t leave their seat to upper class people in busses as they used to do.
These acts led to threats and violence.



We can see a man who is wearing a helmet, jeans and a black leather jacket. He is holding an umbrella.
The girl is wearing a sari and is caring a schoolbag. It takes place in the street. They may be chatting or dating.
Contrary to the man who is wearing western clothes, the woman is wearing Indian clothes.
The journalist’s goals may be to underline (or stress) the difference between two cultures.

The scène takes place in America nowadays, the mother is on the verge to go to a PTA. The daughter doesn’t want her mother to wear a Sari because it’s looks odd to wear a sari in America.
It is too conspicuous; they feel is too embarrassing because nobody wear a sari at school.
Now she feels uncomfortable in eastern clothes. She wants to by western clothes but she is afraid of being a stranger of herself. (Of not recognizing herself)

She is very apprehensive about wearing western clothes.
Many times, she went to a shop called Milady’s.
She tried to enter but she couldn’t.
Every times she stepped in; she staggered at the door and scurried home.
She is very hesitating.
She is determined to wear western clothes because she wants her husband to admire he because she wants to change and to become a western woman.

She is considered like a brand new person because she wear western clothes.
She is a sort of model for the narrator.
Her nerphen and her niece find her elegant.
Gavin, who the narrator’s husband, admires Mira.
They are trying to persuade her to change.
They coax her into changing.


Le cas possessif :
Uniquement quant le “possesseur” est une personne ou un groupe de personne.
Ex : my husband’s eyes
Bob’s car.

/!\ : my parents’ house.

Dans les autres cas : the door of the garage = the garage door.


Cas particuliers :

1) un groupe de personne :
the government decision
2) un repère dans le temps lier au locuteur (ancré dans la situation d’énnonciation.
Today’s newpepers
3) nom de lieu connus de tous ou dont on vient de parler
America’s population.
4) pour des durées ou des distances.
One hour’s walk



The infinitive clause

- he mants me to drive
- they didn’t want their children to watch TV
- she expected her soon to do his home work
- they ordered the soldiers to shoot.

COD, verbes a l’infinitif



In the picture we can see some students who are sitting on chairs whereas other are standing on table. All the students are wearing school uniforms, composed of a suit, a sweat and a tie.
It seems to me that the scene takes place in a library or a classroom.
According to me the teacher is angry.
Not afraid.
Doesn’t care.
The student may be rebelling it is a riot.
They seem calm and determined.


Terence has been in France for two years.
Currently there are more middle class African American than there were 20 years ago.
There has been some progress made.
But it is not because their economic status has evolved that the relation ship between the to races has evolved. There is no dialogue so there are still tensions. It seems to him that the issue is an issue of dialogue between.
It sound very gloomy but he is very hopeful for the future.
But there are obstacles:
Stereotypes, fear, concerns.
So people should discuss they should let down the barriers and should express their concern.

Présent perfect :
Have + p. passé  base verbale + ed
It has improved over the last 20 years.
Le présent perfect établie un lien entre le passé et le présent.