Devoir 4 , Anglais AN01 Cned

1. Compétence linguistique

1.

1)- I have just seen

- It has denounced

2)- We have met.

- he has recovered

3)- He has been trying.

- has succeed

4)- How long have they been living

- They have never been able

5)- They have already spoken

- they haven't answered

2.

1) That boy who I have just met him again was my first boyfriend.

2) I had always hoped which it seemed impossible, to see him again

3) He has just been appointed manager in the firm whose my father is the owner.

4) Every afternoon he would go jogging in the forest he enjoyed.

5) That girl who you were talking about was my best friend.

3.

1)The man who has just entered is a former schoolmate.

2) It's the most moving film I have ever seen.

3) It was the only country they knew.

4) I often met his brother whom I went to stadium.

5) The man whom I spoke is journalist.

2. Compréhension de texte

a) 1. The text is a biography

2. This extract from Tim O'Brien's biography called The Things They Carried which relate Tim's reaction after he received his draft paper. First he feels the fear and despair, so he thinks to flee but he hesitates because his parents can't respect him any more.

Finally, he will abandon his former life in order to be free.

3. mettre en joue = taking aim

la frontière = the border lay

seulement ficher le camp = just take off

un déchirement = a break open

avoir de l'importance = that mattered

b) 4. The narrator think the Vietnam war is a “wrong war”, for him this war is not justified.

5. The narrator fears bout death “I did not want to die”, but he also fears to kill someone “I imagine myself doing things I couldn't do – charging an enemy position, taking aim at another human being.” even if the people are enemy, he doesn't want to kill.

c) 6. The narrator lives in the United States and the law is different in every country, so he wants to escape the war so he thinks to go

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