Devoir de Philosophie

Corrigé bac s 2011 anglais

Publié le 16/11/2012

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I. Compréhension 1. 4 people are present : Father Flood, Eilis, her sister, Rose, and her mother. 2. The main topic of the conversation is about the opportunity for Eilis to find a better job in the United States. 3. a) Eilis is currently working at Miss Kelly's shop where is getting very low-paid for her qualifications. b) Before Father Flood's visit, she had intended to go to England to look for a job. c) She did not carry out her plans because her brothers said that it was not the best time to move to England. They advised her to wait because if she went now, she would only find fac...

« dream.” (l.

30) but at the same time, she already feels that she will have to soon leave her house. “she would need to remember this room, her sister, this scene, as though from a distance.” (l.

33) 6.

Eilis thinks of America as a country where people earn a lot of money “people who went to America could become rich.” (l.

51).

She thinks that contrarily to England, people who emigrate to America don't even visit their families across the Atlantic ocean because of the long journey.

To Eilis, people who stay in England are closer to their families than people who move to America “ no one who went to America missed home.” (l.

52). 7.

Proposition de traduction Pendant les jours qui suivirent, personne n'évoqua la visite de Père Flood ni de la possibilité pour Eilis d'aller vivre à Brooklyn.

Le silence lui-même mena Eilis à croire que sa mère et Rose en avaient parlé et approuvaient ce voyage.

Elle n'avait jamais songé à aller aux Etats-unis.

Elle en connaissait beaucoup de ceux qui sont allés vivre en Angleterre et qui revenaient souvent à Noël ou en été.. »

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