2012 Corrige Annale Revision Bac ES LV1 Anglais

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Anglais LV1 - Srie ES-S - juin 2012

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COMPREHENSION

Le texte :

Laction se droule juste aprs la deuxime guerre mondiale. La scne dcrit le retour de Jamie, qui

tait parti combattre en Europe, dans son village familial. On assiste aux retrouvailles entre deux

frres, leur pre et la femme de lun deux.

Vocabulaire :

- plusieurs verbes qui dcrivent une faon de crier : to holler (l.1), to whoop (l.4), to bellow (l.31),

to blurt out (l.50)

- to pelt forward (l.5)= courir toutes jambes

- flustered (l.27)= nerv, agit

- stark (l.43)= brut

- to sigh (l.55)= soupirer

- to soothe (l.59)= calmer, apaiser

- weary (l.60)= las, fatigu

- to dim (l.62)= affaiblir

EXPRESSION

Sujet 1

Peu importe le plan que vous dcidez dadopter, il est trs important dorganiser votre prsentation

(introduction, plan en 2 ou 3 parties et conclusion). Lintroduction doit prsenter la question. Les

diffrents paragraphes doivent apporter des lments de rponse cette question. Enfin, la

conclusion doit rpondre de faon synthtique la question pose en introduction.

Sujet 2

Il sagit dcrire une page de journal intime. La forme doit tre respecte (date, Dear diary ) maisaussi le contenu ; on doit y exprimer des sentiments intimes. Ici, Laura doit parler de ses sentiments

pour les deux frres. A vous dimaginer pour qui va sa prfrence, quelles sont les conditions de

leurs rencontres et lavancement de leurs relations.

proposition de corrig

I- COMPREHENSION

1.

a) The characters present in the text are: Pappy, Henry, Laura, Jamie and Isabelle.

b) Pappy is Henry and Jamies father.

Henry is Pappys son, Lauras husband and Jamies brother.


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Laura is Henrys wife, Pappys daughter-in-law and Jamies sister-in-law.

Jamie is Pappys son, Henrys brother, Lauras brother-in-law and Jamies niece.

Isabelle is Jamies niece, so probably Henry and Lauras daughter.

c) Laura is telling the story.

2.

a) The scene takes place in a farm, in Mississippi (in the United States of America).

b) Jamie is coming back to his family town after being absent for a while.

c) Jamie went away to fight in World War II, in Europe.

d) He has been travelling overseas. He probably decided to visit Europe once the war was

over and before coming back home in the USA.

3. Jamies appearance has changed during the war. He has lost weight and he doesnt look as

cheerful as before.

(l.13) You need to put some meat on those bones of yours,

(l.25) He felt light against me, insubstantial. His ribs protruded like the black keys of a piano

4.

a) Henry is very happy to see his brother.

(l.3-4) He whooped, dropped the bucket and broke into a run

(l.5) He pelted forward with the joyous abandon of a schoolboy.

b) Despite his limb, Henry breaks into a run. This reveals that he is so excited to see his brother that

he forgets about his handicap. (25 words)5.

a) The change in Jamies smile reveals that his experience at war has changed him. He has lost his

cheerfulness and looks tired. He may have witnessed terrible suffering or have suffered himself. (32

words)

b) It is not clear but we can guess that Laura and Jamie had a love affair or at least had feelings for

each other so many years before.

6. The narrator still has feelings for Jamie. When they say hello she feels like hugging him for

longer but she is embarrassed and let go of him. (l.26-27) I could pick him up, I thought, and I had

a sudden irrational urge to do so. I stepped back hastily, flustered.Moreover, she wants to help him to recover and look after him as a mother, or a lover would do:

(l.59) I would heal him, I thought. I would cook to strengthen him, play music to soothe him, tell

stories to make him smile.

7.

a) According to the narrator Henry is a very easy-going man. He loves his life in the farm and is

ready to help others without questioning. He also seems to be happy as his opinions are easily

made. Although the narrator says she envies him, Henry is described as a very predictable man.

(l.42) How simple things were for Henry!

(l.43-44) his stark, right-angled world, where everything was either right or wrong and there wasno doubt which was which.

b) From the description the narrator makes of her husband, we can understand that she is the


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opposite. The narrator seems to envy her husband because his vision of life is simple and he can

make decisions easily whereas she has to think a lot when she has to make decisions (l.44-45)

What a luxury, never to wrestle with whether or why, never to lie awake nights wondering what

if.

Moreover, they dont seem to have the same interests: (l.48) Henry was the only one of us who

seemed impatient with Jamies stories.

II- EXPRESSION

Sujet 1

Most peoples aim in life is to be happy. How can we reach happiness? It can depend on the way

people consider life. Does the fact of having a simple vision of life contribute to happiness? We will

try to answer this question analyzing two different definitions of happiness.

Even if everybody aims at being happy, this notion does not have the same definition for everybody.

If happiness is feeling good with your relatives, being in your everyday routine and not taking risksin life then yes, having a simple vision of life contributes to it because you handle everything

around you and nothing is unexpected or complicated. This happens to be the case of Henry in the

text. As Laura says, it seems obvious to him that he was to help his father (when this did not seem

so obvious for his brother Jamie). Moreover Henry is good at making straightforward decisions as

his mind is not embarrassed by complicated ideas.

On the other hand, for people who are more open-minded happiness lies in discovering things and

always broadening their knowledge and experiences. This is the case of Jamie who went to Europe

to fight in the war and who, once the war over, stayed there for a while to visit the place.

In this case, a simple vision of life does not contribute to happiness as these people are eager to be

confronted with differences. But this perpetual wondering can also be the cause of unhappiness asin Lauras case.

To conclude, it seems easier to find happiness if you have a simple vision of life as there are less

risks for you to ask yourself too many questions and the to be unhappy because it is hard or

impossible to find the answers to these questions. But some people need things to be a bit

complicated as their happiness resides in facing and solving challenges.

(318 words)

Sujet 2

Saturday, May 13th, 1936

Dear Diary.

It was such a lovely evening. I expected Jamie to be there at the ball, and he was! As soon as I saw

him my heart throbbed. I couldnt get my eyes off him. Hes so handsome and he always looks

cheerful.

Of course Henry was here too. We had planned to meet at half past eight in front of the restaurant.

But its not the same with him. Hes duller.

Oh, dear Diary, Im in a dilemma Why does this situation happen with two brothers? Its all the

more delicate. I wish they didnt know each other. Henry is so nice and thoughtful to me that I canignore his interest. He always invites me for walks or coffees. But he doesnt seem very open-

minded. Everything seems simple for him.


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He and his brother are actually like cheese and chalk. Jamie is much more distant and the fact that

he lives and works in Greenville makes it worse. But I fell much more attracted to him. Physically

first. He is more athletic (and at least he doesnt have Henrys limb). But also mentally. I think he is

more broad-minded. He seems eager to discover things from elsewhere. I wouldnt be surprised if

he enrolled in the army if there happened to be a second world war.

So, what am I to do? Who am I to choose? Henry the more accessible one but the simplest or Jamie,

the distant but more interesting one?

I still had doubts about Jamies feelings and interest in me but since tonight, after we danced at the

Peabody Hotel and he gave me such a radiant smile these doubts are thinning. But then why isnt he

more straightforward? Maybe because of Henry who started courting me first.

I will sleep on it

(304 words)

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