DAEU

Anglais
Corrig no 1
Marie Claudel
Dominique Brun
1-A061-CT-WB-01-14

DAEU
Anglais
Corrig
du devoir n1

Decency to Those People

Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post, Tuesday, March 28, 2006

MINISTERE DE LEDUCATION NATIONALE

MINISTERE DE LENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE LA RECHERCHE

1. Comprhension (20 points)

1.1. Identify this document (type, publication, date, and author). Make one sentence. (1
point)
This document is a newspaper article, written by Eugene Robinson and
published in the Washington Post, on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 / on
Tuesday, the 28th of March, 2006.
1.2. Underline the right definition of the following words or expressions. (2 points)
a. To demonize

To consider as a demon

b. People-smugglers

c. To fade into the woodwork

To disappear

d. Undocumented immigrants

Immigrants without an
entrance visa

Runners

1.3. Right or wrong? Justify your answers with quotations from the text and dont
forget to mention the lines. (5 points)
a. The demonstrations only took place in three towns.
Wrong: there were demonstrations in LA, Detroit, Phoenix, Denver and other
cities across the country. (Lines 1-5).
b. The protest was sponsored by the Republicans.
Wrong: ...To protest against the various Republican-sponsored proposals in
Congress. The protest was against Republican proposals against
immigrants. (Lines 1-3).
c. All the people that took part in the demonstrations were
undocumented immigrants.
Wrong: They were Americans or legal immigrants. But some of the protesters
are described as having gone through the experience of crossing the border
illegally. (Lines 7-9).
d. We can see those immigrants in our daily life.
Right: They landscape your garden or clean your house or cook the food at
your favourite restaurant. (Lines 19-20).
e. The journalist thinks we should see all of them as criminals.
Wrong: He thinks we should regard them as fellow human beings. (Line 32).
1.4. Who or what do the words in bold type refer to? Make full short sentences. (3
points)
a. Line 3: which, last I checked:
Which refers to the city of Detroit.
b. Line 6: We all know that
We refers to all American citizens.
c. Line 10: some had been there for months...
Some refers to Latinos, illegal or not.
d. Line 25: who give them jobs
Who refers to all the American people who employ immigrants.
e. Line 27: who tends your azaleas

Who refers to an imaginary Latino named Juan.

f. Line 30: they are here
They refers to the 12 million immigrants living in the US.
1.5. Read the text again and find out (3 points)
a. How many questions there are in the text: There are 7. (0,5 point)
b. The journalist asks so many questions because (tick the right answer):
(1 point)
he knows the answers but aims at convincing the reader to share
his point of view.
Pick out 2 words or phrases which are repeated from line 19 down to line 23
(0,5 point):
- Maybe
- You probably dont know...
The journalist repeats these words so many times because (tick the right
answer) (1 point):

He aims at showing us to what extent we ignore them.

1.6. Translate from the beginning down to legally into French (6 points)
Soyons honntes envers Ces Gens-l
Un demi-million de personnes a afflu dans les rues de Los Angeles samedi
dernier en signe de protestation contre les diffrentes propositions prsentes
au Congrs par le parti Rpublicain, propositions ayant pour but de diaboliser
les immigrs clandestins. Des centaines de personnes ont dfil hier Detroit,
qui, je lai vrifi dernirement, ne se trouve nullement proximit de la frontire
mexicaine. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont manifest Phoenix,
Denver et dans dautres villes travers le pays. A chaque fois, les foules taient
en grande partie composes de Latinos.
Nous savons tous que les Latinos reprsentent la minorit la plus importante du
pays et que la plupart de ces manifestants sont soit ns aux Etats Unis, soit
entrs lgalement dans le pays.

2. Comptence linguistique (20 points)

2.1. Put the verbs in the right tense (6 points).

Marta and Juan were not able to demonstrate in Detroit yesterday because Marta was
waxing the floors in an office-building and Juan was tending the azaleas in a famous
lawyers garden.
Both of them were considered / are as illegal immigrants and had to / have to work hard to
earn their living. At the end of each month, they sent / send money home to their families.
While they were working, hundreds of people marched / were marching in the streets;
they were brandishing placards and chanting slogans at the top of their voices. The
demonstration was a real success: There were tens of thousands of demonstrators all over
the country.
2.2 Translate into English (4 points)
a. Lan dernier, alors que je marchais
dans la rue, jai rencontr Carlos, un
immigrant sans papier.

Last year, as I was walking down the street, I

came across/ met Carlos, an undocumented
immigrant.

b. Il venait de traverser la frontire

mexicaine avec un coyote .
c. Il m'a racont que ses grandsparents et sa sur taient rests
dans son pays et quil travaillait dur
pour leur envoyer de largent.

He had just crossed the Mexican border with

a coyote .
He told me that his grandparents and his
sister had remained in his country and that
he was working hard to send them money.

d. Ctait un jeune homme courageux,

extraverti, volontaire et trs gai.

He was a brave, outgoing, determined and

very cheerful young man.

2.3. Rewrite the following sentences using a passive form (mind the tense of the
verbs) (3 points)
Active
a. People give immigrants hard jobs
and little money.
b. The Government should build a
Berlin Wall along the border.
c. Coyotes had helped them to cross
the border.

Passive
Immigrants are given hard jobs and little
money.
A Berlin Wall should be built along the
border.
They had been helped to cross the border by
coyotes.

2.4. Rewrite the following sentences using an active form (mind the tense of the verbs)
(3 points)
Passive
a. In most western countries draconian
measures are taken against illegal
immigration.
b. And yet these people should not be
regarded as criminals.
c. Let them be seen as human beings
instead.

Active
In most western countries governments take
draconian measures against illegal
immigration...
And yet we should not regard these people
as criminals.
Let us see them as human beings instead.

2.5. Ask the question corresponding to the answer in bold type (4 points).
a. Half a million people poured into the
Where did half a million people pour into?
streets.
a. Latinos are the nations largest
Who is the nations largest minority?
minority.
b. Some of them had been there for
How long had some of them been here?
months.
c. Tens of thousands have
How many people have demonstrated in
demonstrated in Phoenix.
Phoenix?

3. Expression crite: (20 points)

Diego, a young Mexican immigrant, has just arrived in the USA. He writes to an American
friend of his and relates his trip and his first impressions and tells him about the hardness of
his new life. Write his letter (200 mots)
Indiquez le nombre de mots que vous avez crits.
Rpartition des points : 15/20 pour la langue (grammaire, lexique, structure-mots de liaison)
et 5/20 pour le fond (respect de la consigne, traitement du sujet, ides, connaissances
culturelles apprises dans le cours)
Phoenix, Arizona, April 15th, 2006
Hello John,
Sorry for my late reply, but I have been overworked for quite a while. Dont be
surprised when you read where Im writing / write from: I have finally made my decision to
leave Mexico and settle in the United States.
Things have not been easy for me so far: when I first got to Phoenix, I had no job, no home,
very little money and I hardly knew anyone. Luckily, I had met some people from Monterrey
on the plane and they managed to find an accommodation for me.
Can you imagine me living in a tiny room, where I have to cook, sleep and wash? But its
all I can afford considering the job I found: tending rich peoples gardens on the outskirts of
the city. Its a shame for a college-educated person like me! Besides, the wages are very
low, considering I work 6 days a week. But I have no choice, especially as I have to send
money to my relatives in Mexico City.
I often feel homesick because it is not easy to be rejected or regarded as a second-class
citizen, or called a wet-back. But I made friends with some Mexican boys at a
demonstration that took place in Phoenix lately. Latinos claim for more respect and
consideration, as most of them either were born in the United States or are here legally.
I still miss my friends and family though, and wish I could get in touch with you: youre the
only friend I have over here!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
All the best,
Diego.