Corrigé bac es 2011 anglais

Le corrigé : 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 factory work. Meanwhile she is working in Miss Kelly's shop. 4. a) Father Flood came to try to arrange Eilis's move to the United States, so she could find a better job there. b) Father Flood thought that moving to the United States would be a good opportunity for Eilis to find a more qualified job, especially at her age. He even suggested that she worked in his parish, given her qualities. He argued that she would be safe and not totally lost if she moved to Brooklyn because many Irish people live there and because there are many activities to do. c) Father Flood's general mission is to administrate a parish in organising activities or providing help for the members of the church to which it is attached. 5. a) Rose and her mother are thinking of sending Eilis to Brooklyn where Father Flood works. It seemed that Eilis's mother was only worried about the long distance. “That's the only thing.” (l. 18) Rose's silence surprised Eilis the most “Rose, normally so good at moving the conversation along if they had a visitor, also said nothing.” (l. 22). b) Eilis has mixed feelings. She is very surprised that they decide about her future in such a way, “wanting her sister to ask a question or make a comment, but Rose appeared to be in a sort of 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.