SUJET NATIONAL, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE I

Runaway student reunited with her family

Miss Samantha Fox, the 20-year-old runaway student now reu-nited with her family, said yesterday that she could not face telling her parents she had been expelled from Swansea University.

"I was just scared that everybody would be disappointed," she 5 said. "Everyone seemed to be very proud and I just didn't want to disappoint them. The longer it went on, the harder it was. I really don' t know what I was going to do."

Miss Fox was asked to leave the university three months ago after failing to attend lectures '. But, too ashamed to tell her family, 10 she continued living in her rooms as if nothing had happened.

The stress of keeping up the prentence ² fmally showed last week, when Miss Fox was supposed to return to Swansea after a short ho-liday at the family home. Instead, she went to London where she started to look for work.

15      Her anxious parents telephoned the police after university friends rang saying Samantha hadn't turned up. A nationwide ap-peal was launched.

Having spent a week wandering around north London, Miss Fox contacted her brother on Monday night and asked to be taken home.

20     She could not clearly remember how she spent the last three months since receiving the expulsion note."It's all a bit vague. Believe it or not, I was still doing college work in my room. I hardly went out at all."

She said she found the transition from home to university life

25 very hard: "at school I was a model student, but going from school to university is a very big change." She said she had not received any counseling from the university to help her cope with the bur-den of work' and the stress of being away from home. Yesterday she said she had been unable to cope with her course in modern lan‑

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Her father was delighted to have his daughter home. "She was so ashamed at being expelled, she didn't feel she could taik to anyone about it," he said. "She bottled everything up⁴ so much that she couldn' t bear it any longer. The poor girl. We would have unders‑

35 tond and supported her whatever happened. We are happy she is home and love her so much."

However, Samantha' s father is critical of the Swansea University: "I am absolutely furious. I want to know why she was allowed to stay on in her room and why nobody reali7ed she was still living 40 the life of a student."

The Daily Telegraph, June 1993

1. After failing to attend lectures : pour ne pas avoir suivi les cours.

2. Keeping up the pretence : continuer à faire semblant.

3. To cope with the burden of work : gérer la charge de travail.

4. She bottled everything up : Elle a tout gardé pour elle.

1. Compréhension de l'écrit A. The situation

There are six mistakes in the following résumé; circle them and write down the correct phrases or sentences (quoting from the text).

Samantha Fox, a student in business and management, decided to give up lier studies. Although she no longer was a student, she did not leave the university campus. She informed her parents about her situation. After a short holiday, she left home and went to London University. Her parents and friends worried about her and a private detective was sent after her. After a week, she finally could not stand it and got in touch with a friend and was taken back home.

Correct phrases

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