Cours n°4. Transcription intégrale
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Anglais pratique et fonctionnel :
Cours n°4 : 4.1. : Répéter reprendre ce qu’on vient de dire. (Saying something again), 4.2. Reformuler. (Saying something in another way), 4.3. Donner un exemple. (Giving an example).
Les phrases
Conseils. Bornez vous dans un premier temps à comprendre ces phrases. Ce n’est qu’après la première séance que vous pourrez les mémoriser en ayant bien en tête la prononciation.
4.1
1. I said…
2. repeat the information in a simpler, clearer way (137B Winterton Gardens).
3. I was just saying/ remarking/ asking / wondering…
4. What I said was…
5. I was just/merely expressing the view / making the suggestion / putting forward the opinion / proposing / pointing out / stating the fact / that …
4.2
1. What I mean is…
2. In other words…
3. Basically…
4. To put it / Let me put it / in another way…
5. That is to say…
6 …or rather/ or better
7. What I’m trying to say is …
8. What I’m getting at/ driving at / is…
9. All I’m trying to say is …
10. All I mean is…
11. Perhaps I should make that clearer by saying.
4.3
1. For example/ for instance…
2. Take… for instance/ for example.
3. … such as ….
4. Look at …
5. I mean, what about …
6. Like …
7. Let me take an example.
8. To illustrate this point / What I mean, let us look at/ examine / consider…
Situations:
4.1 You tell a friend where you’ll be staying in England. He/ she doesn’t understand… (Vous dites à un ami où vous allez séjourner en Angleterre. Il/elle ne comprend pas bien…)
- You talk with a friend about the weather/ the view/ something you do not think was very important. You repeat what you were saying… (Vous parlez avec un ami /une amie du temps, de la vue, de quelque chose qui n’est pas important et vous répétez ce que vous venez de dire).
- You discuss something but the noise is very loud. (Vous discutez de quelque chose, mais il y a beaucoup de bruit).
- You have had some good news and you tell a friend, but he/she is absent-minded. (Vous avez appris une bonne nouvelle et vous le dites à un ami /une amie, mais il/elle ne fait pas attention).
4.2 - You are explaining something but find your English is hesitant. You correct yourself and say what you mean in another way. (Vous expliquez quelque chose, mais vous sentez que votre anglais est approximatif. Vous corrigez et reformulez.)
- You say something in English that cannot be understood. (For example you say: Can you tell me where the post is? meaning the post-office). You correct yourself when you realize the person you are talking to does not understand. (Vous dites quelque chose en anglais qu’un interlocuteur ne peut pas comprendre (Par exemple Vous dites Where is the post au lieu de post-office. Vous vous corrigez quand vous voyez que votre interlocuteur/ interlocutrice ne comprend pas).
- You read a notice board or instructions for use and reformulate in a simpler clearer way. (Vous lisez une notice, un mode d’emploi et essayez de reformuler en langage plus simple.)
4.3 - You’re talking about hotels and restaurants in Epernay and say what your best choice would be. (Vous parlez des hôtels et restaurants d’Epernay et vous en citez certains comme exemples.)
- You visit a travel agency to enquire about a holiday in the sun. The agent suggests some destinations to you. (Vous allez dans une agence de voyage vous renseigner sur des vacances au soleil. La personne vous fait des suggestions.)
Prep work and practice :
GO -WENT-GONE
A. Fill in the blanks in this table of regular and irregular verbs
|
Base form
beat bite ………….. ………….. choose drive eat ……………. feel ……………. ……………. ……………. |
Past tense
beat ………….. ………….. caught …………… ……………. ……………. fell ……………. ……………. hid ……………. |
Past participle
beaten bitten blown ……………. …………… …………… ……………. ……………. ……………. flown …………… held |
Base form
lay …………… …………… …………… …………… live lose ………………… steal …………………. …………………. wear |
Past tense ………………. lay lied led left ……………. ……………….. rose ……………….. ………………… ………………… ………………… |
Past participle
………………. ………………. ………………. ………………. ………………. ……………… …………………… …………………… …………………… torn thrown …………………. |
B. Write sentences using 10 of the verbs above. Use each one in three different ways, like this:
She often loses her temper. He sometimes feels embarrassed.
He lost his way in the dark. She felt something cold on her shoulder.
I’ve lost my front door key. Have you ever felt lonesome?
Texte
One of the world’s biggest ever lottery jackpots has been won in Italy.
The winning ticket was bought in the city of Catania in Sicily, and is worth 100 million euros ($125 million).
Catania is one of Italy’s poorest cities, and when the news broke residents took to the streets singing, dancing and waving flags.
The identity of the winner or winners is unknown. The only known fact is that the lucky ticket was bought from a tobacconist in the city centre.
Having rolled over since April, the huge jackpot became one of the largest seen anywhere in the world.
‘Moral obligation’
The local mayor Raffaele Stancanelli said he was delighted for
“I hope the ticket was bought by many people… and whoever won will feel a moral obligation to do something for the local community,” he said.
Already one woman in Catania, who claims to have leukaemia, has placed an advert in the local newspaper asking for a share of the money.
Italy’s Federation of Psychologists and Psychotherapists has issued advice saying the ”winner or winners may experience joy but could also feel pain and paranoia unless they handle their winnings carefully”. BBC News online. October 2008
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