COURS TER 6

Lesson
Thursday 16/10
Ter 06

Words of the day:
_Give me a break=Leave me alone=get lost=fuck off=piss off
_To become rich=wealthy=affluent=To go from rags to riches
_Rags=haillons
_I'm a nerd = je suis un abrutit =)
Correction ex from the book

Questions about Ellis Island:
_When was Ellis Island Open? 1882.
_What was its function/aim? To welcome emigrants./ to handle (traiter/ manipuler) the millions of immigrants wishing to settle on the American soil
THE BAGGAGE ROOM
_What was the purpose of this room? That was the place where you put your luggage; where you left all your trunks (malles) and baskets (paniers)


THE STARIWAY TO THE GREAT HALL

_Translate « stairway »? Escalier
_Where were the doctors doing while the immigrants were climbing the steps?
TheY were on the balcony, watching the immigrants climbing the steps and trying to discover if they had a handicap, injury or disease.
_What were the doctors doing if they thought someone had a medical problem?
They would put a mark with a chalk to indicate your medical condition.
MEDICAL EXAM
_What did the immigrants had to go through? Medical exams
_What was the purpose of these exams? The doctors wanted to find contagious diseases, or if people would be unabled to work and thus a burden (un fardeau)for society.
_What would happen to someone with a curable disease? You were sent to the hospital.
_What would happen to someone who could not be cured?
they were sent BACK to the expense of the boat company.

THE GREAT HALL
_What was the function of that room? a Waiting room.
_What were the immigrants waiting for? They were waiting for the interview with legal inspectors who would ask them questions about their political views and their past history.
_How long would they stay? They would stay from three to five hours (if there wasn't any medical problems...).
LEGAL INSPECTION
_What did the immigrants had to prove?
They had to prove that they were not slaves, or communists.
_Who was rejected? The criminals and the slaves were rejected.
_By 1921, what did the immigrants had to pass? T
hey had to prove that they were able to speak and write English thanks to a literacy test
MONEY EXCHANGE
_What could the immigrants do in this room? They could exchange their money.
_What were they obliged to have? There were obliged to have 20$ in cash.
THE JOURNEY' S END
_How was this place nicknamed and why?
It was named the kissing spot (people were saying their goodby or kissing long-not-seen relatives
_Where would the immigrants go from there?
Some of them would take a ferry to go to New Jersey and the others would go to Manhattan.

Homework:
_Tuesday 21th of October: 1 personne à l'oral pour dire tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Ellis Island.