cours anglais renforcé

lesson
Tuesday the 7th of December
ter anglais renforcé
Task :
document: film Bloody Sunday
Vocabulary : war / a film review

word of the day :
a long -range {goal
(longue portée)

{purpose
{aim

WATCHING THE LAST PART OF THE FILM
Vocabulary:
goes in circle
seek assurance from somebody ( chercher des guaranties)
retaliation = reprisal = revenge
peer (=colleague) pressure= pressure imposed on you by persons of the same age or persons working with you.
a storm in a teacup (le calme avant la tempéte)
the internees=those who have been arrested under the internment law (détenues)
Ivan Cooper = the name of the deputy
Glorious = a glorious day for ll of us
the confusion in the street
they want some radical change
They want to put an end to the Unionist domination
How do we achieve peace?Two means = through violence or through non-violence
they want to organise a single= a unique united march
All the pressure is resting on his shoulders
the Civil rights organisation think they are aprt of a world wide(world wide= mondial) movement.
the soldiers want to go and get them/ the hoboes ( a hobo= un clochard)
it is a provocation.
the soldiers started arresting and molesting ( molest = bousculer/battre) people/ demonstrators
the presence of the press
it is gripping (grip = saisir)
they are trying to cover things up (cover up = hide)
it is gruesome = horrible
shooting people in the back, even those crawling on the floor (crawl= ramper)
a rampage = a massacre
move in the Bogside
secure the area = make the area safe
they feel complete/utter disbelief = they can't believe their eyes.
the soldiers moved the dead bodies = the casualties as quickly as possible
the soldiers were congratulating each other (congratulate = se féliciter)
The para needed to find some kind of weapons to justify the fact that they shot at civilians with real bullets so they planted (plant= put) some bombs into one of the victims' corpse.
the general said that the situation was out of control.
the other soldiers are trying to get him to lie about what really happened.
His friends were trying to get him to the hospital but they refused to let them through.
the soldiers later had to testify (testify = bring their testimony (témoignage)
To the bewt of my knowledge = as far as I know
they needed evidence= they needed prooves
a private = a soldier
he gave in to peer pressure (give in = céder)
there was a commotion= some agitation
there set a press conference in the end as they had done at the beginning so it goes in circle as the warfare = the war
Because of what they had done in Londonderry, the British army have destroyed the civil rights movement and given momentum to the IRA by leading thousands to join their ranks.
they will reap a whirlwind = a tempest ( reap = récolter)
none of the soldiers involved were ever disciplined; some were even decorated by the queen later on.


WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE FILM ?
a witness ( un témoin)
feel for him = feel pityfor him
realistic
apart from = except from
a documentary
confusing
hectic = agitated
feel {involved
{implicated


DEBATES :
{would you join the IRA?
{Is terrorism justified sometimes ?
_killers or murderers done for political reasons.

a vicious circle
provoke
a forceful argument = a strong argument
to answer back
worsen = make things worse
it's beyond words = it can't be explained with words
a dictator
explain your point
an eye for an eye and you end up blind = oeil pour oeil (dent pour dent)et vous finissez aveugle

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS : war

Homework :
test on white teeth in the lab

For the first tuesday after the holidays:
Writing your comment / study on the film Bloody Sunday .

Absents: sebastien lefevre
Yasmine