mercredi 9 décembre 2009

cours ter 11/12

lesson
tuesday the 7th of December
ter 11/12
Task:
Vocabulary :a text: Désirée's baby
Grammar: les modaux /l'ypothèse portant sur le présent/futur ou le passé

Word of the day:
adore = be crazy about = be besotted
worship ( vénérer )
the stem ( la tige )
a daffodil ( une marguerite)

READING THE TEXT :Global understanding
Désirée is married to Armand Aubigny.Together they have a son.They live on a huge plantation called La Blanche.Armand is the owner of the property.
Désirée was adopted by white planters living in Valmondé so her origins are quite obscure.Nevertheless Armand fell madly in love with her without once questioning her origins.
But one day désirée realized that her son had negro features by comparing it to one of the servant boys who was a slave on the plantation.Armand then decided to ask her to leave the plantation with her bastard.

WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT ?
Modaux (ordre + certain au – certain) :
 will
 shall
 must
 can
 may
 would
 should
 could
 might

she will drown the baby
she shall cry her heart out
she must go back to her black lover
she can commit suicide
she may kill armand
she would look for her real parents
she should go away
she could go back to Valmondé
She might go disappear

GRAMMAR : LES MODAUX
LES MODAUX sont toujours suivi d'une BV
Pour faire une hypothèse portant sur un fait présent ou futur :
1)On choisit le modal qui convient selon le degré d'hypothèse ( du plus certain au moins certain)
2) + BV

WHY HAS THE BABY GOT SOME NEGRO FEATURES?
Désirée may have cheated on her husband

Pour faire une hypothèse portant sur un fait PASSÉ :

Sujet + modal +HAVE + BV + (participe passé) + Complément


YOU WILL FIND OUT THE TRUTH NEXT TIME

homework :
ex distribué en classe pour vendredi

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