Lesson term euro WEDNESDAY THE 4 TH OF DECEMBER
GOAL :
Voc test
Correction mock exam
Ireland and its border
| I concur with .. | aɪ kənˈkɜː wɪð .. |
| study = scrutinize = delve into = take a closer look into ( Etudier ) | ˈstʌdi = ˈskruːtɪnaɪz = dɛlv ˈɪntuː = teɪk ə ˈkləʊzə lʊk ˈɪntuː ( Etudier ) |
| = we can draw from that = we can guess = we can surmize = we can infer (On peut en conclure ) | = wiː kæn drɔː frɒm ðæt = wiː kæn ɡɛs = wiː kæn sɜːˈmaɪz = wiː kæn ɪnˈfɜː (ɒn peut ɛn conclure ) |
| = it refers to = it alludes to = it hints at = it sheds a light on = it underlines = it underscores = it highlights …= it throws a light on (Cela fait reference a ) | = ɪt rɪˈfɜːz tuː = ɪt əˈluːdz tuː = ɪt hɪnts æt = ɪt ʃɛdz ə laɪt ɒn = ɪt ˈʌndəlaɪnz = ɪt ˌʌndəˈskɔːz = ɪt ˈhaɪlaɪts …= ɪt θrəʊz ə laɪt ɒn (Cela feɪt ˈrɛfᵊrᵊns eɪ ) |
To bear fruit ( porter ses fruits)
Defunct = deceased
To alienate someone = to make someone hate you
To bolster = to boost = to galvanise
To be drafted = to be enlisted = to be enrolled
In the rear ( à larrière)
On the spur of the moment ( sur le coup)
To hinder = to hamper= to disrupt ( gener)
SCORCHED ( brulé)
Retaliation = retribution= revenge
By dint of ( à force de)
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READ/ UNDERLINE / COMMENT
MOCK EXAM a
failure or a success ?????
DO NOT FORGET THAT IF
THE TOPIC AT THE TOP OF THE EXAM PAPER DOES NOT CONTAIN A QUESTION MARK , ADD IT YOURSELF TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE ISSUE
THAT YOU HAVE TO TACKLE
MOREOVER I HAVE JUST
NOTICED THAT I FORGOT TO INDICATE THAT THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN by Robert capa the most famous photo journalist of the
time .he was the only civilian journalist to land on D day at Omaha beach
risking his life to take several pictures which were then damaged when developed.thus he managed to save a few
among which this photo showing several wounded soldiers on Omaha beach being
rescued by their comrades in one of the fiercest battlefield of D day .
He was also the
photographer who took this well-known shot of the Spanish republican being shot
during the Sapnish civil war in 1936.he died in 1954 whilst reporting on the Indochina war .
INTRODUCTION :
Define the historical
circumstances of the D day/ date/ several beaches: names and natonalities of
the various troops on the ground and the plan of action.
A that stage let me
focus on the issue at hand : might we consider the D day as a failure or as a
success ? .But I may be as bold as to add that we might wonder first of all of
which side we are talking about ? The Allies or the germans?Of course the first
document might give us a clue at to which side to pick and thus I have taken the decision to delve into the
actions of the allied forces all the more as the second document consists of a speech made by Winston
Churchill the leader of the British forces.
We have here side by
side the political vision of a leader whose sole purpose is to inform but also to
reassure the public and justify the
decisions made.
On the other hand we
are faced with the reality on the ground .
Hence my decision to
start with Churchill’s speech to then
delve into the photo which will provide us maybe with a reality check.
DOCUMENT 1 THE
SPEECH
Who?remember that
Churchill was not that in favour of a landing as the British troops were weary = tired
after 4 years of conflict that they had carried out mostly on their own.He
leaned much more in favour of massive
bombings which he believed would
compel the germans to yield ( ceder) and sign the armistice.
Moreover he feared
the loss of a huge number of casualties
When ? date :6 th of
june so after the events
Content : focus and explain in details the following quotes from the text
THE PASSAGE OF THE SEA : fewer losses than expected as the german aircraft was depleted = diminished and unable to respond/
THE NUMBER OF BOATS INVOLVED IN OPERATION NEPTUNE ( the naval side
of Operation overlord )
.THE BATTERIES : explain what you know about THE ATLANTIC
WALL and operation transportation with
the bombing of the sites and why it was
not as effective as it should have been .
ALONG THE WHOLE
FRONT : so does not get into details
because at that stage he is aware that some landings have been more complicated
than others .that is why he is full of caution in his speech adding “ IN SOME
CASES “ because the progress of the troops is not even .
Thus in this very
speech Churchill admits although in subdued terms that progress has been made ,
that they are by and large ( plus ou moins) successful but yet they have not managed to
reach most of their objectives which
were to get out of the beaches as fast as possible and to move inland in a swift
progression to get access to the main towns and thus hinder any German moves
and reinforcement.
And indeed the
photograph to which we are turning our
attention to now makes that as obvious
as possible .
DOCUMENT 2
Brief description of
the scene
THEN SPECIFY WHAT YOU
KNOW ABOUT THE POINTE DU HOC : why did
the Americans meet with fierce resistance there and encounter far more
difficulties than the British on the other beaches.
Quote the number of
casualties as a whole ( roughly 5,000) and more specifically on Omaha beach.(
3,000) so Omaha got the lion share of the deceased.
WHAT WENT WRONG ???
Most of the casualties were caused by US Military incompetence.
1. The ships missed with their targets and bombed 3 miles
behind the beaches
2. The US Army plan
called for the direct assault of the beach exits using engineer equipment that
was obsolete in WW 1 ('Bangalore Torpedo's)
3. More than half the tanks were launched too far out
and sank
4. Direct assault on concrete bunkers without armoured
and engineer support is certain to be costly
5. The US failure at THE POINTE DU HOC AND Omaha was almost entirely due to poor planing
and inadequate equipment. (2 months later the US Army had to 'borrow' British
engineer tanks for the assault on the fortress at Brest).
6. -allied intelligence had successfully located most of
the heavy gun positions supporting Gold-Juno-Sword, and one way or another they
had been suppressed (para attack or naval gunfire) However at Omaha (2-3 miles
back from the beach) There was a major gun position that had been missed
TRANSITION bearing these facts in mind , we might now
answer the elephant in the room :
D Day a failure or
a success ?
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CONCLUSION
Some might add
after the careful study of both documents that some might regard D day as a
glass full or as a glass half empty : in other words either you focus on
the final outcome of the operation and have a look at the bigger picture and at
the final victory on the armistice of
May the 8 th .
But others might scrutinize the plans that Overlord was
supposed to abide by = to respect = to follow and the year it took to achieve that final victory which somehow belies ( dementir) the triumphant
portrayal some might draw of operation overlord.
Still one might find it useful on that last leg of our study to quote
Eisenhower, the suprême commander of the Allied forces « Plans are
worthless but planning is everything «
A TEXT TO
PICK UP SOME ADJECTIVES FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT : a vocabulary toolbox
1)
Read
the text
2)
Underline
the adjectives used to describe these landmarks and the geographical
characteristics of the Borderlands
3)
Find a définition of the borderlands
4)
Describe the borderlands
FROM A ROAD
TRIP ALONG THE IRISH BORDER on
https://cangeotravel.ca/article/a-journey-through-irelands-borderlands/
. Off to the
west, across low hills and green valleys, the mountains of Donegal withstand ( resister) the cold Atlantic. To the northwest, ruffled by the gusting wind, lies
Lough Swilly, an arm of the sea. Northward looms Inishowen, an isolated and
mountainous peninsula, the most northerly part of the island of Ireland. To
the east is Derry City, enclosed by its own ancient walls.
. The border
is somewhere in the green fields that lie between this hilltop, in the Republic
of Ireland, and Derry City, in the United Kingdom, which is about five kilometres
away on the banks of the River Foyle. Yet the landscapes are
identical. The border itself is invisible.
Yet the
borderlands are still among Ireland’s best-kept secrets. To journey along the
border is to discover the beauty of landscapes that few outsiders — even from
Ireland — ever explore. There are ancient sites , and quiet villages and proud
stone towns . And talking to local writers, historians and residents reveals
something curious: the idea that a border that few people wanted, and which
currently exists in little but name, still endures in the imagination, not
merely as a line of division but also as a common thread of identity.
“They should
just call this region the borderlands,” says Shirley Clerkin, heritage officer for Monaghan, a border county in
the southern Republic. “The border isn’t a line, it’s a place, north and
south. If you ask anyone who lives along it where they’re from, they’ll say
they’re from the border.”
South of
Londonderry, the border follows the River Foyle south before turning east,
between the lake-splashed counties of Cavan and Fermanagh
To the south
of Newry lies the steep, pine-clad Gap of the North, And here, during the
Troubles of 1968 to 1998, the Irish Republican Army and the British fought a
cold-blooded guerrilla war.
Yet even
today south Armagh remains the least well-known of Ireland’s regions of
natural beauty. Those who do turn off the busy Belfast-Dublin motorway,
following signs for Forkhill and Crossmaglen, are well-rewarded .Over the
borderlands of counties Louth and Down, Armagh and Monaghan, rugged brown hills
and rolling green fields spread out below like the maps of old battles.
VOCABULARY TEST
1. be doable (faisable )
2. essential = significant
= paramount = utmost = foremost
3. relevant ( pertinent)
4. to be equivalent to = to
be tantamount to
5. to get involved = to be
entangled (etre impliqué)
6. an involvement = an
entanglement
7. a massacre = a mayhem =
a butchery = an onslaught = chaos
8. to abide by = to conform
to
9. a law abiding citizen =
a citizen who respects the law
10. battle hardened (
aguérri à la guerre)
11. (to) trigger = (to) beget = (to) prompt =
(to) stir = (to) spur (declencher)
12. be in fatigues = be
wearing a kaki uniform
13. (to experience battle
fatigue = (to) be weary / tired of the war
14. (to) entail = (to) imply (
impliquer)
15. TO LAUNCH AN
ATTACK ( lancer un attaque)
16. A RAMP ( une
rampe)
17. IT SOUNDED LIKE A TALL
ORDER = IT SOUNDED LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK
18. STAUNCH = FIERCE =
violent
19. UNFLINCHING= who does not back out from a
fight ( qui ne recule devant rien)
20. study = scrutinize =
delve into = take a closer look into ( Etudier )
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