LESSON PREMIERE EURO TUESDAY THE 27 TH OF JANUARY

  LESSON PREMIERE EURO TUESDAY THE 27 TH OF JANUARY 

 

PROJECT DUNKIRK AND CHURCHILL 2023

SESSION 3

 

TASK : learning about the facts surrounding the events at Dunkirk to be able to write a review of the film DUNKIRK

 

WORDS OF THE DAY

I have my work cut out	aɪ hæv maɪ wɜːk kʌt aʊt = i have a lot to do
( j ai du pain sur la planche )
Against the odds	əˈɡɛnst ði ɒdz  ( contre toutes attentes )
Phoney ( bidon)	ˈfəʊni
He is a phoney	hiː ɪz ə ˈfəʊni
The phoney war	ðə ˈfəʊni wɔː
Shallow	ˈʃæləʊ  ( peu profond )
We have come a long way	wiː hæv kʌm ə lɒŋ weɪ ( on a fait du chemin)

 

A watershed moment = a tipping point = a pivotal moment  

 

Extra words

An assumption = an hypothesis

(to) ferry = (to) transport by boat

(to) hinder = (to) hamper = (to) block

(to) sink ( couler)

I am raring to go = i am keen to go

 

 

STEP 1 ANTICIPATION 

 

 

(to) catch a glimpse of = (to) observe = (to) notice = (to) catch a sight of =in my sight lies  soemthing …

 

A vessel ( vaiseau)

We made our peace ( on a fait la paix)

A leisure boat / ship ( un bateau de loisir)

(to ) ferry goods / people transport by boat

An assumption = an hypothesis 

 

BUT HERE IS THE GENUINE PHOTO 

 

 

 

STEP 2 WHAT HAPPENED IN DUNKIRK ?

TASK : You are working for the war cabinet .You have to calculate the number of soldiers you have saved.

 

 

A video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzOtSvEnXyU

 

 

STEP 3 RECAP so what is Dunkirk ?Why were the soldiers stranded on that beach ?

 

A miracle
To be rescued
A line of fortification
To deter (décourager)a German invasion
The Netherlands
Belgium
To be neutral
The RAF (Royal Air Force) the British aviation
A flotilla = a group of small ships
A flaw ( une faille)
impenetrable
To capture
To surrender
Operation dynamo
To evacuate
A port
To embark on
Shallow (peu profond)
The luftwaffe
Churchill
To be surrounded
cloudy
The mole (jetée à l’entrée d’un port )
To sink
To be stranded (etre bloqué)
Civilian boats
The little ship of dunkirk
The allied forces
The Northern coast of France

 

 

CORRECTION

A miracle	Dunkirk was dubbed ( to dub = surnommer) the miracle of Dunkirk because they did not expect to save so many men stranded on  the beaches
To be rescued	338,226 men were rescued from the beaches where they were waiting for a vessel to come and bring them back to Great Britain
A line of fortification	The Allies were relying (to rely =compter sur) a line of Fortification called the Maginot line to stop the Germans and prevent them from invading France and Belgium.But A flaw ( une faille) in the protection meant that the Germans went through the Ardennes Forest and thus manage to surround the allied forces.
To deter (décourager)a German invasion	The Maginot Line was supposed to deter a German invasion
The Netherlands	The Netherlands surrendered allowing the Germans to conquere even more territories and push the allied forces back towards the beaches of Northern France
Belgium	belgium was first a neutral country but it was soon invaded by the German army and had to elaving the French and the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces) on their own.
To be neutral	Belgium had  decided to remain neutral in the conflict.
The RAF (Royal Air Force) the British aviation	The planes from the RAF tried to defend the soldiers on the ground from the air raid of the Luftwaffe
A flotilla = a group of small ships	Churchill asked all British boats from all shapes and sizes to come to the rescue of the British forces stranded in Dunkirk.Thousands gathered and headed towards ( to head towards = se diriger vers) Dunkirk.
A flaw ( une faille)	There was a flaw in the defense system of the Allied forces: the Ardennes Forest
impenetrable	The Ardennes Forest was considered impenetrable.
To capture	Despite the thousands saved, Thousands of French and British soldiers were captured by the British after the end of operation Dynamo on the fourth of June 1940.
To surrender	Churchill did not want to see the whole British army surrender after only 1 year into the  war.
Operation dynamo	Operation dynamo was organised by Churchill and admiral ramsey.It was organised and supervised from Dover Castle.Its purpose was to send as many war vessels to go and rescue the British soldiers who were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk surrounded by the German army.
To evacuate	The allied needed to evacuate their troops from Dunkirk to continue the war.
A port	Dunkirk is a French port in Northern France
To embark on	The soldiers were trying to embark on the vessels sent to bring them back home.
Shallow (peu profond)	The waters were too shallow so they could not save many soldiers because the vessels could not reach the shores and the soldiers had to swim to the ships instead or had to be tranferred by means ( by means of = thanks to) smaller ships , a process which took too long.
The luftwaffe	The Luftwaffe was pounding/bombarding the beach as a wall of defense was surrounding the town preventing the german army from progressing and capturing the soldiers on the ground.
Churchill	Churchill was the prime minister and the minister of defense and so he was in charge of the operations
To be surrounded	The BEF and the French were surrounded by the german panzer divisions.
cloudy	When the weather was cloudy over Dunkirk, that stopped the planes from flying and thus the soldiers could relax as no bombs could be dropped on that day.It happened twice during operation Dynamo.
The mole (jetée à l’entrée d’un port )	An engineer thought of embarking the soldiers from the mole and not from the beaches thus quickening the process and saving more lives.
To sink	Some war vessels and well as civilian ones were sunk
To be stranded (etre bloqué)	the soldiers were stranded on the beaches
Civilian boats	Thousands of civilian boats departed from Ramsgate , A British port close to Dover to answer Churchill's call and come to the rescue of the soldiers.
The little ship of dunkirk	These ships are called the little ships of Dunkirk and the heroic gesture of their owners is still celebrated as major event during the war as it helped saved the british army and thus allowed the war to go on.So without those ships the war might have ended very differently.
The allied forces	The allied forces were alomost decimated at Dunkirk
The Northern coast of France	Dunkirk is situated on the Northern coast of France.

 

 

STEP 4 DO YOU CONSIDER IT A VICTORY OR A DEFEAT ?

 

 

Do you consider it is a victory or a defeat ?

 

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN EVACUATED

 

 

 

THE VIDEO IS HERE 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzOtSvEnXyU

 

THE INTERACTIVE VIDEO IS HERE 

 

 https://api.fr.nolej.education/shared/activities/ZGI2MTFkM2ItYzBkYy00MTg3LWJkNWQtNWFkZTZlOGE1YmFiOmJmYTZiM2NlLTgyZTMtNGIyOC04MmU0LTE0OTRhMWNhNzNjYzowZWU5YzE3Ni02MDc1LTQwNjItOTIyZS1hNDNhZTk5MzhiYTQ=

 

 

 THE QUIZ TO GET TRAINED AND PREPARED THE GRADED QUIZ IS HERE 

 https://api.fr.nolej.education/shared/activities/YjY0NDFmNDAtZmYyZC00ZGJmLTk2MWMtNTMzOWVkZDYzOGRiOjFjMGI5Y2ZmLWI5MGItNGE2Ni1hZTc4LTY4ODdkNWE2YmEyMTowZWU5YzE3Ni02MDc1LTQwNjItOTIyZS1hNDNhZTk5MzhiYTQ=

 

 

 

HOMEWORK 

 FOR NEXT TUESDAY  FEBRUARY THE 3 RD 

LEARN THE LESSON ABOUT DUNKIRK AND THE WORDS OF THE DAY 

FOR TUESDAY   THE 10 TH A TEST 

REVISE 

 1. DUNKIRK

 https://echodesdeviennes.blogspot.com/2026/01/lesson-premiere-euro-tuesday-27-th-of.html

2. CHURCHILL 

 https://echodesdeviennes.blogspot.com/2026/01/lesson-premiere-euro-tuesday-6-th-of.html

3.THE EVENTS OF THE WAR 

 https://echodesdeviennes.blogspot.com/2025/12/lesson-premiere-euro-tuesday-16-th-of.html

AND THE VOCABULARY FOR EACH SESSION WHICH IS IN RED .