Exercices passé et mémoire : anglais en seconde

Associe chaque mot à sa traduction (a à h).

1. to acknowledge
2. a memorial
3. to apologise
4. a legacy
5. to heal
6. to topple
7. a slave trader
8. controversial

a. controversé · b. un marchand d’esclaves · c. reconnaître · d. guérir, apaiser · e. un monument commémoratif · f. présenter des excuses · g. déboulonner · h. un héritage, des séquelles

Complète avec Dreaming, songlines, Country, dot painting, sacred, 60,000.

1. Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for at least ___ years.
2. The ___ is a set of stories about the creation of the world.
3. ___ describe routes across the land and work like a map.
4. For Indigenous Australians, ___ is not owned: people belong to it.
5. ___ started in the community of Papunya in 1971.
6. Uluru is a ___ site for the Anangu people.

Observe la frise du cours, puis associe chaque date à l’événement.

1. 1788
2. 1967
3. 1992
4. 2008
5. 2019
6. 2023

a. Climbing Uluru is banned. · b. The Mabo case rejects terra nullius. · c. The First Fleet arrives in Sydney. · d. Australians reject the Voice. · e. The Prime Minister apologises to the Stolen Generations. · f. A referendum allows Aboriginal people to be counted in the census.

Mets le verbe entre parenthèses au prétérit ou au present perfect.

1. The British ___ (arrive) in Australia in 1788.
2. Since 2008, the Apology ___ (become) an important date for many families.
3. Desmond Tutu ___ (chair) the South African commission.
4. Many statues ___ (be) removed since 2020.
5. In 2015, students ___ (demand) the removal of Rhodes’s statue.
6. The wounds of the past ___ (not / heal) yet.

Transforme les phrases au passif.

1. Protesters toppled the statue of Colston in 2020.
2. The authorities took thousands of children from their families.
3. The government returned Uluru to the Anangu in 1985.
4. A museum now displays the statue.
5. The commission heard thousands of victims.

Exprime un reproche avec should have ou shouldn’t have + participe passé, selon le modèle : The settlers ignored Aboriginal laws. → The settlers shouldn’t have ignored Aboriginal laws.

1. The government didn’t apologise earlier.
2. The authorities separated children from their parents.
3. The city didn’t add a plaque to the statue.
4. Tourists climbed the sacred rock.
5. Schools didn’t teach this history.

Vrai ou faux ? Corrige les phrases fausses.

1. The South African commission dealt with the crimes of apartheid.
2. The Canadian commission studied residential schools.
3. Truth commissions only aim to send people to prison.
4. Desmond Tutu was the head of the Canadian commission.
5. National Sorry Day is on 26 May in Australia.
6. In South Africa, some people could get amnesty if they told the whole truth.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.

1. I remember me the day the statue fell.
2. The Prime Minister apologised the Stolen Generations in 2008.
3. The statue has been toppled in 2020.
4. The Aborigines people have a rich culture.
5. The children was taken from their families.
6. We study the story of Australia at school.

Réponds en anglais.

1. Who was Edward Colston?
2. Why did some people admire him?
3. What had local people asked for?
4. What happened on 7 June 2020?
5. Where is the statue today, and in what state?
6. Find two opposite opinions in the text.

1. Les Aborigènes vivent en Australie depuis au moins 60 000 ans.
2. Des milliers d’enfants ont été enlevés à leur famille.
3. Le gouvernement aurait dû s’excuser plus tôt.
4. Faut-il déboulonner les statues controversées ?
5. Se souvenir du passé aide à guérir.
6. La statue est exposée dans un musée.

Classe chaque argument : A (pour retirer les statues), B (pour les garder) ou C (compromis).

1. Statues in public squares honour the people they represent.
2. If we remove them, we forget part of our history.
3. A plaque can explain the whole story.
4. Descendants of enslaved people feel hurt every time they walk past.
5. Museums are the right place for controversial monuments.
6. Changing the past is impossible, so the statues should stay.

Ta ville possède la statue d’un personnage controversé. Écris une lettre de 100 à 120 mots au maire (Dear Mayor,) pour proposer une solution. Respecte ces étapes :

1. Present the statue and the problem.
2. Give one argument for removing it.
3. Give one argument for keeping it.
4. Suggest your solution, with should.
5. End politely (Yours sincerely,).