Corrigé synthèse de documents : exercices d’anglais première

1. c – un fil conducteur
2. f – un diagramme circulaire
3. e – un point de vue
4. h – opposer, mettre en contraste
5. a – un sondage
6. g – une phrase-thème
7. b – rassembler
8. d – une image frappante

1. an editorial (l’opinion du journal)
2. a cartoon
3. a bar chart
4. an extract from a novel
5. a poster
6. a press article

1. All three : trois documents.
2. whereas : opposition entre deux propositions.
3. Unlike : suivi d’un nom.
4. Likewise : même idée, en début de phrase.
5. Both : both… and pour deux éléments.
6. Neither : neither… nor.

1. Document A is an article from The Independent.
2. It was published in 2022.
3. It deals with the impact of social media.
4. Document B shows teenagers’ spending in a bar chart. (ou : Document B is a bar chart showing teenagers’ spending.)
5. Document C is an extract from an Irish novel.
6. The poster aims to shock readers.

1. Document A is a press article (2023), Document B is a poster made by a student collective and Document C is a bar chart based on a survey.
2. It describes overproduction and waste: more clothes are made, they are worn less and most are thrown away, buried or burnt.
3. It means that clothes have become single-use objects that people throw away after very little use.
4. The huge mountain of T-shirts makes the girl look tiny, which shows the scale of the problem, and the repetition in the slogan urges people to keep wearing their clothes.
5. Price: 62% of the young people questioned mention it.
6. Document C, because it shows that many young people already buy second-hand, nearly half of them for environmental reasons.

1. Difference – Whereas Document A uses figures, Document B relies on an image.
2. Similarity – Both Document A and Document B denounce waste.
3. Difference – Document A is pessimistic, while Document C shows that young people are changing.
4. Similarity – Like Document B, Document C focuses on young consumers.
5. Difference – Unlike Document A, Document B quotes nobody.

1. b : question ouverte qui relie le problème (doc A, B) et le changement (doc C) ; a est une simple définition, c une question personnelle.
2. a : elle contient une tension (ouvrir / limiter) ; b est une affirmation, c hors sujet.
3. c : elle pose le paradoxe d’une ville qui vit du tourisme et en souffre ; a et b sont trop vagues.
4. a : tension entre dangers et dépendance ; b est un jugement, c une question historique hors sujet.
5. c : alternative argumentable (détruire / transformer) ; a est une évidence, b absurde.

1. Document 2 is a poster. (pas d’article devant Document + numéro)
2. On the one hand the article is critical; on the other hand the graph is positive.
3. Nowadays, many young people buy second-hand clothes. (actually = en fait)
4. Both documents criticise fashion brands. (un seul both)
5. Unlike the article, the poster does not use figures. (unlike pour comparer ; présent simple pour une caractéristique)
6. The graph shows that price is the main reason.

1. The researcher suggests that we use clothes only a few times and then throw them away.
2. The poster encourages people to keep wearing their clothes instead of buying new ones.
3. According to Document A, most of the clothes we get rid of are either buried or burnt.
4. The graph reveals that cost is the main reason, mentioned by almost two thirds of respondents.
5. Document A points out that the amount of clothing produced has nearly doubled in fifteen years.

1. All three documents deal with young people’s consumption.
2. Whereas the article is pessimistic, the graph is more encouraging.
3. Unlike the poster, the article relies on figures.
4. To what extent can consumers change the industry?
5. As stated in Document A, production has doubled.
6. Neither the poster nor the graph mentions the workers. (verbe au singulier après neither… nor + nom singulier)

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