Corrigé histoire irlandaise : anglais en 4e

1. une frontière
2. la paix
3. une famine
4. émigrer
5. un accord
6. l’indépendance
7. rejoindre, adhérer à
8. une insurrection, un soulèvement

1. eighteen oh one
2. eighteen forty-five
3. nineteen sixteen
4. nineteen twenty-two
5. nineteen seventy-three
6. nineteen ninety-eight
7. twenty twenty (on entend aussi two thousand and twenty)

1. 1801 : f – the Act of Union
2. 1845 : b – the Great Famine starts
3. 1916 : e – the Easter Rising
4. 1922 : d – the Irish Free State is born
5. 1973 : c – Ireland joins the EEC
6. 1998 : a – the Good Friday Agreement

1. Northern Ireland
2. the Republic of Ireland
3. Northern Ireland
4. the Republic of Ireland
5. the Republic of Ireland
6. Northern Ireland (avec le reste du Royaume-Uni)
7. the Republic of Ireland
8. Northern Ireland

1. potatoes
2. Famine
3. emigrated
4. independent
5. republic
6. joined
7. peace
8. border

Ordre : 2 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 1 – 3.

1. A disease destroys the potato crops. (1845)
2. Rebels fight in Dublin at Easter. (1916)
3. The Irish Free State is created. (1922)
4. Ireland becomes a member of the EEC. (1973)
5. The Troubles end with an agreement. (1998)
6. Ireland adopts the euro. (2002)

1. He lives in Boston, in a small room.
2. It was six weeks long. (They spent six weeks on the ship.)
3. They come from County Cork.
4. He works on the docks.
5. He sends her five dollars.
6. Because there is no future in Ireland: the potatoes are rotting. C’est la grande famine.

1. When did Ireland become independent?
2. Where did the Easter Rising take place?
3. What destroyed the potatoes? (question sur le sujet : pas de did)
4. Where did many Irish people emigrate? (ou : Where did many Irish people emigrate to?)
5. When did Ireland join the EEC?
6. How many people died during the Troubles? (question sur le sujet : pas de did)

1. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. (ou : The Republic of Ireland is an independent country.)
2. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.
3. Ireland joined the EEC in 1973.
4. Ireland became independent in 1922. (prétérit irrégulier)
5. The Irish people speak English and Irish. (majuscule aux nationalités)
6. In Northern Ireland, people pay in pounds.

1. Ireland is an island.
2. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.
3. Many Irish people emigrated to the United States.
4. Ireland became independent in 1922.
5. The agreement brought peace.
6. Ireland has been a member of the European Union since 1973. (depuis + action qui dure encore : present perfect)

Exemple d’exposé modèle :

1. In 1845, the Great Famine started and many Irish people emigrated to America.
2. In 1916, rebels fought against the British in Dublin during the Easter Rising.
3. In 1922, Ireland became independent, but Northern Ireland stayed in the UK.
4. In 1973, Ireland joined the EEC, the ancestor of the European Union.
5. In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement brought peace to Northern Ireland.