Voici le corrigé aires anglophones. Chaque réponse est en gras ; les explications rappellent les repères historiques, l’orthographe des noms propres et l’emploi des connecteurs de comparaison.
La correction détaillée du corrigé aires anglophones
Correction de l’exercice 1 : Où sommes-nous ?- S
- J
- PR
- T
- V
- PR
- V
- 1962
- 1898
- 1917
- 1973
- 2021
- 2017
- statehood : d
- a territory : f
- a sound system : e
- a plantation : b
- a referendum : a
- a diaspora : c
- Wah gwaan? : d (What’s going on?)
- Mi soon come. : e (I’ll be back soon.)
- Likkle more! : a (See you later!)
- Everyting irie. : b (Everything is fine.)
- Mi nuh know. : c (I don’t know.) Nuh sert de négation.
- She comes from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and now lives in Orlando, Florida.
- Because she lives in a US state, whereas residents of the island cannot vote in presidential elections.
- It reveals that many Americans on the mainland ignore that Puerto Ricans are US citizens.
- Her grandmother had to wait four months for electricity after Hurricane Maria.
- She thinks statehood would mean losing their language and culture.
- « the same blue passport »
- Vancouver is in Canada, whereas Seattle is in the USA.
- Both Vancouver and Seattle are rainy. (ou Both cities are rainy.)
- Unlike Seattle, Vancouver uses kilometres. (ou Unlike Vancouver, Seattle measures distances in miles.)
- While Seattle is a tech hub, Vancouver is a film hub.
- Just like Seattle, Vancouver faces a housing crisis.
- Canada : colour ; USA : color
- Canada : centre ; USA : center
- Canada : travelling ; USA : traveling
- Canada : neighbour ; USA : neighbor
- Canada : theatre ; USA : theater
Le Canada suit le plus souvent l’orthographe britannique.
- Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States.
- The Jamaican singer Bob Marley died in 1981. (majuscule aux adjectifs de nationalité)
- Puerto Ricans living on the island cannot vote for president.
- Seattle and Vancouver are in two different countries / Seattle is in the USA and Vancouver in Canada.
- Barbados became a republic in 2021. (date passée : prétérit)
- Patois is not badly spoken English: it is a language with its own rules. (et majuscule à English)
- Jamaica became independent in 1962.
- Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but they cannot vote for the president.
- Puerto Rico could either become a state or remain a territory.
- Unlike Seattle, Vancouver is in Canada.
- Reggae has influenced music all over the world.
- Both cities are facing a housing crisis.
- Beaucoup d’habitants de l’île se sentent citoyens de seconde zone.
- Seul le Congrès peut admettre un nouvel État dans l’Union.
- Le steelpan était fabriqué à partir de vieux bidons de pétrole.
- La frontière entre les deux villes suit le 49e parallèle.
- Le carnaval de Notting Hill est né au sein de la communauté caribéenne de Londres.
Exemple de réponse :
Puerto Rico has belonged to the United States since 1898, and its people have been US citizens since 1917. Yet, as long as they live on the island, they cannot vote for the president, and their representative in Congress has no vote. Statehood supporters argue that this situation is unfair: Puerto Ricans fight in the US army and pay many federal taxes, but they are treated like second-class citizens, as the slow response to Hurricane Maria showed. As a state, the island would also elect two senators and receive more federal funds. However, others fear that statehood would weaken Spanish and Puerto Rican culture, whereas independence would protect them. In my view, Puerto Rico should either become a full state or gain real independence, but the current in-between status is hard to justify.
Comment progresser après ce corrigé
Revois tes erreurs sur les noms propres et les majuscules, puis fabrique une fiche de comparaison à trois colonnes (Caraïbes, Porto Rico, Cascadia) avec deux dates et trois mots-clés chacune. Entraîne-toi enfin à dire à voix haute cinq phrases avec whereas, unlike et both : la comparaison est la clé de ce thème à l’oral.