Exercices créer et recréer : anglais en seconde

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

1. a sequel
2. a prequel
3. a remake
4. a reboot
5. a spin-off
6. a parody
7. a villain
8. a plot

a. a new version of an old film · b. the bad character of a story · c. a story that comes after the original · d. a funny imitation · e. a story about a secondary character · f. what happens in a story · g. a story that happens before the original · h. a new start for a series, from zero

Complète avec cattle, Mexican, Black, railway, poorly, vaqueros.

1. Cowboys moved huge herds of ___ from Texas to Kansas.
2. Most cowboys were young and ___ paid.
3. Historians think that about one cowboy in four was ___.
4. Many cowboys were ___.
5. The job came from the Mexican ___.
6. The golden age of cowboys ended with the ___ and barbed wire.

Observe le schéma du cours. Écris M (myth) ou R (reality).

1. Cowboys had gunfights every day.
2. Cattle drives were long and often boring.
3. The cowboy was always a lonely white hero.
4. Many cowboys learned their skills from vaqueros.
5. The frontier never ended.
6. The golden age of cowboys lasted about twenty years.

Associe chaque date à l’événement.

1. 1883
2. 1893
3. 1939
4. 1979
5. 2001
6. 2021

a. Angela Carter publishes The Bloody Chamber. · b. Buffalo Bill starts his Wild West show. · c. The Power of the Dog questions the cowboy hero. · d. Turner explains the importance of the frontier. · e. John Wayne stars in Stagecoach. · f. An ogre becomes a hero in Shrek.

Remets les mots dans l’ordre.

1. is / the / set / film / in / Texas
2. story / tells / of / it / the / a / young cowboy
3. main / the / is / character / a / girl / brave
4. directed / was / by / the film / a / woman
5. a / was / box-office / it / hit / huge

Fais une phrase avec le comparatif de l’adjectif, selon le modèle : the remake / dark / the original → The remake is darker than the original.

1. the new version / funny / the old one
2. Maleficent / complex / the original fairy
3. modern westerns / violent / old westerns
4. the book / good / the film
5. the parody / short / the novel
6. the special effects / impressive / in 1939

Relie les deux phrases avec whereas (items 1 à 3) ou commence par Unlike (items 4 et 5).

1. In the original tale, the prince saves the princess. In the new version, she saves herself.
2. Old westerns show Native Americans as enemies. Revisionist westerns give them a voice.
3. The studio system controlled actors. Today actors choose their projects.
4. The old wolf is cruel. The wolf in this version is kind.
5. The real cowboys were poor. The heroes of the films are free and proud.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Réécris-la correctement.

1. The realisator of the film is famous.
2. The story passes in Texas in 1870.
3. The film tell the story of a lonely cowboy.
4. This remake is more darker than the original.
5. I watched a really good history about a wolf.
6. Unlike the original, the princess is save by herself.

Réponds en anglais.

1. Who is the narrator?
2. Which fairy tale is rewritten here?
3. According to the narrator, why was he in the forest?
4. Who arrived at the end of the scene?
5. What is the effect of changing the narrator?
6. Explain “Stories are written by the winners.”

1. Ce film raconte l’histoire d’une cowgirl noire.
2. L’histoire se passe dans le Wyoming.
3. Dans cette version, la princesse se sauve elle-même.
4. Hollywood produit beaucoup de remakes et de suites.
5. Contrairement au conte d’origine, la sorcière est l’héroïne.
6. Le réalisateur a voulu détourner le mythe du cowboy.

1. The legend is based on a real person.
2. The film was a flop at the box office.
3. The story is told from the villain’s point of view.
4. Reboots are less risky for the studios.
5. Every generation retells old stories in its own way.

Réécris en 100 à 120 mots le début d’un conte célèbre (Cinderella, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk…) en changeant un élément important. Respecte ces étapes :

1. Choose a new narrator (the villain, an animal, an object…).
2. Write in the first person (I).
3. Use the preterite to tell the events.
4. Change one key element of the original story.
5. End with a sentence that gives the message of your version.