Corrigé espace privé et public : exercices d’anglais terminale

1. privacy : b
2. a landmark ruling : c
3. to overturn : d
4. CCTV : e
5. a witch hunt : f
6. to intrude : g
7. bodily autonomy : h
8. the blacklist : a
9. a ban : i
10. a council estate : j

1. trespassing
2. privacy
3. justices
4. overturned
5. name names
6. conform
7. gated
8. public

1. Roe v. Wade : 1973
2. The Salem witch trials : 1692
3. The Crucible : 1953
4. Dobbs : 2022
5. McCarthy’s speech : 1950
6. Griswold v. Connecticut : 1965
7. Army-McCarthy hearings : 1954
8. Planned Parenthood v. Casey : 1992

1. False : « by seven votes to two ».
2. True : « based their decision on the right to privacy ».
3. True : « in matters of contraception ».
4. False : « one of the most controversial rulings ».
5. True : « pro-life groups campaigned to have it overturned ».
6. False : « The decision did not ban abortion nationwide ».
7. True : « it returned the question to the states ».

1. In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
2. They blamed witchcraft.
3. Nineteen people were hanged.
4. Private quarrels over land, inheritance and reputation were turned into public accusations of witchcraft.
5. It meant denouncing other people, giving the names of friends or colleagues suspected of being communists.
6. Because it tells the story of Salem, but audiences saw in it a hidden criticism of McCarthyism and the Red Scare.

1. Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022.
2. Tituba was accused of witchcraft by the villagers.
3. Hundreds of writers were blacklisted by Hollywood studios.
4. The old factory will be converted into shared housing.
5. The town square is monitored by cameras day and night.
6. A gated community has been built near the river.

Le complément d’agent disparaît quand il n’apporte rien (they, the council).

1. Privacy is a fundamental right.
2. The Supreme Court overturned this landmark ruling in 2022.
3. Hundreds of people were accused of witchcraft.
4. He refused to name his friends before the committee. (ou refused to name names)
5. Gated communities separate the wealthy from the rest of the city.
6. Public parks belong to everyone.

1. « L’État n’a rien à faire dans les chambres à coucher de la nation. »
2. Les auditions ont été retransmises en direct à la télévision.
3. Beaucoup de locataires se plaignent du manque d’intimité dans les colocations.
4. Être inscrit sur la liste noire signifiait perdre son gagne-pain.
5. La libre disposition de son corps est au cœur du débat.

1. The detached suburban house, with its private fenced garden.
2. The gated community, with guarded gates for residents only.
3. The local authority (the council).
4. A kitchen, a lounge and a coworking area.
5. The council estate.
6. Réponse modèle : Co-living seems the best balance: residents keep a private bedroom but share the kitchen and lounge, which fights loneliness in big cities.

1. FOR
2. AGAINST
3. FOR
4. AGAINST
5. FOR
6. AGAINST
7. FOR
8. AGAINST

Réponses modèles :

1. How can collective fear turn private beliefs into public crimes, from Salem to the McCarthy era?
2. To what extent does Dobbs show that a woman’s body remains a political battleground in the United States?
3. Gated communities illustrate how the wealthy can turn public space into private property.
4. The body seems to be the most private space of all. Yet laws on abortion or contraception show that the state can decide what individuals may do with it. This is why the body is at the centre of the debate between private choice and public authority.
5. In a democracy, private life should be protected, all the more so as history shows how easily fear leads to abuse: in Salem, neighbours’ quarrels ended in executions, and in the 1950s, private opinions cost people their careers. However, the state cannot ignore what happens behind closed doors when someone is in danger, as in cases of domestic violence. The state should therefore intervene only to protect individuals, never to impose a single way of thinking or living.