Corrigé frontière irlandaise : exercices d’anglais première

1. c (a checkpoint = un poste de contrôle)
2. e (power-sharing = le partage du pouvoir)
3. g (a border poll = un référendum sur la réunification)
4. f (a peace wall = un « mur de la paix »)
5. a (decommissioning = le désarmement)
6. d (a hard border = une frontière physique)
7. h (sectarian = confessionnel)
8. b (a mural = une peinture murale)

1. Ireland was partitioned in 1921.
2. Unionists want Northern Ireland to remain in the United Kingdom.
3. Nationalists hope that the island will one day be united.
4. The Troubles lasted for about thirty years.
5. After 1998, the border became a soft border.
6. The Northern Ireland Protocol moved checks to the ports.

Ordre : 3 – 5 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 1.

1. Ireland is partitioned (1921).
2. Bloody Sunday takes place in Derry (1972).
3. The Good Friday Agreement is signed (1998).
4. The UK votes to leave the EU (2016).
5. The Northern Ireland Protocol comes into force (2021).
6. The Windsor Framework is agreed (2023).

1. True : “My dad drives a lorry between Newry and Dundalk.”
2. False : “he had to stop at an army checkpoint every single time… kept him waiting for an hour.”
3. False : “the only sign is that the speed limits change from miles to kilometres.”
4. False : “he was worried.”
5. True : “I was born in 2003”, donc après 1998.
6. True : “I have an Irish passport and a British one.”

1. U : fierté britannique et loyauté à la Couronne.
2. N : espoir d’une Irlande unie.
3. U : les unionistes rejettent la frontière en mer d’Irlande.
4. N : le nom Derry est employé par les nationalistes.
5. N : défense de la langue irlandaise.
6. U : attachement à l’Union Jack.

1. The Good Friday Agreement was signed on 10 April 1998. (date passée : prétérit)
2. It was approved by a large majority of voters in May 1998.
3. Thirteen protesters were killed on Bloody Sunday. (sujet pluriel : were)
4. Since 2021, goods from Great Britain have been checked at the ports. (since : present perfect)
5. Today, the border can be crossed without any controls. (modal + be + participe passé)
6. A new deal was signed by the UK and the EU in 2023.

1. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. (la République d’Irlande est indépendante)
2. The Troubles ended in 1998. (toujours au pluriel)
3. The border between the two Irelands is 500 km long. (frontier = zone pionnière)
4. Most unionists are Protestant. (majuscule, et ce sont les protestants)
5. The agreement was signed in 1998. (date précise : prétérit)
6. Nobody wants a hard border. (nobody est singulier : -s)

1. England and Wales voted to leave the EU.
2. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain.
3. Scotland was the most pro-European nation, with 62 % voting to remain.
4. The UK as a whole voted to leave, by 51.9 % to 48.1 %.
5. Réponse possible : Northern Ireland voted to remain but had to leave the EU with the rest of the UK, and Brexit threatened to bring back a hard border on the island.

1. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
2. The agreement put an end to thirty years of violence. (ou ended thirty years of violence)
3. Many inhabitants have two passports.
4. Nobody wants to see checkpoints again.
5. Unionists fear being cut off from Great Britain. (ou fear that they will be separated from)
6. The border has become almost invisible.

1. Des « murs de la paix » divisent encore certains quartiers de Belfast.
2. Le principe du consentement signifie que la population d’Irlande du Nord décidera de son avenir.
3. Beaucoup de jeunes se définissent désormais comme Nord-Irlandais.
4. Le vote du Brexit a ravivé de vieilles craintes des deux côtés de la frontière.
5. La réconciliation prend plus de temps que la signature d’un traité.

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