Exercices frontière irlandaise : anglais en première

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

1. a checkpoint
2. power-sharing
3. a border poll
4. a peace wall
5. decommissioning
6. a hard border
7. sectarian
8. a mural

a. le désarmement – b. une peinture murale – c. un poste de contrôle – d. une frontière physique – e. le partage du pouvoir – f. un « mur de la paix » – g. un référendum sur la réunification – h. confessionnel, entre communautés religieuses

Complète avec : Unionists, Nationalists, Troubles, partitioned, soft, Protocol.

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

Classe ces événements du plus ancien au plus récent.

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

Lis le témoignage puis dis si les affirmations sont vraies (True) ou fausses (False). Justifie avec le texte.

1. The narrator’s father works as a lorry driver.
2. In the past, crossing the border was quick and easy.
3. Today there are no visible signs of the border at all.
4. The father was relieved when Brexit was announced.
5. The narrator was born after the Good Friday Agreement.
6. The narrator has two nationalities.

Dis si chaque phrase serait plutôt prononcée par un unioniste (U) ou un nationaliste (N).

1. “I am proud to be British and loyal to the Crown.”
2. “One day, there will be a referendum and Ireland will be united.”
3. “The border in the Irish Sea cuts us off from the rest of the UK.”
4. “We call our city Derry, not Londonderry.”
5. “The Irish language should be taught in every school in the North.”
6. “The Union Jack must keep flying over Belfast City Hall.”

Mets le verbe entre parenthèses au passif, au temps qui convient.

1. The Good Friday Agreement ___ (sign) on 10 April 1998.
2. It ___ (approve) by a large majority of voters in May 1998.
3. Thirteen protesters ___ (kill) on Bloody Sunday.
4. Since 2021, goods from Great Britain ___ (check) at the ports of Northern Ireland.
5. Today, the border can ___ (cross) without any controls.
6. A new deal ___ (sign) by the UK and the EU in 2023.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Recopie-la correctement.

1. Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
2. The Trouble ended in 1998.
3. The frontier between the two Irelands is 500 km long.
4. Most unionists are catholic.
5. The agreement has been signed in 1998.
6. Nobody want a hard border.

Observe les résultats du référendum de 2016 puis réponds en anglais par des phrases complètes.

1. Which nations voted to leave the EU?
2. Which nations voted to remain?
3. Which nation was the most pro-European?
4. What was the result for the UK as a whole?
5. Why could the result in Northern Ireland be considered a problem for the UK government?

Traduis ces phrases en anglais.

1. L’Irlande du Nord fait partie du Royaume-Uni.
2. L’accord a mis fin à trente ans de violence.
3. Beaucoup d’habitants ont deux passeports.
4. Personne ne veut revoir des postes de contrôle.
5. Les unionistes craignent d’être séparés de la Grande-Bretagne.
6. La frontière est devenue presque invisible.

Traduis ces phrases en français.

1. Peace walls still divide some neighbourhoods in Belfast.
2. The principle of consent means that the people of Northern Ireland will decide their future.
3. Many young people now describe themselves as Northern Irish.
4. The Brexit vote revived old fears on both sides of the border.
5. Reconciliation takes longer than signing a treaty.

Rédige un paragraphe de 120 à 150 mots en anglais pour répondre à la question : Is the Irish border still a dividing line? Aide-toi de ces étapes.

1. Présente la frontière (date, longueur, deux États).
2. Rappelle son rôle pendant les Troubles.
3. Explique ce qu’a changé l’accord de 1998.
4. Montre ce que le Brexit a remis en question.
5. Conclus avec une nuance (however, nevertheless, to some extent).